Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-04 Thread Jonathan Dion
Hi Barry On 8/4/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jonathan I did find in the trunk/drivers directory a powercom.c/.h and see it is all serial based could this not be adapted to USB as well ?? Yes, there is a driver for serial powercom UPS. Halas, serial and USB don't use the sa

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-04 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi Jonathan I did find in the trunk/drivers directory a powercom.c/.h and see it is all serial based could this not be adapted to USB as well ?? Thanks Barry Jonathan Dion wrote: Hello Barry, Too bad PowerCom didn't accept to give you their HID usage table... As if it is a confidential and

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-03 Thread Jonathan Dion
Hello Barry, Too bad PowerCom didn't accept to give you their HID usage table... As if it is a confidential and very important information... Are you sure you still want to use an UPS from such a manufacturer ? When will manufacturer understand that linux is not just a dream or a children game ?

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-03 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi Jonathan OK Powercom will not release the HID usage table Not sure if someone else can try they were very unhelpful when I called So I guess I'll have to write from scratch Thanks Barry Jonathan Dion wrote: Hi Barry On 8/2/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jonathan I will

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-02 Thread Peter Selinger
Hi Barry, Jonathan, etc, I just caught up with this thread. Yes, I agree with Jonathan's diagnosis that this might be a HID device, although it is not 100% sure. The many "Input" features make me suspicious that it could still be a fancy serial-over-USB. [ A general remark to anyone on this mail

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-02 Thread Jonathan Dion
Hi Barry On 8/2/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jonathan I will try all options Where do I find a current subdriver to use as a template / example and then how would I "attach" it so that NUT can use it ? I'm willing to do all I can for the NUT community what everI get I'll sha

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-02 Thread Jonathan Dion
hello ! On 8/1/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok I have install the trunk version in /svn/trunk and ran it's newhidups drivers/newhidups here is what I get and it scrolls drivers/newhidups -DDD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=0d9f auto Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication dri

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Ok I have install the trunk version in /svn/trunk and ran it's newhidups drivers/newhidups here is what I get and it scrolls drivers/newhidups -DDD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=0d9f auto Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.1.0) ProductID: 0001 - Manufacturer: u

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Thank Kjell even changing to 0D9F I get /lib/nut/newhidups - -u root -x vendorid=0d9f auto Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.3) debug level is '4' Checking device (0D9F/0001) (001/003) - VendorID: 0d9f - ProductID: 0001 - Manufacturer: unknown - Product: unknown - Serial

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Jonathan Dion
Me again 8<---snipe then run drivers/newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=09df auto Oh yes, Kjell is right ! it is 0d9f. But I verified, no subdriver claim vendo 0d9f neither. If this is some type of USB to serial converter How then do I link or makr /dev/usb/hiddev0 something

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Jonathan Dion
Hello, I'm sorry, I didn't think to a little detail : On 8/1/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: /lib/nut/newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=09df auto Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.3) Fatal error: 'generic' is not a valid flag for this driver. Look in

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Kjell Claesson
tis 2006-08-01 klockan 09:11 -0400 skrev Barry Fawthrop: > /lib/nut/newhidups -DD -u root -x vendorid=09df auto > Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.3) > Here you state 09df as vendorID. > debug level is '2' > Checking device (0D9F/0001) (001/003) > - VendorID: 0d9f > - Product

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi Charles If this is some type of USB to serial converter How then do I link or makr /dev/usb/hiddev0 something like /dev/ttyS0 ? What would be the process here ? Thanks Barry Barry Fawthrop wrote: lsusb -v Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0d9f:0001 Powercom Co., Ltd Device Descriptor: bLeng

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Barry Fawthrop
/lib/nut/newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=09df auto Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.3) Fatal error: 'generic' is not a valid flag for this driver. Look in the man page or call this driver with -h for a list of valid variable names and flags. =

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Kjell Claesson
Hi Barry, tis 2006-08-01 klockan 08:42 -0400 skrev Barry Fawthrop: > Hi Jonathan > > > To know that, run : > > newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=0d9f auto > > Look what is exposed, and see if another drivers expose the same > > variable. If it exist, modify the claim function so it cla

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Jonathan Dion
Hi Barry On 8/1/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jonathan > To know that, run : > newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=0d9f auto > Look what is exposed, and see if another drivers expose the same > variable. If it exist, modify the claim function so it claim your UPS >

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-08-01 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi Jonathan To know that, run : newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=0d9f auto Look what is exposed, and see if another drivers expose the same variable. If it exist, modify the claim function so it claim your UPS (and if it work, please send us a patch ^_^) I could not find a newhidu

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Jonathan Dion
Hello again, I'm sorry I am new on this mailing list, so I didn't think to "reply to all" and not just "reply". So I post against my response : 8<-sniping > # lsusb > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0d9f:0001 Powercom Co., Ltd > Bus 001 Device 001: ID : > 8

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Charles Lepple
On 7/31/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No matching USB/HID UPS found Driver failed to start (exit status=1) Please see the newhidups man page for "generic" mode, which allows newhidups to bind to UPSes that it does not know about. -- - Charles Lepple ___

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi all I recompiled nut and now have newhidups /etc/init.d/upsd start * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Starting UPS drivers ... Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3 Network UPS Tools: New

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi Jonathan using driver = newhidups port = auto in ups.conf I get this * Starting UPS drivers ... Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3 Can't start /lib/nut/newhidups: No such file or directory * Failed to start UPS drivers! [ !! ] * ERRO

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Barry Fawthrop
lsusb -v Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0d9f:0001 Powercom Co., Ltd Device Descriptor: bLength18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.00 bDeviceClass0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Charles Lepple
On 7/31/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: /dev/usb/hiddev0 is the UPS I'm sure (but not 100%) It may be that it is just a simple USB-to-serial converter, and not a standards-compliant PDC UPS. Can you post the output from running 'lsusb -vvv' as root? -- - Charles Lepple

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Thanks Charles Now I'm getting this error when starting * Starting UPS drivers ... Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3 Network UPS Tools: HID UPS driver 0.13 (2.0.3) Warning: This is an experimental driver. Some features may not function correctly. /dev/usb/hiddev0 is not a UPS Dr

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Charles Lepple
On 7/31/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ups.conf = [Ultra1] DRIVER = hidups PORT = /dev/usb/hiddev0 I believe "driver" and "port" should be lowercase. -- - Charles Lepple ___ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@l

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-31 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi Charles Thanks for the info I was not aware that hidups was downgraded Here are my conf files ups.conf = [Ultra1] DRIVER = hidups PORT = /dev/usb/hiddev0 upsd.conf = ACL all 0.0.0.0/0 ACL localhost 127.0.0.1/32 ACL network 192.168.0.0/24 ACCEPT localhost ACCEP

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-30 Thread Charles Lepple
On 7/30/06, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can't start /lib/nut/(null): No such file or directory Please post your config files. Also note that the hidups driver is deprecated, and will go away in a future release. A more comprehensive driver is newhidups. -- - Charles Lepple

[Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

2006-07-30 Thread Barry Fawthrop
Hi All I'm trying to get my Ultra UPS connected. It connects using a standard USB cable I have --with-drivers=hidups in the configure command and I have lsusb showing Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0d9f:0001 Powercom Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID : I have /dev/usb/hiddev0 now matter wh