[Nut-upsdev] bestfortress driver establishes/loses/establishes communication and so on...

[Arnaud Quette]

Hi Oliver,

2012/2/5 Oliver Kluge <ok23 at kluge-digital.de>:
> Hi Arnaud,
>
> Arnaud Quette wrote:
>>
>> I hope somebody else with jump in and answer your question.
>> serialmon (http://www.serialmon.com/) seems to be a good candidate.
>> but I'm not sure if it allows to dump the snif.
>> so if you're not in hurry, you may prefer the below solution...
>
>
> Well, I've tried Serialmon. It would enable dumping - but it doesn't work at
> all.
>
> System requirements are Windows 2000 and newer and Dot Net 2.0. Therefore I
> did not even try it on Vista or 7, but on my trusty Windows XP with latest
> Service Pack. And of course with Dot Net 2, 3 and 4. 2 has SP level 1.
>
> On the first installation run Windows complained that Serialmon does not
> pass the logo test. I continued with the installation and rebooted.
> Serialmon then told me that it could not perform software monitoring,
> because I would either need to reboot or re-install. I rebooted, to no
> avail. I re-installed (twice), it just doesn't to anything.
>
> I even blocked Checkups II from starting by removing its registry entry, so
> COM1: would not be blocked, and re-installed. Doesn't make a difference.
>
> Then I tried to talk to the UPS by hand, with Hyperterminal. The UPS doesn't
> talk to me, even when I send the password that has been described in your
> link to the protocol (bearing in mind it may not be the right protocol for a
> 660 LI).

damn, sorry for the burden :(

in the meantime, I've received tons of materials from my Eaton
contact, including various revisions of the protocol, and the CheckUPS
II source code.
I'm planning on publishing this, but it requires to go through the
legal loop... so not that fast.

> Btw, in the protocol link it is mentioned that the UPS does do flow control,
> via XON/XOFF. Maybe this contributes to the disrupted communication of the
> bestfortress driver?

that may explain things (Ie, difference in flow control handling
between fortress generations), I'll have to check.

I'll be busy most of this week with other things.
so please excuse the upcoming lag.

cheers,
Arnaud
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