Hi Ken. The 9120 is talking bcmxcp. So you should run the bcmxcp driver.
If you have a usb connector on the ups, try the bcmxcp_usb driver. One problem with the bcmxcp_usb driver is that in the current state it does not set the ups to 'request only mode', but the serial bcmxcp driver does it. Regards Kjell ----: At the moment out of computer due to a faulty mainboard:---- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: [Nut-upsuser] Powerware 9120 serial connection via USB/serial dongle > I decided to try this to see if it worked better since > Powerware decided to build in some oddball USB > protocol instead of using a HID UPS profile, but it > doesn't seem to work. The USB/serial dongle is > recognized by Linux and added as /dev/ttyUSB0, owned > by group "dialout", so I had to add the nut user to > the dialout group. In the compatibility list, the > proper driver for the Powerware is supposedly > upscode2, but it doesn't seem to work: > $ sudo upsdrvctl start > Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3 > Network UPS Tools - UPScode II UPS driver 0.84 (2.0.3) > Copyright (C) 2001-2002 HÃ¥vard Lygre, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Copyright (C) 2004 Niels Baggesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Warning: This is an experimental driver. > Some features may not function correctly. > > Bad response to UPTP "": > Bad response to UPTP "": > Bad response to UPSN 0: > Missing UPCL after UPCL > Communications with UPS lost: Empty string from UPS > for UPDS! > > I thought the USB/serial dongle or serial port might > be bad, so I dual booted into Windows and ran > Powerware's Lanware 5.x software and it found the UPS > properly on COM3. > > Any other suggestions? :-P > > ken > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
