[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /usr/local/ups/bin/upsc [EMAIL PROTECTED] battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 30 battery.runtime: 1331 driver.name: mge-shut driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS0 driver.version: 2.0.4 driver.version.internal: 0.66 outlet.0.desc: Main Outlet outlet.0.id: 1 outlet.0.switchable: 0 outlet.1.desc: PowerShare Outlet 1 outlet.1.switchable: 0 output.voltage: 230 ups.delay.shutdown: -1 ups.delay.start: -1 ups.load: 8 ups.mfr: MGE UPS SYSTEMS ups.model: Ellipse 750 ups.power.nominal: 750 ups.serial: APCG220A6 ups.status: OL CHRG
I was not able to install MGE PSP on my redhat Enterprise Edition 4.0, so I took the last tarball of nut (nut-2.0.4) and installed manually. Appart from this problem of autoshutdown of the UPS, everything works great (including the shutdown configuration when launcjing upsmon -c fsd) fred On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:03:21AM +0200, Arnaud Quette wrote: > Bonjour Frédéric, > > sorry for the lag in answered, but I'm still a bit busy... > > first, can you send me an "upsc" output. > second, have you configured nut using the MGE PSP, or made any exotic > configuration? > > there is no reason for the UPS to launch the shutoff (UPS poweroff) > command without request, so either there is a shutdown timer, or maybe > a firmware bug. > > 2006/9/28, Frédéric POTTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >Thanks jimmy for the hints, but I'm afraid the description of the problem I > >have was not clear. > > > > > >The problem I have is NOT a software configuration issue of NUT. > >The problem I have is that the UPS, when reaching battey.charge.low SHUTS > >DOWN ITSELF IMMEDIATELY, without sending anything to NUT over the serial > >port. Whatever would be my NUT configuration, it has no time to run, since > >the computer is shut down immediately. > > > >The UPS behaves exactely AS IF IT WAS NOT SUPPERVISED. > > > >My guess is that there is some logic within the USBS 750 that makes him > >decide, upon reaching the low battery state, to negociate with a software > >that suppervises him (over the USB or serial port) OR, if not suppervised > >by > >software, to shut down itself immediately to protect its battery. > > > >My guess is that this behavior is not properly working, and they may be two > >reasons > > * OR the Ellipse has a firmware issue that makes him believe it is not > >suppervised when suppervised through the SERIAL port (and not the USB) > > * OR NUT is not properly sending some commands to set some parameters > > to > >the UPS to make it enter the proper mode. > > > >Any hints from MGE people here ? > > > >thanks > > > >fred > > > > > >-----Message d'origine----- > >De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la > >part de Frédéric POTTER > >Envoyé : mercredi 27 septembre 2006 08:28 > >À : [email protected] > >Objet : [Nut-upsuser] Ellipse 750 USBS auto shutdown and NUT. > > > > > > > >Hello, > > > >I've installed & configured NUT 2.0.4 connected over a serial port to an > >MGE > >USBS 750. > > > >When the UPS enters the 'critical' state (ie, battery load below the > >defined > >battery.charge.low AND power input off), the UPS just shutdown itself > >instead of notifying NUT. > >When I say the UPS just shutdown, I mean it autonomously shut down itself > >within one second after reaching the low battery state (which is defaulted > >to 30%). When the power is restored, the UPS restarts properly. > > > >I was not able to find internal parameters within the UPS that would allow > >me to cancel this behavior (and have the usual behavior of the UPS sending > >an alarm to NUT and waiting to be shutdown by the "halt" script upsdrvctl > >shutdown command). > > > >My guess is that the UPS "knows" if it is connected to an host or not. > >Maybee in case of using the serial port this does not work ? (and the UPS > >thinks it is not suppervised ?) Maybee shall NUT send it some command at > >some point to notify this ? > > > >Any help appreciated. > > > >thanks > > > >fred > > Arnaud Quette > -- > Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt > Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ > Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ > OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
