[Nut-upsuser] nut with Belkin "Active Battery Backup" UPS (BU30 series)

[Alexander I. Gordeev]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:50:40 +0300, Luis Angel Cofiño <nut at lacofi.org> wrote:

> Uh... oh... AH!!!
>
> Oh, I feel so stupid!. :_)
>
> Agent from WinPower was blocking the results from NUT, I think (?). I
> uninstalled WinPower completely, and then I tried again megatec_usb as
> suggested:
>
> root at JEANETTE.ES ~ [ 7,3MB 13.48-1x 2.53d | 2/189 ]
> [507] # /etc/init.d/upsd start
>  * Starting UPS drivers ...
>  Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-exportado
>  Network UPS Tools 2.2.0-exportado - Megatec protocol driver 1.5.4
>  [megatec_usb]
>  Carlos Rodrigues (c) 2003-2007
>
>  Serial-over-USB transport layer for Megatec protocol driver [megatec_usb]
>
>  Megatec protocol UPS detected.                         	    [ ok ]
>   * Starting upsd ...
>   Network UPS Tools upsd 2.2.0-exportado
>   listening on 0.0.0.0 port 3493
>   Connected to UPS [belkin]: megatec_usb-belkin
>
> root at JEANETTE.ES ~ [ 7,3MB 13.48-1x 2.53d | 2/198 ]
> [513] # upsc belkin at localhost
> battery.charge: 97.5
> battery.voltage: 13.60
> battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
> driver.name: megatec_usb
> driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
> driver.parameter.port: /dev/hiddev0
> driver.version: 2.2.0-exportado
> driver.version.internal: 1.5.4
> input.frequency: 50.1
> input.voltage: 231.3
> input.voltage.fault: 231.3
> input.voltage.maximum: 231.3
> input.voltage.minimum: 228.9
> output.voltage: 231.3
> output.voltage.nominal: 230.0
> ups.beeper.status: enabled
> ups.delay.shutdown: 0
> ups.delay.start: 2
> ups.load: 26.0
> ups.mfr: unknown
> ups.model: unknown
> ups.serial: unknown
> ups.status: OL
> ups.temperature: 25.0
>
> Wow!. Then, I started upsdmon with full success, too.
>
> And then, I've done a working setup of MRTG Statistics with graphics over
> Apache following the tutorial from tuxian on
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-364149.html
>
> Well, I can confirm that Belkin Active Battery Backup (800 VA 480 Watts) is
> working with NUT and megatec_usb driver.
>
> Thank you very much, Alexander. :-)
>

You are welcome :)
What is the exact model name? I'll add it to the compatibility list.

-- 
   Alexander