[Nut-upsuser] MGE Pulsar EX over serial problem (FreeBSD)

[Arnaud Quette]

2008/10/28 Arjen de Korte <nut+users at de-korte.org>:
> Citeren Daniel O'Connor <doconnor at gsoft.com.au>:
>
>> When it loses comms I see stuff like this..
>> entering shut_get_report(id: 2f, len: 1800)
>> shut_wait_ack(): ACK received
>> entering shut_get_report(id: 20, len: 1800)
>> shut_wait_ack(): ACK received
>> entering shut_get_report(id: 07, len: 1800)
>> shut_wait_ack(): NACK received
>> shut_wait_ack(): NACK received
>> shut_wait_ack(): NACK received
>> shut_wait_ack(): NACK received
>> shut_wait_ack(): NACK received
>> shut_wait_ack(): NACK received
>> shut_wait_ack(): Unknown byte 24
>> shut_wait_ack(): ACK received
>> entering shut_get_report(id: 0a, len: 1800)
>> shut_wait_ack(): Unknown byte 132
>> shut_wait_ack(): Unknown byte 136
>> shut_wait_ack(): Unknown byte 7
>> shut_wait_ack(): Unknown byte 119
>> Max tries reached while waiting for ACK, still getting errors
>> entering shut_ups_start()
>
> Looking at the above, you're probably using the newmge-shut driver,
> right? In that case, running it in debug mode (-DD) might reveal what
> is going on.

not at all, this is the oldish mge-shut.
trying newmge-shut might be a good idea, but I would not recommend it
yet for a production system.
I really have to finish that one!

>> I added the 'unknown byte x' stuff - I wanted to see what it was throwing
>> away :)
>>
>> Does anyone have such a UPS working with NUT + RS232?

I'll try to do some test asap on an EX 1500.

Arnaud
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