Nut upsuser - Oct 2005 - NUT does not recognize Effekta MT 1500

Hello everybody,
this is my first post to this list - normally I take some time
to read some messages first to get an impression of the List,
but I have a pressing question to ask, so please forgive me if
I miss the right tone...

I just installed NUT 2.0.2 and try to get it working with our
Effekta MT 1500. In the Drievers List I found this entry:

"Effekta"	"MI/MT/MH"	"2502 cable"
"fentonups"

I went ahead and created this entry in ups.conf:

[UPS_A]
	driver = fentonups
	port = /dev/ttyS0
         desc = "Haupt-USV"

And tried to start the driver:

 > /usr/local/ups/bin/upsdrvctl start

Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Network UPS Tools - Fenton UPS driver 1.22 (2.0.2)
Unknown ups - please report this ID string: #SMART-UPS       1500VA 
T15Q1CCG
Detected Unknown 500VA on /dev/ttyS0

Where did I go wrong?
Should I add some information about the cable I am using?

Is there a way to get it working with the genericups-driver?
(The thing is, I cannot really fool around, there is a very important
server hanging from that ups)...

Thanks a lot for your help!

Regards,
Daniel

Hello,

2005/10/5, Ecologic Groups <itgroups@ecologic.de>:
>
> ...
> I just installed NUT 2.0.2 and try to get it working with our
> Effekta MT 1500. In the Drievers List I found this entry:
>
> "Effekta" "MI/MT/MH" "2502 cable"
"fentonups"
>
> I went ahead and created this entry in ups.conf:
>
> [UPS_A]
> driver = fentonups
> port = /dev/ttyS0
> desc = "Haupt-USV"
>
> And tried to start the driver:
>
> > /usr/local/ups/bin/upsdrvctl start
>
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
> Network UPS Tools - Fenton UPS driver 1.22 (2.0.2)
> Unknown ups - please report this ID string: #SMART-UPS 1500VA
> T15Q1CCG
> Detected Unknown 500VA on /dev/ttyS0
>
> Where did I go wrong?
>
nowhere. As stated in the above trace, this model isn't yet handled (based
on its string ID).

The "problem" with fentonups is that you need to fill a struct
(modeltab or
mtab2) with:
- the above string ID (simple part),
- several data to allow calculation of data such as the Low Battery level,
...

Have a look at that file, and if you can, make some testing:
http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/nut/drivers/fentonups.h?rev=1.1.1.1.8.1.2.1&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=nut

If you want your UPS to be supported, you'll have to hack a bit yourself...

Arnaud
--
Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
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OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
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