Hi Terry, > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.524114] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB > device number 9 using ohci-pci > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702208] usb 5-2: New USB device found, > idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001 > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702221] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: > Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702228] usb 5-2: Product: FT232R USB UART > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702234] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: FTDI > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.702239] usb 5-2: SerialNumber: A700f3DB > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708420] ftdi_sio 5-2:1.0: FTDI USB > Serial Device converter detected > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708655] usb 5-2: Detected FT232RL > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708661] usb 5-2: Number of endpoints 2 > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708666] usb 5-2: Endpoint 1 > MaxPacketSize 64 > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708671] usb 5-2: Endpoint 2 > MaxPacketSize 64 > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.708676] usb 5-2: Setting MaxPacketSize 64 > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE kernel: [22184.713003] usb 5-2: FTDI USB Serial Device > converter now attached to ttyUSB0
All looks fine. The USB device uses a common Scottish UART-to-USB interface chip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: checking bus 5, device 9: > "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb5/5-2" > Feb 6 15:53:14 BEIGE mtp-probe: bus: 5, device: 9 was not an MTP device > Feb 6 15:53:18 BEIGE colord-sane: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read > device-id ret=-1 I just take this to mean a couple of things have a poke of the new serial device to see if it's something that understand. Neither do. `lsusb' should list the `Bus 005 Device 009: ID 0403:6001' device. Have you tried Googling for your efergy's device name and `linux' to see what progress others have made? I think the normal route they take, if this kind of interface is undocumented, is run it under Windows and snoop on the USB traffic. I found http://jdesbonnet.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/smart-electricity-meter-based-on-efergy.html which looks interesting, though probably not directly relevant. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
