Description of problem: I have an APC Back-UPS 500 SC and I configured ups.conf this way: [apc-backups500] driver = newhidups port = auto upsmon.conf has this line: MONITOR apc-backups500@localhost 1 ups-obs passw master when I start ups and upsmon starts to read, I get the following line: Poll UPS [apc-backups500@localhost] failed - Variable not supported by UPS Doing strace with /usr/sbin/upsd I get lines like the follwoing: read(6, "GET VAR apc-backups500 ups.statu"..., 512) = 34 write(6, "ERR VAR-NOT-SUPPORTED\n", 22) = 221 It seems that ups is asking for ups.status and newhidups does nor provide it. It is not in the ouput of upsc Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nut-2.0.3-0.1.fc5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure the ups with newhidups 2. /sbin/service ups start 3. Actual results: Messages: UPS apc-backups500@localhost is unavailable Expected results: upsd can speak with newhidups Additional info:
Created attachment 133419 [details] Output of upsc
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