Trouble with NUT and BackUPS XS 1500 via USB…
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Greetings, all.
Running NUT 2.0.5 and having a hard time communicating (and keeping communication) with the UPS (via USB 940-0127B).
/var/log/system.log shows a lot of these…
Apr 18 11:57:54 pfsense upsd[37546]: Data for UPS [APC_XS_1500] is stale - check driver Apr 18 11:57:54 pfsense upsd[37546]: Data for UPS [APC_XS_1500] is stale - check driver Apr 18 11:57:57 pfsense upsmon[37550]: Poll UPS [APC_XS_1500@localhost] failed - Data stale Apr 18 11:57:57 pfsense upsmon[37550]: Poll UPS [APC_XS_1500@localhost] failed - Data stale Apr 18 11:57:57 pfsense upsmon[37550]: Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Apr 18 11:57:57 pfsense upsmon[37550]: Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Apr 18 11:58:02 pfsense upsmon[37550]: Poll UPS [APC_XS_1500@localhost] failed - Data stale Apr 18 11:58:02 pfsense upsmon[37550]: Poll UPS [APC_XS_1500@localhost] failed - Data staleWhen I do /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut.sh start I get…
starting newhidups Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.5 Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.0.5) Detected a UPS: American Power Conversion/Back-UPS RS 1500 FW:8.g9 .D USB FW:g9 Using subdriver: APC/CyberPower HID 0.9 starting upsd Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.5 Connected to UPS [APC_XS_1500]: APC_XS_1500 starting upsmon Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.0.5 UPS: APC_XS_1500@localhost (master) (power value 1) Using power down flag file /etc/killpower Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 12:10 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 12:11 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 12:11 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 12:11 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 12:11 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost establishedWhen I do /usr/local/libexec/nut/newhidups -u root -DD -a APC_XS_1500 I get…
Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.0.5) debug level is '2' Checking device (051D/0002) (/dev/usb2//dev/ugen0) - VendorID: 051d - ProductID: 0002 - Manufacturer: American Power Conversion - Product: Back-UPS RS 1500 FW:8.g9 .D USB FW:g9 - Serial Number: BB0645016282 - Bus: /dev/usb2 Trying to match device Device matches HID descriptor retrieved (Reportlen = 1022) Report descriptor retrieved (Reportlen = 1022) Found HID device Report Descriptor size = 1022 Detected a UPS: American Power Conversion/Back-UPS RS 1500 FW:8.g9 .D USB FW:g9 Using subdriver: APC/CyberPower HID 0.9 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.iProduct, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.iSerialNumber, Type: Feature, Value: 2.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.iDeviceChemistry, Type: Feature, Value: 4.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.iOEMInformation, Type: Feature, Value: 3.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.Rechargeable, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.Charging, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.Charging, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.Discharging, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.Discharging, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.APCStatusFlag, Type: Input, Value: 8.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.APCStatusFlag, Type: Feature, Value: 8.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.ManufacturerDate, Type: Feature, Value: 13667.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.ConfigVoltage, Type: Feature, Value: 24.000002 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.Voltage, Type: Feature, Value: 26.930002 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.iManufacturer, Type: Feature, Value: 3.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.CapacityMode, Type: Feature, Value: 2.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RemainingCapacity, Type: Input, Value: 100.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RemainingCapacity, Type: Feature, Value: 100.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RunTimeToEmpty, Type: Input, Value: 1170.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RunTimeToEmpty, Type: Feature, Value: 1170.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.DesignCapacity, Type: Feature, Value: 100.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.FullChargeCapacity, Type: Feature, Value: 100.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.WarningCapacityLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 50.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.CapacityGranularity2, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RemainingCapacityLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 10.