On Saturday 26 June 2021 12:22:51 James Billinge via Nut-upsuser wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Just a quick update email to say thank you for the effort you did to > fold in Hunnox and Powercool. > > A user on the unRAID forum did a build for me with the updates and > once I put that in place of the existing NUT install, my Powercool UPS > was recognised. > > Whilst it doesn’t give everything first time, my ups.conf is now this: > > [ups] > driver = nutdrv_qx > port = auto > vendorid = 0001 > productid = 0000 > protocol = hunnox > langid_fix = 0x0409 > novendor > noscanlangid > default.battery.voltage.high = 27.50 > default.battery.voltage.low = 24.00 > default.battery.voltage.nominal = 21.40
If this is accurate, and it may not be, your battery has at least one shorted cell. Check it with a regular voltmeter. s/b above 25 volts if fully charged. > i’m still to “calibrate” / teach NUT but your efforts and the above > have given unRAID the ability to communicate with the Powercool 1000VA > UPS and safely shut down unRAID which is exactly what I needed. > > I hope this info is helpful to anyone who has the Powercool UPS and > that it enables Powercool to be added to NUT’s compatibility list. > > Thanks again! > > James > > > > From: James Billinge<mailto:jammybi...@hotmail.com> > Sent: 20 April 2021 14:13 > To: Jim Klimov<mailto:jimkli...@gmail.com> > Cc: > nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net<mailto:nut-upsu...@alioth-lists.de >bian.net> Subject: Re: [Nut-upsuser] Powercool UPS compatibility > > Wonderful news Jim. > > Much obliged sir! > > I will reach out to the developer and make them aware. > > You never know. They might even be on this mailing list. > > Regards > > James > > > On 20 Apr 2021, at 09:57, Jim Klimov <jimkli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > In the comments for https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/pull/638/ > adding support for "hunnox" subdriver I saw somebody report that the > branch also supported their Powercool branded device. I am brushing > that submission into shape to merge it, and for that matter also plan > to merge the https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/pull/1008 adding > an "snr" subdriver. > > So hopefully a build of NUT from the master branch after these merges > would let your deployment see your UPS better. That said, you may have > to poke the unRAID plugin maintainer to update their package. > > Jim > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 11:02 AM James Billinge > <jammybi...@hotmail.com<mailto:jammybi...@hotmail.com>> wrote: hi Jim, > > please see - > https://forums.unraid.net/topic/60217-plugin-nut-v2-network-ups-tools > [Plugin] NUT v2 - Network UPS Tools - Plugin Support - > Unraid<https://forums.unraid.net/topic/60217-plugin-nut-v2-network-ups >-tools> On 3/24/2018 at 12:02 PM, huffsper said: Did you find anything > weird looking at the log? I noticed in my logs that unBALANCE is using > rm -rf to delete files, wouldnt using rsyncs --remove-source-files be > better? I took a look and didnt find anything unusual. There were a > couple of instances where... > forums.unraid.net<http://forums.unraid.net> > > this is the app i am using to use NUT. > > what you say about ups.conf is what i have entered and it fails to > start NUT. > > i've PM'ed dmacias on the unraid forums for advice but no response > since the weekend when i sent it and the forum thread isn't actively > responded to either. > > really need dmacias to respond to enable guidance. > > nut-scanner works, it picks up this: > > Scanning for UPS... > > [nutdev1] > driver = "nutdrv_qx" > port = "auto" > vendorid = "0001" > productid = "0000" > product = "MEC0003" > bus = "002" > > > but nutdrv_qx isn't a driver option so i pick "custom" and enter it > in, it then appears in UPS.conf and i can start/run NUT but i do not > get any readings and it says ONLINE. but if i cut the power, it > doesn't change status or act on it. > > > since nutdrv_atcl_usb doesn't work, i feel its because its missing. if > i could know how to put that driver in, it would be interesting to see > what NUT did if it saw it. > > > i will post on the unraid forum again. > > thanks for the help Jim. hopefully a solution will be found! > > > > > > > From: Jim Klimov <jimkli...@gmail.com<mailto:jimkli...@gmail.com>> > Sent: 08 April 2021 09:38 > To: James Billinge > <jammybi...@hotmail.com<mailto:jammybi...@hotmail.com>> Cc: > nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net<mailto:nut-upsu...