Hi
Has anyone got a Compaq(/HP) T700 UPS to work with the BCMXCP
driver? I've built yesterday's CVS of NUT 2.1 on one of my FreeBSD
systems but
chown root:wheel /dev/cuaa0
/usr/local/libexec/upsdrvctl -u root start
gives:
--
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.1.0
Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.10 (2.1.0)
Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
Can't find the UPS on port /dev/cuaa0!
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
--
I tried several values for baud_rate but with the same result.
ups.conf contains:
--
[compaq]
driver = bcmxcp
port = /dev/cuaa0
desc = "Compaq T700h"
--
I'm assuming that the UPS and cable are OK since Windows XP detects
the presence of a Powerware UPS.
Any suggestions or pointers would be appreciated
Regards
Bernard
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Dr Bernard J. Treves Brown, Research Fellow
Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science,
University of Manchester, P.O. Box 88, Manchester. M60 1QD UK
Email: B.J.Treves.Brown@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 161-306 8900 Fax: +44 (0) 161-306 4896
Bernard J. Treves Brown wrote:>Hi > >Has anyone got a Compaq(/HP) T700 UPS to work with the BCMXCP >driver? I've built yesterday's CVS of NUT 2.1 on one of my FreeBSD systems but >chown root:wheel /dev/cuaa0 >/usr/local/libexec/upsdrvctl -u root start >gives: > >-- >Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.1.0 >Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.10 (2.1.0) > >Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command >Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command >Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command >Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command >Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command >Can't find the UPS on port /dev/cuaa0! >Driver failed to start (exit status=1) >-- > >I tried several values for baud_rate but with the same result. > >ups.conf contains: > >-- >[compaq] > driver = bcmxcp > port = /dev/cuaa0 > desc = "Compaq T700h" >-- > >I'm assuming that the UPS and cable are OK since Windows XP detects >the presence of a Powerware UPS. > >I am not one of the experts, but you aren't running freebsd-6.0+ are you? if so, you'll want to use /dev/cuad0
Hi Further to my email last Thursday I now have my Compaq T700h more-or-less working with NUT on FreeBSD 5.4. Many thanks to Kjell Claesson for suggesting the upscode2 driver rather than BCMXCP. /usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl start works with no errors using this ups.conf: - it takes about 20 seconds. ---- [compaq] ??????? driver = upscode2 ??????? port = /dev/cuaa0 ??????? desc = "Compaq T700h" ??????? manufacturer = "Compaq" ??????? input_timeout = 5 ??????? use_pre_lf = yes ----- I said it more-or-less worked... # /usr/local/sbin/upsd Network UPS Tools upsd 2.1.0 Connected to UPS [compaq]: compaq Synchronizing........ giving up Initially I got occasional comments in /var/log/messages about stale data (about 1/hour) but setting MAXAGE 30 in upsd.conf seems to have fixed that. However the MAXAGE change didn?t make any difference to the "Synchronizing" problem - is the synchronization with slave systems (I don?t have any) or with the UPS driver? Although upsd apparently is not synchronized, upsmon starts, although it logs the message Poll UPS [compaq@localhost] failed - Variable not supported by UPS. Suggestions welcome for these nits but essentially the system seems to work. Regards Bernard -- Dr Bernard J. Treves Brown, Research Fellow Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, P.O. Box 88, Manchester. M60 1QD UK Email: B.J.Treves.Brown@manchester.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 161-306 8900 Fax: +44 (0) 161-306 4896