Nut upsuser - May 2006 - Nut issue or MGE issue?

Hi,

	I took the advice of Daniel O'Connor, found out what variables I
had available to me, and put them in the conf. So now it looks like :

[ellipse]
        driver = mge-shut
        port =  /dev/cuaa0
        desc = "UPS"
        lowbatt = 5
        offdelay = 120
 let the UPS charge up fully, 24 hours.

        I plugged a single lamp into it, with a 60W bulb.

        At 3:40p I pulled the power. This is a sample of some readings I
took since then :

Time    % Charge        Load
3:40    100             2
3:41    98              4
3:42    94              6
3:43    91              6
3:44    88              4
3:45    84              6
        ==more time passed
4:06    14              8
4:07    10              6
4:08    7               6
4:09    3               6
4:10    0               6
4:11    0               6
4:12    0               6

        It seems to have discharged pretty rapidly for only carrying a
60W bulb. The other issue is that at the current time its 4:44, and the 
power is STILL ON TO THE LAMP! Why has it been saying for 34 minutes that
there is 0% battery available, but yet powering a load. And why if there is
a bulb, which should be a fairly good constant (Though I have seen the
bulb change intensity ever so little since its been on battery), is the
load number changing? 

        Please let me know if I might have a defective unit, if there is some
way to "calibrate it" or if I am not doing the testing/monitoring
properly.

	(At the same time upslog wasn't any help:
20060523 153139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 153639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 154139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 154639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 155139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 155639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 160139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 160639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 161139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 161639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 162139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 162639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 163139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 163639 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
20060523 164139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA)

                        Thanks, Tuc

On Wednesday 24 May 2006 06:15, Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H
wrote:
>         I plugged a single lamp into it, with a 60W bulb.
>
>         At 3:40p I pulled the power. This is a sample of some readings I
> took since then :
>         It seems to have discharged pretty rapidly for only carrying a
> 60W bulb. The other issue is that at the current time its 4:44, and the
> power is STILL ON TO THE LAMP! Why has it been saying for 34 minutes that
> there is 0% battery available, but yet powering a load. And why if there is
> a bulb, which should be a fairly good constant (Though I have seen the
> bulb change intensity ever so little since its been on battery), is the
> load number changing?
The measured load is varying.. If it truly is only a 60W globe then I would 
say the UPS is broken.
>         Please let me know if I might have a defective unit, if there is
> some way to "calibrate it" or if I am not doing the
testing/monitoring
> properly.
You may be able to do a battery test, try..
upscmd -l myups@localhost

and see if there is a battery test you can do, I get..
kiruna:~>upscmd -l hid@localhost
Instant commands supported on UPS [hid@localhost]:

test.battery.start.quick - Unavailable
test.battery.start.deep - Unavailable
test.battery.stop - Stop the battery test
load.off - Turn off the load immediately
load.on - Turn on the load immediately

(I think the "Unavailable" means the description is unknown, not that
the test
is unavailable.
> 	(At the same time upslog wasn't any help:
> 20060523 153139 NA NA NA [NA] NA NA
Looks like you may have specifed the UPS to upslog incorrectly or upsd isn't
running.

-- 
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for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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