[Nut-upsuser] Network UPS Tools version 2.0.5 released

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Arjen de Korte wrote:

>
>> I've tried with GenericUPS, had no luck (didn't get any response from the
>> driver at all indicating it was online (or that serial comms were
>> happening at all).  I'll double check this more in the coming week, it's
>> possible I have a wrong cable or something.
>
> There will be no feedback, other than the OL OB LB status indication. The
> genericups 'protocol' just looks at modem status lines, there is nothing
> more to display. All other variables are just hardcoded.
>
>> It should be possible to test this with just the driver, manually, in
>> debug mode, right?
>
> No, without connecting a UPS this is useless.
>
>> Or have I been going about this all wrong?
>
> I guess. You'll *have* to connect a UPS, otherwise there is nothing to
> verify. We already know the genericups driver works with other UPS'es, so
> there is no need to check that. You need to check if it works with *your*
> UPS.

I have a UPS connected, I meant running the driver manually without 
running upsd.

-Dan

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