Fix Prolink USB UPS Detection in NUT on Two Linux Hosts

The UPS looked ordinary right up until NUT refused to see it the way I expected. These Prolink 650VA and 850VA units do not behave like the USB HID UPS gear many people assume they are. Both units showed up as 0665:5161 USB-to-serial devices, and the shortest working path was to use nutdrv_qx, not usbhid-ups. This post is the cleaned-up version of the setup I ended up with across two Linux hosts: ...

August 5, 2026 · 9 min · Ruhani Rabin