Nut upsuser - Aug 2022 - dual cyberpower 2200 on windows

On Aug 11, 2022, at 10:06 AM, Richard Ward wrote:
> 
>  I need to specify the usb port in the ups.conf file, but I cannot work out
how to find the path for each ups to fill in the port = section. If I leave it
as port = auto, then only 1 unit can be monitored at a time.
> 
as the documentation describes, just leave port=auto and use the other
USB-specific options to distinguish USB UPSes from one another:
https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/usbhid-ups.html#_implementation (port is a
relic from the days of serial UPSes)

If the UPSes are truly identical (no unique serial number), then that's
something you should take up with your UPS vendor.

Thanks Charles,

The devices are the same make and model, bought at the same time. both
return the following when running upsc, and I cant see any way to
distiguish the 2 apart. Any suggestions, other than to connect them to
different servers? :

battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 20
battery.mfr.date: CPS
battery.runtime: 1031
battery.runtime.low: 300
battery.type: PbAcid
battery.voltage: 17.3
battery.voltage.nominal: 24
device.mfr: CPS
device.model: Value2200E
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 1
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.parameter.productid: 0501
driver.parameter.vendorid: 0764
driver.version: Windows-v2.6.5-5-7-g72f380c
driver.version.data: CyberPower HID 0.3
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.transfer.high: 0
input.transfer.low: 0
input.voltage: 239.0
input.voltage.nominal: 230
output.voltage: 241.0
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.delay.start: 30
ups.load: 29
ups.mfr: CPS
ups.model: Value2200E
ups.productid: 0501
ups.realpower.nominal: 1320
ups.status: OL
ups.test.result: No test initiated
ups.timer.shutdown: -60
ups.timer.start: -60
ups.vendorid: 0764


On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 at 12:18, Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2022, at 10:06 AM, Richard Ward wrote:
> >
> >  I need to specify the usb port in the ups.conf file, but I cannot
work
> out how to find the path for each ups to fill in the port = section. If I
> leave it as port = auto, then only 1 unit can be monitored at a time.
> >
> as the documentation describes, just leave port=auto and use the other
> USB-specific options to distinguish USB UPSes from one another:
> https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/usbhid-ups.html#_implementation
> (port is a relic from the days of serial UPSes)
>
> If the UPSes are truly identical (no unique serial number), then that's
> something you should take up with your UPS vendor.
>
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