Re: [Nut-upsuser] Eaton / MGE Ellipse MAX 600 USBS and nut

2010-01-22 Thread Arjen de Korte
Citeren Michel Bouissou : Incredible to think about an UPS with communication capabilities that wouldn't be able to report a measured voltage :-/ There is a reason for that - money. Measuring the input/output voltage requires a mains separated measuring circuit. The micro controller used

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Eaton / MGE Ellipse MAX 600 USBS and nut

2010-01-22 Thread Michel Bouissou
Hi Arjen, thanks very much for your comprehensive and helpful answers. Le vendredi 22 janvier 2010, Arjen de Korte a écrit : > > Unless you're running the SVN trunk (= development) version, it's > preferred to use the serial connection. Good knowing. > Mostly true. If you have a serial port (na

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Eaton / MGE Ellipse MAX 600 USBS and nut

2010-01-22 Thread Arjen de Korte
Citeren Michel Bouissou : - This UPS supporting both serial (mge-shut) or USB (usbhid-ups) connections/drivers, is there a choice that is "better" than the other in Linux ? Do both drivers / connection methods give access to the exact same parameters / information on the UPS ? Unless you're ru

[Nut-upsuser] Eaton / MGE Ellipse MAX 600 USBS and nut

2010-01-22 Thread Michel Bouissou
Hi there, I've replaced yesterday my old UPS with a brand new "Eaton Ellipse MAX 600 USBS". I've choosed the Eaton (previously MGE) both because I've always been extremely satisfied with MGE UPSes of all kinds at work, and because of the involvement of MGE (with Arnaud) in nut development, whi