[Nut-upsuser] Smart-UPS 1500 info though usbhid and apcsmart

[George Ross]

FWIW, here's what the status page says for the one under my office desk:

battery.charge 	: 	100
battery.charge.low 	: 	10
battery.charge.warning 	: 	50
battery.mfr.date 	: 	2003/04/09
battery.runtime 	: 	21120
battery.runtime.low 	: 	120
battery.temperature 	: 	28.3
battery.type 	: 	PbAc
battery.voltage 	: 	27.5
battery.voltage.nominal 	: 	24.0
device.mfr 	: 	American Power Conversion
device.model 	: 	Smart-UPS 1500
device.serial 	: 	XXXXX
device.type 	: 	ups
driver.name 	: 	usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq 	: 	30
driver.parameter.pollinterval 	: 	2
driver.parameter.port 	: 	/dev/usb0
driver.parameter.synchronous 	: 	no
driver.version 	: 	2.7.4
driver.version.data 	: 	APC HID 0.96
driver.version.internal 	: 	0.41
input.sensitivity 	: 	high
input.transfer.high 	: 	253
input.transfer.low 	: 	208
input.voltage 	: 	241.9
output.frequency 	: 	50.0
output.voltage 	: 	241.9
output.voltage.nominal 	: 	230.0
ups.beeper.status 	: 	enabled
ups.delay.shutdown 	: 	20
ups.delay.start 	: 	30
ups.firmware 	: 	601.3.I
ups.firmware.aux 	: 	1.5
ups.load 	: 	0.0
ups.mfr 	: 	American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date 	: 	2003/04/09
ups.model 	: 	Smart-UPS 1500
ups.productid 	: 	0002
ups.serial 	: 	XXXXX
ups.status 	: 	OL
ups.test.result 	: 	No test initiated
ups.timer.reboot 	: 	-1
ups.timer.shutdown 	: 	-1
ups.timer.start 	: 	-1
ups.vendorid 	: 	051d

Looks like we have nut 2.7.4, and it's running on Scientific Linux 7.9.

> Since, apparently, switching from USB to serial management on those
> requires restarting the UPS ...

My recollection is you don't have to remove the battery, but you do have to 
turn the thing completely off and on again with the mains input removed.

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