Re: [Nut-upsuser] Powerware 3105 - SuSE 10.0

2006-04-22 Thread Kjell Claesson
Hi lör 2006-04-22 klockan 17:32 -0500 skrev John H.: > i have the 3110. i thought these were not supported? > Yes you are right, they are not supported by the bcmxcp_usb driver. But the PW3105 is. All interfaces made by Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd like in the 3110 5115 9120 seems not to be fully

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread lonely wolf
On 04/23/2006 12:55 AM, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: It was a silly bug, I've fixed it, should work now. Yes, it does work. I get the following: #upsc [EMAIL PROTECTED] battery.charge: 98.5 battery.voltage: 2.3 battery.voltage.nominal: 96.0 driver.name: megatec driver.parameter

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Powerware 3105 - SuSE 10.0

2006-04-22 Thread John H.
i have the 3110. i thought these were not supported? On 4/22/06, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 07:00, Kjell Claesson wrote: > > Hi Graham, > > > > First of all i would like you to test this. > > Comment out the 'user = nut' line in the ups.conf. > > > > #user =

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
On 4/22/06, Peter Selinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, seeing a maximum voltage of 3V on a unit that is nominally > 96V seems wrong, even if that is 8 batteries of 12V each. Could there > be a conversion error? Perhaps 2.3V should be 23V? It looks strange to me too, but that's actually w

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
It was a silly bug, I've fixed it, should work now. On 4/22/06, lonely wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/22/2006 07:41 PM, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > > >Right now megatec just calculates a linear approximation. It doesn't > >give accurate values, but it is enough to have a fuzzy idea of the >

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Peter Selinger
I have no opinion on computing the charge from the voltage; it does not actually matter, the only charge nut really cares about is "too low". However, seeing a maximum voltage of 3V on a unit that is nominally 96V seems wrong, even if that is 8 batteries of 12V each. Could there be a conversion er

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Powerware 3105 - SuSE 10.0

2006-04-22 Thread Graham Smith
On Friday 21 April 2006 07:00, Kjell Claesson wrote: > Hi Graham, > > First of all i would like you to test this. > Comment out the 'user = nut' line in the ups.conf. > > #user = nut > > Then run the driver this way. > > ./bcmxcp_usb -DD -u root -a pw3105 > > If this returns anything you have a pro

[Nut-upsuser] charge calculations (ex Ablerex MARS)

2006-04-22 Thread lonely wolf
On 04/22/2006 08:17 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: I think that the solution that APC and MGE apparently use (probably others as well) on their PDC HID UPSes is better - do the charge calculation in an on-board microcontroller, and calibrate it as part of the final QA stage. If the manufacturer can't

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Arjen de Korte
Carlos Rodrigues schreef: > Right now megatec just calculates a linear approximation. It doesn't > give accurate values, but it is enough to have a fuzzy idea of the > charge left (like saying "it's almost noon" instead of "it's 12:45"), > and I'm not seeing how to plot a more accurate charge that

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread lonely wolf
On 04/22/2006 07:41 PM, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: Right now megatec just calculates a linear approximation. It doesn't give accurate values, but it is enough to have a fuzzy idea of the charge left (like saying "it's almost noon" instead of "it's 12:45"), and I'm not seeing how to plot a more accu

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Charles Lepple
On 4/22/06, Carlos Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right now megatec just calculates a linear approximation. It doesn't > give accurate values, but it is enough to have a fuzzy idea of the > charge left (like saying "it's almost noon" instead of "it's 12:45"), > and I'm not seeing how to plo

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
Right now megatec just calculates a linear approximation. It doesn't give accurate values, but it is enough to have a fuzzy idea of the charge left (like saying "it's almost noon" instead of "it's 12:45"), and I'm not seeing how to plot a more accurate charge that fits all the models that megatec i

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Charles Lepple
On 4/22/06, lonely wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The voltage doesn't look to have a linear dependency with the charge ... Here's the charge curve used by the Tripp-Lite driver: http://boxster.ghz.cc/projects/nut/browser/trunk/drivers/tripplite.c#L456 Generally speaking, measuring the volt

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread lonely wolf
lonely wolf wrote: Carlos Rodrigues wrote: Measuring the voltages just means letting the UPS charge completely (until the bundled software says 100%) and then see what value NUT reports for "battery.voltage", and then unplugging the UPS from the wall until it goes into low battery, and check a

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread lonely wolf
Carlos Rodrigues wrote: Measuring the voltages just means letting the UPS charge completely (until the bundled software says 100%) and then see what value NUT reports for "battery.voltage", and then unplugging the UPS from the wall until it goes into low battery, and check again the voltage that

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Ablerex MARS

2006-04-22 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
If you use "-a", you are using the configuration that is expressed on the configuration files. If you just use the device directly, you are using the defaults. That's why upsd can't connect to the driver (it is using a different configuration). On 4/22/06, lonely wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[Nut-upsuser] Solved! PowerPal (fentonups) readings off

2006-04-22 Thread Criggie
Hey Carlos - thank you for your advice, which worked perfectly. My 660 is now reading 95% battery, and the 425 reads 90% battery. A very minor change - I notice the model number is no longer displayed... instead it reads "Powermust" rather than "powerpal 425" or "powerpal 660" Thanks again dude

Re: [Nut-upsuser] PowerPal (fentonups) readings off

2006-04-22 Thread Criggie
Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > You should try using "powermust" (or "megatec" in the development > branch) instead of "fentonups". > > On 4/22/06, Criggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all - I have recently installed Nut at work, and its running >> marvellously. >> >> Two of my UPSs are cheap powerp