[Nut-upsdev] [PATCH] tripplite driver updates

[Nicholas Kain]

* Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com> [080711 08:51]:
> Thanks for taking the time to clean up this driver.
> 
> I occasionally work on the tripplite_usb driver, but I have not had
> much of a chance to test that against units that have both serial and
> USB connections.

(sorry for the duplicate -- this isn't my usual mail client; resending
 with proper cc: so the threading on the list won't break)

I unfortunately only have access to a serial port model.
 
> I suspect that a lot of the code could be shared between the two
> drivers, though.

A unified driver (or at least one with common code) would certainly
be a worthy goal.

> Do you know what protocol number the Smart 700 uses? (It is returned
> by the ":\0" command.)

I tried sending ":\0\r" to my UPS and didn't receive any reply.  To be
certain I didn't make a mistake in my script, I tried W as a test, and
it did return '84', which is what it should for my model.

It seems like \0 isn't supported on my serial UPS.  The closest
similar command that I know of is :V, which gives the firmware revision
level, which for me returns "01\r\n".

Just let me know if you'd like any other commands tested.

-- 
Nicholas J. Kain <nicholas at kain dot us>
http://www.kain.us/~niklata/