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UPS and Power Chute and SNMP?
For tax reasons I need to purchase a UPS imminently - apart from the fact it is a very good idea to have one! I use Linux (Ubuntu 16.04), Pro2, Ultra2 (both OS6) and 31400 NAS I know nothing ...
sounds like your UPS might have gotten fried.
Since you have 2 UPS, you could swap them and see if the other nas will recognize it.
If they both work on different nas, then perhaps something wonky with the config, but if the bad one still doesn't work, then I guess you need to replace it.
davidr1 wrote:
- When power was restored the NASPro can not see a UPS. I have shutdown and restarted but no luck.
- This UPS was changed days ago and was no longer 'UPS' but UPS(1). I have looked in all the config files under /etc/nut and /etc/default/config/etc/nut but cannot find a config file that lists the units and the 'names' such as UPS, UPS(1). Where is this file so I can delete UPS(1) and restart with UPS, please?
My ups.conf looks like this:
- [UPS]
driver = usbhid-ups
port = auto
#dashboard: ups_model = CP 1500C
#dashboard: ups_mfr = CPS
#dashboard: ups_mfr_date =
serial =
vendorid = 0764
productid = 0501
I have always assumed that the [UPS} entry is the name. Does your ups.conf have two entries (maybe both named [UPS])?
Thanks for your reply Sandshark.
My ups.conf are both empty in:
/etc/nut/ups.conf
/etc/default/config/etc/nut/ups.conf
Where is your file located?
On mine /etc/default/config/etc/nut/ups.conf is empty. /etc/nut/ups.conf is not.
Hi StephenB,
Yep, /etc/nut/ups.conf is definitely empty. Is it created when a NAS is recognised?
This all happened after the ups switched off due to low battery.
The NASPro was off by scheduled timer at the time of the blackout so it did not suffer a hard power off.
When power was restored the UPS had a few clicks and the NAS units came on the same time as power was restored to the NAS (I would prefer them to stay off).
Presumably when power was restored the NAS units had full power available (makes a farce of it if a UPS can not supply full power to connected devices when power is restored).
So - am I left to reinstall OS 6.7.5 or can some guru look under my head and check everything is OK?
Sorta lost on this one.
That's the right place, and it is created when an UPS is recognized and deleted when it's not (unless it's still set up as shared, I found out). When you say it's "empty", I assume you mean a zero length file. The one in /etc/config/default/nut should be a zero length file. Do any of the other files in /etc/nut look different than the default ones in the other folder? Maybe something didn't get deleted correctly so it can't re-install the UPS properly. You could try removing the UPS USB connection, copying the defaults to /etc/nut, and then re-connecting.
Hi Sandshark,
Empty as in zero length, no text when opened with vi.
I never deleted the UPS - it just was not recognised after the power failure.
In Frontview there is now no UPS to delete.
I have tried a different USB cable with no luck.
I don't know what the default files are or should look like - any ideas?
Thanks.
The defaults are the ones in /etc/default/config/etc/nut/.
sounds like your UPS might have gotten fried.
Since you have 2 UPS, you could swap them and see if the other nas will recognize it.
If they both work on different nas, then perhaps something wonky with the config, but if the bad one still doesn't work, then I guess you need to replace it.
Hi TeknoJnky
I had already tried that as step one but decided to try it again.
It worked.
Can not explain why.
Both units were only bought 30 Jun - not good one fried after a power failure.
Many thanks SandShark for telling me where the default files are.
Many thanks to all ... it is very much appreciated.
UPDATE:
Fried UPS returned and replaced ....
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