The source code has been modified per this post ie. baud rate changed from 9600 to 115200 https://www.wattsupmeters.com/forum/index.php?topic=8.0 To compile the binary type gcc -o wattsup wattsup.c Sample usage is as follows ./wattsup -c 1 ttyUSB0 watts This will connect to WattsUp once and output the watt usage Binary has been provided. It was compiled under Centos 5 however it should be usable under most modern Linux 2.6+ systems. I tested it under Ubuntu 8.04 and works just fine. Use at your own risk otherwise compile from source.