[Nut-upsdev] GPIO as NUT driver interface?

[Jim Klimov]

Great, thanks!

Also just for context, this sounded reminiscent of one of the first NUT
drivers, `genericups` (for simple contact-closure support, with IIRC
serial-port connections rather than GPIO).

Nearby there's also a `generic_modbus" name. Wondering if the new driver
should be (similar to) `generic_gpio`.

@Community verdict: Then there was also an effort some years ago to name
drivers with a `nutdrv-*` prefix... WDYT?

As usual, naming is among the hardest problems in IT ;)

Jim

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 4:34 PM MODRIS BĒRZONIS <modrisb at apollo.lv> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> no, there are no changes in adelsystem.
>
> Driver's implementation is based on libgpiod, assume this would be natural
> to call driver gpio, i2c uses different library to communicate. Yes, any
> UPS with open collector pins should work, configuration rules will tune
> behavior needed for NUT.
>
> Just created PR https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/pull/1855 .
>
> Modris
>
> On 2/21/23 22:33, Jim Klimov wrote:
>
> Thanks, looks promising.
>
> Were there any changes to adelsystem sources? (Not on PC now to check
> quickly).
>
> Also `gpio` naming is too generic (might mean helpers to talk to gpio
> pins, e.g. some code shareable by i2c or something of the sort). Does this
> handle GPIO UPSes in general (e.g. helped by `rules` line arg), or more
> tightly aimed at certain models like yours?
>
> Style-wise, there's indeed a fair amount of clean-up desireable. Can you
> post a PR with this (or improved) codebase, at least to claim a commit in
> git history? :) A man page would be nice.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 20:49 MODRIS BĒRZONIS <modrisb at apollo.lv> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have CyberPower CyberShield CSN27U12V UPS. This device don't have
>> usual for UPS interface, just open collector pins. I connected these
>> pins to GPIO interface on Orange Pi Zero and wrote NUT driver for this
>> case. Any interest from NUT community to add this driver to regular
>> build tree?
>>
>> See driver code in attachment. Code is fully functional, needs cleanup
>> to match coding guidelines and needs more tests for rules processing
>> part. Driver reads GPIO line statuses and transforms them to NUT
>> statuses using short rules description parameter in the form of status
>> strings and logical operations on line values.
>>
>> Modris
>>
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