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.CapacityGranularity1, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.ACPresent, Type: Input, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.ACPresent, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.BelowRemainingCapacityLimit, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.BelowRemainingCapacityLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.ShutdownImminent, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.ShutdownImminent, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.DelayBeforeShutdown, Type: Feature, Value: -1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Charging, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Charging, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Discharging, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Discharging, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.ACPresent, Type: Input, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.ACPresent, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.BatteryPresent, Type: Input, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.BatteryPresent, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.BelowRemainingCapacityLimit, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.BelowRemainingCapacityLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.ShutdownImminent, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.ShutdownImminent, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.RemainingTimeLimitExpired, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.RemainingTimeLimitExpired, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.CommunicationLost, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.CommunicationLost, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.NeedReplacement, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.NeedReplacement, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Overload, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Overload, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.VoltageNotRegulated, Type: Input, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.VoltageNotRegulated, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Input Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RemainingTimeLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 120.000000 Path: UPS.PowerSummary.AudibleAlarmControl, Type: Feature, Value: 2.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.APCBattReplaceDate, Type: Feature, Value: 599297.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.ManufacturerDate, Type: Feature, Value: 13667.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.Test, Type: Input, Value: 6.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.Test, Type: Feature, Value: 6.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.RemainingCapacity, Type: Feature, Value: 100.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.RunTimeToEmpty, Type: Feature, Value: 1170.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.RemainingTimeLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 120.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.ConfigVoltage, Type: Feature, Value: 24.000002 Path: UPS.Battery.Voltage, Type: Feature, Value: 26.930002 Path: UPS.Battery.ff860024, Type: Feature, Value: -12.000000 Path: UPS.Battery.ff860018, Type: Feature, Value: 1779603456.000000 Path: UPS.Input.ConfigVoltage, Type: Feature, Value: 120.000000 Path: UPS.Input.Voltage, Type: Feature, Value: 117.000000 Path: UPS.Input.LowVoltageTransfer, Type: Feature, Value: 97.000000 Path: UPS.Input.HighVoltageTransfer, Type: Feature, Value: 138.000000 Path: UPS.Input.ff860024, Type: Feature, Value: -75.000000 Path: UPS.Input.ff860061, Type: Feature, Value: 2.000000 Path: UPS.Input.ff860052, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.APCGeneralCollection.APCForceShutdown, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.APCGeneralCollection.APCDelayBeforeShutdown, Type: Feature, Value: -1.000000 Path: UPS.APCGeneralCollection.DelayBeforeShutdown, Type: Feature, Value: -1.000000 Path: UPS.PowerConverter.PercentLoad, Type: Feature, Value: 36.000000 Path: UPS.PowerConverter.ff860024, Type: Feature, Value: -36.000000 Path: UPS.PowerConverter.ConfigActivePower, Type: Feature, Value: 865.000000 Path: UPS.ff860001.ff860023, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.ff860001.ff860026, Type: Feature, Value: -116.000000 Path: UPS.ff860001.ff860025, Type: Feature, Value: 50462976.000000 Path: UPS.iProduct, Type: Feature, Value: 5.000000 Path: UPS.APC_UPS_FirmwareRevision, Type: Feature, Value: 6.000000 Path: UPS.iSerialNumber, Type: Feature, Value: 2.000000 Path: UPS.iManufacturer, Type: Feature, Value: 3.000000 Path: UPS.ManufacturerDate, Type: Feature, Value: 13667.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.Charging, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.Discharging, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.ACPresent, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.BatteryPresent, Type: Feature, Value: 1.