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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/19/2013 02:30 AM, Kris Jordan
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:523A4597.2020005@sagebrushnetworks.com"
type="cite">Luke-Jr wrote, On 9/18/2013 1:02 PM:
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<blockquote type="cite">I wanted to suggest some rating for
functionality. I got the UPS available
<br>
that seemed to have the best possible rating from NUT's list
(Eaton Powerware
<br>
UPS 1500), and found out it doesn't support telling me battery
level or
<br>
runtime! :/
<br>
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<br>
I'm avoiding Eaton/Powerware because the lack of usbhid support,
the bcmxcp driver doesn't report much, but I have heard that
someone is working on it. Also a PW5110 500 (to replace a APC RS
500) runs much warmer than I would like. I'm used to the APC RS
line-interactive units and they don't get nearly as hot.
<br>
<br>
Otherwise, the Eaton/MGE UPS's have been great, a 5PX and an
Evolution. The 5PX is kind of a cross, it has usbhid support and
Powerware's better battery management feature.
<br>
<br>
I tested the mge-shut (serial) driver on the 5PX, the
functionality and reported values appear identical.
<br>
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I have a Eaton 5110, and I have been working on adding functionality
to the bcmxcp driver. With my changes, the 5110 reports a bit more
information, but not "battery.runtime", that information is not
supported by the hardware. I guess the 5110 is one of the most basic
models, and provides not too much info.<br>
Unfortunately, my 5110 had a hardware failure a month ago, so I have
not been able to do further work.<br>
But I have ordered an Eaton 9130, which also supports bcmxcp, so I
will continue testing on that one in a couple of weeks.<br>
With my driver changes, the driver should report everything the
hardware is capable of supporting.<br>
<br>
My changes have not been merged to the master branch of nut yet.
Some work has been merged to
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<a href="https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/tree/bcmxcp">https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/tree/bcmxcp</a>,
and the rest of my changes are at
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<a href="https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/pull/47">https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/pull/47</a><br>
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I have no relationship to Eaton, I have just bought their product
because they provide open documentation on how their protocols work,
and work nicely with the nut software.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Alf Hogemark<br>
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