[Nut-upsuser] Prolink UPS NUT driver

[Jim Klimov]

Hello all,

  Did anyone pick up this "growth opportunity" to modernize a Qx subdriver
and protocol docs library, with vendor cooperation, and possibly get paid
and/or an UPS to test against in the process?

  Or would someone step up to do so, please? It would be folly and
unhealthy of the NUT community to let this slip through...

  On my side, I've recently made sure that the current NUT master codebase
can be built on CentOS 6, but as not so much a developer (and with dayjob
queues) I can't commit to the actual work on device and driver... That
said, with the two data points above it could be low-hanging fruit to craft
the mapping-table entries... (ideally in a `nutdrv_qx` subdriver rather
than `blazer_usb` though).

Jim



On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 8:44 AM Alexander <ak at enfall.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello NUT users,
>
> Earlier we sent a similar request to the mailing list in 2022, hope
> somebody may be interested now and help us with the issue described below,
> or can advice someone who can do this work.
> Of course, we are ready to reward for such help, if you have the
> opportunity to solve the problem, please let us know the price of the
> solution. Feel free to email us directly at ak at enfall.com.
>
>
>
> The manufacturer Prolink has an 650VA UPS model. To supply this UPS to
> the customer, we should first ensure the compatibility of this UPS model
> with the NUT monitoring system.
> The customer’s NUT monitoring system works on CentOS 6.
>
> At the moment, information has been received from the manufacturer about
> NUT monitoring support, but only partially support (not all necessary data
> can be obtained from this UPS).
>
> Below is a list of data that needs to be obtained from 650VA UPS from
> Prolink using NUT. Commands that according to Prolink are currently not
> supported are indicated below:
> 1)     UPS status (ups.status)  --》OK
>
> 2)     Battery charge level (battery.charge)--- >> Only support battery
> voltage.
>
> 3)     Expected battery life (battery.runtime)---》not support
>
> 4)     Input line parameters (input.voltage)---》OK
>
> 5)     UPS model (ups.model)- 》OK
>
> 6)     Current UPS load (ups. load)- 》OK
>
> 7)     The UPS shall transmit to the NUT driver the resulting Runtime
> value calculated from UPS controller side (without calculation from the
> driver side)- 》not support
>
>
>
> Prolink claims that to fully support NUT, the NUT driver “blaser_usb” for
> 650VA UPS needs to be improved, so we are asking you for help.
>
> 1. Please clarify whether it is technically possible to modify the
> existing driver for the 650VA Prolink UPS and provide the ability to
> transfer all data from this UPS to NUT in accordance with the list above?
>
> 2. In what time frame is it possible to modify the driver?
>
> 3. How much does it cost to upgrade the driver?
>
> 4. What information and materials do you need to improve the driver for
> this UPS, besides the protocol from Prolink? We are ready to provide and
> receive everything needed from the manufacturer.
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Alexander Kirillov
>
> company Enfall
>
> mobile: +7 904 333 38 86 (WhatsApp, Telegram)
>
> e-mail: ak at enfall.com
>
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