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.BelowRemainingCapacityLimit, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.ShutdownImminent, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.RemainingTimeLimitExpired, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.CommunicationLost, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.NeedReplacement, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.Overload, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus.VoltageNotRegulated, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.PresentStatus., Type: Feature Path: UPS.APCPanelTest, Type: Feature, Value: 0.000000 Path: UPS.AudibleAlarmControl, Type: Feature, Value: 2.000000 Path: UPS.ff860029, Type: Feature, Value: 34.000000 Path: UPS.ff86002a, Type: Feature, Value: 1684289664.000000 Can't find object UPS.Battery.Temperature Can't find object UPS.Output.PercentLoad Can't find object UPS.Output.ConfigActivePower Can't find object UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.FullyCharged Can't find object UPS.Output.Overload Can't find object UPS.Output.Boost Can't find object UPS.Output.Voltage Can't find object UPS.Output.ConfigVoltage Can't find object UPS.BatterySystem.Battery.Test Can't find object UPS.BatterySystem.Battery.Test Can't find object UPS.BatterySystem.Battery.Test Can't find object UPS.PowerSummary.APCPanelTest Can't find object UPS.PowerSummary.APCPanelTest Can't find object UPS.Output.DelayBeforeShutdown Can't find object UPS.PowerSummary.DelayBeforeStartup Can't find object UPS.Output.DelayBeforeStartup Can't find object UPS.Output.DelayBeforeShutdown upsdrv_updateinfo... dstate_init: sock /var/db/nut/APC_XS_1500 open on fd 5 upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 3 HID Objects... ups.status = !chrg ups.status = !dischrg find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.APCStatusFlag upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 32 HID Objects... ups.status = !chrg ups.status = !dischrg ups.status = online ups.status = batterypres ups.status = !lowbatt ups.status = !shutdownimm ups.status = !timelimitexp find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.CommunicationLost ups.status = !replacebatt ups.status = !overload find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.VoltageNotRegulated find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 2 HID Objects... battery.charge = 100 battery.runtime = 1170 upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 3 HID Objects... ups.status = !chrg ups.status = !dischrg find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.APCStatusFlag upsdrv_updateinfo... - Unable to fetch string 4 upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 2 HID Objects... battery.charge = 0 battery.runtime = 0 upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 32 HID Objects... ups.status = !chrg ups.status = !dischrg ups.status = online ups.status = batterypres ups.status = !lowbatt ups.status = !shutdownimm ups.status = !timelimitexp find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.CommunicationLost ups.status = !replacebatt ups.status = !overload find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.VoltageNotRegulated find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus. upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 2 HID Objects... battery.charge = 100 battery.runtime = 1200 upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 3 HID Objects... ups.status = !chrg ups.status = !dischrg find_hid_info: unknown variable: UPS.PowerSummary.APCStatusFlag upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications... =>Got 2 HID Objects... battery.charge = 0 battery.runtime = 0 upsdrv_updateinfo... upsdrv_updateinfo... Waiting for notifications...I'm more than happy to provide any additional information and details.
Thanks!
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I've seen similar issues with an APC Smart-UPS 1500. Serial communication to the same UPS is solid.
I know apcupsd had a similar issue in old builds and you had to disable the usbhid driver in the kernel or something, forget exactly. You could search the list at the NUT page: http://www.networkupstools.org/lists/
I looked briefly, but just decided to switch to the serial port. (Had the liberty of having a free serial port on the box and a USB or Serial UPS) -
The only cable I have for the UPS is the RJ45-USB cable (940-0127B). Looks like there is an RJ45-DB9 cable (940-0128D) available. Pinout located here. Looks like one of the parts isn't available at my local Radio Shack, so I think I'll just order the cable.
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I just did a quick google search. Found the following.
"Repetitive stale status - Loss of communication
Some models might report repetitive stale status, for 1 sec or less. This is due to a small and temporary flood of the UPS µcontroler.
To solve this point, simply add "pollinterval=15" in ups.conf. Also change the value of MAXAGE to 20 in upsd.conf, and optionally DEADTIME to 20 in upsmon.conf. You might adapt these values according to your tests and configuration."
Let me know if adding this to your config solves the problem. If so I will update the NUT package, either adding a way to modify this value, or defaulting the poll interval to 15 for usb ups.
Please not that changing setting via the webugi nut confiuration page or rebooting will overwrite those files. You will have to modify those files with the webgui daignostics -> edit file or console and then start and stop the service with the status-> services page or from the console.
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Thanks for the tip! I'll give this a shot tomorrow at work and post my results!
Thanks again!
