[Nut-upsuser] Powercool UPS compatibility

[Jim Klimov]

I believe nutdrv_atcl_usb is orthogonal to nutdrv_qx "fuji" subdriver. They
both handle devices using an "ATCL" USB chip which does not have a
registered vendorId/productId, but that is where similarity stops.
Different UPS vendors implemented different protocols and abilities using
that chip as a transport, hence two unrelated drivers.

It seems the HCL entry appeared in relation to this discussion:
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/203

Looking at
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/blob/master/drivers/nutdrv_atcl_usb.c
it indeed does not have many settings, just an alternate "vendor" string to
match on a device which it finds with hardcoded vid:pid by looking at all
USB devices.

Unfortunately I can't help with setup of unRAID bit. I'd assume there is a
place to state which NUT driver you want.

Jim



On Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 22:12 James Billinge via Nut-upsuser <
nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote:

> I have spent the last few days researching the possibility of using a
> Powercool UPS with NUT under unRAID.
>
> I have posted my findings on their forums and not had much response
> besides other users wanting it to work too.
>
> https://forums.unraid.net/topic/104685-powercool-ups-compatible/
>
>
> How does one utilise nutdrv_actl_usb?
>
> https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/nutdrv_atcl_usb.html
>
> As a means of connecting to a Powercool UPS along with nutdrv_qx?
>
> Seeing this -
> https://github.com/cbedgar/nut/blob/1e9216399b890b0770a0e8b158109eaa5e61d332/data/driver.list.in
>
> Fills me with hope that it’s feasible.
>
>
> Is it feasible or am I wasting my time?
>
> James
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