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Olav Seyfarth

2015-Nov-23 15:21 UTC

[Nut-upsuser] Cannot access Patriot Pro II from new system

Hi list,

on my previous (lenny or squeeze) machine, I had it up and running, but
that machine and configs are gone - and on my new jessie machine (see
device and config details below) I cannot start the driver:

# /lib/nut/bestups -DDDDD -a Patriot_Pro_II_750
   0.000000    debug level is '5'
   0.000806    send_to_all: SETINFO device.type "ups"
   0.000842    send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version "2.7.2"
   0.000862    send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version.internal "1.06"
   0.000884    send_to_all: SETINFO driver.name "bestups"
  17.264987    Unable to detect a Best/SOLA or Phoenix protocol UPS

I see no other relevant log entries.

I've noticed this tread:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsdev/2014-November/006801.html
But unless I misunderstood something, the driver bestups should still
work in jessie, right?

Might this be a clable issue?

The cable is the original cable that used to work with Best software (on
Windows XP) and NUT (unsure which version, default repos). I checked
it's wiring, it's as described in
http://www.networkupstools.org/cables.html#_phoenixtec_best_power except
that PC Pins 1,8 and 9 are connected to ground/shield.

Or a serial setup failure?

stty tells me that the driver sets speed to 2400baud, but does that mean
that the driver can establish a connection to the device?
How to tell?

If I interpreted other posts correctly, I should be able to use a
terminal program to access the UPS device. So I started minicom  -D
/dev/ttyS0 (without and with " -b 2400" or " -b 9600") and
tried to
enter "Q1 \r" but I don't even get a local echo.

So what does that mean and what else can I try?

Thank you for your ideas and hints!
Olav

P.S.: Once it works, should I contribute my values to
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut-ddl/tree/master/Best_Power ? How?

__________________________________

My new machine is ASUS H7-Plus; it has an internal serial connector
(with tappet(?) so that I can only plug the internal cable in one way)
but I bought a 3rd pary shield.
My OS is jessie, Debian kernel 3.16.7-ckt17-1
My NUT version: 2.7.2-4, installed via apt-get from repos
My UPS is a Patriot Pro II 750, P/N PP0750E S/N 186PFA4126 REV:00 (with
battery replaced),
manual available
http://powerquality.eaton.de/Products-services/legacy/patriot-pro-info.asp,
should be very similar to
http://www.networkupstools.org/ddl/Best_Power/Patriot_Pro_II_400.html
My config (all to default, except for these lines):

/etc/nut/nut.conf:
MODE=standalone

/etc/nut/ups.conf:
[Patriot_Pro_II_750]
    driver = bestups
    port = /dev/ttyS0

/etc/nut/upsd.users:
[upsmon]
    upsmon master
    password = somepass

/etc/nut/upsmon.conf:
MONITOR Patriot_Pro_II_750 at localhost 1 upsmon somepass master

/etc/passwd:
nut:x:112:119::/var/lib/nut:/bin/false

/etc/group:
dialout:x:20:nut
nut:x:119:

/etc/udev/rules.d/99_nut-serialups.rules:
KERNEL=="ttyS0", GROUP="nut"
________________

# ls -l /etc/nut
-rw-r----- 1 root nut  1544 Nov 23 12:36 nut.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root nut  4634 Nov 23 14:03 ups.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root nut  4577 Nov 23 13:26 upsd.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root nut  2177 Nov 23 14:04 upsd.users
-rw-r----- 1 root nut 15233 Nov 23 14:04 upsmon.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root nut  3887 M?r 20  2015 upssched.conf

# ls -l /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root nut 4, 64 Nov 23 14:13 /dev/ttyS0

# setserial -gav /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
    Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
    closing_wait: 3000
    Flags: spd_normal skip_test

# stty -F /dev/ttyS0
speed 2400 baud; line = 0;
min = 1; time = 0;
-brkint -icrnl -imaxbel
-opost -onlcr
-isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echoctl -echoke

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Charles Lepple

2015-Nov-24 01:55 UTC

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[Nut-upsuser] Cannot access Patriot Pro II from new system

On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:21 AM, Olav Seyfarth <olav at seyfarth.de>
wrote:> 
> I've noticed this tread:
>
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsdev/2014-November/006801.html
> But unless I misunderstood something, the driver bestups should still
> work in jessie, right?
It should still work.
> Might this be a clable issue?
> 
> The cable is the original cable that used to work with Best software (on
> Windows XP) and NUT (unsure which version, default repos). I checked
> it's wiring, it's as described in
> http://www.networkupstools.org/cables.html#_phoenixtec_best_power except
> that PC Pins 1,8 and 9 are connected to ground/shield.
> 
> Or a serial setup failure?
> 
> stty tells me that the driver sets speed to 2400baud, but does that mean
> that the driver can establish a connection to the device?
> How to tell?
There is no hardware handshaking, so the only way to tell is to send commands to
the UPS.> 
> If I interpreted other posts correctly, I should be able to use a
> terminal program to access the UPS device. So I started minicom  -D
> /dev/ttyS0 (without and with " -b 2400" or " -b 9600")
and tried to
> enter "Q1 \r" but I don't even get a local echo.
I think minicom defaults to enabling hardware handshaking, so try turning that
off (^A, O, "Serial port setup", F).
> So what does that mean and what else can I try?
> 
> Thank you for your ideas and hints!
> Olav
> 
> P.S.: Once it works, should I contribute my values to
> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut-ddl/tree/master/Best_Power ? How?
You can open an issue on the DDL repository, and include the output of
"upsc", "upsrw", and "upscmd -l". I think the
latter two will be mostly empty-- I'd check, but I am actually running the
newer nutdrv_qx, which wasn't released until NUT 2.7.3.
> My new machine is ASUS H7-Plus; it has an internal serial connector
> (with tappet(?) so that I can only plug the internal cable in one way)
> but I bought a 3rd pary shield.
If you have a jumper wire handy, you can connect the PC's TxD to RxD, and
check that characters are echoed in minicom. Then check the continuity to the
serial port.> 
> # setserial -gav /dev/ttyS0
> /dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
>    Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
>    closing_wait: 3000
>    Flags: spd_normal skip_test
Curious about the "skip_test" option...
> _______________________________________________
> Nut-upsuser mailing list
> Nut-upsuser at lists.alioth.debian.org
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
-- 
Charles Lepple
clepple at gmail