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Doesn't look like it worked. I changed my /usr/local/etc/nut files to the following (new lines marked with <<)…
user=root [APC_XS_1500] driver=newhidups port=auto pollinterval=15 <<ACL all 0.0.0.0/0 ACL localhost 127.0.0.1/32 ACCEPT localhost REJECT all MAXAGE 20 <<MONITOR APC_XS_1500@localhost 1 monuser mypass master MINSUPPLIES 1 SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0" POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower DEADTIME 20 <<starting newhidups Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.5 Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.0.5) Detected a UPS: American Power Conversion/Back-UPS RS 1500 FW:8.g9 .D USB FW:g9 Using subdriver: APC/CyberPower HID 0.9 starting upsd Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.5 Connected to UPS [APC_XS_1500]: APC_XS_1500 starting upsmon Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.0.5 UPS: APC_XS_1500@localhost (master) (power value 1) Using power down flag file /etc/killpower Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:04 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:05 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:05 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:05 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:06 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:06 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:06 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost lost Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.local (no tty) at 10:06 CDT... Communications with UPS APC_XS_1500@localhost established -
Doesn't look like it worked. I changed my /usr/local/etc/nut files to the following (new lines marked with <<)…
user=root pollinterval=15 << [APC_XS_1500] driver=newhidups port=autoAfter looking at the man page for ups.conf I moved the pollinterval to the global area of the .conf rather than the UPS area. I reran nut.sh start but it didn't make any difference.
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Well only thing I can think of is compiling the NUT developmental newhidups driver to see if that addresses the problem.
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Well, I got my 940-0128D cable in the mail, but I don't know what settings to choose (or what to modify ups.conf with).
The link I posted earlier, for the pinout, says set it to dumb/940-0128A but it says communication lost then ups unavailable.
Any ideas?
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I bet you already changed the model to 'back ups generic' or somesuch from 'back ups usb', but you could try the 'backups pro cable' for grins. Try both smart cable and dumb cable and see if anything works…
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After doing every combination of APC Back-UPS (generic)/APC Back-UPS RS (generic)/APC Back-UPS Pro (cable)/APC Smart-UPS (cable), Generic type, and Cable type I ended up with zero options working.
So, I decided to check my dmesg and noticed that it doesn't show a ttyd0. ::) Duh. I'm gonna reboot the firewall after hours and check the COM port setting in the BIOS.
Also, I'm a little confused with the two different drop-downs (generic type and cable type). Do I only worry about the generic drop-down if I choose a UPS that says (generic)? Do I only worry about the cable drop-down if I choose a UPS that says (cable)? Which is the "smart" cable and which is the "dumb" cable?
Thanks!
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You only need to worry about the cable or generic drop down if the ups type you select has it in parenthesis. The serial ports listed in the webgui should be the ones on your system as I parse the dmesg output.
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I don't see any ttyd0 listed in my dmesg.boot. ???
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FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Fri Jun 16 01:03:36 UTC 2006 sullrich@builder.livebsd.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense.6 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz (2192.90-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x4400<cntx-id,<b14>> real memory = 535248896 (510 MB) avail memory = 514191360 (490 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <dell 2400 ="">ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1 ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard wlan: mac acl policy registered kbd1 at kbdmux0 ath_hal: 0.9.16.16 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) acpi0: <dell 2400 ="">on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0 acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0 pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0 agp0: <intel 82845g="" (845g="" gmch)="" svga="" controller="">mem 0xe8000000-0xefffffff,0xfeb80000-0xfebfffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0 agp0: detected 892k stolen memory agp0: aperture size is 128M uhci0: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xff80-0xff9f irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xff60-0xff7f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0 uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb2: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0: <intel 82801db="" l="" m="" (ich4)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xffa80800-0xffa80bff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0 ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb3: