[Nut-upsuser] Compaq T700

[doug reynolds]

Bernard J. Treves Brown wrote:

>Hi
>
>Has anyone got a Compaq(/HP) T700 UPS to work with the BCMXCP
>driver? I've built yesterday's CVS of NUT 2.1 on one of my FreeBSD systems but
>chown root:wheel /dev/cuaa0
>/usr/local/libexec/upsdrvctl -u root start
>gives:
>
>--
>Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.1.0
>Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.10 (2.1.0)
>
>Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
>Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
>Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
>Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
>Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
>Can't find the UPS on port /dev/cuaa0!
>Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>--
>
>I tried several values for baud_rate but with the same result.
>
>ups.conf  contains:
>
>--
>[compaq]
>        driver = bcmxcp
>        port = /dev/cuaa0
>        desc = "Compaq T700h"
>--
>
>I'm assuming that the UPS and cable are OK since Windows XP detects 
>the presence of a Powerware UPS.
>  
>
I am not one of the experts, but you aren't running freebsd-6.0+ are 
you? if so, you'll want to use /dev/cuad0