Nut upsuser - Feb 2013 - IBM 6000 VA LCD 4U Rack UPS

Hello,

i have a new IBM 6000 VA LCD 4U Rack UPS attached to my debian machine 
via USB.
Can you help me choosing a matching driver?
Is this UPS type even supported by NUT? I could not find the UPS in 
this list: http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html

Thank you and best regards,
Kilian

Kilian R?hner wrote, On 2/12/2013 5:56 AM:
> Hello,
>
> i have a new IBM 6000 VA LCD 4U Rack UPS attached to my debian machine 
> via USB.
> Can you help me choosing a matching driver?
> Is this UPS type even supported by NUT? I could not find the UPS in 
> this list: http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html
Made by Eaton?
http://powerquality.eaton.com/ibm/EMEA/Products/UPS-systemx.asp

Try the usbhid-ups driver.

> Made by Eaton?
> http://powerquality.eaton.com/ibm/EMEA/Products/UPS-systemx.asp
that is the one (at least the picture looks the same, not sure if its
really made by eaton though - manufacturer is IBM).
> Try the usbhid-ups driver.
i did and set port = auto. Unfortunately, upsdrvctl said:

# upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.6.4
Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.37 (2.6.4)
USB communication driver 0.31
No matching HID UPS found
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

> Even if you run the driver as root, it drops privileges unless otherwise
specified.
> 
> /path/to/usbhid-ups -u root -a ups_name -DD
ok, now something is happening (see below). The last lines just keep
repeating (with -DD). But honestly, i have no clue what all this
means... :-)

I let it run for 1 minute or so... is it supposed to terminate at some
point?


   0.390554     Found HID device
   0.390581     Detected a UPS: IBM/IBM 6000VA/5600W Rack HV UPS
   0.390640     find_nut_info: unknown info type: load.off.delay
   0.390671     find_nut_info: unknown info type: load.on.delay
   0.390720     find_nut_info: unknown info type: load.off.delay
   0.390765     upsdrv_initinfo...
   0.390818     upsdrv_updateinfo...
   0.498416     Got 1 HID objects...
   0.498482     Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.Switchable, Type:
Input, ReportID: 0x04, Offset: 0, Size: 8, Value: 1
   0.498547     Quick update...
   0.498702     dstate_init: sock /var/run/nut/usbhid-ups-IBMups open on
fd 5
   0.498766     upsdrv_updateinfo...
   0.562409     Got 2 HID objects...
   0.562472     Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RemainingCapacity, Type: Input,
ReportID: 0x06, Offset: 0, Size: 8, Value: 96
   0.562518     Path: UPS.PowerSummary.RunTimeToEmpty, Type: Input,
ReportID: 0x06, Offset: 8, Size: 16, Value: 15085
   0.562560     Quick update...
   2.500805     upsdrv_updateinfo...
   2.546371     Got 1 HID objects...
   2.546404     Path: UPS.PowerSummary.PresentStatus.CommunicationLost,
Type: Input, ReportID: 0x0f, Offset: 0, Size: 8, Value: 0
   2.546419     Quick update...
   4.502841     upsdrv_updateinfo...
   4.530291     Got 6 HID objects...
   4.530321     Path: UPS.BatterySystem.Battery.PresentStatus.Present,
Type: Input, ReportID: 0x27, Offset: 0, Size: 8, Value: 1
   4.530340     Path:
UPS.BatterySystem.Battery.PresentStatus.TerminateDischarge, Type: Input,
ReportID: 0x27, Offset: 8, Size: 8, Value: 0
   4.530352     Path: UPS.BatterySystem.Battery.PresentStatus.ffff0074,
Type: Input, ReportID: 0x27, Offset: 16, Size: 8, Value: 0
   4.530365     Path: UPS.BatterySystem.Charger.PresentStatus.ffff0079,
Type: Input, ReportID: 0x27, Offset: 24, Size: 8, Value: 1
   4.530377     Path:
UPS.BatterySystem.Charger.PresentStatus.InternalFailure, Type: Input,
ReportID: 0x27, Offset: 32, Size: 8, Value: 0
   4.530390     Path: UPS.BatterySystem.Charger.PresentStatus.Used,
Type: Input, ReportID: 0x27, Offset: 40, Size: 8, Value: 1
   4.530400     Quick update...