Just FYI: current update seams to break NUT dependancies

[rzr]

@FritzGerald said:

@rzr: Sorry, first and foremost I totally forgot to say thank you very much. I really appreciate you work and effort for this "non-core" issue.

You're welcome !

Keep in mind using/enabling ci repo can be dangerous but for this nut update the risk is low.

Is there maybe anything particular you are interested in for me to test?

Nothing specific, the regular use case but feel free to share to community your experience with your hardware:

https://networkupstools.org/ddl/APC/Smart-UPS_750.html

Then others can compare with other devices supported by N.U.T. :

https://networkupstools.org/ddl/

This makes me think, I have scavenged an APC BE400 but it looks like an offline device, unsure I will make anything useful soon.

[FritzGerald]

Good point.

Quick install procedure for anyone interested. I use a USB connected APC Smart-UPS 750 (SMT750RMI2U) on a completely patched test "XCP-ng 8.3" server. To install ci pacakges run:

yum install nut --enablerepo=xcp-ng-ci

Most important, check your USV device is properly connected and found using

lsusb

it should show something like:

...
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 051d:0003 American Power Conversion UPS
...

Grap details then by:

lsusb -s 002:002 -v

which should give you something like

[12:53 xcp-test ~]# lsusb -s 002:002 -v

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 051d:0003 American Power Conversion UPS
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x051d American Power Conversion
  idProduct          0x0003 UPS
  bcdDevice            1.06
  iManufacturer           1 American Power Conversion
  iProduct                2 Smart-UPS 750 FW:UPS 15.1 / ID=18
  iSerial                 3 SERIALXXXXXXXX
  bNumConfigurations      1
...
  Remote Wakeup Enabled

Based upon this data you can add this information to your ups.conf

nano /etc/ups/ups.conf

[apc]
        driver = "usbhid-ups"
        port = "auto"
        vendorid = "051D"
        productid = "0003"
        product = "Smart-UPS 750 FW:UPS 15.1 / ID=18"
        serial = "SERIALXXXXXXXX"
        vendor = "American Power Conversion"
        bus = "002"

Now add users in nano /etc/ups/upsd.users. "upsmon" is for the slave connected devices.

[admin]
      password = PWXXXXXX
      actions = SET FSD
      instcmds = ALL
      upsmon master

[upsmon]
      password = SLAVEPW
      upsmon slave

Now add/enable via nano /etc/ups/upsd.conf the required lines. If you want other servers to listen, you need to listen to an non-localhost IP if course.

LISTEN 127.0.0.1 3493

Now enable in nano /etc/ups/upsmon.conf the relevant line:

MONITOR apc@localhost 1 admin PWXXXXXX master

Now restart services:

upsdrvctl start
systemctl start nut-server.service
systemctl start nut-monitor.service

and you should be able to see the apc data by calling:

upsc apc@localhost

It should show:

battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.runtime: 3900
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.3
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.mfr: American Power Conversion
device.model: Smart-UPS 750
device.serial: SERIALXXXXX
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.bus: 002
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.parameter.product: Smart-UPS 750 FW:UPS 15.1 / ID=18
driver.parameter.productid: 0003
driver.parameter.serial: SERIALXXXXX
driver.parameter.synchronous: auto
driver.parameter.vendor: American Power Conversion
driver.parameter.vendorid: 051D
driver.version: 2.8.0
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.98
driver.version.internal: 0.47
driver.version.usb: libusb-0.1 (or compat)
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: UPS 15.1 / ID=18
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2015/08/14
ups.model: Smart-UPS 750
ups.productid: 0003
ups.serial: SERIALXXXXX
ups.status: OL
ups.timer.reboot: -1
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d

HINT: I experience that the bus id of the usb device sometimes changes after reboot. Watch out if you restart the server and adapt your ups.conf accordingly!!!