Re: [Nut-upsuser] Revive support for HP PowerTrust?
2007/1/2, Jakob Haufe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi everyone. I'm currently looking for a monitoring program for a HP PowerTrust UPS (A2998A) for Linux. It seems that nut supported these UPSs until version 1.4.3. What was the reason for the driver being removed from nut? Are there plans to reintegrate it? I was playing around with the UPS and put the results here: http://www.project-athlon.org/wiki/index.php/HP_PowerTrust_A2998A They seem to be consistent with the docs inside the former hp.c I've not digged the subject, but HP's UPSs are always rebranded units from Powerware, MGE (some old MR models IIRC) or maybe APC. So having a look at apcsmart, upscode2 and bcmxcp might also be a good idea to revive such support. but once more, I've not digged this issue, and have no knowledges about the implied protocols. Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - RD 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 Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
[Nut-upsuser] Revive support for HP PowerTrust?
Hi everyone. I'm currently looking for a monitoring program for a HP PowerTrust UPS (A2998A) for Linux. It seems that nut supported these UPSs until version 1.4.3. What was the reason for the driver being removed from nut? Are there plans to reintegrate it? I was playing around with the UPS and put the results here: http://www.project-athlon.org/wiki/index.php/HP_PowerTrust_A2998A They seem to be consistent with the docs inside the former hp.c Greetings, Jakob Haufe (sur5r) ___ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
Re: [Nut-upsuser] Revive support for HP PowerTrust?
On 1/2/07, Jakob Haufe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone. I'm currently looking for a monitoring program for a HP PowerTrust UPS (A2998A) for Linux. It seems that nut supported these UPSs until version 1.4.3. What was the reason for the driver being removed from nut? Are there plans to reintegrate it? Quoting from the FAQ: Q: My favorite UPS driver disappeared after an upgrade. What now? A: Drivers are occasionally removed from the tree if they are no longer receiving maintenance. There have been several architectural changes to the driver code in recent times, and drivers which were not converted by someone are eventually dropped. This is called progress. We do this in order to avoid a situation where someone believes that a driver is being maintained when it is actually rotting slowly in the tree. It also keeps the tree free of old compatibility hacks for code that nobody actually uses anyway. To get a driver back into current releases, you need to convert it yourself or get someone to do it for you. This is not difficult. The hardest part of any driver is decoding the protocol, and that's already been done in the old version. So, If you don't mind doing some testing (and you're prepared to deal with any side effects, like accidentally turning the UPS output off while debugging), then we can work with you to try and resurrect the driver. -- - Charles Lepple ___ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
