Topic: Belkin Active Battery Backup UPS

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Customer has a Belkin BU306000 UPS with a XP Pro system

I've just installed SME 7.3 and trying to get the UPS to work

I've tried the the standard UPS config as per HOWTO but it does not see the ups.

The Belkin CD has a Linux folder - is it ok to Install the Belkin Linux software??

Has anyone used this UPS??

[mercyh]

Hi,

As per information from the Debian, Nut UPS mailing list that model is working there with the megatec_usb driver.

See the UPS howto for directions on changing the driver Here:
http://wiki.contribs.org/Uninterruptable_Power_Supply

The actual command to change the driver should be as follows:

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config setprop nut Model megatec_usb
Let us know if you get it working and what method you used

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I tried that but didn't like it

still get "ups ups@localhost is unavailable"

I did

config setprop nut Model megatec_usb
config-event post-upgrade
config-event reboot

Config Show Nut gives

nut service
  MasterPass = 381295344882296
  Model = megatec_usb
  SlavePass = 206487973116129
  Status = enabled

 

[elmarconi]

Customer has a Belkin BU306000 UPS with a XP Pro system
I've just installed SME 7.3 and trying to get the UPS to work

One obvious Q: is the UPS (data) cable connected to the XP Pro or to the SME?

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SME - the XP Pro m/c has now been reformatted and reused as a Pc

I have tried another cable just in case!

[elmarconi]

Start with lsusb, to see if it is detected at all...

My case:
[root@smeserver ~]# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Supply
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1058:0702 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Yup, it is there...

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I get the following:

[root@smeserver ~]# lsusb

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0665:5161
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

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Customer has a Belkin BU306000 UPS

According to the nut compatible list your model doesn't appear there, therefore not supported:

http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/stable.html

[elmarconi]

I get the following:
[root@smeserver ~]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0665:5161
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Google: 0665:5161

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=3451

[pmstewart]

Post by byte:

According to the nut compatible list your model doesn't appear there, therefore not supported

Several of us have been figuring out the inter-workings of SME for over 3 years. One of our main focuses was to
get NUT to work with many different UPS's. We've tried serial and usb both and have had much more success with
serial connected units. We've scoured the internet, tried different distro's of linux to prove the posted how-to's work
and have come to the following conclusion:

Very few of the APC versions we tested using usb would actually be found using the "lsusb" command (even when the models
were shown to be supported). We tried them on older motherboards with usb 1.0 or 1.1 and the newer usb 2.0 boards as well.

(no endorsement intended) Belkin has several products which connect with serial cables, come with an outstanding warranty, and the
replacement batteries are widely available. They master-slave very well even on a network where using the bulldog plus software for other
attached UPS's. Can be managed / monitored with snmp. They just simply work!

take a look at their "rack-mount" style 1250 and 1500 models....that is all we run and they aren't that expensive.
A couple of db commands, a signal-event post-upgrade and reboot is all it takes. The batteries are testing good and
working well even after 3 years!

Good luck