[Nut-upsuser] New User Questions (again) - With Belkin USB

Manuel Wolfshant
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:35:50 -0000

On 1/23/21 12:38 AM, David White via Nut-upsuser wrote:
> Hello. I am having troubles with using nut on my new system (Ubuntu
> 1.4 on kernel 4.9 chroot'ed on Android). I have this working on an
> earlier system (Ubuntu 1.4 on kernel 3.x also chroot'ed on Android).
> My UPS is a Belkin with USB interface. As a newbie, I have no idea
> what is wrong here. I have supplied all the info I can get my hands on
> right now below.
>
> Thanks for any help/tips you can supply.
>
> 1. sudo upsdrvctl start yields:
>
>     Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.7.1
>     Network UPS Tools - Megatec/Q1 protocol USB driver 0.10 (2.7.1)
>     No supported devices found. Please check your device availability
>     with 'lsusb'
>
[...]
>
>
>     Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>     root at localhost:~#
>

these lines here tell us that the driver cannot find the UPS and by
matter the consequence, the driver does not start



> 2. upsc belkinusb (or uspc belkinusb at localhost) yields:
>
>     Error: Connection failure: Connection refused
>
this  error is normal and due to the previously reported problem (
driver not started )


>
>         ########### Operating system ###########
> 4.9.113 GNU/Linux
> NAME="Ubuntu"
> PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"

that's quite old, it reached end of life almost 2 years ago. I suggest
using a newer OS if possible.


>
>         ########### Ownership and permissions of configuration files
> ###########
> -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root nut  1544 Jan 21 11:52 /etc/nut/nut.conf*
> -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root nut  4653 Jan 21 18:29 /etc/nut/ups.conf*
> -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root nut  4572 Jan 21 11:52 /etc/nut/upsd.conf*
> -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root nut  2206 Jan 21 11:52 /etc/nut/upsd.users*
> -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root nut 15274 Jan 21 12:23 /etc/nut/upsmon.conf*
> -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root nut  3887 Jan 21 11:52 /etc/nut/upssched.conf*

777 is never a good idea. never ever, except for limited testing
environments. correct mode for all these files is 640



>
>         ########### nut-journal ###########
> root at localhost:/storage/emulated/0#
>
> 4. lsusb shows the UPS on Bus 001, Device 003 (cypress USB to Serial)
>
>     Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0612 Genesys Logic, Inc.
>     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>     Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
>     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340
>     USB-Serial adapter
>     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial
>     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub
>     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>     root at localhost:/storage#
>
Check in the system logs ( |/var/log/messages* ||) if a /dev/*USB* gets
created by the usb-to-serial interface. You should see something similar to
|

|/var/log/messages.1:Jan 12 02:17:18 pi kernel: [ 20.554591] usbserial:
USB Serial support registered for generic
/var/log/messages.1:Jan 12 02:17:18 pi kernel: [   20.671305] usbserial:
USB Serial support registered for pl2303
/var/log/messages.1:Jan 12 02:17:18 pi kernel: [   20.729145] usb 1-1.2:
pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

|

|
|

|If there is no such message, try disconnecting and reconnecting the
adapter. If still not, you have a problem with the drivers for the
adapter, the kernel does not create the interface needed to access it
and you will have too resolve this issue first.|

|If /dev/ttyUSB0 or similar exists, you have permission problems -
blazer_usb is not allowed to access it|


wolfy

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
<http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20210123/2d5790b8/attachment-0001.html>