[Nut-upsuser] Some unsupported UPS

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 1/8/22 19:48, Goran Vukoman wrote:
> I've found a nice UPS with strange serial connection.
>
> https://www.bicker.de/en/upsic-1205
> https://www.bicker.de/files/downloads/datenblatt/upsic-1205_e.pdf
>
> There is not much information about the serial connection in that
> document.
>
> But there is some accessories for the serial connection
>
>
> https://www.bicker.de/en/psz-1063
> https://www.bicker.de/files/downloads/handbuch/benutzerhandbuch-users-manual-psz-1063.pdf
>
> Is the information in that document sufficent to write a rs232-serial-
> driver for NUT?
>
> Regards
>
>

It looks a nice toy for low power devices, indeed. And its onboard RS232 
, by the lack of Rx/Tx , is the oddest one I've seen in 30+ years since 
I deal with serial interfaces ( burnt the first one in '87 on my 
Commodore 64 ). OTOH it seems that , after connecting the "μExtension 
Modul" the serial starts to behave like a regular one ( that is, it has 
all the usual pins and signals ). I guess that a driver for it could be 
written by a passionate who has access to a board, given that 
https://www.bicker.de/files/downloads/handbuch/benutzerhandbuch-users-manual-psz-1063.pdf 
seems to provide the communication protocol. OTOH, RS232 in 2022 seems a 
bit .. ancient, the world transitioned to USB a long time ago. But 
looking at the electronic schemes they include, I kind of understand the 
reasoning behind their choice... although a USB interface is not so hard 
to implement nowadays.


wolfy

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