Arnaud Quette
2005-Oct-17 06:56 UTC
[Nut-upsuser] Re: Feedback: Back-UPS RS 800 USB works with NUT
Hi Klaus, Thanks for your much appreciated feedback. Klaus Holler wrote:> Hello, > >I just wanted to report that the Back-UPS RS 800 works with the >Network UPS Tools. Currently I use the following (Ubuntu breezy) >debian packages on kernel 2.4.31: >ii nut 2.0.2-1build1 >ii nut-usb 2.0.2-1build1 > >lsusb reports: >ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500/1000/1500 > >With hidups I get this status: > ># upsc myups@localhost >battery.charge: 100 >battery.chemistry: PbAc >battery.runtime: 1162 >battery.voltage: 27.4 >driver.name <http://driver.name>: hidups >driver.parameter.port: /dev/usb/hiddev0 >driver.version: 2.0.2 >ups.delay.shutdown: -1 >ups.delay.start: 0 >ups.load: 410 >ups.mfr: American Power Conversion >ups.model: Back-UPS BR 800 FW:9.o2 .I USB FW:o2 >ups.serial: QB0420243302 >ups.status: OL > >Only one issue is annoying: that the syslog is clutter with lots of >... hidups[8850]: Ignoring x86 page event 0xff860080 (0) >... hidups[8850]: Unhandled event: 0x840032 (5000) > > >newhidups also can communicate with the UPS, the status is a little >more verbose: > ># upsc myups@localhost >battery.charge: 100 >battery.charge.low: 10 >battery.runtime: 1192 >battery.temperature: 302.0 >battery.voltage: 27.0 >battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0 >driver.name <http://driver.name>: newhidups >driver.parameter.port: /dev/usb/hiddev0 >driver.version: 2.0.2 >driver.version.data: APC HID 0.7 >driver.version.internal: 0.23 >input.voltage: -159357104.0 >output.voltage: 230.0 >output.voltage.target.line: 230.0 >ups.delay.shutdown: -1 >ups.firmware: 9.o2 .I >ups.firmware.aux: o2 >ups.load: 40 >ups.mfr: American Power Conversion >ups.model: Back-UPS BR 800 >ups.serial: QB0420243302 >ups.status: OL >ups.temperature: 302.0 >ups.test.result: No test initiated > >But then syslog is cluttered every two seconds with "... kernel: >usbdevfs: usb_submit_urb returned -22" instead, so I reverted back to >the recommended hidups ;-)newhidups will soon replace hidups. So we'll have to deal with the remaining problems. There have been lots of improvements in newhidups since Peter joigned us... @Peter: have you experienced the same problems with the latest newhidups? Arnaud Quette -- Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20051017/5adcd5d3/attachment.htm