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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks all for the feedback - you have
I suspect, just saved me a real headache! <br>
<br>
I found an Eaton EX 3000 RT 2U - UPS - 2.55 kW - 2880 VA for a
reasonable price. The NUT Hardware Compatibility list reports
it can use both USB and Serial with vendor provided protocol and
hardware so I'm assuming this will be relatively simple to set
up.:<br>
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<td id="manufacturer-col" style="border: 1px solid silver;
width: 340px;">Manufacturer</td>
<td id="model-col" style="border: 1px solid silver; width:
854px;">Model</td>
<td id="driver-col" style="border: 1px solid silver; width:
511px;">Driver</td>
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<td class="even" rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid
silver; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial;">Eaton</td>
<td class="even" rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid
silver; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial;">EX 2200/3000/3000 XL VA<br>
USB port</td>
<td class="green" rowspan="1" style="background-color:
rgb(177, 254, 167); border: 1px solid silver;">usbhid-ups</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="even" rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid
silver; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial;">EX 2200/3000/3000 XL VA<br>
Serial port</td>
<td class="green" rowspan="1" style="background-color:
rgb(177, 254, 167); border: 1px solid silver;">mge-shut or
oldmge-shut</td>
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</tbody>
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Thanks for the advice, any caveats on such a unit anyone is aware
of? Seems like a 'safe' purchase for use with NUT.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
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<p><strong>Paul O’Rorke</strong><br>
Tracker Software Products<br>
<a href="mailto:paul.ororke@tracker-software.com">paul@tracker-software.com</a></p>
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On 9/17/2013 2:48 PM, Douglas Parsons wrote:<br>
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<p>Just my experiences speaking, look at another brand. I use
MGE/Eaton and have had much better life and the quality has been
much better. APC does not release the protocol for comunicating
with the UPS and so to get NUT to work you have to sniff the
traffic and then figure out what the commands and responses
mean.(thus reverse engineered) APC also will change the protocol
between models. (Thus why that model is not listed, it may work,
it may not)</p>
<p>I have had four APC brand UPS units melt the batteries. We
bought 13 identical units in one order. One blew up on power up.
One had loose connections giving a false ground issue. Four did
not have all the holes tapped out for mounting. And 6 were
rusty. Those were the last APC units we bought.</p>
<p>Eaton Evolution line is the old MGE brand and we have had great
service from them as well as working with NUT.</p>
<p>Just my $0.02 worth.<br>
</p>
<p>And for the record I do not work for Eaton or have any
affiliation with NUT other than a long time user.</p>
<p>Doug</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 17, 2013 5:09 PM, "Paul O'Rorke"
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hi all,<br>
<br>
I am completely new to NUT and setting up a UPS shut down in
Linux. I am looking at buying a APC Smart-UPS X 3000. When
I look this device up in the compatibility list this
specific model is not listed, only a generic entry for
"Smart-UPS". It says to use the <b>apcsmart</b> driver.
The legend shows this as "protocol based on reverse
engineering". What does this mean in terms of using the
driver? Can I expect to get this working to shut down my
Debian servers gracefully or is it a bad idea to use a UPS
with only this driver?<br>
<br>
Have users on this list experience with a similar
Smart-UPS? Is it going to be compatible with NUT or should
I be looking for a different UPS that is supported with one
of the other drivers?<br>
<br>
Sincerely<br>
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