On Tuesday 06 March 2007, Alan Stern wrote: >On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 05 March 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Repost, slight edit. >> No one has any comments on this lack of usb connectivity? >> >> I have a new F6C1500 Belkin UPS, which when I plug in a pl2303 >> cable, becomes /dev/ttyUSB0 and Belkins own monitor soft works about >> 99%. >> >> Its found by the kernel and an lsusb if I plug a usb cable in >> directly, but no device is made by udev when I do. dmesg sees this: >> >> Mar 5 20:07:59 coyote kernel: usb 3-3.4.4: new low speed USB device >> using ehci_hcd and address 9 >> Mar 5 20:07:59 coyote kernel: usb 3-3.4.4: configuration #1 chosen >> from 1 choice >> Mar 5 20:08:00 coyote kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device [Belkin >> Belkin UPS] on usb-0000:00:02.2-3.4.4 >> >> And two new devices /dev/usbdev-hub.address_ep00 and _ep80 are >> created but cat can't find them to test if any data is coming out. >> >> Greg K-H:You can't cat those files, that doesn't do anything. > >True. Those files are mainly placeholders, waiting for usbfs2 to be >developed. > >> Shouldn't I see a /dev/ttyUSB2 created since there are already 2 >> pl2303 cable's there now? FC6, uptodate, homebrewed kernel so I >> could be missing a module. > >Why do you think there should be a new terminal device? When you plug > in a mouse or a keyboard, you don't get /dev/ttyUSBn. It's the same > situation here -- the UPS registers itself as an HID device, not as a > serial device. > >> Greg K-H:Can you provide the output of /proc/bus/usb/devices? And >> this should be on the linux-usb-devel list, not linux-hotplug-devel, >> as it doesn't have anything to do with udev. >> >> Gene:Thank you, Greg. >> >> I've unplugged the pl2303 and plugged a usb cable in direct, here is >> the cat of /proc/bus/usb/devices: > >... > >> T: Bus=03 Lev=03 Prnt=05 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 9 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 >> D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 >> P: Vendor=050d ProdID=0751 Rev= 0.01 >> S: Manufacturer=Belkin >> S: Product=Belkin UPS >> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 20mA >> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid >> E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=248ms > >As you can see, the UPS binds to the usbhid driver. Not a serial > driver. > >> I obviously have too many hubs... >> >> Is there no chance of making a direct usb connection work to this >> device? > >Isn't it working now? > >Alan Stern > Further update Alan; I've managed to get a /dev/hiddev0 created, and if I cat it, there is data coming out of it at about 1 or 2 bytes/second. But their upsd daemon doesn't seem to be getting the data when configured for that device. So its kicking out via wall, warning messages about it.
Any other clues, or do I have to throw this back over the fence to Belkin? That's not exactly fun. :( Humm, can nut be made to work with this? Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) They are called computers simply because computation is the only significant job that has so far been given to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
