Nut upsuser - Nov 2011 - How do I get the richcomm_usb driver

I am a complete novice in this area so please bear with me.
I have installed nut version 2.6.2-1 for my debian 64bit system.
I am trying to implement 'nut' for a new VIX2120 home UPS and have 
determined that I need the richcomm_usb driver [usb 0925:1234]. But it 
is not in /lib/nut although referenced in the documentation (driver.list)

How do get hold of a copy?
Due to ignorance I am not very keen on compiling from scratch.

tia
Iain

On Nov 16, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Iain Simpson wrote:
> I am a complete novice in this area so please bear with me.
> I have installed nut version 2.6.2-1 for my debian 64bit system.
> I am trying to implement 'nut' for a new VIX2120 home UPS and have
determined that I need the richcomm_usb driver [usb 0925:1234]. But it is not in
/lib/nut although referenced in the documentation (driver.list)
> 
> How do get hold of a copy?
> Due to ignorance I am not very keen on compiling from scratch.
A fix is pending - see this email:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.monitoring.nut.user/6727

However, I don't think that a new revision of the nut package is available
yet.

Compiling from scratch shouldn't be too hard, as Arnaud has listed the exact
./configure command line earlier in that thread:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.monitoring.nut.user/6724

You can file a bug to remind Arnaud: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting

Or you can subscribe to this list:
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On Nov 16, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Iain Simpson wrote:
> Here yet again
> got the driver built but when I ran got the following errors :
> 
> 
> $19:54:10 ~/nut/nut-2.6.2/drivers >sudo ./upsdrvctl -D start
> [sudo] password for iain:
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.6.2
>   0.000000	Starting UPS: vix2120
> Network UPS Tools - Richcomm dry-contact to USB driver 0.04 (2.6.2)
> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
> Some features may not function correctly.
> 
> USB device [0925:1234] matches, but driver callback failed: could not
detach kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted
>   0.091309	Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
What does 'ls -lR /proc/bus/usb' say?

Also, what if you try 'sudo /lib/nut/richcomm_usb -D -a vix2120 -u
root'?
> Sorry I don't really understand what's happening.
'Operation not permitted' means there's probably a permissions
error, in this case on the node in /proc/bus/usb corresponding to your UPS.