Wrong UPS status

[gripfly]

Hi there


I am running Kubuntu with an EATON UPS.
However, Kubuntu shows me that the UPS is at 0%, plugged in and not charging.
Unplugging the USB connection removes the battery widget in the taskbar.
Once plugged in, I do see two more tabs in the Energy saving settings named "On Battery" and "On Low Battery".

Do I need to enable something specific to make that work?


Thanks in advance.

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[lvm]

This is for notebooks. For UPS you have to install UPS management software e.g. nut if your UPS is supported https://networkupstools.org/ddl/Eaton/ Or check if Eaton has proprietary linux software.

[gripfly]

Thanks for that. Meanwhile I found out that there is a Software to manage all that Eaton provides (well, actually 2).

There is Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) and Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM).

Thanks for that.

The difference between these two can be read here: https://community.spiceworks.com/top...-protector-ipp
There is a User's Guide for IPP, which is very helpful: https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/ea...-164000291.pdf


After installing the Software you need to open the Web interface: https://localhost:4680/
Then login with; User: admin, PW, admin

This is all what's needed. Then you can manage all the stuff. However, I still have the issue that once the UPS shuts down the System, there is a connection failure afterwards. After about 2h the communication failure somehow resolves itself and it works again.

I made a post regarding this issue here (haven't gotten any response yet tho but if there will be ever an answer to this, it might be there): https://community.spiceworks.com/top...cation-failure