Nut upsdev - Apr 2011 - Patch to support GE EP series

Hi,

recently I got a GE EP6000R UPS. At first I feared it's not supported at
all, but after digging in I found out that it's supported by the
'blazer' driver.

The UPS has both RS232 and USB connection. To use the RS232 connection,
I had to use the 'cablepower = none' as the UPS is using only RX, TX and
GND pins.

So my 'usp.conf' was a bit like that:
> [myups]
>         driver = blazer_ser
>         port = /dev/ttyS0
>         cablepower = none
>         desc = "Local UPS"
To use the USB connection required a bit more work, but I eventually
found out what it takes:
> [myups]
>         driver = blazer_usb
>         port = /dev/ttyS0  # probably irrelevant
>         vendorid = 14f0
>         productid = 00c9
>         subdriver = phoenix
>         desc = "Local UPS"
I also made a patch so I don't need to define 'vendorid',
'productid'
and 'subdriver' in config, but since I'm not a programmer, the patch
is
mostly 'guesswork'. The patch is against nut-2.6.0 release.

I hope this list accepts attachments...

 Regards, Danilo




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Citeren Danilo Godec <danilo.godec op agenda.si>:
> The UPS has both RS232 and USB connection. To use the RS232 connection,
> I had to use the 'cablepower = none' as the UPS is using only RX,
TX and
> GND pins.
If the UPS really only uses the RX and TX pins, the setting of  
'cablepower' is irrelevant.
> So my 'usp.conf' was a bit like that:
>
>> [myups]
>>         driver = blazer_ser
>>         port = /dev/ttyS0
>>         cablepower = none
>>         desc = "Local UPS"
>
> To use the USB connection required a bit more work, but I eventually
> found out what it takes:
>
>> [myups]
>>         driver = blazer_usb
>>         port = /dev/ttyS0  # probably irrelevant
>>         vendorid = 14f0
>>         productid = 00c9
>>         subdriver = phoenix
>>         desc = "Local UPS"
Have you also tried *all* the other subdrivers? The 'phoenix'  
subdriver was an early attempt to work around some issue we found in a  
particular USB to serial converter, which later turned out to be  
better solved in the 'ippon' subdriver. Make sure you have also tested  
the latter.
> I also made a patch so I don't need to define 'vendorid',
'productid'
> and 'subdriver' in config, but since I'm not a programmer, the
patch is
> mostly 'guesswork'. The patch is against nut-2.6.0 release.
>
> I hope this list accepts attachments...
We do. I'll commit the changes to the development version once we've  
ironed out the last things here.

Best regards, Arjen
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