Nut upsuser - Aug 2009 - I Need help configuring my UPS- Newbie!!

Hi,
> I'm at my wits end and need help regarding my UPS. I am a newbie to
Linux
> (10 months) and need help with trying to configure my UPS to my Linux SME
> server.
> I have little or no experience with Bash and am finding it overwhelming
> when it comes to trying to configure my UPS.
>  I have installed my UPS to my Linux SME server and have installed my
> driver for it. At best I think its running but not configured properly.
> The UPS is connected via USB and am using the megatec-usb driver.
> I am able to run the upsmon command and it gives me all the relevant info
> about the UPS-charge voltage/input/output etc...
>
>
> Broadcast message from nut (Sun Nov 16 23:05:08 2008):
>
> Communications with UPS
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> UPS at
localhost established
>
> Broadcast message from nut (Sun Nov 16 23:05:08 2008):
>
> Communications with UPS
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> UPS at
localhost established
>
> [ <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> root
at
server etc]# upsc
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> UPS at
localhost
> battery.charge: 95.0
> battery.voltage: 13.50
> battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
> driver.name: megatec_usb
> driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
> driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS0
> driver.version: 2.2.0-
> driver.version.internal: 1.5.4
> input.frequency: 50.0
> input.voltage: 235.0
> input.voltage.fault: 165.0
> input.voltage.maximum: 244.0
> input.voltage.minimum: 218.0
> output.voltage: 235.0
> output.voltage.nominal: 225.0
> ups.beeper.status: enabled
> ups.delay.shutdown: 0
> ups.delay.start: 2
> ups.load: 20.0
> ups.mfr: KEBO
> ups.model: UPS-650VA VER7.03
> ups.serial: unknown
> ups.status: OL
> ups.temperature: 0.0
> [ <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> root
at
server etc]#
>
>
> I keep getting errors from the server regarding loosing and reconnecting
> with the UPS appx every 10 mins.
>
> here's the email my server generates...
>
> Communications with UPS
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> UPS at
localhost
> <
<https://192.168.0.254/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=56795#>
https://192.168.0.254/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=56795#>
> established
>
> Communications with UPS
<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser> UPS at
localhost
> <
<https://192.168.0.254/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=56792#>
https://192.168.0.254/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=56792#>
> lost
> every 10 minutes...
>
Heres some additional information.

[root at server ~]# [root at server ~]# upsmon

Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.2.0-

UPS: UPS at localhost (master) (power value 1)

Using power down flag file /etc/killpower

[root at server ~]# lsusb

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0001:0000 Fry's Electronics

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Transcend JetFlash Flash
Drive

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000


> Can anyone help regarding how to properly configure nut and to edit the
> config file. I'm at a lost how to do this within bash- I'm very new
to
bash
> and am only able to use cd,ls, and other very basic command. I run the vi
> command to edit the nut config file but just get some kind of weird
> display??. Am I beyond help? I'm keen to learn and get all the backup
> systems properly sorted on my server. UPS is one and a fail-safe clone
> server is another.Can anyone help?
>
> Hope I've made sense, the terminology may not be accurate, please
excuse
> me.
 
Kind Regards John john at ber.net.nz


 
 
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Citeren "John @ BER Ltd" <john op ber.net.nz>:
> I keep getting errors from the server regarding loosing and reconnecting
> with the UPS appx every 10 mins.
[...]
> Can anyone help regarding how to properly configure nut and to edit the
> config file.
The problem is not in the configuration file, it's the version of NUT  
you're using. Before nut-2.2.2, the megatec/megatec_usb driver would  
declare a UPS stale on the first error. Especially for USB, an  
occasional error is normal (which may be due to EMI or plugging  
another USB device) so the driver shouldn't warn about that if it can  
reconnect immediately.

There is nothing you can do about this in the configuration file, you  
need to upgrade NUT to version 2.2.2 or newer to fix this.

Best regards, Arjen

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