Nut upsuser - Jan 2009 - Strange ups.load and battery.temperature with an APC Back-UPS RS 800 (NUT v2.2.2)

Hello!!

I have a APC Back-UPS RS 800 and I'm using NUT v2.2.2 on a PowerPC
powered NAS.

With WinNut, I found the ups.load value strange, so I've done a "upsc
ups" and got this results:



battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: 2001/09/25
battery.mfr.date: 2007/12/28
battery.runtime: 997
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.temperature: 3022999999999999855
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.8
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.2.2
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.92
driver.version.internal: 0.33
input.voltage: 232.0
input.voltage.nominal: 230
output.voltage: 230.0
output.voltage.nominal: 230.0
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.delay.start: 30
ups.firmware: 9.o4 .I
ups.firmware.aux: o4
ups.load:
460000000000000000522694688304941003169920226853844164973253026123689780561201643569637208248542908198527766044790898610404968516009252686779106462679232958642106465178573742621663105573836478844157360968769427943324469938758039552774256898399191695594881
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2007/12/28
ups.model: Back-UPS BR  800
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: [hidden]
ups.status: OL
ups.test.result: No test initiated
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d


Actually, everything is normal except battery.temperature and
ups.load.


?Any clue why it's showing this values? With an older version off nut,
ups.load showed always 0.

Anyways, connecting the UPS to windows, I see the correct load value
reported.



Thanks in advance.
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Citeren ZeusII <zeus2 at elotrolado.net>:
> battery.temperature: 3022999999999999855
[...]
> ups.load:  
>
460000000000000000522694688304941003169920226853844164973253026123689780561201643569637208248542908198527766044790898610404968516009252686779106462679232958642106465178573742621663105573836478844157360968769427943324469938758039552774256898399191695594881
These problems might be related. In order to find out what is wrong,  
run the 'usbhid-ups' driver with debugging enabled (-DDDD, not higher)  
to see what is going on.

Best regards, Arjen
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On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:43 PM, ZeusII <zeus2 at elotrolado.net>
wrote:
> Hello!!
>
> I have a APC Back-UPS RS 800 and I'm using NUT v2.2.2 on a PowerPC
> powered NAS.
I assume this is a 32-bit PowerPC processor?

Can you provide a few more details about the OS when you send the log
that Arjen requested in an earlier email?

(Also, please gzip the log file before attaching it.)

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Citeren Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>:
>> These problems might be related. In order to find out what is wrong,
>> run the 'usbhid-ups' driver with debugging enabled (-DDDD, not
higher)
>> to see what is going on.
>
> For reference, I have an APC Back-UPS RS 800 here and it says (with NUT
> 2.2.2):
>
> battery.temperature: 29.2
> (...)
> ups.load: 33.0
>
> The load value is correct. The temperature is fake (it never changes.)
> Same firmware version as in the original report (9.o4 .I).
Interesting. Still I would like to see the debug output. There are  
many places where this problem can originate. UPS, computer, driver,  
server, client and all the interfaces in between. Having the debug  
output from the driver allows us to narrow this down if this is a  
problem between UPS and driver (and therefor maybe existent only in  
this particular setup) or something that is introduced between driver  
and client (not related to the UPS).

Best regards, Arjen
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