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fonz wrote:

What do you need? There was at least one earlier discussion on UPS support:
http://dns323.kood.org/forum/p8825-2007 … html#p8825

Is a NUT package for ffp-0.5 sufficient? It tried and it seems to compile fine.

I've been following the mentioned thread along with a few others related to UPS support. I'd be willing to give NUT a try if it could be posted to the ffp 0.5 packages area.

Bob Blackwell

Last edited by rcblackwell (2008-07-22 23:51:20)

From the D-Link (USA) GPL site: ftp://ftp.dlink.com/GPL/DNS-343/
Looks like DNS-343 uses nut-2.2.0 and libusb-0.1.12 for UPS functionality

Dlink wrote:

Wait a bit longer and you wont have to do any work =P.

I don't suppose you want to give any more hints on what else you are looking to include in the next f/w ?
lu

rcblackwell wrote:

I'd be willing to give NUT a try if it could be posted to the ffp 0.5 packages area.

I found small bugs in the package, and uploaded revision -2. (removed, cgi-bin and html directories, added missing ffp/var/state/ups/ directory).

Update with 'funpkg -u ...' as usual.

Would that be a BackUPS 500VA or a SmartUPS 500VA - the communication protocols and cables have significant differences.

Dlink wrote:

Wait a bit longer and you wont have to do any work =P.

Will you also fix the TWSI problem( http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t2567-Temp … em%21.html )? Or is it already fixed and I just didn't notice?

fonz wrote:

rcblackwell wrote:

I'd be willing to give NUT a try if it could be posted to the ffp 0.5 packages area.

I found small bugs in the package, and uploaded revision -2. (removed, cgi-bin and html directories, added missing ffp/var/state/ups/ directory).

Update with 'funpkg -u ...' as usual.

Installed the update without a problem and although I'm able to start NUT as root (upsdrvctl start), I'm unable to start the NUT driver as a user (upsdrvctl -u ups start). I've read through the instruction at  Network UPS Tools and have been using the online manual for assistance however I've not been able to resolve what I believe to be a rights issue.

Following is the error message that's received when starting upsdrvctl with the -u switch;

root@DNS323_NAS:/mnt/USB/ffp/etc# upsdrvctl -u ups start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.2
Network UPS Tools: 0.29 USB communication driver - core 0.33 (2.2.2)

No matching HID UPS found
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)


Following are the steps I took when starting out;

I've added a group and assigned a user using the following steps;

groupadd nut

adduser -s /bin/false -G nut -H ups

Once a user password was set this information was written to flash using store-passwd.sh and survives a reboot of the DNS



The NUT configuration files were modified to include;

To ups.conf I added;

[APC_UPS]
    driver = usbhid-ups
    port = auto
    desc = "APC UPS"

To upsd.users I added;

[ups]
    password = Fi8H7m11lb
    allowfrom = localhost DNS323_NAS
    actions = SET
    instcmds = ALL


Based on instruction at Network UPS Tools the following was changed;

Changed ownership of upsd.conf and upsd.users files.
    cd /ffp/etc
    chown root:nut upsd.conf upsd.users
    chmod 0640 upsd.conf upsd.users

Changed ownership of /ffp/var/state/ups directory
     chmod 0770 /ffp/var/state/ups
     chown root:nut /ffp/var/state/ups



Here's what I've tried so far;

Changed the /ffp/etc/hotplug/usb/libhidups file to read;

    if [ "$ACTION" = "add" -a "$TYPE" = "usb" ]; then
      chown root:nut "$DEVICE"
      chmod 0660 "$DEVICE"
    fi

rather than;

    if [ "$ACTION" = "add" -a "$TYPE" = "usb" ]; then
      chown root:root  "$DEVICE"
      chmod 0664  "$DEVICE"
    fi


Unplugged the UPS from the DNS323, rebooted the DNS323 then reconnected the UPS. I thought changing the group ownership of the device would cause the device to be recognized with that group. A peak at files in the /proc/bus/usb/001 directory reveals all devices belong to root and are in the root group.

Changed ownership of the NUT driver file that's associated with my UPS;

chown root:nut /ffp/bin/usbhid-ups


I've exhausted my list of skills and now find it necessary to turn to this group for help!

With appreciation

Last edited by rcblackwell (2008-08-04 19:34:44)

Dlink wrote:

rtg20 wrote:

Dlink wrote:

Wait a bit longer and you wont have to do any work =P.

Can you suggest what UPS I should buy now - something that will support automatic shutdowns etc. with this suggested new firmware...?

thanks.

Not officially. But I can tell you that I do have an APC 500VA sitting next to me that has been tested.

I will have to verify which usb modules will be built in before I can give you a detailed list.

it would be great if you could do this - thanks!

I see no reason why it shouldn't - when it eventually becomes available - as far as I know fun_plug adds functionality not removes it.

fonz wrote:

I found small bugs in the package, and uploaded revision -2. (removed, cgi-bin and html directories, added missing ffp/var/state/ups/ directory).

fonz,

The ups*.conf.sample files install into the /ffp/etc folder rather than the /ffp/etc/examples folder. You may want to correct this the next time you do a little house cleaning on this package.

Would it be possible for you to recompile with the cgi-bin and html directories so I may try may hand at developing a WEB interface?

fonz wrote:

rcblackwell wrote:

The ups*.conf.sample files install into the /ffp/etc folder rather than the /ffp/etc/examples folder. You may want to correct this the next time you do a little house cleaning on this package.

Would it be possible for you to recompile with the cgi-bin and html directories so I may try may hand at developing a WEB interface?

Thanks. I recompiled with --with-cgi --with-cgipath=/ffp/lib/nut/cgi-bin --with-htmlpath=/ffp/lib/nut/html, and moved sample config files to /ffp/etc/examples/nut/.
http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/0. … .2.2-3.tgz

Thank you.

Much appreciated.

Yes, NUT has the concept of a Server (which has UPS signaling cable attached) and Clients (which depend
on UPS for power but have no signaling cable)  Unfortunately, configuration of NUT is not very easy
there is some documentation at http://eu1.networkupstools.org/doc/2.2.0/ but you best bet is
to find some tutorial like http://www.uno-code.com/?q=node/126 , or google "nut tutorial"

Last edited by mig (2008-11-18 22:19:40)