Hello,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2005/10/5, Ecologic Groups <<a href="mailto:itgroups@ecologic.de">itgroups@ecologic.de</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
...<br>I just installed NUT 2.0.2 and try to get it working with our<br>Effekta MT 1500. In the Drievers List I found this entry:<br><br>"Effekta"
"MI/MT/MH" "2502
cable" "fentonups"<br><br>I went ahead and created this entry in ups.conf:<br><br>[UPS_A]<br> driver = fentonups<br> port = /dev/ttyS0<br> desc = "Haupt-USV"<br><br>And tried to start the driver:
<br><br> > /usr/local/ups/bin/upsdrvctl start<br><br>Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2<br>Network UPS Tools - Fenton UPS driver 1.22 (2.0.2)<br>Unknown ups - please report this ID string: #SMART-UPS 1500VA
<br>T15Q1CCG<br>Detected Unknown 500VA on /dev/ttyS0<br><br>Where did I go wrong?<br>
</blockquote></div><br>nowhere. As stated in the above trace, this model isn't yet handled (based on its string ID).<br>
<br>
The "problem" with fentonups is that you need to fill a struct (modeltab or mtab2) with:<br>
- the above string ID (simple part),<br>
- several data to allow calculation of data such as the Low Battery level, ... <br>
<br>
Have a look at that file, and if you can, make some testing:<br>
<a href="http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/nut/drivers/fentonups.h?rev=1.1.1.1.8.1.2.1&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=nut">http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/nut/drivers/fentonups.h?rev=1.1.1.1.8.1.2.1&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=nut
</a><br>
<br>
If you want your UPS to be supported, you'll have to hack a bit yourself...<br>
<br>
Arnaud<br>-- <br>Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt<br>Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - <a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/">http://www.networkupstools.org/</a><br>Debian Developer - <a href="http://people.debian.org/~aquette/">
http://people.debian.org/~aquette/</a><br>OpenSource Developer - <a href="http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/">http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/</a>