Re: [Apcupsd-users] apcaccess not reporting any value but online status
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From: Xavier B. <xa...@ba...> - 2014-03-03 20:00:14
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On 03/01/2014 02:22 PM, Adam Kropelin wrote: > On Mar 1, 2014 7:12 AM, "Xavier Bachelot" <xa...@ba... > <mailto:xa...@ba...>> wrote: >> >> On 03/01/2014 12:20 PM, Trevor Roydhouse wrote: >> > Xavier Bachelot wrote: >> >> On 02/28/2014 10:31 PM, William Smith wrote: >> >>> Who or what is MGE? We just had a discussion about how apcupsd is > only written for APC UPS devices, so I'd suspect you are lucky it works > at all… >> >> >> >> MGE is an UPS manufacturer. As I found their ID in >> >> src/drivers/usb/usb_common.h as well as multiple references to MGE >> >> elsewhere in the code, I thought it was more or less supported. Also, I >> >> seemed to recall APC and MGE are somewhat linked together, but I'm not >> >> sure so I'll need to check that. >> > >> > In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS >> > Systems to form Schneider Electric's Critical Power & Cooling Services >> > Business Unit. >> > >> > >> > apcupsd-3.14.9 release 3.14.9 brings a number of new features including… >> > >> > SNMP enhancements inclduing support for MGE and RFC1628 MIBs >> > Support for USB on 64-bit Windows platforms >> > >> > Please see the Release Notes for details. July 22, 2011. >> > >> > >> Ok, so here's the link between APC and MGE. >> So MGE UPSs are supported, but only with SNMP. That doesn't apply in the >> case of an USB link. I'll read the release note, thanks for the pointer. >> However, why would the MGE id be defined in the usb code ? > > Years ago, long before the APC/MGE merger, there was a small attempt in > the USB driver to support MGE products. It never worked and was > unmaintained so it was removed. The VID constant was just overlooked and > wasn't removed until a couple weeks ago. > > --Adam > Thanks Adam, and thanks everyone for all the information. Regards, Xavier |