[Nut-upsuser] PowerOff on Debian, and driver issues

[Marc Franquesa]

Hi!

After some problems doing the automatic shutdown of the UPS on Debian, I
have found this Debian bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=293401

Now I fixed it calling always ups-monitor from the halt script despite
being halt'ed' or powered off (and relying on the POWERDOWNFLAG be set).

Which is the correct aproach or best solution to workarround this bug?


And now my driver related question:

I have an Eaton Ellipse 1000 and I'm using mge-shut driver (because
usbhid-ups receive sporadic disconnects). Since then I see that the the
driver lists few variables.

With the usbhid-ups driver:

battery.charge: 100 
battery.charge.low: 30
battery.runtime: 5525
battery.type: PbAc
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.parameter.vendorid: 0463
driver.version: 2.2.2
driver.version.data: MGE HID 1.10
driver.version.internal: 0.33
input.transfer.high: 264
input.transfer.low: 184
outlet.0.desc: Main Outlet
outlet.0.id: 1
outlet.0.switchable: no
outlet.1.desc: PowerShare Outlet 1
outlet.1.id: 2
outlet.1.status: on
outlet.1.switchable: no
outlet.2.desc: PowerShare Outlet 2
output.frequency.nominal: 50
output.voltage: 230.0
output.voltage.nominal: 230
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.delay.start: 30
ups.load: 0
ups.mfr: EATON
ups.model: Ellipse 1000
ups.power.nominal: 1000
ups.productid: ffff
ups.serial: 000000000
ups.status: OL CHRG
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.timer.start: -10
ups.vendorid: 0463


And now (using mge-shut via serial):

battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 30
battery.runtime: 1981
driver.name: mge-shut
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS0
driver.version: 2.2.2
driver.version.internal: 0.66
outlet.0.desc: Main Outlet
outlet.0.id: 1
outlet.0.switchable: 0
outlet.1.desc: PowerShare Outlet 1
outlet.1.id: 2
outlet.1.switchable: 0
output.voltage: 230
ups.delay.shutdown: -1
ups.delay.start: -1
ups.load: 19
ups.mfr: MGE UPS SYSTEMS
ups.model: Ellipse 1000
ups.power.nominal: 1000
ups.serial: 000000000
ups.status: OL CHRG

Another thing that I noticed is that every time the system boots, the UPS is not responding and I have to restart nut to get ups comm fixed.

Basically my questions are:

- Is there any fix for the usbhid-ups disconnects?
- Will the mge-shut driver suport more features/variables (like the usbhid-ups)?
- Why the ups is not responding after a reboot? Serial initialization?

Thanks for the help and the good job with nut!