Re: [Apcupsd-users] SMT1000i with 3.14.8 / loadpct mssing

[john c. <car...@co...>]

I was just looking at this same issue today for my new UPS's. I have 2 of the Smart-UPS SMX1500RM2U that use the new signaling. They say to use the legacy card AP9620 in order to communicate using the older protocol. In the readme I have for that device, it sort of says that they acknowledge that some people use their own software and that this is the way to deal with it. The link is here: http://nam-en.apc.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10816

According to the APC site, they are $49.99 each, however, they are currently out of stock. A check of their resellers shows them out of stock as well, and that most are waiting on APC for availability. Not sure if that's a good sign or bad sign, but I suspect these cards were created just for this purpose. A search on eBay comes up empty, so I'm suspecting that the cards have not been out long. Hopefully that is the case and we just need to be patient to be able to use these cards with apcupsd.

jc


On Feb 22, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Kris Jordan wrote:

> Hendrik Pahl wrote, On 2/22/2011 1:26 AM:
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> i’m using a SMT1000i (Smart-UPS 1000, a newer one with a LCD display), 
>> connected via USB to my gentoo box. Now, the connection is pretty 
>> fine, but there is now loadpct being read from the device – and there 
>> are many other values missing. Take a look:
>> 
>> <snip>
> 
> To get anything but basic information requires the use of the new 
> microlink protocol. For more information, search the mailing list for 
> "microlink". Since we may never get microlink support, the only solution 
> is to get an expensive legacy support add-on that gives you the old 
> functionality back or get a much more expensive network management card.
> 
> I wonder how long until the legacy support add-on is no more and the 
> network management card also gets a change in protocol.
> 
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