[Nut-upsdev] Using USB CyberPower CPL550SL / AE550,
Greg Grotsky
spikeygg at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 21:33:44 CET 2007
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:
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> > 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
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> > 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.
> > <br><br>When I plug the usb cable in I see this in syslog:<br>Feb
> 6 22:36:56 mythbox kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd
> and address 4<br>Feb 6 22:36:56 mythbox kernel: usb 1-1: configuration
> #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > <br>Feb 6 22:36:56 mythbox kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device
> [CPS UPS AE550] on usb-0000:00:02.0-1<br><br>I run lsusb and I see
> this:<br>$ lsusb<br>Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br>Bus 001 Device 004:
> ID 0764:0501 Cyber Power System, Inc.
> > <br>Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br>Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15c2:ffda
> SoundGraph Inc.<br>Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br><br>My
> /usr/local/ups/etc/ups.conf file contains<br>[CyberPower]<br> driver =
> usbhid-ups<br> port = auto
> > <br># vendor = "Cyber Power Systems"<br># product =
> "AE550"<br># vendorid = 0764<br># productid = 0501<br> desc =
> "MythBox"<br><br>When I run upsdrvctl start I get this:<br>$
> ./upsdrvctl start
> > <br>Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.1.0<br>Network UPS
> Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.1.0)<br><br>No
> matching HID UPS found<br>Driver failed to start (exit
> status=1)<br><br><br>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??
> > <br><br>BTW: I'm running 64bit version of Debian. I didn't
> have any problems with the compile or
> install.<br><br>Thanks,<br>-Greg<br><br>
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