Oops, forgot the NUT driver. The referenced website says the driver is "liebert". Seems to have vendor provided protocol and hardware... whatever that means.
On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 20:56 -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > Benjamin, > > Out of curiosity, which UPS do you have ? From the link below which NUT > driver does it use ? > > http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html > > I personally would not trust a USB->Serial dongle for UPS communication, but > it may possibly work. We do have CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO=m in our kernel. > > Do you have a spare serial port other than the console port on your AstLinux > hardware ? > > Lonnie > > > > On Dec 28, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Benjamin L. Naber wrote: > > > One example is me. > > > > The enterprise level on-line UPSs I have are serial only. I wonder if > > using a generic FTDI serial to USB drivers would be acceptable? > > > > > > On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 15:36 -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > >> Benjamin, > >> > >> Well, a USB-> Serial dongle would still require the serial drivers within > >> NUT, and that assumes the dongle's Linux driver properly supported any > >> special RS232 pins such as DTR or CTS. I recall old APC UPS's used those > >> pins with a special serial cable. > >> > >> My query here was to see if someone had an example where a UPS only > >> supported serial communications and would like to monitor it with AstLinux. > >> > >> It would seem that newer UPS's all support USB instead of Serial. Please > >> correct me if I am wrong. > >> > >> Lonnie > >> > >> > >> On Dec 28, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Benjamin L. Naber wrote: > >> > >>> Lonnie, et al: > >>> > >>> while serial drivers are not going to be installed, do you suppose there > >>> will be the option for the end user to add those specific drivers and > >>> alter the config files to support serial connected UPS devices? > >>> > >>> Or, would it be considerably beneficial to for the end user to just > >>> obtain a serial to USB device? > >>> > >>> ~Benjamin > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 12:57 -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > >>>> The AstLinux team is working on adding NUT support for AstLinux. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html > >>>> > >>>> It seems NUT has improved greatly over the past few years (now supports > >>>> SNMP) and the fact that apcupsd has not been updated for over 2 years, > >>>> it may be wise to have an alternative plan for UPS support. > >>>> > >>>> Question, it seems to me that supporting USB and Network connections to > >>>> the UPS should be adequate. No Serial connections. While including > >>>> Serial connection support would not be difficult, it adds a lot of extra > >>>> drivers and seems of very limited value. > >>>> > >>>> Unless there are objections, we will build NUT with the --without-serial > >>>> configure option. > >>>> > >>>> Lonnie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [email protected].
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