[Nut-upsuser] NUT + Cyberpower AVR1200 (BC1200) + FreeBSD 6.0

[doug reynolds]

Peter Selinger wrote:

>OK, the cyberpower driver is not my area of expertise. Does someone
>else on the list know why this might not be working?
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>The only thing I can think of is a permissions problem. What user owns
>the /dev/cuac02 device? Is that device readable/writable?
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I also tried them with chmod 666 and got the same message as well, I 
also ended up going back to /dev/cuad0 (com1 on the mother board). 

crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  59 Dec  3 18:34 cuac00
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  60 Dec  3 18:34 cuac00.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  61 Dec  3 18:34 cuac00.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  65 Dec  3 18:34 cuac01
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  66 Dec  3 18:34 cuac01.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  67 Dec  3 18:34 cuac01.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  71 Dec  3 18:34 cuac02
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  72 Dec  3 18:34 cuac02.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  73 Dec  3 18:34 cuac02.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  77 Dec  3 18:34 cuac03
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  78 Dec  3 18:34 cuac03.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  79 Dec  3 18:34 cuac03.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  40 Dec  4 11:10 cuad0
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  41 Dec  3 18:34 cuad0.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  42 Dec  3 18:34 cuad0.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  46 Dec  4 11:09 cuad1
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  47 Dec  3 18:34 cuad1.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  48 Dec  3 18:34 cuad1.lock

>Doug, please send your replies to the mailing list, and not to me
>personally.
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sorry, didn't realize I was only sending to you...  I feel stupid now... 

>-- Peter
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>doug reynolds wrote:
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>>Peter Selinger wrote:
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>>>Hi Doug,
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>>>looks like you should try to start the driver manually, and with
>>>debugging enabled.
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>>>./drivers/cyberpower -DD -a hiveups
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>>>This should give additional information on why the driver does not
>>>start.
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>>I am getting this output:
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>>./cyberpower -DD -a hiveups 
>>Network UPS Tools - CyberPower driver 1.00 (2.0.2)
>>debug level is '2'
>>Giving up on hardware detection after 3 tries
>>Unable to get initial hardware info string
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>>*note* i just tested the ups + serial cable on my WinXP box with the 
>>PowerPanel software, and it worked great... I also tried the other 
>>cyberpower drivers with no avail.
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>>thanx
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