@alioth-lists.de >bian.net> > <nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net<mailto:nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.d >ebian.net>> Subject: Re: [Nut-upsuser] Powercool UPS compatibility > > I took a look at https://github.com/dmacias72/NUT-unRAID/ plugin > source (not sure it is the one you have, just the first recent plugin > from googling). > > Unfortunately it does not seem to reference actual NUT source well, > nor a plugin version, but just hoards several timestamped tarballs > with binaries. By commit comments it seems that at least at some point > they used the "libusb-0.1+1.0" branch which is one of our attempts to > handle modern libusb-1 in NUT (note none of the attempts yet were > merged to master or released "officially", but we are on it). > > I can't quickly say if latest plugin builds are based on that too, or > if you may have a mismatch with drivers last built for libusb-0.1 > trying to use libusb-1.0 on the server. APIs differ so such mismatch > might cause crashes, or just fail to start if dynamic linking detects > it. > > As for ups.conf, I think you should try a minimal config like: > > [powercool] > driver=nutdrv_atcl_usb > port=auto > > (port probably may refer to /dev/usb/... if that is persistent across > boots and device plugs, but does not have to). > > What also comes to mind are issues with linux user privileges - > whether that account which runs NUT may connect to USB device nodes. > But if nut-scanner worked, probably that is okay. > > If you can edit /etc/rc.d/rc.ups, in the line which starts upsdrvctl > you can add debugging with -DDDDDD which should show its attempts to > find the USB device and possible griefs it may have along the way. > > Note that currently, an enabled debugging mode may preclude > backgrounding of the driver or other NUT daemons so not sure if you'd > need to add & to the end of line so upsdrvctl is backgrounded still. > > Or if you have shell access, similarly you can run > /usr/libexec/nut/nutdrv_atcl_usb -DDDDDD -a powercool > > Hope that helps, > Jim Klimov > On Thu, Apr 8, 2021, 07:44 James Billinge > <jammybi...@hotmail.com<mailto:jammybi...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Jim > > Thanks for the reply. > > In NUT under unRAID there is indeed a setting to enter a driver in. > > Which driver are you suggesting I try as nutdrv_qx makes NUT work, but > no communication between NUT and the UPS. > > Just tried nutdrv_atcl_usb.c as driver and NUT will not start. > > Is there anything else I need to enter in UPS.conf to get it to work? > > Regards > > James > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 8 Apr 2021, at 02:22, Jim Klimov > <jimkli...@gmail.com<mailto:jimkli...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I believe nutdrv_atcl_usb is orthogonal to nutdrv_qx "fuji" subdriver. > They both handle devices using an "ATCL" USB chip which does not have > a registered vendorId/productId, but that is where similarity stops. > Different UPS vendors implemented different protocols and abilities > using that chip as a transport, hence two unrelated drivers. > > It seems the HCL entry appeared in relation to this discussion: > https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/203 > > Looking at > https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/blob/master/drivers/nutdrv_atcl >_usb.c it indeed does not have many settings, just an alternate > "vendor" string to match on a device which it finds with hardcoded > vid:pid by looking at all USB devices. > > Unfortunately I can't help with setup of unRAID bit. I'd assume there > is a place to state which NUT driver you want. > > Jim > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 22:12 James Billinge via Nut-upsuser > <nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net<mailto:nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.d >ebian.net>> wrote: I have spent the last few days researching the > possibility of using a Powercool UPS with NUT under unRAID. > > I have posted my findings on their forums and not had much response > besides other users wanting it to work too. > > https://forums.unraid.net/topic/104685-powercool-ups-compatible/ > > > How does one utilise nutdrv_actl_usb? > > https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/nutdrv_atcl_usb.html > > As a means of connecting to a Powercool UPS along with nutdrv_qx? > > Seeing this - > https://github.com/cbedgar/nut/blob/1e9216399b890b0770a0e8b158109eaa5e >61d332/data/driver.list.in > > Fills me with hope that it’s feasible. > > > Is it feasible or am I wasting my time? > > James > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net<mailto:nut-upsu...@alioth-lists.de >bian.net> > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 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