Hi, I am considering purchasing a UPS and want one that I can query from bash scripts. I would assume nut to be the best tool to allow this. I have been directed to a Socomec RT 3000VA UPS. I have previously had MGE Pulsars and interfaced to them with nut's mge-utalk and mge-shut drivers with reasonable success, apart from the odd data stale error. These Socomec units have RS-232 connectors and claim to support JBUS. On the nut compatibility page I only see one Socomec model listed and it's a different one. Incidentally, do the colours in the Driver column on that page mean anything? I don't see a legend anywhere. Does anyone know what if these are likely to work with nut? Specifications for the UPS are here: http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/51242_Socomec_NeTYS_RT_3000Va_UPS_Tower.aspx thanks, Greg
Hi, 2011/11/3 Greg Trounson <gregt at maths.otago.ac.nz>> Hi, > > I am considering purchasing a UPS and want one that I can query from > bash scripts. I would assume nut to be the best tool to allow this. I > have been directed to a Socomec RT 3000VA UPS. > > I have previously had MGE Pulsars and interfaced to them with nut's > mge-utalk and mge-shut drivers with reasonable success, apart from the > odd data stale error. >you're talking there about pre-historic versions, aren't you ;)> These Socomec units have RS-232 connectors and claim to support JBUS. > On the nut compatibility page I only see one Socomec model listed and > it's a different one. Incidentally, do the colours in the Driver column > on that page mean anything? I don't see a legend anywhere. > > Does anyone know what if these are likely to work with nut? > > Specifications for the UPS are here: > > http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/51242_Socomec_NeTYS_RT_3000Va_UPS_Tower.aspx >in the MGE continuation, Eaton has taken over the lead (ie, I've moved from the now defunct MGE to Eaton). So Eaton is your best choice if you want something that is well supported in NUT, and if you want to support NUT. As per your needs, I would recommend an Eaton 5PX: http://powerquality.eaton.com/Products-services/Backup-Power-UPS/5PX.aspx?cx=22 cheers, Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://powerquality.eaton.com Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20111103/ad69afea/attachment.html>
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Greg Trounson <gregt at maths.otago.ac.nz> wrote:> These Socomec units have RS-232 connectors and claim to support JBUS. > On the nut compatibility page I only see one Socomec model listed and > it's a different one. ?Incidentally, do the colours in the Driver column > on that page mean anything? ?I don't see a legend anywhere.I thought there was a legend next to the filter section, which isn't showing up on my web browser either. red: protocol based on reverse engineering orange: based on fragments of publicly available protocol yellow: based on publicly available protocol blue: vendor provided protocol green: vendor provided protocol and hardware Arnaud: is someone working on this page?> Does anyone know what if these are likely to work with nut?There are no references to JBUS in the driver code, so either the protocol is known under a different name, or it isn't likely to work. Not to say that support couldn't be added (especially if the protocol spec is publicly available), but if you're looking to put something into production quickly, Arnaud has a point about Eaton and their support of NUT. -- - Charles Lepple