[Nut-upsdev] [HCL] Tripp-Lite Omnismart500 supported by tripplite_usb

[Charles Lepple]

On Feb 14, 2012, at 3:42 AM, Arnaud Quette wrote:

>> shutdown sequence testing results:
>> Not sure exactly what you would like to see here, but after
>> configuring everything and pulling the plug the system shut down
>> correctly when the UPS dropped below 20%.
> 
> we just need a confirmation as you did, plus the fact that the UPS was
> powered off in the end.

Not critical, but did the UPS power on automatically after you plugged it back in, or did you have to press the power button manually?

>> /etc/log/daemon.log:
>> Feb 13 10:11:47 backup upsmon[12058]: UPS tripplite at localhost battery is low
>> Feb 13 10:11:47 backup upsd[11649]: Client upsmon at 127.0.0.1 set FSD on UPS [trip
>> plite]
>> Feb 13 10:11:47 backup upsmon[12058]: Executing automatic power-fail shutdown
>> Feb 13 10:11:47 backup upsmon[12058]: Auto logout and shutdown proceeding
>> 
>> link:
>> http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=21

Tripp Lite tends to reuse marketing names for products even when the inner workings have changed. That web page describes how the UPS works with the auto-shutdown code in Windows and OS X, but I don't think that applies to UPSes which work with the tripplite_usb driver (that would be more in line with usbhid-ups). Approximately when was this UPS manufactured?

> thanks for your report.
> I've just added an entry to the HCL.
> For the sake of completion, could you please also send upsrw and upscmd outputs?

Agreed, this would be good for verification.

> I leave up to Charles, the driver author, to ask more info for
> potential driver improvement.

At this point, I am not actively working on this driver, so any improvements would be contingent on your availability to test new code (and tolerating the potential downtime that would go with that testing). Also, I don't have a system with PowerAlert.

Thanks for the feedback!

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Charles Lepple
clepple at gmail