Nut upsdev - Oct 2017 - Tripplite Smart Int 1000 - wrong numbers

Hi, Charles

I'm trying compilation but there is no configure command in the cloned 
git directory of nut.


D?a 08.10.2017 o 23:47 Charles Lepple nap?sal(a):
> On Oct 8, 2017, at 4:34 PM, tuharsky at misbb.sk wrote:
>> Thank You for You reply, Charles
>>
>>
>> D?a 07.10.2017 o 14:30 Charles Lepple nap?sal(a):
>>> Is the "lan4.1" cable different from this one?
http://networkupstools.org/cables.html#_tripp_lite
>> Yes, it is different. The correct cable for this interface version
looks like this:
>> http://pinouts.ru/UPS/tripplite_smartpro_cable_pinout.shtml
> Thanks, I just created an issue to remind me about that later:
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/487
>
>>> Are you comfortable with rebuilding the drivers?
>>>
>>> I think the best thing might be to see if your UPS responds to the
same protocol query command that is used in tripplite_usb:
>>>
>> Seems that it could help tripplite tree as such... Charles, well,
I'm not a programmer, but if You send me instructions and/or howto, I'll
try my best.
>>
>> I have Debian 9 so please decide, whether it would suffice to use the
distributional source packages or whether build from "raw" upstream
source, and instruct me accordingly.
> You might want to rebuild the .deb packages later, but for now, the
quickest way is probably from source.
>
> 1) make sure you have "deb-src" lines to match the
"deb" lines in /etc/apt/sources
> 2) run "sudo apt-get update" if you had to change anything
> 3) run "sudo apt-get build-dep nut"
> 3.5) optional: remove "asciidoc" (or install the build-deps
manually, and omit asciidoc) to save a bit of build time
> 4) run "sudo apt-get -y install git" if you do not already have
Git installed
> 5) clone the source to your working directory: "git clone
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut.git"
> 6) "cd nut" and run this mega-command:
>
> ./configure --includedir=/usr/include --mandir=/usr/share/man \
>          --infodir=/usr/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc/nut
--localstatedir=/var \
>          --libexecdir=/usr/lib/nut --srcdir=. --enable-maintainer-mode \
>          --disable-silent-rules --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
>          --with-ssl --with-nss --with-cgi --with-dev --enable-static \
>          --with-statepath=/var/run/nut --with-altpidpath=/var/run/nut \
>          --with-drvpath=/lib/nut --with-cgipath=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nut \
>          --with-htmlpath=/usr/share/nut/www --with-pidpath=/var/run/nut \
>          --datadir=/usr/share/nut
--with-pkgconfig-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig \
>          --with-user=nut --with-group=nut --with-udev-dir=/lib/udev \
>          --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
>
> 7) run "make"
>
> Hopefully that works, and in the mean time, I will work on a quick patch
that will attempt to grab the protocol number.
>

My apologies, I forgot a step. See below.
> On Oct 9, 2017, at 1:59 PM, tuharsky at misbb.sk wrote:
> 
> Hi, Charles
> 
> I'm trying compilation but there is no configure command in the cloned
git directory of nut.
> 
> 
> D?a 08.10.2017 o 23:47 Charles Lepple nap?sal(a):
>> On Oct 8, 2017, at 4:34 PM, tuharsky at misbb.sk wrote:
>>> Thank You for You reply, Charles
>>> 
>>> 
>>> D?a 07.10.2017 o 14:30 Charles Lepple nap?sal(a):
>>>> Is the "lan4.1" cable different from this one?
http://networkupstools.org/cables.html#_tripp_lite
>>> Yes, it is different. The correct cable for this interface version
looks like this:
>>> http://pinouts.ru/UPS/tripplite_smartpro_cable_pinout.shtml
>> Thanks, I just created an issue to remind me about that later:
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/487
>> 
>>>> Are you comfortable with rebuilding the drivers?
>>>> 
>>>> I think the best thing might be to see if your UPS responds to
the same protocol query command that is used in tripplite_usb:
>>>> 
>>> Seems that it could help tripplite tree as such... Charles, well,
I'm not a programmer, but if You send me instructions and/or howto, I'll
try my best.
>>> 
>>> I have Debian 9 so please decide, whether it would suffice to use
the distributional source packages or whether build from "raw"
upstream source, and instruct me accordingly.
>> You might want to rebuild the .deb packages later, but for now, the
quickest way is probably from source.
>> 
>> 1) make sure you have "deb-src" lines to match the
"deb" lines in /etc/apt/sources
>> 2) run "sudo apt-get update" if you had to change anything
>> 3) run "sudo apt-get build-dep nut"
>> 3.5) optional: remove "asciidoc" (or install the build-deps
manually, and omit asciidoc) to save a bit of build time
>> 4) run "sudo apt-get -y install git" if you do not already
have Git installed
>> 5) clone the source to your working directory: "git clone
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut.git"
>> 6) "cd nut" and run this mega-command:
6.5) "git fetch && git checkout tripplite_serial_protocol"
6.6) "./autogen.sh"
6.7) configure command below:
>> 
>> ./configure --includedir=/usr/include --mandir=/usr/share/man \
>>         --infodir=/usr/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc/nut
--localstatedir=/var \
>>         --libexecdir=/usr/lib/nut --srcdir=. --enable-maintainer-mode \
>>         --disable-silent-rules --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
>>         --with-ssl --with-nss --with-cgi --with-dev --enable-static \
>>         --with-statepath=/var/run/nut --with-altpidpath=/var/run/nut \
>>         --with-drvpath=/lib/nut --with-cgipath=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nut \
>>         --with-htmlpath=/usr/share/nut/www --with-pidpath=/var/run/nut
\
>>         --datadir=/usr/share/nut
--with-pkgconfig-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig \
>>         --with-user=nut --with-group=nut --with-udev-dir=/lib/udev \
>>         --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
>> 
>> 7) run "make"
>> 
>> Hopefully that works, and in the mean time, I will work on a quick
patch that will attempt to grab the protocol number.
>> 
> 
The tripplite_serial_protocol branch has some debug statements that will show up
if you run "sudo drivers/tripplite -D -a name-of-ups" from the nut
directory.

Heh,

"Regenerating Augeas ups.conf lens" - a bit of Greek mythology based 
humor? :-)


D?a 10.10.2017 o 02:55 Charles Lepple nap?sal(a):
> git fetch && git checkout tripplite_serial_protocol

Charles, maybe we are getting closer :-)
> The tripplite_serial_protocol branch has some debug statements that will
show up if you run "sudo drivers/tripplite -D -a name-of-ups" from the
nut directory.
Network UPS Tools - Tripp-Lite SmartUPS driver 0.91 (2.7.4-432-gafd90f5a)
 ?? 0.000000??? [D1] debug level is '1'
 ?? 0.177766??? [D1] W value = 0x86
 ?? 0.177782??? [D1] L value = 0x45
 ?? 0.177786??? [D1] V value = 0x01
 ?? 0.177790??? [D1] X value = 0x0000
Detected Tripp Lite Smart 1000 on /dev/ttyS0