[Nut-upsuser] tripplite SMART3000RM2U ups.status never change

[Arnaud Quette]

2006/3/1, Niels Baggesen <nba at users.sourceforge.net>:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 08:26:02AM -0600, Brady Chang wrote:
> > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.33.1.4.1.0 = INTEGER: 3
>
> This one is the crucial one ...
> If we translate it using the MIB it is
>
> $ snmptranslate -Td -m+UPS-MIB SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.33.1.4.1.0
> UPS-MIB::upsOutputSource.0
> upsOutputSource OBJECT-TYPE
>   -- FROM       UPS-MIB
>   SYNTAX        INTEGER {other(1), none(2), normal(3), bypass(4),
>                           battery(5), booster(6), reducer(7)}
>   MAX-ACCESS    read-only
>   STATUS        current
>   DESCRIPTION   "The present source of output power.  The enumeration
>                 none(2) indicates that there is no source of output
>                 power (and therefore no output power), for example,
>                 the system has opened the output breaker."
> ::= { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) mgmt(2) mib-2(1) upsMIB(33)
>       upsObjects(1) upsOutput(4) upsOutputSource(1) 0 }
>
> or
>
> UPS-MIB::upsOutputSource.0 = INTEGER: normal(3)
>
> So the UPS does not say that it is on battery, which means that there is
> no way for NUT to say it

strange, as it's a enormous bug for an SNMP UPS Agent!
(the first feature of an UPS is to communicate the power status!)

@Brady: you should contact tripplite support to report the problem,
and possibly get more info on that point...

Arnaud
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