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## 46. Do I have to use a serial connection to monitor the UPS? What about direct network connections (SNMP or otherwise)?

NUT currently supports USB communication through several drivers, and also SNMP and XML/HTTP (Eaton and MGE) communications.

Since NUT is very extensible, support for a new communication bus can be added easily.

Any time there is a gap in features, it’s usually because the group of people who own that hardware and the group of people who write code don’t overlap. The fix is to make them overlap — turn an owner into a developer or vice-versa.

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