From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 27 9:22:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from jhs.muc.de (jhs.muc.de [193.149.49.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB6BB37B417 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:22:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from park.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jhs.muc.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fARGf0C02753; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:41:00 GMT (envelope-from jhs@park.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200111271641.fARGf0C02753@jhs.muc.de> To: marjan.mihelin@kclj.si Cc: if@sil.at, abial@webgiro.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fiskars UPS - solution! In-Reply-To: Message from "doc. dr. Marjan Mihelin, dipl. ing." of "Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:16:09 +0100." <200111271623.IAA04800@origin.intranet.kclj.si> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:41:00 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "doc. dr. Marjan Mihelin, dipl. ing." wrote: > Hi > > > > > We are using from 1993 Fiskars UPS 0.8 A UPS unit (Type UPS 1008A- > > > 10EU, PartNo: 10 02 891 Rev A1, SerNo: 119355 9345, Made in Finland) > > > and few days ago the Battery failure control light started blinking. > > > We replaced accus (5 pcs 12V 4Ah) and we charged them for 48 hours > > > but the control light is still blinking. Do you have any advice what > > > to do? Where it is possible to get the electrical plans of this > > > unit? I would be grateful for any help. > > > > try to measure the battery voltage and the load current. > > perhaps the batterys are low level decharged,,, (a 12v battery have > > less than 10V). the try to load it a while with a battery loader > > (perhaps a car-battery loader) and limit the current to 300ma. > > > > that should work.. > > > Finally, we found the proper solution. Only the proper reset was > needed. Inside of the unit, close to the front panel there is an 8 > position DIP switch. The uppermost switch should change the position > and then the reset button on the front panel should be pressed. The > unit reset is finalized by turning the unit off, then DIP switch > should be pressed into the initial position and when you switch the > unit on, everything is OK. > Thank you for all advises and best regards > Marjan Hi, thanks for the personal cc, but I don't have a Fiskars, it sounds useful info though, so I suggest you cd /usr/ports/*/nut ; grep MAINTAINER Makefile # (as fallback if next fails) make patch explore tree for author of Nut, & mail him your notes to incorporate in nut-0.45.0.tar.gz (applicable to FreeBSD-4.4) That way your detective work gets to be saved for others :-) Cheers. Julian J.Stacey Munich Unix (FreeBSD, Linux etc) Independent Consultant Reduce costs to secure jobs: Use free software: http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/free/ Ihr Rauchen = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message