[Nut-upsuser] Most Informative UPS

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Raymond Burkholder <ray at oneunified.net>
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> Hello,
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> I have an older APC Smart UPS 1500 (2011-11-03) which shows far more values then my Smart-UPS_1500 (2023/04/14) SMC1500C.  With UPSC, the first provides a ups.load, but the second does not provide up.load.  Even a Back-UPS XS 1300G shows more values.  Does the cloud for SMC1500C actually show informative information?
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> Does anyone know of any 1500VA 120V UPS manufacturer make/models that are very informative with what they supply?  input/output voltage, input/output current, input/output watts, runtime, ....
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> I havn't been able to figure out how to glean something useful from there various HCL tables.
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your old  ups use ups-link protocol. SMC series only support microlink
protocol. newer series support microlink but also can enable modbus.
nut only supports ups-link protocol. apcupsd can support serial modbus
protocol and can co-work with nut apcupsd driver.
SMC is neither new nor old so it is a very sad ups for nut/apcupsd. it
can not even install legacy AP-9620 card.
you can check APC ups below:
https://www.apc.com/us/en/faqs/FA230533/