On 11/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">YvesDM</b> <<a href="mailto:ydmlog@gmail.com">ydmlog@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br>We move on...<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>Ok, I think it's working. <br>The problem was the serial cable. <br>I had 2, one came with the ups, the other came with another ups. <br>During my tests I changed the original cable with the other one.
<br>I never changed it back, thinking they were exactly the same. <br>Now I changed it back and used the serial cabel that came with the ups again.<br>So now we've got:<br><br>1. On powerline, so status OL<br><br>radius1:/etc/default# upsc
ups_name@localhost<br><a href="http://driver.name">driver.name</a>: genericups<br>driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS0<br>driver.parameter.upstype: 7<br>driver.version: 2.0.1<br>driver.version.internal: 1.30<br>ups.mfr: CyberPower
<br>ups.model: Power99<br>ups.status: OL<br><br>2. I pulled the powerplug of the UPS, so OB<br><br>radius1:/etc/default# upsc ups_name@localhost<br><a href="http://driver.name">driver.name</a>: genericups<br>driver.parameter.port
: /dev/ttyS0<br>driver.parameter.upstype: 7<br>driver.version: 2.0.1<br>driver.version.internal: 1.30<br>ups.mfr: CyberPower<br>ups.model: Power99<br>ups.status: OB<br><br>3. I plugged the powerline back in, again OL :-)<br>
<br>radius1:/etc/default# upsc ups_name@localhost<br><a href="http://driver.name">driver.name</a>: genericups<br>driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS0<br>driver.parameter.upstype: 7<br>driver.version: 2.0.1<br>driver.version.internal
: 1.30<br>ups.mfr: CyberPower<br>ups.model: Power99<br>ups.status: OL<br>radius1:/etc/default# <br><br>I don't know if the ups will actually shutdown the system now on low battery.<br>upsc ain't showing much information on the battery status here, but as far as I remember
<br>I've read somewhere in the docs that this is normal with genericups drivers, not?<br>It's not the right time now to check if the system really is shutdown when the battery is getting low.<br>(live system) I will test this asap and keep this list informed.
<br><br><br>Many tnx<br>Yves<br>