Olav Seyfarth

2015-Nov-26 23:56 UTC

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[Nut-upsuser] Cannot access Patriot Pro II from new system

Hi Charles,

thank you VERY MUCH for all your hints.
> If you have a jumper wire handy, you can connect the PC's TxD to RxDI should have tried to connect from another computer in the first place.
Or access another device known to work from this computer. It turned out
that the shield I used to connect the mainboard connector to the PC case
expected another mainboard pin layout. So all I had to do is to
re-arrange the wires... See attached log.
> open an issue on the DDL repository, and include the output of
"upsc",
> "upsrw", and "upscmd -l"Done: https://github.com/networkupstools/nut-ddl/issues/4

Please email me if I should provide/add anything else.

Olav
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// I could not get nut on my new server running dibian jessie to connect to my
UPS Best Power Patriot Pro 750.
// THIS is is a trail of my tests on a SECOND computer - so this shows what you
see if all DOES work well.


// added user to dialout group and logged out and back in

$ setserial -g /dev/ttyS0 
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4

$ stty -F /dev/ttyS0
speed 9600 baud; line = 0;
-brkint -imaxbel

$ sudo apt-get install nut
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abh?ngigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.       
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
Die folgenden zus?tzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
  libupsclient3 nut-client nut-server
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
  nut-monitor nut-cgi nut-snmp nut-ipmi nut-xml
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
  libupsclient3 nut nut-client nut-server
0 aktualisiert, 4 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Es m?ssen 876 kB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 5.345 kB Plattenplatz zus?tzlich benutzt.
M?chten Sie fortfahren? [J/n] 
Holen: 1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libupsclient3 amd64
2.7.1-1ubuntu1 [60,0 kB]
Holen: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main nut-client amd64
2.7.1-1ubuntu1 [87,2 kB]
Holen: 3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main nut-server amd64
2.7.1-1ubuntu1 [609 kB]
Holen: 4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main nut all 2.7.1-1ubuntu1
[120 kB]
Es wurden 876 kB in 2 s geholt (416 kB/s).
[...]

$ sudo cat >>/etc/nut/ups.conf <<EOF
[Best_Power_Patriot_Pro_750]
    driver = bestups
    port = /dev/ttyS0
EOF

// added user to nut group and logged out and back in
// all that's necessary for a DRIVER test should be there now
// UPS device is OFF (neither plugged in nor switched on, but serial cable
plugged in)

$ /lib/nut/bestups -a Best_Power_Patriot_Pro_750 -DDDDD
Network UPS Tools - Best UPS driver 1.06 (2.7.1)
   0.000000	debug level is '5'
   0.000881	send_to_all: SETINFO device.type "ups"
   0.000931	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version "2.7.1"
   0.000959	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version.internal "1.06"
   0.000986	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.name "bestups"
  17.267267	Unable to detect a Best/SOLA or Phoenix protocol UPS

$ stty -F /dev/ttyS0
speed 2400 baud; line = 0;
min = 1; time = 0;
-brkint -icrnl -imaxbel
-opost -onlcr
-isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echoctl -echoke

$ setserial -g /dev/ttyS0 
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4

// note that the port has been reconfigured
// UPS is plugged, on and connected

$ /lib/nut/bestups -a Best_Power_Patriot_Pro_750 -DDDDD
Network UPS Tools - Best UPS driver 1.06 (2.7.1)
   0.000000	debug level is '5'
   0.000809	send_to_all: SETINFO device.type "ups"
   0.000861	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version "2.7.1"
   0.000890	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version.internal "1.06"
   0.000918	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.name "bestups"
   0.648605	get_ident: got [PRO,750,230,230,20.0,27.3]
   0.648678	send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage.nominal "230"
   0.648715	send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage.nominal "230"
   0.648749	send_to_all: SETINFO ups.mfr "Best Power"
   0.648766	send_to_all: SETINFO ups.model "Patriot Pro 750"
   0.648783	send_to_all: SETINFO battery.voltage.nominal "24"
Detected Best Power Patriot Pro 750 on /dev/ttyS0
   0.749072	send_to_all: ADDCMD test.battery.start
   0.749128	send_to_all: ADDCMD test.battery.stop
   1.149812	send_to_all: SETINFO battery.voltage "27.5"
   1.149863	send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage "233.0"
   1.149895	send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage "233.0"
   1.149919	send_to_all: SETINFO ups.load "000"
   1.149940	send_to_all: SETINFO input.frequency "50.0"
   1.149965	send_to_all: SETINFO battery.charge "100.0"
   1.149990	send_to_all: SETINFO ups.status "OL"
   1.150011	send_to_all: DATAOK
   1.150112	dstate_init: sock /var/run/nut/bestups-Best_Power_Patriot_Pro_750
open on fd 5
   1.150155	send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.pollinterval "2"
   1.150193	send_to_all: SETINFO device.mfr "Best Power"
   1.150230	send_to_all: SETINFO device.model "Patriot Pro 750"
^C
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