[Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

[Charles Lepple]

On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:00 AM, David Melik wrote:
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>> Then you can launch the driver with at least one "-D" flag:
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>> /usr/libexec/nut/bestfcom -a ups -D
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> I thought there was a lot more to it than that, but after I ran that stuff, the driver outputs.  However, /etc/rc.d/rc.ups initialization script might not do anything yet (only the command you gave, also when forked, or it will continue using the tty.)

The rc-style init systems typically want programs like the drivers to go into the background on their own (as the driver does without "-D", or when launched by "upsdrvctl start"). Other init systems like launchd or systemd will monitor the PID of the program to restart it if necessary, so they work best when the driver doesn't fork.
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> Here's output I got within the last few minutes, just wondering how to complete configuration now (if this is working)...
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> root at darwinheim:~# Network UPS Tools - Best Ferrups/Fortress driver 0.12 (2.7.4)
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> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
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> Some features may not function correctly.
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>    0.000000     debug level is '1'
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>     8.434336  UPS Time: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 16:01:08
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>   26.245736     Best Power Ferrups FE700 detected
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>   26.245755     Battery voltages: 13.58 nominal, 14.90 full, 11.00 low, 10.50 empty

This driver doesn't have any additional configuration options (or many debug log messages, for that matter), so the next step is to be sure that upsd has started, and run "upsc ups" to see all of the values.

The rest of the configuration is split between upsd (defining roles for monitoring) and upsmon (defining how to shut down or notify you of other events).