[Nut-upsuser] [Nut-upsdev] CyberPower 550SL reports LB and OB when on line power

[orangevixen]

Hi, thanks for writing back. I was not aware that I could specify the 
LB OL settings in the ups.conf.

However I'm still not sure what to set them to, below is what I 
experimented with statserial:

On A/C, battery charged:

Signal  Pin  Pin  Direction  Status  Full
Name    (25) (9)  (computer)         Name
-----   ---  ---  ---------  ------  -----
FG       1    -      -           -   Frame Ground
TxD      2    3      out         -   Transmit Data
RxD      3    2      in          -   Receive  Data
RTS      4    7      out         1   Request To Send
CTS      5    8      in          0   Clear To Send
DSR      6    6      in          0   Data Set Ready
GND      7    5      -           -   Signal Ground
DCD      8    1      in          1   Data Carrier Detect
DTR     20    4      out         1   Data Terminal Ready
RI      22    9      in          0   Ring Indicator


On battery, battery still charged:

Signal  Pin  Pin  Direction  Status  Full
Name    (25) (9)  (computer)         Name
-----   ---  ---  ---------  ------  -----
FG       1    -      -           -   Frame Ground
TxD      2    3      out         -   Transmit Data
RxD      3    2      in          -   Receive  Data
RTS      4    7      out         1   Request To Send
CTS      5    8      in          0   Clear To Send
DSR      6    6      in          0   Data Set Ready
GND      7    5      -           -   Signal Ground
DCD      8    1      in          1   Data Carrier Detect
DTR     20    4      out         0   Data Terminal Ready
RI      22    9      in          0   Ring Indicator

DTR appears to dicrate the OB/OL status, however the driver won't let 
me set that:


# /usr/lib/nut/drivers/genericups -a "cyberpower"                      
Network UPS Tools - Generic UPS driver 1.34 (2.2.2)
UPS type: CyberPower Power99

Can't override input with DTR (not an input)


-Tara



On 2008.07.30 05:53 Charles Lepple wrote:
> [please keep the list CC'd. There are other people there who know 
> way  more about this driver than I do. It's also more of a question 
> for  nut-upsuser since genericups can be reconfigured at runtime.]
> 
> I would try setting the OL and LB parameters in ups.conf to match  
> what you are observing. See 'man 8 genericups' for more details 
> (from  the NUT source directory, 'man man/genericups.8'
> 
> For instance, if CTS goes low when the battery is low, it would be  
> 'LB=-CTS'
> 
> The 'statserial' program is also helpful for monitoring the serial  
> port signals in real-time.
> 
> On Jul 30, 2008, at 7:31 AM, orangevixen wrote:
> 
>> I hacked a program to test the serial port, it's attached, however  
>> NUT's genericups driver dosen't seem to be detecting things 
>> correctly.
>> 
>> It says LB OB (low batter, on battery) even though the battery is  
>> fully charged and it's on A/C.
>> 
>> -Tara
>> 
>> 
>> On 2008.07.29 20:13 Charles Lepple wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:11 AM, orangevixen 
>>> <postmaster at ccinet.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I am using nut 2.2.2 and I have a CyberPower CP550SL.
>>> >
>>> > According to the drivers list, I should be using genericups with
>>> > upstype set to 7, but when I try that and when I run upsc I get:
>>> >
>>> > driver.name: genericups
>>> > driver.parameter.LB: 04
>>> > driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
>>> > driver.parameter.port: /dev/ups
>>> > driver.parameter.upstype: 7
>>> > driver.version: 2.2.2
>>> > driver.version.internal: 1.34
>>> > ups.mfr: CyberPower
>>> > ups.model: Power99
>>> > ups.status: LB OB
>>> >
>>> > Even through I'm on line (A/C) power and my battery is charged.
>>> >
>>> > I have also tried the cyberpower, cpsups, and powerpanel drivers,
>>> they
>>> > don't work (and yes I am sure I have it connected to the right
>>> serial
>>> > port and I am using the UPS's serial cable).
>>> >
>>> > Looking at the raw bits in dumb mode, the RTS is on when the  
>>> battery
>>> is
>>> > charged and off when the battery is low.
>>> RTS is sent by the PC. (The naming convention used by genericups is
>>> the name of the pin on the PC serial port.)
>>> What software are you using to monitor the state of the serial port?
>>> --
>>> - Charles Lepple<ups.c>
> 
>-- 
> Charles Lepple
> clepple at gmail
> 
> 
>