Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Kris Jordan 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 help? I'm going to have to

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Kris Jordan
Vieri wrote, On 2/28/2013 10:41 AM: --- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant 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 ma

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 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 do find them and they really

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 wrote: Will the ups.mfr.date value be updated automa

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 wrote: Will the ups.mfr.date value be updated automatically by the APC ups firmware when I change the battery or will I need to set it

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant 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 go nuts. Ah... grea

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Ben Kamen 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 supply then the UPS b

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 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 que

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Kris Jordan 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 serial cable connected to an

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 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 update

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Manuel Wolfshant 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 automatically by the APC ups

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 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,

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Charles Lepple 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 suggest changin

Re: [Nut-upsuser] false low battery alarm

2013-02-28 Thread Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/28/13, Charles Lepple 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 intern

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
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"