Nut upsuser - Jan 2011 - 2.6 and 2.2

I want to upgrade to 2.6 now that it is an official release.  


I have one box that is connected to the UPS via the serial port
('master').  I have another box that connects to the master over the
network.

Can I upgrade the master to 2.6, leaving the other box at 2.2, or do I
need to upgrade everything to 2.6 at the same time?  

Eventually I want to bring everything up to 2.6, but I want to do it a
step at a time.

Thanks.

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Mike. <the.lists at mgm51.com>
wrote:
>
> I want to upgrade to 2.6 now that it is an official release.
>
>
> I have one box that is connected to the UPS via the serial port
> ('master'). ?I have another box that connects to the master over
the
> network.
>
> Can I upgrade the master to 2.6, leaving the other box at 2.2, or do I
> need to upgrade everything to 2.6 at the same time?
As old as this compatibility chart looks, it is still valid for 2.4.x and 2.6.x:

http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/ar01s02.html#_backwards_and_forwards_compatibility

Basically, the network protocol has not changed since 2.0.

If you run into problems with a given driver, it is sometimes possible
to mix and match versions on the same machine (e.g. driver vs. upsd)
but in many cases, it's easier to just upgrade all of each machine's
copy of NUT at the same time (through a package manager, or by
installing to a separate location).

-- 
- Charles Lepple

On 1/16/2011 at 8:48 PM Charles Lepple wrote:

|As old as this compatibility chart looks, it is still valid for 2.4.x
and
|2.6.x:
|
|http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/ar01s02.html#_b
ackwards_and_forwards_compatibility
|
|Basically, the network protocol has not changed since 2.0.
|
|[snip]
============

Thanks, I was looking for something like that chart.