[Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
Hi, I have two types of UPS devices and one of them (APC) gave me a false low battery alert. I can't reproduce the problem... Also, there was nothing apparently wrong with the UPS at the time of the false alert. All I could do was grab the driver values within a minute after the low battery

[Nut-upsuser] NUT on Windows Clients

2013-02-28 Thread Ilia Shapira
I want to try to use NUT on Linux server, but most of the servers I need to shutdown are Windows. Before I try to install I wanted to ask you how stable is the Windows Beta of NUT ? I need only the client part of the Windows port, only to shut down the Windows servers

Re: [Nut-upsuser] NUT on Windows Clients

2013-02-28 Thread Douglas Parsons
Although I am not on the latest version, actually it has been two years since I upgraded, I have several Windows clients running against a Linux master that monitors multiple UPS units. On Feb 28, 2013 4:12 AM, Ilia Shapira i...@logicnet.co.il wrote: I want to try to use NUT on Linux server, but

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Charles Lepple
On Feb 28, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Vieri wrote: input.transfer.reason : simulated power failure or UPS test Sounds like it was the UPS self test? ups.mfr.date : 01/10/06 If this is the original battery, it is certainly possible that it has built up enough internal resistance that the voltage

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com wrote: wrote: input.transfer.reason : simulated power failure or UPS test Sounds like it was the UPS self test? ups.mfr.date : 01/10/06 If this is the original battery, it is certainly possible that it has built up enough

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com wrote: ups.mfr.date : 01/10/06 If this is the original battery, it is certainly possible that it has built up enough internal resistance that the voltage reads normal when idle, but it dips too low during a test. BTW, would you

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Manuel Wolfshant
On 02/28/2013 04:12 PM, Vieri wrote: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com wrote: ups.mfr.date : 01/10/06 If this is the original battery, it is certainly possible that it has built up enough internal resistance that the voltage reads normal when idle, but it dips too low

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant wo...@nobugconsulting.ro wrote: Good batteries ( for instance Yaesu, as seen in APC UPSes ) last 4 years. Normal ( usual ) ones last 2. Do the math yourself Thanks for that information. Just a side question: Will the ups.mfr.date value be updated

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Kris Jordan
Vieri wrote, On 2/28/2013 9:41 AM: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant wo...@nobugconsulting.ro wrote: Good batteries ( for instance Yaesu, as seen in APC UPSes ) last 4 years. Normal ( usual ) ones last 2. Do the math yourself Thanks for that information. Just a side question: Will the

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Kris Jordan nut...@sagebrushnetworks.com wrote: Are you using APC's supplied serial cable? They have special wiring and it varies depending on UPS model. The 3 APC ups devices are identical (same model/serial number) and I'm successfully monitoring one of them with a

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Manuel Wolfshant
On 02/28/2013 07:55 PM, Kris Jordan wrote: Vieri wrote, On 2/28/2013 9:41 AM: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant wo...@nobugconsulting.ro wrote: Good batteries ( for instance Yaesu, as seen in APC UPSes ) last 4 years. Normal ( usual ) ones last 2. Do the math yourself Thanks for that

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Ben Kamen bka...@benjammin.net wrote: No. The mfr date is a constant. There IS a user modifiable field for the last battery changeout date. It's only edited by you (the user/admin) OK, thanks. I'll look for it. You batteries have died. If I cut the main power

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2013-02-28 Thread Will Sutton
I am working with a Middle Atlantic IP controllable UPS. I have found that it is made by CyberPower and is controlled via SNMP. There are some controls using the auto SNMP driver that do not show up with uspcmd -l $UPSNAME. Is there a way to use a manufacturer supplied .mib file to control this

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant wo...@nobugconsulting.ro wrote: my APC SmartUPS 1000 -SU1000I shuts down the very instant I connect it to my workstation using a serial cable that I had handy ( received together with a switch ). I guess that the incorrect wiring makes the UPS

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Kris Jordan
Ben Kamen wrote, On 2/28/2013 10:08 AM: On 2013-02-28 11:55 AM, Kris Jordan wrote: Vieri wrote, On 2/28/2013 9:41 AM: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant wo...@nobugconsulting.ro wrote: Will the ups.mfr.date value be updated automatically by the APC ups firmware when I change the battery

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Kris Jordan
Ben Kamen wrote, On 2/28/2013 11:52 AM: On 2013-02-28 1:48 PM, Kris Jordan wrote: Ben Kamen wrote, On 2/28/2013 10:08 AM: On 2013-02-28 11:55 AM, Kris Jordan wrote: Vieri wrote, On 2/28/2013 9:41 AM: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant wo...@nobugconsulting.ro wrote: Will the

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Kris Jordan
Vieri wrote, On 2/28/2013 10:17 AM: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Kris Jordan nut...@sagebrushnetworks.com wrote: Are you using APC's supplied serial cable? They have special wiring and it varies depending on UPS model. Nevertheless I'll take some extra time to search for the ups cables just in case I

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Kris Jordan nut...@sagebrushnetworks.com wrote: Oh, same cable from another identical UPS that works. Try resetting that UPS; it goes something like this: Unplug, disconnect the batteries, and press/hold the buttons to make sure the ups is completely dead. Does that

Re: [Nut-upsuser] UPS Liebert GXT-3

2013-02-28 Thread Marcelo Roccasalva
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Marcelo Roccasalva wrote: I'll try the windows monitoring program tomorrow... Any luck? Haven't tried... An Emerson support person sent me an updated version of their software, which