Hi Klaus,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your much appreciated feedback.<br>
<br>
Klaus Holler wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
>I just wanted to report that the Back-UPS RS 800 works with the<br>
>Network UPS Tools. Currently I use the following (Ubuntu breezy)<br>
>debian packages on kernel 2.4.31:<br>
>ii
nut
2.0.2-1build1<br>
>ii
nut-usb
2.0.2-1build1<br>
><br>
>lsusb reports:<br>
>ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500/1000/1500<br>
><br>
>With hidups I get this status:<br>
><br>
># upsc myups@localhost<br>
>battery.charge: 100<br>
>battery.chemistry: PbAc<br>
>battery.runtime: 1162<br>
>battery.voltage: 27.4<br>
><a href="http://driver.name">driver.name</a>: hidups<br>
>driver.parameter.port: /dev/usb/hiddev0<br>
>driver.version: 2.0.2<br>
>ups.delay.shutdown: -1<br>
>ups.delay.start: 0<br>
>ups.load: 410<br>
>ups.mfr: American Power Conversion<br>
>ups.model: Back-UPS BR 800 FW:9.o2 .I USB FW:o2<br>
>ups.serial: QB0420243302<br>
>ups.status: OL<br>
><br>
>Only one issue is annoying: that the syslog is clutter with lots of<br>
>... hidups[8850]: Ignoring x86 page event 0xff860080 (0)<br>
>... hidups[8850]: Unhandled event: 0x840032 (5000)<br>
><br>
><br>
>newhidups also can communicate with the UPS, the status is a little<br>
>more verbose:<br>
><br>
># upsc myups@localhost<br>
>battery.charge: 100<br>
>battery.charge.low: 10<br>
>battery.runtime: 1192<br>
>battery.temperature: 302.0<br>
>battery.voltage: 27.0<br>
>battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0<br>
><a href="http://driver.name">driver.name</a>: newhidups<br>
>driver.parameter.port: /dev/usb/hiddev0<br>
>driver.version: 2.0.2<br>
>driver.version.data: APC HID 0.7<br>
>driver.version.internal: 0.23<br>
>input.voltage: -159357104.0<br>
>output.voltage: 230.0<br>
>output.voltage.target.line: 230.0<br>
>ups.delay.shutdown: -1<br>
>ups.firmware: 9.o2 .I<br>
>ups.firmware.aux: o2<br>
>ups.load: 40<br>
>ups.mfr: American Power Conversion<br>
>ups.model: Back-UPS BR 800<br>
>ups.serial: QB0420243302<br>
>ups.status: OL<br>
>ups.temperature: 302.0<br>
>ups.test.result: No test initiated<br>
><br>
>But then syslog is cluttered every two seconds with "... kernel:<br>
>usbdevfs: usb_submit_urb returned -22" instead, so I reverted back to<br>
>the recommended hidups ;-)<br>
<br>
newhidups will soon replace hidups. So we'll have to deal with the<br>
remaining problems. There have been lots of improvements in<br>
newhidups since Peter joigned us...<br>
@Peter: have you experienced the same problems with the latest newhidups?<br>
<br clear="all">Arnaud Quette<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>