[Nut-upsuser] Tripp Lite SmartPro SMX500RT1U incompatibility

[George Stratigis]

The actual unit details (as per PowerAlert software and product specs):

Manufacturer:	Tripp Lite
Model:	SMX500RT1U
Nominal Input Voltage:	230VAC
Nominal Frequency:	50Hz
VA Rating:	500VA
Load Banks Controllable:	1
Load Banks Total:	2
Nominal Battery Voltage:	12VDC
Battery Set:	2x 6VDC batteries
Firmware Version:	3344 Rev 3

--- On Sun, 22/11/09, George Stratigis <george_stratigis at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: George Stratigis <george_stratigis at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [Nut-upsuser] Tripp Lite SmartPro SMX500RT1U incompatibility
> To: nut-upsuser at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Date: Sunday, 22 November, 2009, 22:03
> Greetings to all,
> 
> I recently connected a Tripp Lite SMX500RT1U unit to a
> Synology NAS (basically a Marvell ARM equipped box running a
> custom 2.6.24 Linux). I tried using the tripplite_usb driver
> contained in nut 2.4.1 with not much luck.
> 
> It does read the model ID and VA rating properly, but fails
> at everything else - mains voltage (this is a 230VAC EU
> model), battery config, unit status etc. Seems expected
> though, since as reported, this model is using yet another
> Tripp Lite protocol (3005).
> 
> It also seems that quite frequently (approx 1s every 10),
> communication to the UPS is lost and I am getting "data
> stale" errors. I can't really say if it affects normal
> operation.
> 
> From what I understand, the tripplite_usb driver is
> implemented by reverse engineering the UPS's responses to
> certain commands. I could provide any debug and other info
> needed to interpret protocol 3005.
> 
> DiskStation> ./upsdrvctl -u root start
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1
> Network UPS Tools - Tripp Lite OMNIVS / SMARTPRO driver
> 0.20 (2.4.1)
> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
> Some features may not function correctly.
> Detected a UPS: TRIPP LITE/TRIPP LITE SMX500RT1U
> Unknown input voltage range: 0x06
> Unknown number of switchable load banks: 0x01
> Unit ID: 0
> Unknown protocol (3005)Attached to Tripp Lite SMX500RT1U
> Unknown value for s[1]: 0x01
> 
> DiskStation> ./upsc ups
> battery.voltage.nominal: 0
> driver.name: tripplite_usb
> driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
> driver.parameter.port: auto
> driver.version: 2.4.1
> driver.version.internal: 0.20
> input.voltage.nominal: 120
> ups.debug.0: 30 05 58 58 58 58 0d '0.XXXX.'
> ups.debug.D: 00 e3 00 90 0d 00 00 '.......'
> ups.debug.L: 14 00 00 07 58 58 0d '....XX.'
> ups.debug.load_banks: 0
> ups.debug.M: 00 00 00 ed 0d 00 00 '.......'
> ups.debug.P: 30 30 35 30 30 58 0d '00500X.'
> ups.debug.S: 01 00 00 00 64 00 0d '....d..'
> ups.debug.T: 2d 00 01 f4 00 58 0d '.....X.'
> ups.debug.V: 06 00 0c 01 58 58 0d '....XX.'
> ups.delay.shutdown: 64
> ups.firmware: F334403
> ups.firmware.aux: protocol 3005
> ups.id: 0
> ups.mfr: Tripp Lite
> ups.model: SMX500RT1U
> ups.power.nominal: 500
> ups.productid: 0001
> ups.status:
> ups.vendorid: 09ae
> 
> 
> 
> George
> 
> 
>       
> 
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