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# phoenix-upshid
Simple driver for reading data from Phoenixtec ("Amazon Basics") UPSes written in c
## why?
## Why?
A while ago I bought a UPS (Uninterruptible power supply) from Amazon Basics.
I tried multiple drivers for it, but they all had their problems:
- **NUT** tended to mess up the USB connection after some days to a point where you had to **unplug and re-plug the USB cable** of the UPS
- UPower had a stable connection, battery percentage was updated in real-time, but the charging state was frozen, displaying `fully-charged` when UPS was at 5% charge or displaying `charging` when UPS was already at 100%
- UPower had a stable connection, battery percentage was updated in real-time, but the **charging state was frozen**, displaying `fully-charged` when UPS was at 5% charge or displaying `charging` when UPS was already at 100%
So I tried writing dirty fixes for both of those drivers, which would reset the USB connection when detecting such problem. But it wasn't as stable as I had hoped.
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## how to use
## How to use
Download and extract source and compile:
```console
$ wget https://github.com/DrMaxNix/phoenix-upshid/archive/refs/tags/1.0.0.tar.gz