Nut upsuser - Nov 2014 - APC Smart-UPS C1500 connected by usb

Hi,

I have setup NUT in netserver mode on debian wheezy with two APC UPS units
connected to it by usb. lsusb identifies the units as Smart-UPS 1000 and
Smart-UPS C1500. It appears these do not use the smart protocol and
usbhid-ups is the correct driver to use.

System: Debian wheezy with stock version of nut
  (Version: 2.6.4-2.3+deb7u1)

Everything works rather well, except that the cgi-interface does not report
input/output voltages and load for the C 1500 unit.
upsc also reports these values only for model  1000, not for 1500. Battery
charge is and runtime are reported.

Is this a limitation of the driver, or is there way to get these data?

Thanks

Selva
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Any comments please? Not reading input/output voltages is fine with me but
it would be useful to read out the output load. Also I want to be sure that
other critical parameters like runtime are being read correctly.

Could anyone using Smart-UPS C1500 with USB cable please share their
experience?

Thanks.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Selva Nair <selva.nair at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have setup NUT in netserver mode on debian wheezy with two APC UPS units
> connected to it by usb. lsusb identifies the units as Smart-UPS 1000 and
> Smart-UPS C1500. It appears these do not use the smart protocol and
> usbhid-ups is the correct driver to use.
>
> System: Debian wheezy with stock version of nut
>   (Version: 2.6.4-2.3+deb7u1)
>
> Everything works rather well, except that the cgi-interface does not
> report input/output voltages and load for the C 1500 unit.
> upsc also reports these values only for model  1000, not for 1500. Battery
> charge is and runtime are reported.
>
> Is this a limitation of the driver, or is there way to get these data?
>
> Thanks
>
> Selva
>
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On Nov 8, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Selva Nair <selva.nair at gmail.com> wrote:
> Everything works rather well, except that the cgi-interface does not report
input/output voltages and load for the C 1500 unit.
> upsc also reports these values only for model  1000, not for 1500. Battery
charge is and runtime are reported.
For the 1000, do the values match this page?

  
http://buildbot.networkupstools.org/~buildbot/cayman/docs/latest/ddl/APC/Smart-UPS_1000.html

It doesn't look like we have an entry for a C1500 yet. Would you care to
submit the output of upsc, upsrw and upscmd -l?
> Is this a limitation of the driver, or is there way to get these data?
The driver reports values with standard USB HID names. It is possible that your
UPS reports these using different names, or does not expose them at all over the
standard USB HID PDC interface. Here's a quick APC protocol guide based on
model numbers:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsdev/2014-July/006769.html

If you want to check for any hidden variables, stop the driver, and run
"/lib/nut/usbhid-ups -a name -DDD 2>&1 | tee
/tmp/APC_Smart-UPS-C1500.log" as root for a few minutes (it will loop
endlessly; press ^C to stop). Please gzip the log before attaching it and
sending back to the list.

-- 
Charles Lepple
clepple at gmail



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Hi Charles,

Thanks for your response.


> For the 1000, do the values match this page?
>
>
>
http://buildbot.networkupstools.org/~buildbot/cayman/docs/latest/ddl/APC/Smart-UPS_1000.html
>
>
Yes it does (except that mine is a 120 V model, so input/output voltage is
about 125)

It doesn't look like we have an entry for a C1500 yet. Would you care
to
> submit the output of upsc, upsrw and upscmd -l?
>
Here it is

$upscmd -l apc1500
Instant commands supported on UPS [apc1500]:

beeper.disable - Disable the UPS beeper
beeper.enable - Enable the UPS beeper
beeper.mute - Temporarily mute the UPS beeper
beeper.off - Obsolete (use beeper.disable or beeper.mute)
beeper.on - Obsolete (use beeper.enable)
load.off - Turn off the load immediately
load.off.delay - Turn off the load with a delay (seconds)
shutdown.reboot - Shut down the load briefly while rebooting the UPS
shutdown.stop - Stop a shutdown in progress


$ upsrw apc1500

[battery.charge.low]
Remaining battery level when UPS switches to LB (percent)
Type: STRING
Value: 10

[battery.runtime.low]
Remaining battery runtime when UPS switches to LB (seconds)
Type: STRING
Value: 120

[ups.delay.shutdown]
Interval to wait after shutdown with delay command (seconds)
Type: STRING
Value: 20


$ upsc apc1500

battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.runtime: 3780
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.0
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.mfr: American Power Conversion
device.model: Smart-UPS C 1500
device.serial: 3S1437X00405
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.parameter.productid: 0003
driver.parameter.vendorid: 051d
driver.version: 2.6.4
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.37
ups.beeper.status: disabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: UPS 09.6 / ID=1005
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2014/09/09
ups.model: Smart-UPS C 1500
ups.productid: 0003
ups.serial: 3S1437X00405
ups.status: OL
ups.timer.reboot: -1
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d


>
> If you want to check for any hidden variables, stop the driver, and run
> "/lib/nut/usbhid-ups -a name -DDD 2>&1 | tee
/tmp/APC_Smart-UPS-C1500.log"
> as root for a few minutes (it will loop endlessly; press ^C to stop).
> Please gzip the log before attaching it and sending back to the list.
>
>
gzipped output is attached.

Thanks for looking into this.

Selva
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