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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Yeah, existing packages and libraries don’t work for me, introduce overhead and require fiddling well beyond the capabilities of a standard user.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’d like a native win64 app. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Anyway, thanks for your help<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Da:</b> Jim Klimov <jimklimov+nut@gmail.com> <br><b>Inviato:</b> giovedì 14 settembre 2023 13:17<br><b>A:</b> Alessandro Mandelli <mandelli.alessandro@ngi.it><br><b>Cc:</b> Arnaud Quette via Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net><br><b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [Nut-upsuser] Info for decoding report from UPS<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>So, do you plan to write some new program for that UPS instead of trying to use NUT? (Note there are also regular Windows builds on CI - with some caveats so far).<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm commuting now so can't find links easily, but can suggest you to peruse the issue/PR tracker, there's a discussion about an SMS Brazil device with links to PoC Python "driver" that's relatively straightforward. Or read up NUT drivers, nutdrv_qx, blazer, and some others for megatec protocol dialects. NUT website should have a protocol library with formal definitions for some of those.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But really, not reinventing the wheel (at least, checking if ours does roll) might be the faster option ;)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jim<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 13:07 Alessandro Mandelli <<a href="mailto:mandelli.alessandro@ngi.it" target="_blank">mandelli.alessandro@ngi.it</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Thanks. I forgot to mention I am developing in c# for Windows.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Porting or using existing ports seems like an effort with swinging results.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>My prototype is working, at least as proof of concept. I’d just like some directions to decode the raw reports.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Thanks for your help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Da:</b> Jim Klimov <<a href="mailto:jimklimov%2Bnut@gmail.com" target="_blank">jimklimov+nut@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Inviato:</b> giovedì 14 settembre 2023 11:48<br><b>A:</b> Alessandro Mandelli <<a href="mailto:mandelli.alessandro@ngi.it" target="_blank">mandelli.alessandro@ngi.it</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net" target="_blank">nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net</a><br><b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [Nut-upsuser] Info for decoding report from UPS<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Seems like recent work on nutdrv_qx subdriver armac (merged to master last month) could handle it, or some older QX drivers like richcomm if it is a different brew of a loosely similar product. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Try following <a href="https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/wiki/Building-NUT-for-in%E2%80%90place-upgrades-or-non%E2%80%90disruptive-tests" target="_blank">https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/wiki/Building-NUT-for-in%E2%80%90place-upgrades-or-non%E2%80%90disruptive-tests</a> for example, to check if it would "just work" now?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jim<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 9:40 AM Alessandro Mandelli via Nut-upsuser <<a href="mailto:nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net" target="_blank">nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Hi, everybody, I just subscribed, though I’ve been lurking around for some time. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I searched for my question in the archive, but I wasn’t able to find an answer.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Sorry if this question has been asked before.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I am in the process of writing an interfacing software.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>After some trial and error, I was able to query the UPS and receive an answer, though I am not sure how to decode the report.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>The UPS is generic, non branded with VID/PID 0925/1234.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>The report is 6 bytes long and raw data look like “0x01 0x04 0x02 0xDE 0xFE 0xFF”. (The fifth byte changes now and then).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Any help pointing me to the right decoding table would be much appreciated.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Cheers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>_______________________________________________<br>Nut-upsuser mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net" target="_blank">Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net</a><br><a href="https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser" target="_blank">https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>