[Nut-upsdev] Using USB CyberPower CPL550SL / AE550,

[Peter Selinger]

Hi Greg,

the quote from the file "INSTALL" that I sent you yesterday answers
precisely this question. -- Peter

Greg Grotsky wrote:
> 
> Guys,
>   How can I get my system to boot up and load the driver correctly?  I
> rebooted it when I got home this evening and the UPS device moved to this
> spot: /dev/bus/usb/002/002 which wouldn't be a big deal, except the
> permissions changed back to root:plugdev.  When I load upsdrvctl it can't
> connect because of the permissions.
> 
> Anyway, how can I go about finding the correct ups usb device in /dev and
> changing the permissions of it during boot (before upsdrvctl gets issued)??
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> On 2/7/07, Peter Selinger <selinger at mathstat.dal.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > the battery runtime is computed by the device firmware. 80 minutes
> > sounds like a lot, but there's no guarantee that it's accurate.
> >
> > -- Peter
> >
> > Greg Grotsky wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Peter, Charles Lepple repsonded this morning and I got it all
> > sorted
> > > out. I believe it's working now, I can execute "upsc myups" and it spits
> > out
> > > all sorts of cool info. I have a question though: Does "battery.runtime"
> > get
> > > calculated based on the current load or is it just something that the
> > > manufacturer sets in the firmware for the model? I ask because the value
> > I
> > > currently have for battery.runtime is 4800 and from what I read that is
> > in
> > > seconds. I'm basically running just a computer (no monitor) from the
> > ports
> > > on this thing, does 80 minutes of runtime sound right?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Greg
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/7/07, Peter Selinger <selinger at mathstat.dal.ca> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From the file INSTALL:
> > > >
> > > >    The setup for USB ports is slightly more complicated. Device files
> > > >    for USB devices, such as /proc/bus/usb/002/001, are usually
> > > >    created "on the fly" when a device is plugged in, and disappear
> > > >    when the device is disconnected.  Moreover, the names of these
> > > >    device files can change randomly. To set up the correct
> > > >    permissions for the USB device, you may need to set up (operating
> > > >    system dependent) hotplugging scripts.  Sample scripts and
> > > >    information are provided in the scripts/hotplug and
> > > >    scripts/udev directories. (If you want to try if a driver
> > > >    works without setting up hotplugging, you can add the "-u root"
> > > >    option to upsd, upsmon, and drivers; this should allow you to
> > > >    follow the below instructions. However, don't forget to set up the
> > > >    correct permissions later!).
> > > >
> > > > -- Peter
> > > >
> > > > Greg Grotsky wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > So I just bought one of these fabulous CyberPower UPS devices from
> > > > BestBuy
> > > > > hoping I could control it with my machine.  Luckily, I found
> > NUT!  I've
> > > > got
> > > > > the SVN sources and compiled and installed them but I haven't been
> > able
> > > > to
> > > > > get it to recognize the usb AE550.
> > > > >
> > > > > When I plug the usb cable in I see this in syslog:
> > > > > Feb  6 22:36:56 mythbox kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device
> > using
> > > > > ohci_hcd and address 4
> > > > > Feb  6 22:36:56 mythbox kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen
> > from 1
> > > > > choice
> > > > > Feb  6 22:36:56 mythbox kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [CPS
> > UPS
> > > > > AE550] on usb-0000:00:02.0-1
> > > > >
> > > > > I run lsusb and I see this:
> > > > > $ lsusb
> > > > > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > > > > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0764:0501 Cyber Power System, Inc.
> > > > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > > > > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15c2:ffda SoundGraph Inc.
> > > > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > > > >
> > > > > My /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf file contains
> > > > > [CyberPower]
> > > > >  driver = usbhid-ups
> > > > >  port = auto
> > > > > # vendor = "Cyber Power Systems"
> > > > > # product = "AE550"
> > > > > # vendorid = 0764
> > > > > # productid = 0501
> > > > >  desc = "MythBox"
> > > > >
> > > > > When I run upsdrvctl start I get this:
> > > > > $ ./upsdrvctl start
> > > > > Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.1.0
> > > > > Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (
> > 2.1.0
> > > > )
> > > > >
> > > > > No matching HID UPS found
> > > > > Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried everything in attempt to get this recognized.  As you
> > can
> > > > see
> > > > > in my conf file I tried supplying the values I recieved in lsusb and
> > the
> > > > > vendor and product names.  I've tried doing that at the command line
> > as
> > > > well
> > > > > running usbhid-ups -x vendor=CyberPower.  I've also tried supplying
> > > > > usbhid-ups with the device name /dev/usb/hiddev0 or
> > /dev/usbdev1.4_ep00
> > > > or
> > > > > /dev/usbdev1.4_ep81 (not sure what these are but I think they all
> > > > represent
> > > > > the ups).  I've created a user for the software to use and set the
> > > > > permissions correctly.  What am I missing??
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW: I'm running 64bit version of Debian.  I didn't have any
> > problems
> > > > with
> > > > > the compile or install.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > -Greg