Go for powermust. The mustek driver right now only has a subset of powermust's functionality.
As for the output of upslog showing an additional "NA" for powermust... that's a bug... it should be "input.frequency" and not "output.frequency". :) On 3/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello ! > > first off, thank you all for making this piece of software. > from what i have seen so far this seems to be a really mature and advanced > tool for all sorts of UPS models ! > > I`d like to tell that I own a UPS which isn`t listed on the compatibility > list, but seems to be compatible. > > It is a PowerWalker - see this at > http://powerwalker.com/de/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=63&Itemid=106 > > It was damn cheap and I bought it just for testing, if such cheap UPS would > fit to "low end needs". > > From what I can tell for now, i`m quite satisfied - I have a little > homeserver running with this for over a year now and it works fine. (From > time to time I do a test and plug the cable and all works continues running). > The thing that ever annoyed me with this UPS is the big fat java-based > control software. Even the agent running on the server is big fat java-crap. > > A year ago I came across this project and didn`t find my model on the list. > I lost interest because of this but now a year later I thought: "hey, let`s > look again" - but still not being listed..... > > On the PowerWalker website, I read that the person behind that company was > related to Mustek before - so I thought, that there is a chance that the > PowerWalker is a rebranded Mustek. I downloaded the source and grepped it for > "mustek" and saw: hey, there is a driver - so I gave it a try and it really > seems that my UPS is a re-branded Mustek. > > with the mustek driver - upsc gives: > > battery.charge: 97.5 > battery.voltage: 13.6 > driver.name: mustek > driver.version: 2.0.3 > driver.version.internal: 0.2 > input.frequency: 50.1 > input.voltage: 228.5 > output.voltage: 228.5 > ups.load: 014 > ups.mfr: Mustek > ups.model: PowerMust > ups.status: OL > > upslog gives: > > 20060326 165042 95.0 228.5 013 [OL] NA 50.1 > > With the powermust driver (tested the next day) i get: > > battery.charge: 100.0 > battery.voltage: 13.7 > battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0 > driver.name: powermust > driver.version: 2.0.3 > driver.version.internal: 1.1 > input.voltage: 230.7 > input.voltage.fault: 230.7 > input.voltage.maximum: 231.1 > input.voltage.minimum: 230.7 > output.frequency: 50.1 > output.voltage: 230.7 > output.voltage.target.battery: 220.0 > ups.delay.shutdown: 2 > ups.delay.start: 3 > ups.load: 13.0 > ups.mfr: Mustek > ups.model: PowerMust > ups.serial: unknown > ups.status: OL > > upslog gives: > 20060327 194453 100.0 230.7 13.0 [OL] NA NA > > I didn`t have time to do in-depth test, but I think this UPS will probably > work fine with this software. > > Does somebody own a PowerWalker and can acknowledge this? > What additional tests should I do to make sure compatibility is "sufficient" ? > For example, i`m unsure what driver should I use - I thought "sure - take > powermust" - but why does upslog show less information than with mustek > driver (it shows two fields "NA") ? > > Anyway - i`m happy that I seem to have native linux support for my UPS now. > > regards > > roland k. > > systems engineer > > ps: > Furthermore, there seems some inconsistency between driver.list and website: > > # Network UPS Tools driver.list > # > # This file is used to build the compat.html on the web server. Any line > # with exactly 4 arguments will be turned into an entry on there. > # Naturally, it is read by parseconf, so the usual escaping tricks are > # allowed if you need to insert something unusual. > > Is compat.html really built from this file or is this just outdated > information ? > For example, I don`t find information about the fact, that Mustek UPS is > known to NUT. (BTW: can NUT do autodetection? this should help others who > donŽt have such luck or which are not happy to do "experiments") > > pps: > sorry for crossposting - but i thought this was probably of interest for both > users and developers - and since traffic isn`t very high...... > ______________________________________________________________________ > XXL-Speicher, PC-Virenschutz, Spartarife & mehr: Nur im WEB.DE Club! > Jetzt gratis testen! http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021130 > > -- Carlos Rodrigues _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser