Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-04-05 Thread David Melik
On 03/22/2018 07:43 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: If the Slackware startup scripts call "upsdrvctl start", and the UPS is listed in ups.conf, that should start the driver at boot. Now I see that also after doing necessary things in http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/index.html

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-03-22 Thread Charles Lepple
On Mar 22, 2018, at 10:22 PM, David Melik wrote: > > I assume if I just go through the setup instructions on the NUT website, > that'll make the server automatically load this driver on boot. If the Slackware startup scripts call "upsdrvctl start", and the UPS is listed in

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-03-22 Thread David Melik
On 03/21/2018 07:07 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: On Mar 20, 2018, at 6:06 PM, David Melik wrote: Ok, around 24hrs ago I retested, but the (same) output is still on the screen without it going into background to release tty/sh... My mistake - I misinterpreted the log you posted. Without the "-D"

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-03-21 Thread Charles Lepple
On Mar 20, 2018, at 6:06 PM, David Melik wrote: > > On 03/19/2018 04:49 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: >> The rc-style init systems typically want programs like the drivers to go >> into the background on their own (as the driver does without "-D", or when >> launched by "upsdrvctl start"). Other

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-03-20 Thread David Melik
On 03/19/2018 04:49 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: The rc-style init systems typically want programs like the drivers to go into the background on their own (as the driver does without "-D", or when launched by "upsdrvctl start"). Other init systems like launchd or systemd will monitor the PID of

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-03-19 Thread Charles Lepple
On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:00 AM, David Melik wrote: > >> Then you can launch the driver with at least one "-D" flag: >> >> /usr/libexec/nut/bestfcom -a ups -D > > I thought there was a lot more to it than that, but after I ran that stuff, > the driver outputs. However, /etc/rc.d/rc.ups

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-03-19 Thread David Melik
On 02/20/2018 06:16 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: Do you have a pinout for that cable? Unsure, but after recent suggestions, it may be working.  Already had NUT from SlackBuilds.org (SBo) installed, but reinstalled to add the group:user. I forget if it is the default, but you might need to

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-02-20 Thread Charles Lepple
On Feb 19, 2018, at 3:44 PM, David Melik wrote: > > Minicom listed a blank modem init string, and 'f' did nothing. Do you have a pinout for that cable? I forget if it is the default, but you might need to turn off the hardware and software flow control (minicom: Ctrl-A then letter O, "Serial

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-02-19 Thread David Melik
On 02/13/2018 03:49 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: On Feb 12, 2018, at 11:53 PM, David Melik wrote: On 01/21/2018 05:53 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: If you hook up a terminal emulator to the comms port (1200 baud, 8/N/1 unless stickers and/or configuration DIP switches indicate otherwise), and type

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-02-13 Thread Stuart Gathman
On 02/12/2018 11:53 PM, David Melik wrote: > > Of course, I got Eaton Powerware's RS-232 cable for FE700VA/etc. but > don't know what 'hook up a terminal emulator'... no Slackware > GNU/Linux BASH command 'f,' or do I run (or install/compile) a certain > program to enable/access that? The classic

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-02-13 Thread Charles Lepple
On Feb 12, 2018, at 11:53 PM, David Melik wrote: > > On 01/21/2018 05:53 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: >> If you hook up a terminal emulator to the comms port (1200 baud, 8/N/1 >> unless stickers and/or configuration DIP switches indicate otherwise), and >> type "f" , do you get a status line like

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-02-12 Thread David Melik
On 01/21/2018 05:53 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: My understanding was that many of the older Best Power units were downstream of generators, and as such, full-blown power outages of both mains and generator power were not expected. That said, it might be that the "bestfcom" driver predates when

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-01-21 Thread Charles Lepple
On Jan 21, 2018, at 1:12 AM, David Melik wrote: > > I have an excellent old Best Power FE700VA but am suprised it's unlisted. I > thought Best Power ones were for critical applications, mostly for > POSIX-based (Unix, etc.) servers, so I want to run it on 64-bit Slackware

[Nut-upsuser] Best Power FE700VA?

2018-01-20 Thread David Melik
I have an excellent old Best Power FE700VA but am suprised it's unlisted.  I thought Best Power ones were for critical applications, mostly for POSIX-based (Unix, etc.) servers, so I want to run it on 64-bit Slackware GNU/Linux.  I'm wondering why, or if it may be added in the future, or if