Nut upsuser - Nov 2013 - Installing NUT for PowerWalker VI 1500 LCD

Since the provided drivers come with absolutely no installation
instructions, I turned to NUT.

The compatibility list says "blazer_usb" should be used for
PowerWalker's
devices, so that's what I put in my conf:

[pwvi]
        driver = blazer_usb
        port = auto
        desc = "PowerWalker VI 1500 LCD"

Since I use Ubuntu Server 13.10 so I installed nut from apt.

The product information PDF for the device in quesetion is
http://www.powerwalker.com/datasheet/Line-Interactive/PowerWalker%20VI%201500%20LCD.pdf

Below is the output from several commands:
I tried to look through the maillist archives but found nothing useful.

$ sudo upsdrvctl

Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.6.4
Network UPS Tools - Megatec/Q1 protocol USB driver 0.08 (2.6.4)
No supported devices found. Please check your device availability with
'lsusb'
and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does not help,
try running the driver with at least 'subdriver', 'vendorid' and
'productid'
options specified. Please refer to the man page for details about these
options
(man 8 blazer).

Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

$ sudo /lib/nut/blazer_usb -DD -a pwvi

Network UPS Tools - Megatec/Q1 protocol USB driver 0.08 (2.6.4)
   0.000000     debug level is '2'
   0.162399     Checking device (1D6B/0001) (003/001)
   0.226303     - VendorID: 1d6b
   0.226814     - ProductID: 0001
   0.227249     - Manufacturer: unknown
   0.227696     - Product: unknown
   0.228174     - Serial Number: unknown
   0.228621     - Bus: 003
   0.229088     Trying to match device
   0.229544     Device does not match - skipping
   0.230051     Checking device (1D6B/0002) (002/001)
   0.254327     - VendorID: 1d6b
   0.254361     - ProductID: 0002
   0.254372     - Manufacturer: unknown
   0.254382     - Product: unknown
   0.254392     - Serial Number: unknown
   0.254402     - Bus: 002
   0.254412     Trying to match device
   0.254425     Device does not match - skipping
   0.254450     Checking device (1D6B/0002) (001/001)
   0.254529     - VendorID: 1d6b
   0.254541     - ProductID: 0002
   0.254551     - Manufacturer: unknown
   0.254561     - Product: unknown
   0.254571     - Serial Number: unknown
   0.254581     - Bus: 001
   0.254590     Trying to match device
   0.254602     Device does not match - skipping
   0.254616     No appropriate HID device found
   0.254636     No supported devices found. Please check your device
availability with 'lsusb'
and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does not help,
try running the driver with at least 'subdriver', 'vendorid' and
'productid'
options specified. Please refer to the man page for details about these
options
(man 8 blazer).

$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 006: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


Thanks for any help or guidance you can give me,
Shinhan
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On Nov 28, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Danijel ?ili wrote:
> Since the provided drivers come with absolutely no installation
instructions, I turned to NUT.
> 
> The compatibility list says "blazer_usb" should be used for
PowerWalker's devices, so that's what I put in my conf:
> 
> [pwvi]
>         driver = blazer_usb
>         port = auto
>         desc = "PowerWalker VI 1500 LCD"
The configuration file looks good.
> Since I use Ubuntu Server 13.10 so I installed nut from apt.
What is the exact NUT package version (including the Ubuntu-specific version
number)?
> The product information PDF for the device in quesetion is
http://www.powerwalker.com/datasheet/Line-Interactive/PowerWalker%20VI%201500%20LCD.pdf
[...]
> $ lsusb
[...]
> Bus 004 Device 006: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial
^ This is most likely your UPS. 

Josu Lazkano just emailed this list last month with a similar problem (NUT 2.6.4
on Debian):

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.monitoring.nut.user/8180

There should be an entry in /lib/udev/rules.d/52-nut-usbups.rules for 0665:5161,
but apparently the one in the Debian 2.6.4 package wasn't working:

ATTR{idVendor}=="0665", ATTR{idProduct}=="5161",
MODE="664", GROUP="nut"

Josu said that creating this udev rule solves the issue:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0665",
ATTRS{idProduct}=="5161", GROUP="nut"

But given the additional "goto" statements in the NUT udev file, those
should be equivalent.

What version of udev and the Linux kernel do you have on your system?

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Charles Lepple
clepple at gmail

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> [Please subscribe to the mailing list:
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>
> On Nov 28, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Danijel ?ili wrote:
>
> > Since the provided drivers come with absolutely no installation
instructions, I turned to NUT.
> >
> > The compatibility list says "blazer_usb" should be used for
PowerWalker's devices, so that's what I put in my conf:
> >
> > [pwvi]
> >         driver = blazer_usb
> >         port = auto
> >         desc = "PowerWalker VI 1500 LCD"
>
> The configuration file looks good.
>
> > Since I use Ubuntu Server 13.10 so I installed nut from apt.
>
> What is the exact NUT package version (including the Ubuntu-specific
version number)?
$ apt-cache policy nut

nut:
  Installed: 2.6.4-2.3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.6.4-2.3ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.4-2.3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > The product information PDF for the device in quesetion is
http://www.powerwalker.com/datasheet/Line-Interactive/PowerWalker%20VI%201500%20LCD.pdf
> [...]
> > $ lsusb
> [...]
> > Bus 004 Device 006: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial
>
> ^ This is most likely your UPS.
Yea, I disconnected the cable to check and there are also no other USB
devices on that computer. I also tried to plug it in some other port,
just in case that would help.

> Josu Lazkano just emailed this list last month with a similar problem (NUT
2.6.4 on Debian):
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.monitoring.nut.user/8180
>
> There should be an entry in /lib/udev/rules.d/52-nut-usbups.rules for
0665:5161, but apparently the one in the Debian 2.6.4 package wasn't
working:
>
> ATTR{idVendor}=="0665", ATTR{idProduct}=="5161",
MODE="664", GROUP="nut"
>
> Josu said that creating this udev rule solves the issue:
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0665",
ATTRS{idProduct}=="5161", GROUP="nut"
>
> But given the additional "goto" statements in the NUT udev file,
those should be equivalent.
He said he had permission problems, so he basically just removed the MODE part.

I tried it out now and starts OK:

Supported UPS detected with mustek protocol
Vendor information unavailable
No values provided for battery high/low voltages in ups.conf

Using 'guestimation' (low: 20.800000, high: 26.000000)!
Battery runtime will not be calculated (runtimecal not set)

Also:

$ upsc pwvi at localhost

battery.charge: 100
battery.voltage: 27.40
battery.voltage.high: 26.00
battery.voltage.low: 20.80
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.type: ups
driver.name: blazer_usb
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.6.4
driver.version.internal: 0.08
input.current.nominal: 7.0
input.frequency: 49.9
input.frequency.nominal: 50
input.voltage: 235.1
input.voltage.fault: 235.1
input.voltage.nominal: 230
output.voltage: 235.1
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 30
ups.delay.start: 180
ups.load: 36
ups.productid: 5161
ups.status: OL
ups.type: offline / line interactive
ups.vendorid: 0665
> What version of udev and the Linux kernel do you have on your system?
$ apt-cache policy udev

udev:
  Installed: 204-0ubuntu19
  Candidate: 204-0ubuntu19
  Version table:
 *** 204-0ubuntu19 0
        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates/main
amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     204-0ubuntu18 0
        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages

$ cat /proc/version

Linux version 3.11.0-13-generic (buildd at roseapple) (gcc version 4.8.1
(Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu8) ) #20-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 07:38:26
UTC 201


Since the permission change helped, I can now continue with the
configuration. Thanks for the help :)

-- 
Shinhan