"Dan Mahoney, System Admin" wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, gypsy wrote: > > > "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" wrote: > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I've tried some very base configs with the powercom 2200, but I can't seem > > > to get it to work. Has anyone dealt with these UPSes before, or know if > > > they use the standard powercom drivers? > > > > > > I'd be more than happy to allow access to my test system so someone more > > > knowledgeable can take a look (and am also willing to pay something for > > > the solution of said problem.) > > > > > > -Dan Mahoney > > > > Need more info. I have a SmartLink that uses PowerCom monitoring > > software and (so far at least), there is no Nut serial driver that works > > for it. Try fentonups. > > > > What software was supplied with the UPS? > > Does it work? > > Something crappy called UPSMON. It works, but it's windows only. It > doesn't really give accurate numbers as far as load or voltage, just > approximate percentages.
If you look at the CD, you should find NetWare and Linux software on the PowerCom CD. I'm still using the Linux driver. The Linux package also has a UPSDISP and a DOWN script. You're right. The UPSMON software stinks. I too offered root access but nobody wanted to touch it. > I'd be more than happy to ship a copy of THAT to someone too -- in the > interests of getting a working driver for this stuff. > > > What message(s) do you get when you run 'upsdrvctl start'? > > powercom: > > ads-bsh-fwa1# /usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl start > Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2 > Network UPS Tools - PowerCom and similars protocol UPS driver $ Revision: > 0.5 $ (2.0.2) > > data receiving error (validation check) > (then it dies) > > > FentonUPS: > > ads-bsh-fwa1# /usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl start > Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2 > Network UPS Tools - Fenton UPS driver 1.22 (2.0.2) > Short read during UPS id sequence > Short read during UPS id sequence > Short read during UPS id sequence > Short read during UPS id sequence > Short read during UPS id sequence > Unable to detect a Fenton or Megatec protocol UPS > Driver failed to start (exit status=1) > ads-bsh-fwa1# > > > Does the powercom or fentonups driver load in spite of the error(s)? > > If so, what happens when you run upsd? > > see above. So you and I are faced with the same thing. I also tried all the genericups combinations and none of them returned anything but a string of zeros. > > If that works, what happens when you run upslog? > > nope. > > > What I'm going to do is to try all the serial drivers again. When I did > > this the first time, a few actually loaded in spite of error messages. > > I did not try to run upsd on any of these. 'upsdrvctl stop' failed to > > kill the serial driver for some. But it may just be that there is a > > name string expected that is not in the driver, so an error message is > > generated. In that case, the protocol might still work. > > > > I simply have not had time to fsck with it because trying different > > serial drivers is time consuming and tedious. There oughtta be a better > > way... > > Like a "make tryall" with the assumption that WARNING THIS MIGHT BE STUPID > AND COULD BLOW YOUR EQUIPMENT UP -- DONT DO IT WITH ANYTHING YOU CARE > ABOUT PLUGGED INTO IT... > > If you've got any ideas, let me know. If you want root on a test system, > let me know. I'm not unwilling to trade services for help, or even FREE > UPSES for help -- I have a ton of these things that have otherwise shot > batteries that I could ship empty, and then drop-ship the cells to anyone > willing to play with it more locally (like with a serial probe) As I said above, I intend to try every serial driver. For each that stays resident, I'll load upsd to see if the protocol is right. Might get lucky, but I'm betting not. I doubt that anybody is going to step up and write a serial driver for us. The only other thing I can think of is to ask PowerCom to release the Linux source. Sure. > -Dan -- gypsy _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
