Nut upsuser - Jul 2006 - MGE Pulsar Extreme - restart problem

Hello,

looking for replacements for some older Powerware equipment I found the MGE 
Pulsar Extreme 1000C and I'm currently testing one with nut-2.0.3 on a 
self-brewn i386-linux.

Upto now everything seems to work fine - except I can't get the power
outlets
switching on again after mains returns. As this works with Personal 
Solution-Pac 2 on W2k I thought that there might be a way to achieve it with 
nut, too. However, after trying "everything", I don't know any
further.

My ups.conf:
  driverpath = /bin
  [Pulsar1000]
  driver = mge-shut
  port = /dev/ttyS1
  offdelay = 120
  # mge-shut:  ondelay in s * 10
  ondelay = 15
  desc = tfp-3

Manually set
  cold start		disabled
  automatic restart	enabled
  energy savings	disabled


Any ideas?

Thanks for your answers.

Axel

Hi Axel,

2006/7/13, Axel Bergerhoff
<axelbergerhoff@compuserve.com>:
>
> Hello,
>
> looking for replacements for some older Powerware equipment I found the
> MGE
> Pulsar Extreme 1000C and I'm currently testing one with nut-2.0.3 on a
> self-brewn i386-linux.
>
> Upto now everything seems to work fine - except I can't get the power
> outlets
> switching on again after mains returns. As this works with Personal
> Solution-Pac 2 on W2k I thought that there might be a way to achieve it
> with
> nut, too. However, after trying "everything", I don't know
any further.
>
> My ups.conf:
>   driverpath = /bin
>   [Pulsar1000]
>   driver = mge-shut
>   port = /dev/ttyS1
>   offdelay = 120
>   # mge-shut:  ondelay in s * 10
>   ondelay = 15
>   desc = tfp-3
>
> Manually set
>   cold start            disabled
>   automatic restart     enabled
>   energy savings        disabled
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
I don't see anything according to your settings.
can you send an upsc output so that I can do some check.
FYI, I'm completly rewritting mge-shut for nut 2.2. Some
things are still lacking, but this approach will solve all the
current mge-shut problems and lacks.

You should also have a look at this thread:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2006-July/001267.html
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2006-July/001271.html

This will be available soon in newmge-shut (the current development
version).

Arnaud
-- 
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/
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Hi,

[I've cc'ed back upsuser for info]

This problem is solved in 2.0.4-pre2.

2006/7/26, Axel Bergerhoff
<axelbergerhoff@compuserve.com>:
>
> Hello Arnaud,
>
> Works! Great! Thanks!

yipee ;-)

Made two tests:
> #1
> 11:02:21  unplug power cord
> 11:02:29  mge-shut -DDDDD -x ondelay=30 -DDDDD -k /dev/ttyS1
> 11:03:11  outlets -> OFF
> 11:03:37  UPS -> OFF
> 11:04:10  replugged
> 11:04:22  outlets -> ON
>
> #2
> 11:10:20  unplug power cord
> 11:10:23  mge-shut -DDDDD -x ondelay=30 -DDDDD -k /dev/ttyS1
> 11:11:04  outlets -> OFF
> 11:11:26  UPS -> OFF
> 11:18:05  replugged
> 11:18:16  outlets -> ON
>
>
> Now this success leaves me a bit confused about the meaning of
"ondelay"
> and with a few questions:
> - Does the setting of "ondelay" still correlate with man
mge-shut(8) from
>   Dec 16 2005?

no, and that's due to a lack of feature in mge-shut (exponent management).
Check this for an explanation:
https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=302073&group_id=30602&atid=411544

As told before, I'm putting about all my effort in 2.2, and for this case,
in mge-shut rewritte...

- Is there a way to set the time between return of mains ("replug")
and
>   powering on of the main outlet? Or do I need to use outlets 1 and 2
> (didn't
>   test them upto know)?

no, you need either need to play with:
- ondelay (knowing that the UPS will power up after ondelay - offdelay). In
the present case, offdelay is 20 sec, and ondelay is 30 sec, the UPS powers
up ~ 10 sec after the power restoration).
- outlets. Check:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2006-July/001267.html
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2006-July/001271.html

Note that the last allows finer startup sequences...

- When do you expect nut-2.0.4 becoming final?


by friday. I was just waiting to solve your case, and to finish another task
to get a bit of time.

Thanks again,


thanks for your patience, and for choosing MGE ;-)

Axel
>
> > Hi Axel,
> >
> > I've forgotten to ask you to test 2.0.4-pre2 with the following
(still
> with
> > nut stopped, and no load on ups output):
> > - compile nut as usual,
> > - unplug the UPS power cord,
> > - then call:
> > drivers/mge-shut -DDDDD -x ondelay=30 -DDDDD -k /dev/ttyS1
> > - the ups will stop 20 sec later. When the UPS is off, plug back the
> power
> > cord, and the ups will restart.
> >
> > Thanks to tell me if it works or not as I'm waiting to release the
final
> > 2.0.4. If it doesn't work, please send me the mge-shut output.
> ...

Arnaud
-- 
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/
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