Welcome to lcd-nut
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   I needed to display the status of my UPS so I can read it in a power 
   failure; hence this project was born.  Since there are a plethora
   of good LCD matrix screens, I chose one and wrote software in Perl 
   to drive it using the available Perl modules.

Installation
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   lcd-nut depends on have certain software installed and configured:
   o  lcdproc (see http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net) 
   o  NUT (see http://www.exploits.org/nut)

   lcd-nut uses Perl modules which much be installed:
   o  UPS::Nut version 0.03 or greater
      (see http://www.awod.com/staff/kpeters/perl/)
   o  perl-LCDd version 0.03 or greater
      (see http://www.webBastards.com/projects)

   lcd-nut uses the hosts.conf associated with multimon (nut software) to
   determine where the servers are the located. If it's not the standard
   location, then the $hosts_conf variable will need to be changed.

   Copy lcd-nut to where you want to put it.
   chmod +x lcd-nut
   ./lcd-nut

Questions?  Comments?  Suggestions?
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  send mail to Wayne (projects@webbastards.com)