[Nut-upsuser] battery.charge and other fixes needed for X-Power Tigra 1kVA
Frédéric Bohé
fredericbohe at eaton.com
Thu May 10 07:57:21 UTC 2012
Hello Michail,
On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 10:11 +0300, Tmima Pliroforikis Perifereiakis
Enotitas Pierias wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> been 5 years since I posted on this list, glad to be back :)
>
> I have a number of X-power Tigra 1kVA online UPS units. From some
> knowledgeable folks working for the local distributor, I learnt that
> from inside this looked like a Best 610 ups unit.
>
> Before, I had this UPS hooked via serial to my Windows 2003 server. For
> monitoring, some winpilot/upspilot software was also provided. This
> software produced also a csv format log (upsdata.csv) that contained the
> following lines:
>
> 05/10/2012,07:36:56,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,035,029
> 05/10/2012,07:37:56,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,029
> 05/10/2012,07:38:56,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,029
> 05/10/2012,07:39:56,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,029
> 05/10/2012,07:40:56,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,035,029
> 05/10/2012,07:41:57,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,030
> 05/10/2012,07:42:57,COM1,ON-LINE,1,224,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,030
> 05/10/2012,07:43:57,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,229,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,030
> 05/10/2012,07:44:57,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,036,030
> 05/10/2012,07:45:57,COM1,ON-LINE,1,225,999,999,231,999,999,041.1,50.0,035,030
>
>
> So I disabled this bundled software and installed the windows version
> NUT-Installer-2.6.3-3.msi, without the libusb option (since I had a
> serial UPS)
>
> In ups.conf I used the following
>
> [ups1]
> driver = bestups
> port = com1
> id = 610,1000,230,230,10.0,36.0
> nombattvolt=41.1
> battvoltmult = 18
>
> With regard to the id option, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th options seemed ok.
> Not sure about the fifth (10.0). And definitely not sure about the last
> (36.0). I used 36.0 because the Best 610-1000 lists 36V as the DC bus
> voltage. Not sure if that is correct or not. According to specs (
> http://www.lexis.gr/upload/File/ProductBrochures/XPower/Tigrablack.pdf )
> this Xpower ups has three (3) 12V batteries.
>
> I used nombattvolt 41.1 since that seemed to be similar also to the Best
> 610-1000. As for battvoltmult, I must say I also experimented here.
>
> The bestups driver seems to run ok:
>
> C:\PROGRA~1\NUT\bin>bestups.exe -DDDDDDD -a ups1
> Network UPS Tools - Best UPS driver 1.06 (2.6.3-3534:3545M)
> 0.000000 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.port "com1"
> 0.000000 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.id
> "610,1000,230,230,10.0,36.0"
> 0.000000 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.nombattvolt "41.1"
> 0.015625 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.battvoltmult "18"
> 0.015625 debug level is '7'
> 0.015625 w32_serial_open (com1)
> 0.015625 setting initial state on com1
> 0.015625 000007AC = w32_serial_open (com1)
> 0.015625 Warning: no locking method is available: No error [The
> operation completed successfully. ]
> 0.015625 vmin_ 0, vtime_ 0
> 0.109376 action 0
> 0.109376 vtime 0, vmin 1
>
> 0.125002 ReadTotalTimeoutConstant -2, ReadIntervalTimeout -1,
> ReadTotalTi
> meoutMultiplier -1
> 0.125002 send_to_all: SETINFO device.type "ups"
> 0.125002 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version "2.6.3-3534:3545M"
> 0.125002 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version.internal "1.06"
> 0.125002 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.name "bestups"
> 0.328129 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 0.328129 w32_serial_read : Reading 8 characters
> 0.328129 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 8
> 0.328129 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 0.343754 w32_serial_read : characters are available on input buffer
> 0.343754 w32_serial_read : Reading 1 characters
> 0.359380 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 1
> 0.359380 w32_serial_read : Reading 7 characters
> 0.359380 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 8
> 0.359380 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 0.359380 w32_serial_read : characters are available on input buffer
> 0.359380 w32_serial_read : Reading 1 characters
> 0.390630 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 1
> 0.390630 w32_serial_read : Reading 7 characters
> 0.390630 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 8
> 0.390630 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 0.390630 w32_serial_read : characters are available on input buffer
> 0.390630 w32_serial_read : Reading 1 characters
> 0.421880 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 1
> 0.421880 w32_serial_read : Reading 7 characters
> 0.421880 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 8
> 0.421880 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 0.421880 w32_serial_read : characters are available on input buffer
> 0.421880 w32_serial_read : Reading 1 characters
> 0.453131 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 1
> 0.453131 w32_serial_read : Reading 7 characters
> 0.453131 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 8
> 0.453131 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 0.453131 w32_serial_read : characters are available on input buffer
> 0.468756 w32_serial_read : Reading 1 characters
> 0.500006 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 1
> 0.500006 w32_serial_read : Reading 6 characters
> 0.500006 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 7
> 0.500006 NOTE: using user-supplied ID response
> 0.500006 send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage.nominal "230"
> 0.500006 send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage.nominal "230"
> 0.515632 send_to_all: SETINFO ups.mfr "Best Power"
> 0.515632 send_to_all: SETINFO ups.model "610 1000"
> 0.515632 send_to_all: SETINFO battery.voltage.nominal "216"
> Detected Best Power 610 1000 on com1
> 0.609383 send_to_all: ADDCMD test.battery.start
> 0.625008 send_to_all: ADDCMD test.battery.stop
> 1.015638 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 1.031263 w32_serial_read : Reading 51 characters
> 1.031263 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 51
> 1.031263 Communications with UPS lost: Poll failed: short read
> (got 3 bytes)
> 1.031263 dstate_init: sock \\.\pipe\bestups-ups1 open on fd 1956
> 1.031263 send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.pollinterval "2"
> 1.031263 send_to_all: SETINFO device.mfr "Best Power"
> 1.031263 send_to_all: SETINFO device.model "610 1000"
> 1.437518 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 1.437518 w32_serial_read : Reading 47 characters
> 1.437518 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 47
> 1.437518 Communications with UPS re-established
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO battery.voltage "41.0"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage "226.5"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage "230.7"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO ups.load "035"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO input.frequency "50.0"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO ups.temperature "34.0"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO battery.charge "-24.8"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: SETINFO ups.status "OL"
> 1.453144 send_to_all: DATAOK
> 3.437544 w32_serial_read : ulen 64, vmin_ 1, vtime_ 0, hEvent
> 000007A8
> 3.437544 w32_serial_read : Reading 47 characters
> 3.437544 w32_serial_read : total characters read = 47
>
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Any ideas on why battery.charge is set to -24.8 (note also the
> negative sign)
>
> 2) Anything else that should be corrected in ups.conf, in your opinion?
>
> 3) Regardless if the battery.charge is correct, will the system shutdown
> when battery charge is low?
>
> 4) In my FreeBSD installations, ups.log is written as a log, anything
> similar for Windows?
You can see NUT logs in the Windows' Event Viewer.
Regards,
Fred
>
> I understand that this is a large number of questions, please accept my
> apologies in advance.
>
> With kind regards,
>
>
> Michail.-
>
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