On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, david walcroft wrote: > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > > > All the drivers listed as examples in /etc/sysconfig/ups are for devices > > connected by serial cable. > > > > If your UPS is connected via USB, use MODEL=hidups. (If that doesn't > > work, try MODEL=newhidups. The only other USB-enabled driver is > > energizerups, but that's brand specific.) The DEVICE will be something > > like /dev/hiddevX (where X is a digit. The device will be created at > > startup, so you should not need an entry is /etc/udev/rules.d. I use MODEL=upsdrvctl and then set the ups specific stuff in /etc/ups/ups.conf I have it working on several systems using serial port ups's just fine. One of these systems has 4 ups's attached to it. The problem is that they are attached to the machine via serial ports. I am still fighting the one that is attached via usb. > > > > On boot, I see: > > > > Sep 10 12:43:20 yankee kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [APC > > Back-UPS ES 650 FW:818.w1.D USB FW:w1] on usb-0000:00:04.2-2 > > > > The device created is: > > > > # ls -l /dev/hiddev0 > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 96 Sep 17 12:52 /dev/hiddev0 > > > > My /etc/sysconfig/ups has > > > > MODEL=hidups > > DEVICE=/dev/hiddev0 > > > Changed my "MODEL=[new]hidups" and booted both with no result,no > /dev/hiddev* is generated and syslog has errors: > > Sep 25 21:50:55 reddwarf upsmon[2105]: Set username on [david@reddwarf] > failed: Server disconnected > > Sep 25 21:51:05 reddwarf upsmon[2105]: Poll UPS [david@reddwarf] failed > - Write error: Bad file descriptor See if you can talk directly to the ups. Try "/sbin/newhidups -u root -D -a PS1" where PS1 is the name of the ups you configured in /etc/ups.conf. It should return a bunch of stuff about your ups. It took me awhile to get that to work but I think that is the first step. If the driver cannot talk to the ups then nut will never work :-) The above works for me, however I still cannot get nut to start. I get the following in the logs: Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.23 (2.0.2) Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsdrvctl: Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsdrvctl: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2 Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsdrvctl: No USB/HID UPS found Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsdrvctl: Driver failed to start (exit status=1) Sep 25 12:17:45 porky ups: upsdrvctl startup failed Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsd[23661]: Can't connect to UPS [PS1] (newhidups-hiddev0): No such file or directory Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsd: Can't connect to UPS [PS1] (newhidups-hiddev0): No such file or directory Sep 25 12:17:45 porky upsd: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.2 At this point I suspect that there is something missing from the driver but I am not sure. :-( Regards, Tom Diehl tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx Spamtrap address mtd123@xxxxxxxxxxxx
