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Desc: Issues and direction for the megatec driver
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File: megatec.txt
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Date: 29 March 2006
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Auth: Carlos Rodrigues <carlos.efr@mail.telepac.pt>
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Overall concept
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===============
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The "powermust" driver was originally developed to support the Mustek Powermust
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series of UPSes, but since there are some other drivers implementing (mostly)
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the same protocol, an idea came up to unify all these other drivers under a
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renamed version of "powermust": "megatec".
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The idea is to support all the hardware previously supported by the other
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drivers with a minimum number of special cases. Most of the time this isn't
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difficult, as the protocol states that all unknown/unimplemented commands
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should be ignored (the commands are simply echoed back).
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Target drivers
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==============
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The following drivers are targeted for "assimilation":
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* blazer (1)
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* fentonups (1)
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* mustek (1)
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* esupssmart (1)
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* ippon (1)
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* sms (1)
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* masterguard (3)
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(1) megatec already supercedes this driver in functionality.
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(2) megatec partially supercedes this driver in functionality, but some
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small features are missing (non-critical for normal operation).
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(3) megatec partially supercedes this driver in functionality, but some
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important features are missing, which means some hardware may not be
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supported.
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The above status is infered from some testing and from looking at the code
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of the drivers. Although I have a high degree of certainty about it, more
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testing is needed/welcome.
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Notes
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=====
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The "masterguard" driver seems to be the most problematic: it implements a
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"Q3" command (similar to "Q1" but with extra information), and the command
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to get information from the UPS is "WH" instead of "I" (with a different
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response also).
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All drivers cancel the battery tests with "CT". The protocol seems to imply
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that the 10 second battery test can't be cancelled (which makes sense).
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The beeper can be toggled with "Q", but there doesn't seem to exist a way to
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check if it is on or off, which may confuse users when a "beeper.on" command
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actually turns it off and vice-versa (maybe some models default to "on", and
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others to "off", this may make this command fit better as a blind
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"beeper.toggle").
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The "sms" driver implements a simple watchdog (send and "SxxRxxx" command to
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power cycle the UPS every time the "reset.watchdog" command is called).
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There are two battery tests: failure ("T" - 10sec?) and until LOWBATT ("TL").
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Moreover, there are some "S.3" or "S.3R0003" commands which fly in the face
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of "S05R0003" which the driver also issues (this last one matches all the
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other drivers, the first two seem to imply that the UPS also accepts those
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format variations to the standard "SxxRxxxx" shutdown+return commands).
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--
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Carlos Rodrigues
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