[Nut-upsdev] NUT driver update process...

[Arnaud Quette]

Hi Billy,

switching back this thread to -upsdev

2012/2/27 William R. Elliot <bill at wreassoc.com>:
> I have been able to set the 'FSD' from the driver and it is picked up by
> upsmon.  That gives me the functionality that I was asked to put in the
> driver.  If that is against the rules then I'll make an adjustment when the
> allowed method is defined.  :-)

yup, that's against the tables of the law ;-p
more seriously, the right way to do this is to set the status to "OB
LB", which will trigger upsmon to add FSD.
the reason is that, in master / slave(s) setup, this allows upsmon to
do the job, and notify slaves.

so, as long as you just catch something that implies the FSD status
using "OB LB", everything is fine.

don't hesitate to post your patch on -upsdev to get feedback and
adjustment request, which is needed before we can merge your contrib.

cheers,
Arnaud
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