Nut upsuser - Mar 2008 - Belkin F6C1100-UNV not recognized by megatec_usb?

Hi everyone,
I have a belkin ups that was bought around 2 months ago. It seems like
the driver doesn't like the UPS, although on the website it's listed
as supported. This is on a gentoo system with nut 2.2.1 .

megatec_usb output:
---------SNIP----------
digamma nut # ./megatec_usb -a belkinm -DDDDDD
Network UPS Tools 2.2.1 - Megatec protocol driver 1.5.9 [megatec_usb]
Carlos Rodrigues (c) 2003-2007

Serial-over-USB transport layer for Megatec protocol driver [megatec_usb]
Andrey Lelikov (c) 2006, Alexander Gordeev (c) 2006-2007, Jon Gough (c) 2007

debug level is '6'
Checking device (0000/0000) (001/001)
- VendorID: 0000
- ProductID: 0000
- Manufacturer: unknown
- Product: unknown
- Serial Number: unknown
- Bus: 001
Trying to match device
Device does not match - skipping
Checking device (0000/0000) (003/001)
- VendorID: 0000
- ProductID: 0000
- Manufacturer: unknown
- Product: unknown
- Serial Number: unknown
- Bus: 003
Trying to match device
Device does not match - skipping
Checking device (0557/2202) (002/003)
- VendorID: 0557
- ProductID: 2202
- Manufacturer: unknown
- Product: unknown
- Serial Number: unknown
- Bus: 002
Trying to match device
Device does not match - skipping
Checking device (0665/5161) (002/002)
- VendorID: 0665
- ProductID: 5161
- Manufacturer: Cypress Semiconductor
- Product: USB to Serial
- Serial Number: unknown
- Bus: 002
Trying to match device
Device matches
 none (-110)
Starting UPS detection process...
Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
 none (-110)
Q1 => FAILED [timeout]
Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
 none (-110)
Q1 => FAILED [timeout]
Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
 none (-110)
Q1 => FAILED [timeout]
Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
 none (-110)
Q1 => FAILED [timeout]
Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
 none (-110)
Q1 => FAILED [timeout]
5 out of 5 detection attempts failed (minimum failures: 2).
Megatec protocol UPS not detected.
-------SNAP-----------

The corresponding entry from 'lsusb -v' is:
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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0665:5161
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0665
  idProduct          0x5161
  bcdDevice            0.02
  iManufacturer           1 Cypress Semiconductor
  iProduct                2 USB to Serial
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           34
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          3
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 No Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 None
      iInterface              4 Sample HID
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.00
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      27
          Report Descriptor: (length is 27)
            Item(Global): Usage Page, data= [ 0x00 0xff ] 65280
                            (null)
            Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x01 ] 1
                            (null)
            Item(Main  ): Collection, data= [ 0x01 ] 1
                            Application
            Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
                            (null)
            Item(Global): Logical Minimum, data= [ 0x00 ] 0
            Item(Global): Logical Maximum, data= [ 0xff 0x00 ] 255
            Item(Global): Report Size, data= [ 0x08 ] 8
            Item(Global): Report Count, data= [ 0x08 ] 8
            Item(Main  ): Input, data= [ 0x82 ] 130
                            Data Variable Absolute No_Wrap Linear
                            Preferred_State No_Null_Position Volatile Bitfield
            Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
                            (null)
            Item(Global): Report Count, data= [ 0x08 ] 8
            Item(Main  ): Output, data= [ 0x82 ] 130
                            Data Variable Absolute No_Wrap Linear
                            Preferred_State No_Null_Position Volatile Bitfield
            Item(Main  ): End Collection, data=none
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval              32
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)
--------SNAP----------------

So did something change in the ups? I have a couple of older belkin
ones on different computers that do work fine with nut, and then again
a couple of ones that don't. This one is on an important server, and
we have had power outages lately because of construction close by...
:-( I'd really like to get it working. Does anyone have ideas on what
I can do next to debug this problem?

Thanks,
~David