[Nut-upsuser] New UPS protocol choice - Dynamix PROGRESS

[Steven Ellis]

Criggie wrote:
> Steven Ellis wrote:
>   
>> Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
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>>> On 4/9/06, Criggie <criggie at criggie.dyndns.org> wrote:
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>   
>>>> caffeine:/etc/nut# upsdrvctl -vvv start
>>>> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
>>>> exec: /lib/nut/fentonups -a powerpal
>>>> Network UPS Tools - Fenton UPS driver 1.22 (2.0.2)
>>>> Unknown ups - please report this ID string:
>>>>            #Dynamix         UPS 1700D  VER3.12
>>>> Detected Unknown PS 1700D on /dev/ttyS0
>>>> Communications with UPS lost - check cabling
>>>>         
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>>>> Its a fairly new UPS model - where do I go from here?
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>>> It looses the communication immediately? You may want to try the
>>> "powermust" driver (or "megatec" as it is called in the development
>>> branch).
>>>
>>>       
>> Criggie - Did you make any progress with the megatec driver? Checking on
>> there appears to be some very similar models to the Dynamix units that
>> can use that driver.
>>     
>
> Yes - Megatec works perfectly in nut 2.2  The only thing that has been
> lost is "battery-charge" percentage.
>
> Megatec has introduced "UPS-temperature" but sadly it reads 0 for me.
>
> Apparently the same model is badged by many different suppliers.  If it
> looks basically like this then it should work.
> http://cdlnz.com/productimages/jpegs/ups1700d.jpg
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>   
Cheers for that. I just need to get the Serial port working my my Xen
3.0 server and i'm sorted.

Steve