[Nut-upsuser] Re: Nut & Powerware 5110

[John H.]

will this one work for powerware 3110 too?



On 11/15/05, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  > I have a powerware 5110 USB UPS.
>  >
>  >I am running SuSE 10.0 (which ships with nut 2.0.2-3)
>  >Linux <myhostname> 2.6.13-15-smp #1 SMP Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 i686
> i686
>  >i386 GNU/Linux
>  >
>  >Plugging in the usb creates /dev/usbdev2.2
>  >and KDE control module shows:
>  >
>  >Manufacturer: Powerware
>  >Class 0 (defined at interface level)
>  >Subclass 0
>  >protocol 0
>  >USB version 0.20
>  >Vendor ID 0x592 (Powerware Corp)
>  >Product ID 0x2
>  >Revision 0.50
>  >Speed 1.5 Mbit/s
>  >Channels 0
>  >Max. Packet Size 0
>  >
>  >So the computer is at least "_sort_ of seeing" the UPS
>  >
>  >I have trawled through the list stuff and other sources which suggest at
>  >various times that I should use:
>  >newhidups (not in the SuSE package for some reason)
>  >bcmxcp_usb (cannot find this anywhere on the internet)
>  >genericups with type=7 (does not work but then it looks like a serial
> driver
>  >to me)
>  >
>  >Any idea what driver I should use, where it might be available and what
>  >options I might use ? or indeed if its possible at all.
>  >
>  >Any hints gratefully received
>
>  yep, the one you need is bcmxcp_usb, that will be available in 2.0.3 (from
> -pre2, to be released when I got the time to finish it...)
>
>  Arnaud
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