Nut upsuser - Jan 2007 - Nut with Powercom iCute ICT-530U (USB)

Hi!

Is there any user of nut having this type of UPS? (
http://www.pcmups.com.tw/product/iCute.html)
It works nice under windows and also is detected under Linux and installed
as USB HID device. There is problem however, as the software provided by its
manufacturer (http://www.pcmups.com.tw/download/Download/UPSMON_USBV091.zip)
doesn't seem to comunicate with the UPS at all. It shows messages sugesting
that the UPS is connected and detected, but there is no action when AC is
disconnected. The hardware is working fine, as the windows version of their
UPS monitor instantly shows power surges and turns off the PC. I've sent
mail to the manufacturer but received no reply so far.
So, will nut work with this type of ups? In the compatibility list (
http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/stable.html) there is enigmatic
statement "various" in the Powercom section. Shall I have hope and
download
the package or just lie down and cry? ;)

Dominik Gor?czkowski
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Hi Dominik,

no, I don't think I have seen this device before. What is its
USB manufacturer and product ID (lsusb or usbview should show this, as
does the newhidups driver). 

If it is a HID device, then it should not be very difficult to support
it in NUT, if it isn't already compatible. 

Try the newhidups driver (called usbhid-ups in the newest SVN sources,
newhidups in the 2.0.5 release). If it doesn't recognize the device
("no matching devices found..."), try with -u root. If this
doesn't
work, try the -x explore and -x productid=XXXX options and send the
resulting debug output.

-- Peter

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> Hi!
> 
> Is there any user of nut having this type of UPS? (
> http://www.pcmups.com.tw/product/iCute.html)
> It works nice under windows and also is detected under Linux and installed
> as USB HID device. There is problem however, as the software provided by
its
> manufacturer
(http://www.pcmups.com.tw/download/Download/UPSMON_USBV091.zip)
> doesn't seem to comunicate with the UPS at all. It shows messages
sugesting
> that the UPS is connected and detected, but there is no action when AC is
> disconnected. The hardware is working fine, as the windows version of their
> UPS monitor instantly shows power surges and turns off the PC. I've
sent
> mail to the manufacturer but received no reply so far.
> So, will nut work with this type of ups? In the compatibility list (
> http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/stable.html) there is enigmatic
> statement "various" in the Powercom section. Shall I have hope
and download
> the package or just lie down and cry? ;)
> 
> Dominik Gor?czkowski
>