Nut upsuser - May 2006 - How do I resolve comm issues

Hi,

	I'm running into an issue while using FreeBSD 5.4, NUT from 
ports (2.0.3), serial on /dev/cuaa1, Ellipse 1200 USBS.

	The ups.conf is :

[ellipse]
        driver=mge-utalk
        port=/dev/cuaa1
        desc="Telecom Closet Ellipse"


	When I go to start it I get :


Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3
Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/U-Talk driver 0.87 (2.0.3)
Could not get multiplier table: using raw readings.
.Detected Si on /dev/cuaa1
updateinfo: Cannot update system status
Starting nut.
Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.3
Connected to UPS [ellipse]: mge-utalk-cuaa1
Synchronizing........ giving up


May  6 21:49:30 soekris mge-utalk[61871]: Startup successful
May  6 21:49:30 soekris upsd[61872]: Connected to UPS [ellipse]: mge-utalk-cuaa1
May  6 21:49:35 soekris upsd[61873]: Startup successful
May  6 21:49:36 soekris mge-utalk[61871]: updateinfo: Cannot update system
status
May  6 21:49:55 soekris last message repeated 2 times
May  6 21:49:55 soekris upsd[61873]: Data for UPS [ellipse] is stale - check
driver
May  6 21:49:56 soekris upsd[61873]: UPS [ellipse] data is no longer stale
May  6 21:50:04 soekris mge-utalk[61871]: updateinfo: Cannot update system
status
May  6 21:50:04 soekris upsd[61873]: Data for UPS [ellipse] is stale - check
driver
May  6 21:50:05 soekris upsd[61873]: UPS [ellipse] data is no longer stale
May  6 21:50:15 soekris mge-utalk[61871]: updateinfo: Cannot update system
status
May  6 21:50:15 soekris upsd[61873]: Data for UPS [ellipse] is stale - check
driver
May  6 21:50:16 soekris upsd[61873]: UPS [ellipse] data is no longer stale
May  6 21:50:25 soekris mge-utalk[61871]: updateinfo: Cannot update system
status
May  6 21:50:25 soekris upsd[61873]: Data for UPS [ellipse] is stale - check
driver
May  6 21:50:26 soekris upsd[61873]: UPS [ellipse] data is no longer stale
May  6 21:50:36 soekris mge-utalk[61871]: updateinfo: Cannot update system
status
May  6 21:50:36 soekris upsd[61873]: Data for UPS [ellipse] is stale - check
driver
May  6 21:50:37 soekris upsd[61873]: UPS [ellipse] data is no longer stale


	Any idea what I need to tweak? mge-shut doesn't work at all.

		Thanks, Tuc

Hey Tuc,

2006/5/9, Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H
<ml@t-b-o-h.net>:
> Hi,
>
>         I'm running into an issue while using FreeBSD 5.4, NUT from
> ports (2.0.3), serial on /dev/cuaa1, Ellipse 1200 USBS.
>
>         The ups.conf is :
>
> [ellipse]
>         driver=mge-utalk
Ellipse USBS units are bound to:
- newhidups when using the USB port,
- mge-shut when using the serial port.

mge-utalk is for older units, or the more recent that still come with
UTalk compatibility.

As mentionned in my previous (private) answer, the newhidups version
in nut 2.0.3 has a major bug with libusb which results in a crash.
Solved for the soon to be released 2.0.4...

Arnaud
--
Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
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