UPS for FreeNas

[cyberjock]

Wow, that one cost me about 300usd. if that one doesn't work i have to spend another 400usd ... i want to spend money wisely. maybe i've to start a hunt for used ups on the net and hopefully get a decent one .

And that's why we always recommend you look up models that are compatible with FreeBSD and go from there. Trying to go the other way around makes for... a bad day.

 

[paleoN]

Wow, that one cost me about 300usd. if that one doesn't work i have to spend another 400usd

Remind me not to buy an UPS over there.

I look up but see no name of the provider (Which is Santak) but i think i will give it a try cause this model have an usb connection. Hopefully i will work

I believe Santak are re-brands. Just not sure of what. If you can't figure it out you can always ask on the nut mailing list.

 

[Akhademik]

thanks for your information. Will check it

 

[Akhademik]

I bought Santak Blazer 600E (which is a brand of EATON !), at first it worked. i tried to pull the power cord and it shut down automatically after 3 sec (test purpose). But the next day, it keep saying this:

Oct 9 09:08:53 freenas upsd[38850]: Can't connect to UPS [ups] (blazer_usb-ups): No such file or directory

Oct 9 09:08:54 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:09:29 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 09:09:49 freenas last message repeated 4 times
Oct 9 09:09:49 freenas upsmon[38875]: UPS ups is unavailable
Oct 9 09:09:54 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:10:29 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 09:12:34 freenas last message repeated 25 times
Oct 9 09:13:49 freenas last message repeated 15 times
Oct 9 09:13:53 freenas upsd[38850]: Can't connect to UPS [ups] (blazer_usb-ups): No such file or directory
Oct 9 09:13:54 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:14:29 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 09:14:54 freenas last message repeated 5 times
Oct 9 09:14:54 freenas upsmon[38875]: UPS ups is unavailable
Oct 9 09:14:59 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:15:34 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 09:16:54 freenas last message repeated 16 times
Oct 9 09:16:56 freenas manage.py: [common.pipesubr:57] Popen()ing: /usr/local/bin/warden list -v
Oct 9 09:16:56 freenas last message repeated 3 times
Oct 9 09:16:59 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:17:34 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 09:18:49 freenas last message repeated 15 times
Oct 9 09:18:53 freenas upsd[38850]: Can't connect to UPS [ups] (blazer_usb-ups): No such file or directory
Oct 9 09:18:54 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:19:29 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 09:19:59 freenas last message repeated 6 times
Oct 9 09:19:59 freenas upsmon[38875]: UPS ups is unavailable
Oct 9 09:20:04 freenas upsmon[38875]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 09:20:34 freenas last message repeated 6 times

Because i can't find Santak on the list so i pick up an EATON model that use the same driver (blazer_usb) and it worked for the first time but now i think it doesn't work anymore. and by the way i typed in the port "auto" instead of pick one from it. How can i fix this situation?

 

[Akhademik]

[root@freenas ~]# upsc UPS@localhost
battery.charge: 100
battery.voltage: 13.60
battery.voltage.high: 13.00
battery.voltage.low: 10.40
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
device.type: ups
driver.name: blazer_usb
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.6.5
driver.version.internal: 0.09
input.current.nominal: 2.0
input.frequency: 50.3
input.frequency.nominal: 50
input.voltage: 223.5
input.voltage.fault: 224.0
input.voltage.nominal: 220
output.voltage: 224.0
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 30
ups.delay.start: 180
ups.load: 11
ups.productid: 5161
ups.status: OL
ups.temperature: 25.0
ups.type: offline / line interactive
ups.vendorid: 0665
[root@freenas ~]#

weird?

 

[cyberjock]

My guess is that if it "turned off" 3 seconds later and didn't "begin the shutdown" that it didn't work properly.

 

[Akhademik]

My guess is that if it "turned off" 3 seconds later and didn't "begin the shutdown" that it didn't work properly.

so we just ignore the report from the system? is that so?

 

[cyberjock]

so we just ignore the report from the system? is that so?

Nope. I'm simply interpreting your answer. "shutdown" and "turn off" is different. And no matter how I directly interpret your answer of "turn off", either the UPS turned itself off(which is the new norm these days as a friend has learned if you have no device attached to its USB/Serial port.. f&(*%$ APC/Cyberpower) or the machine turned off.

A shutdown of FreeNAS takes more than 3 seconds.

So either your terminology is not 100% accurate(which it needs to be because the difference between "shutdown" and "turned off" are worlds different) or you actually have a different problem than you think.

So which is it? Is it both? I don't know, but you need to provide more information....

Not trying to fight with you, just trying to get answers and proper choice of words is critical.

 

[Akhademik]

ah thanks for that. 3 sec mean, after the power shut down, the FreeNAS will waith 3sec and then shut itself down. i didn't the shut down process take 3sec it's a little bit longer i know.

3 is the number i put on "SHUTDOWN TIMER". Is this correct or i totally got i wrong?

 

[Dusan]

Try to replace the "auto" port with the proper port used by the UPS. Run usbconfig to find the correct port and then select it from the dropdown.

 

[Akhademik]

[root@freenas ~]# usbconfig
ugen0.1: <EHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=S
AVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <EHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=S
AVE (0mA)
ugen0.2: <product 0x0024 vendor 0x8087> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mb
ps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.2: <product 0x0024 vendor 0x8087> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mb
ps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.3: <DT 101 II Kingston> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
(200mA)
ugen1.3: <USB to Serial Cypress Semiconductor> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW
(1.5Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
[root@freenas ~]#

Where is my UPS? Sorry cause i'm not so familiar with reading things form commands line like this. Please help me through

 

[Dusan]

My best guess is /dev/ugen1.3. It seems that the UPS is actually a serial port one with an Serial <-> USB converter bolted on top of it.

 

[Akhademik]

My best guess is /dev/ugen1.3. It seems that the UPS is actually a serial port one with an Serial <-> USB converter bolted on top of it.

This is the connect cable

 

[Dusan]

Yes, I already saw an USB cable ;).

 

[Akhademik]

Let's see if it get better. Will confirm the result tomorrow. Thanks buddy

 

[Akhademik]

Oct 9 19:58:21 freenas upsd[65894]: Can't connect to UPS [ups] (blazer_usb-ups): No such file or directory
Oct 9 19:58:24 freenas upsmon[65919]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 19:58:59 freenas last message repeated 7 times
Oct 9 20:00:49 freenas last message repeated 22 times
Oct 9 20:00:49 freenas manage.py: [common.pipesubr:57] Popen()ing: /usr/local/bin/warden list -v
Oct 9 20:00:50 freenas last message repeated 3 times
Oct 9 20:00:54 freenas upsmon[65919]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected
Oct 9 20:01:19 freenas last message repeated 5 times
Oct 9 20:01:19 freenas upsmon[65919]: UPS ups is unavailable
Oct 9 20:01:24 freenas upsmon[65919]: Poll UPS [ups] failed - Driver not connected

Still no luck !!

 

[Dusan]

I think there's something wrong with your UPS config. Please post output of cat /etc/local/nut/ups.conf

 

[Akhademik]

I think there's something wrong with your UPS config. Please post output of cat /etc/local/nut/ups.conf

how would i do that? like what should i do to get the content of the file?

 

[Dusan]

Run:
cat /etc/local/nut/ups.conf

 

[Akhademik]

[root@freenas ~]# cat /etc/local/nut/ups.conf
[ups]
driver = blazer_usb
port = /dev/ugen1.3
desc = ""