Nut upsuser - Nov 2009 - my new apc usb ups

Hi all, 

I just got myself 2 APC Back-UPS CS 350

I downloaded the stable nut tar.gz installed it.
This is not the first time i install and configure nut so i used the
same configuration as on my other server as i always did. Then i made
the 2 required modification. I changed these 2 thing:
        driver = apcsmart
        port = /dev/hiddev0

# ls -al /dev/hiddev0
crw------- 1 nut nut 180, 96 Nov 27 09:07 /dev/hiddev0

When i try to start nut i get the following :

# upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
Network UPS Tools (version 2.2.0-) - APC Smart protocol driver
	Driver version 1.99.8, command table version 2.0
tcgetattr(/dev/hiddev0): Invalid argument
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

Thanks in advance if someone can help !

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Guillaume Vachon (RHCE, CLP10, CTT+, CNI)
Conseiller en TI, Formateur
Infoglobe, http://infoglobe.ca
1963, Frank-Carrel, 201 - Qu?bec, QC G1N 2E6
T?l?phone : 418.681.2929 #123

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Guillaume Vachon wrote:
> Hi all, 
>
> I just got myself 2 APC Back-UPS CS 350
>
> I downloaded the stable nut tar.gz installed it.
> This is not the first time i install and configure nut so i used the
> same configuration as on my other server as i always did. Then i made
> the 2 required modification. I changed these 2 thing:
>        driver = apcsmart
>        port = /dev/hiddev0
>
> # ls -al /dev/hiddev0
> crw------- 1 nut nut 180, 96 Nov 27 09:07 /dev/hiddev0
>
> When i try to start nut i get the following :
>
> # upsdrvctl start
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
> Network UPS Tools (version 2.2.0-) - APC Smart protocol driver
> 	Driver version 1.99.8, command table version 2.0
> tcgetattr(/dev/hiddev0): Invalid argument
> Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>
> Thanks in advance if someone can help !
>
> -- 
> Guillaume Vachon (RHCE, CLP10, CTT+, CNI)
> Conseiller en TI, Formateur
> Infoglobe, http://infoglobe.ca
> 1963, Frank-Carrel, 201 - Qu?bec, QC G1N 2E6
> T?l?phone : 418.681.2929 #123
>
>
>
>
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Try port = auto

In addition, is it a SMART APC?

You may also need
         driver = usbhid-ups

Instead of
>        driver = apcsmart
Lastly, lsusb, check the device & bus number, go to dev and find it, make 
sure its owner is owned by nut and looks like this:

# ls -lR /dev/bus/usb | grep nut
crw-rw-r-- 1 root nut  189, 385 2009-11-27 16:24 002

Justin.

Citeren Guillaume Vachon <gvachon op infoglobe.ca>:
> I just got myself 2 APC Back-UPS CS 350
>
> I downloaded the stable nut tar.gz installed it.
> This is not the first time i install and configure nut so i used the
> same configuration as on my other server as i always did. Then i made
> the 2 required modification. I changed these 2 thing:
>         driver = apcsmart
See 'man 8 apcsmart'. This is a serial only driver and will only work  
for a UPS that natively has a serial interface.
>         port = /dev/hiddev0
Read 'man 8 usbhid-ups', especially the part on the regular expressions:

	vendor=regex
	product=regex
	serial=regex
	vendorid=regex
	productid=regex
	bus=regex

If you have multiple USB connected UPS one system, filling in at least  
some of the above for *all* devices is mandatory for correct operation.

Best regards, Arjen
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