EHCI version 1.0 usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3: <intel 82801db="" l="" m="" (ich4)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0 usb3: USB revision 2.0 uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0 pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1 xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xde00-0xde7f mem 0xfe9fde80-0xfe9fdeff irq 16 at device 4.0 on pci1 miibus0: <mii bus="">on xl0 xlphy0: <3Com internal media interface> on miibus0 xlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto xl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:04:7f:04:be xl1: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xde80-0xdeff mem 0xfe9fdf00-0xfe9fdf7f irq 17 at device 5.0 on pci1 miibus1: <mii bus="">on xl1 xlphy1: <3Com internal media interface> on miibus1 xlphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto xl1: Ethernet address: 00:50:04:7f:08:3f xl2: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xdf00-0xdf7f mem 0xfe9fdf80-0xfe9fdfff irq 18 at device 6.0 on pci1 miibus2: <mii bus="">on xl2 xlphy2: <3Com internal media interface> on miibus2 xlphy2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto xl2: Ethernet address: 00:50:04:7f:0a:b2 bfe0: <broadcom bcm4401="" fast="" ethernet="">mem 0xfe9fe000-0xfe9fffff irq 17 at device 9.0 on pci1 miibus3: <mii bus="">on bfe0 bmtphy0: <bcm4401 10="" 100basetx="" phy="">on miibus3 bmtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:0b:db:c2:ee:2c isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0 atapci0: <intel ich4="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf mem 0xfeb7fc00-0xfeb7ffff irq 18 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0 ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0 pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached) speaker0: <pc speaker="">port 0x61 on acpi0 fdc0: <floppy drive="" controller="">port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FAST] pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xcb7ff,0xcb800-0xcbfff,0xcc000-0xcc7ff,0xcc800-0xccfff,0xcd000-0xce7ff,0xce800-0xcffff on isa0 atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ppc0: parallel port not found. sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio0: type 8250 or not responding sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2192896684 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec Fast IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing. ad0: 38166MB <wdc wd400eb-75cpf0="" 06.04g06="">at ata0-master UDMA100 acd0: CDROM <lite-on ltn486s="" 48x="" max="" yds6="">at ata1-master UDMA33 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a</lite-on></wdc></generic></system></at></keyboard></isa></floppy></pc></serial></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></bcm4401></mii></broadcom></mii></mii></mii></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></acpi></acpi></power></acpi></dell></version></dell ></cntx-id,<b14></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe> -
sis0, sis1, etc are your serial ports which correspond to /dev/ttyd0, etc
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabledLooks like they are not configured in the bios.
I don't have my other box running, but to show you my embedded box shows
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x30 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A, console
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A -
Yeah, fter I got back from lunch I checked the dmesg and saw the lines with the 8250s that said they weren't enabled. I'm currently trying to coordinate a time with everyone in the office as to when I can reboot.
Any ideas as to which UPS/cable I should try with an APC BackUPS XS via serial?
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I just rebooted and went into the BIOS and enabled COM1.
When I rebooted I got this in my dmesg…
_ sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A_I set it to APC Back-UPS (generic) and tried generic type 1. After it saved the status said On Line. ;D THANKS EVERYONE!
Generic type 2 gave Low Battery and type 3 gave On Line. I don't know the difference between them, but I figured that 1 was 1 for a reason so I put it back to that.
I couldn't get either the APC Back-UPS (cable) or APC Smart-UPS (cable) to work with either cable.
Would that indicate that the cable I got is just a simple/dumb cable?
Now I gotta work on getting our other *nix boxes to connect to NUT and shutdown when NUT says so.
A little off-topic for this thread, but does pfSense provide any mechanism to send WOL packets to a list of servers when it boots? It'd be nice if it could do that, so NUT will signal our servers to shutdown and pfSense would turn them back on after the firewall was up for xx minutes.
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A little off-topic for this thread, but does pfSense provide any mechanism to send WOL packets to a list of servers when it boots? It'd be nice if it could do that, so NUT will signal our servers to shutdown and pfSense would turn them back on after the firewall was up for xx minutes.
For this I think you could create a batch file and call it via shellcmd in the config.xml
Maybe have it wait and then call wol after a few minutes. Perhaps use wol -f to wake a list of macs specified in the file. It will run everytime you reboot the box, but no harm in trying to wake up a server that's already on…
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