[Nut-upsuser] trying to use powerware 3110 USB with NUT

[John H.]

i changed to auto, and i installed bcmxcp_usb.

did so and restarted ups

upsc PW3 at home
Error: Connection failure: Connection refused


On 10/3/05, Kjell Claesson <kjell.claesson at telia.com> wrote:
> Hi John.
>
> In the ups.conf, set port = auto
>
> >From the man file for bcmxcp_usb
>
> 8<----------------------------------------------------------------
> INSTALLATION
>        This driver is not built by default.  You can build it by using
>        "make usb", and install it using "make install-usb". Note that
>        it will also install other USB drivers.
>        You also need to install manually the hotplug files (libhidups
>         and libhid.usermap), generally in etc/hotplug/usb/, to address
>         the permission settings problem. Lastly note that the libhidups
>         file must have execution flag set (ie using chmod +x ...).
> --snip---
> IMPLEMENTATION
>        bcmxcp_usb only supports 1 UPS at this time. You can put the
>        "auto" value for port in ups.conf, i.e.:
>
>             [pw3105]
>
>                  driver = bcmxcp_usb
>
>                  port = auto
> 8<--------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Can not give you any more info.
>
> Kjell
>
>
> mån 2005-10-03 klockan 10:33 -0500 skrev John H.:
> > cvs from last week
> >
> > [PW3]
> >          driver = bcmxcp_usb
> >          port = /dev/usb/hid/hiddev0
> >
> > btw, that device has now disappeared, despite creating it with the
> > script from acpupsd.  should i use a different one?
> >
> >  upsc PW3 at home
> > Error: Connection failure: Connection refused
> >
> >
> > On 10/3/05, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > 2005/10/3, John H. <mistamaila at gmail.com>:
> > > > Broadcast message from nobody (Mon Oct  3 00:33:21 2005):
> > > >
> > > > Communications with UPS PW3 at home lost
> > > >
> > > > Broadcast message from nobody (Mon Oct  3 00:33:26 2005):
> > > >
> > > > UPS PW3 at home is unavailable
> > > >
> > >
> > >  - which NUT release are you using?
> > > - which NUT driver are you using (I assume hidups)?
> > > - what's the result of upsc PW3 at home?
> > >
> > >  NUT's USB support for manufacturers other than MGE is recent, and for most,
> > > only available from the CVS Development branch.
> > >
> > >  As I've announced, I'll "backport" these USB pieces to Testing for 2.0.3...
> > >
> > >  Arnaud
> > > --
> > > Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt
> > > Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
> > > Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/
> > > OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
> > >
>
>