[Nut-upsdev] Bug#501087: nut: support for a tripplite avr750u

[Raphael Geissert]

Hi Arnaud,

2008/10/4 Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com>:
> Hi Raphael,
>
> btw, are you 2 bugs today a simple coincidence with my linkedIn
> invitation yesterday? ;-)

Pure coincidence :)

>
> 2008/10/4 Raphael Geissert <atomo64 at gmail.com>:
>> Package: nut
>> Version: 2.2.2-8
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> Attached is a patch adding "support" for tripplite's avr750u UPS.
>> Issues:
>> * productid still needs to be specified in ups.conf
>
> you missed to add an entry in drivers/tripplite-hid.c
> ->tripplite_claim() for that ;-)

I grepped for tripplite and tripp-lite but didn't find where the
product id was missing. I should have grepped for the productid of the
avr550u which I suppose is already listed in that file.

> and an entry in the hotplug script for the sake of completion.

done

> thanks for the patch. I'll look into commiting it into the trunk, and
> possibly in sid, depending on the next release date.
>
>> * the battery charge information, at least as displayed by knutclient 0.9.4,
>> is either 0% or 100%, the latter only being displayed when the UPS is fully
>> charged.
>> * the runtime info is only updated after a test.battery.start.<quick/deep>,
>> there's no calibrate.<start/stop> for it.
>
> I don't know much about TL devices, and I've not dug the ml, but
> Charles might have an answer to that.
>
>> Bit OT, but wanted to ask: is there anyone trying to add support for Koblenz'
>> UPS?
>
> never heard about it.
> do you have any info on it, like the name of the windows software
> provided, or the protocol used, ... ?

The, pretty dummy, software is called Koblenz Protek, its, dead,
website being http://www.koblenz-protek.com/

While checking their main website I found this page (in spanish):
http://www.koblenz-energia.com.mx/nobr_usb1_4.htm

Providing a link to the latest version of the windows software
(available in spanish and english):
http://www.koblenz-energia.com.mx/Koblenz_Protek_4_0_1.zip

It is all the info I could find; the UPS didn't come with any doc
about the USB interface.

>
> cheers,
> Arnaud
> --
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>

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