[Nut-upsdev] Maruson power net 1500 support?

[Alexander I. Gordeev]

On Tue, 20 May 2008 02:27:10 +0400, David Mathog <mathog at caltech.edu> wrote:

> Charles Lepple wrote:
>
>>
>> I would guess that the nut-upsuser list might reach a broader
>> audience, but I don't think we have heard of any user experiences with
>> this brand.
>>
>> Have you checked the manufacturer's website for drivers? Even if they
>> do not have Linux drivers, the name of the Windows monitoring software
>> can sometimes be a clue to the name of the OEM (if it is rebranded).
>
> Apparently Maruson builds some of Belkin's UPS units with the same
> innards but different cases, and the equivalent sized Belkin UPS, the
> F6C1500-TW-RK, is theoretically supported now in nut.  The software from
> Maruson is a Java package called "WinPower 2.0" whose GenericUnix
> version installed in /opt/upspilot.  This software runs, putting up a
> nice GUI.  However, for some obscure reason it will not accept a serial
> port configuration, and so cannot talk to the UPS.  The software lists
> both ttyS0 and ttyS1, but "ok" is grayed out, so there is no way to make
> it use one or the other.  This software does not support USB on linux.
> The Belkin site distributes something called "Bulldog Plus" for their
> UPS, but that would not even run. This is on an SMP x86-64 system, and
> the ELF binaries were over 5 years old.
>
> When the UPS was plugged in this appeared in /var/log/messages:
>
> May 19 14:44:37 M kernel: [15917.903404] usb 3-3.3: new low speed USB
> device using ehci_hcd and address 10
> May 19 14:44:37 M kernel: [15918.020132] usb 3-3.3: configuration #1
> chosen from 1 choice
> May 19 14:44:37 M kernel: [15918.027496] hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device
> [OMRON USB UPS] on usb-0000:00:03.2-3.3
>
> I built nut 2.2.2 from scratch and tried the usbhid-ups driver, but
> it did not see the UPS.  Put this in ups.conf
>
> [MarusonTop]
> 	driver = usbhid-ups
> 	port = auto
> 	desc = "Top Maruson UPS"
>
[snip]
> Bus 003 Device 010: ID 06da:0003 Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd
[snip]

Please check megatec_usb driver. 06da:0003 should be supported.

-- 
 Alexander