[Nut-upsuser] APC Question...

richard@connections.yk.ca
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:02:07 -0000

Greetings:

I've been following through the instructions on how to connect an APC
BackUPS 650 ES to USB, and have it monitored with NUT...

I know my system can SEE the UPS, as DMESG shows this:

hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [APC Back-UPS ES 650 FW:818.w1.D USB FW:w1]
on usb-0000:00:04.2-1
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver

I can see an entry in /dev/usb called hiddev0

I have updated my ups.conf file as follows:

[apc]
        driver = newhidups
        port = /dev/usb/hiddev0
        desc = "APC Back-UPS ES 650"

Note, that port used to be set to auto, but in deperation, I hardcoded it..

I'm running kernel version 2.6.17.3, and have libusb-0.1.so.4.4.0
libraries installed.

I cannot see anything in /proc/bus/usb.

When I try to run newhidups, I get:

root@excalibur:/usr/src/nut-2.0.4# ./drivers/newhidups -a apc -u root
/dev/usb/hiddev0
Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.4)

No matching USB/HID UPS found
root@excalibur:/usr/src/nut-2.0.4# ./drivers/newhidups -a apc -u root
Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.4)

No matching USB/HID UPS found
root@excalibur:/usr/src/nut-2.0.4#

Can anyone suggest a course of action I can take?..

Thanks kindly,
Richard.