Nut upsuser - Jun 2008 - iBall UPS support?

Le lundi 23 juin 2008 ? 21:16 +0530, John Kennedy a ?crit
:
> Salut!
bonjour
> I have an iBall Nirantar UPS-630 UPS
> (http://iball.co.in/inner/show_product_details2.asp?catid=25) and am
> interested in hooking it up to my Ubuntu box. Problem - it only comes
> with WinPower Windows driver... Alas I search for it's compatibility...
> 
> I send you this message as this device is not listed on your site...
> 
> Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to
> contact me.
iirc, device using winpower are Phoenixtec (and so Eaton, as Powerware
and MGE Office Protection Systems) rebrands.
So, I bet you should try megatec or megatec_usb

please update us on your results, so that we can in turn update the
compatibility list.

Arnaud
-- 
Linux/Unix Expert R&D - MGE Office Protection Systems - www.mgeops.com
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/
Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/

Hi John,

we'll followup in english and keep the list posted, since it may help
some other people, or some others may help...

Le mardi 24 juin 2008 ? 23:21 +0530, John Kennedy a ?crit
:
> Arnaud,
> 
> Merci. 
> 
> Actuellement je cherche le cable pour brancher les UPS ? mon ordi. J'ai
> essay? avec le sortie DB-9 de UPS ? travers un adaptateur ? USB mais mes
> sortie USB ne fonctionnaient plus apr?s (finalement apr?s de bricolage
> ils ont recommenc? ? fonctionner). J'avais peur peter mes USB.... 
generally, if the communication is stuck, resetting the UPS (unplug the
power cord, poweroff the ups, wait a bit and replug everything) is the
way to go.

So, you don't have the original serial cable shipped with the unit.
2 options:
- if you've bought it recently, you might want to exchange it for a NUT
supported unit such as an MGE unit ;-)
- you can contact your reseller or the iBall support to get either a
cable or the wiring
> Donc je cherche le cable. Si vous aves les "specifications" pour
les
> "wiring" (p.ex. "null modem" ou pas, tige 2 ? tige 3,
etc. ?a peut
> m'aider.) Je habite en Inde (je suis am?ricain) et j'ai de
difficult? de
> m'exprimer et d'?tre compris.
interesting: a US guy living in India, and mailing in french with a .ch
address. How wonderful is the globalization ;-)
>  Par exemple, dans un magasin quand je
> demandait un cable de brancher le UPS ? mon ordi, ils m'ont expliquer
> que il faut utiliser le cable 3 fils pour le secteur... J'essayais de
> lui expliquer qu'il y a un autre cable pour le "control" mais
c'?tait
> trop difficile...
to be understood, I think you might need to ask for a communication
(serial) cable.
> Ensuite je vais essayer les pilots vous m'avez propos?.
> 
> Salutations,
> 
> John Kennedy
-- Arnaud
> On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 16:33 +0200, Arnaud Quette wrote: 
> > Le lundi 23 juin 2008 ? 21:16 +0530, John Kennedy a ?crit :
> > > Salut!
> > 
> > bonjour
> > 
> > > I have an iBall Nirantar UPS-630 UPS
> > > (http://iball.co.in/inner/show_product_details2.asp?catid=25) and
am
> > > interested in hooking it up to my Ubuntu box. Problem - it only
comes
> > > with WinPower Windows driver... Alas I search for it's
compatibility...
> > > 
> > > I send you this message as this device is not listed on your
site...
> > > 
> > > Should you require any additional information, please do not
hesitate to
> > > contact me.
> > 
> > iirc, device using winpower are Phoenixtec (and so Eaton, as Powerware
> > and MGE Office Protection Systems) rebrands.
> > So, I bet you should try megatec or megatec_usb
> > 
> > please update us on your results, so that we can in turn update the
> > compatibility list.
> > 
> > Arnaud