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request to add support the ARMAC Home 1000E 1000VA 650W UPS model
NUT support would be very useful. I want to be able to use it with Raspberry Pi OS Lite.
Some Armac models are known in NUT code base. Can you post logs please - what have you tried, what the driver debug said?
You would want nutdrv_qx, its armac subdriver was last significantly touched in NUT v2.8.1 release. If your distro ships an older version, consider building your own replacement, see https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/wiki/Building-NUT-for-in%E2%80%90place-upgrades-or-non%E2%80%90disruptive-tests
I won't send the logs yet because I'm planning to buy this ARMAC Home 1000E 1000VA 650W UPS. I want to know in advance if the basic monitoring, i.e. battery status, will work.
I see. In this case we won't know until someone tries and posts the results. From precedent, it is likely that nutdrv_qx would work, unless they've created some new device series internally unrelated to others (which tends to happen too, over decades on the market).
To prepare for the worst-case scenario, maybe look for a shop where you can return the little-used goods due to incompatibility, or put on the white-hacker hat to sniff/debug what is missing in the dialog handling for the device, and complete the missing bits. That would likely start with preparing a build environment per wiki page linked above, so you can tinker...
Support wrote to me: Good morning,
Hardware-wise, the Home series models have a completely different design.
Well, I can't comment more, it is a coin-toss then. Can you ask them which protocol these series talk - if that would be a dialect of Megatec Qx (where "x" is some number like 1 or 2 or 6, most commonly)?
They wrote to me: Good morning,
The logical protocol is Megatec. Attached is a list of commands, but please note that some of them may not be supported by the device, as this depends on the manufacturer of the communication chip.
"Network UPS Tools: Megatec Protocol information"
What goes around, comes around :)
That page seems to be a copy from April 2001 state of Russel Kroll (NUT originator) personal page.
In the light of the above findings and statements, chances are good that NUT would support this device.
