[Nut-upsuser] Not getting nut to work with Eaton 5115

[Kjell Claesson]

On Friday 22 January 2016 21.35.16 Magnus Karlsson wrote:

Hi Magnus,
> Following the instructions a following site I can not get nut to work with
> my UPS.
> 
OK.
> http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/335-debian-wheezy-install-monito
> r-eaton-ups
> 
> Hope that you can find out what is wrong by the provided info in the email
> 
8<------------snip-----------------

> # lsusb -s 001:005 -v
> 
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 06da:0002 Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd UPS
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               1.10
>   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>   bDeviceProtocol         0
>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>   idVendor           0x06da Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd
>   idProduct          0x0002 UPS
>   bcdDevice            1.00
>   iManufacturer           4 Powerware
>   iProduct               24 Powerware UPS
>   iSerial                 0
>   bNumConfigurations      1
>   Configuration Descriptor:
8<----------------snip-------------

Yes this is the first 5115 model that uses a type of serial over usb.
You need to use the bcmxcp_usb driver for this one.

Add bcmxcp_usb to your ups.conf and test.

> ************************************
> /etc/udev/rules.d/90-nut-ups.rules
> 
> # Eaton 5115
> ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="06da",
> ATTR{idProduct}=="0002", MODE="0660", GROUP="nut"
> ************************************
> 
> 
> ************************************
> Issuing command
> root at laptux:~# upsdrvctl start
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.6.4
> Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.37 (2.6.4)
> USB communication driver 0.32
> This Liebert device (06da:0002) is not (or perhaps not yet) supported
> by usbhid-ups. Please make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If
> this does not fix the problem, try running the driver with the
> '-x productid=0002' option. Please report your results to the NUT user's
> mailing list <nut-upsuser at lists.alioth.debian.org>.
> 

So it's not a hid ups.

Regards
Kjell Claesson