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

[John H.]

 bcmxcp_usb -DD -a PW3 -u nut
Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.09 (2.1.0)

debug level is '2'
Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...


On 10/5/05, Kjell Claesson <kjell.claesson at telia.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Start it like
>
> /usr/local/ups/bcmxcp_usb -DD -a PW3 -u nut
>
> Or enter
>
> user = nut in the ups.conf.
>
> Not inside the [PW3]
>
> Like this
>
> user = nut
>
> [PW3]
>         driver = bcmxcp_usb
>         port = auto
>         shutdown_delay = 60
>         desc = "My pc"
>
> Kjell
>
> ons 2005-10-05 klockan 16:22 -0500 skrev John H.:
> >  ls -la
> > total 20K
> > drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4.0K Oct  5 16:21 .
> > drwxr-xr-x  29 root root 4.0K Sep 10 12:31 ..
> > drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4.0K Jul 28 16:28 apt
> > drwxrwx---   2 nut  nut  4.0K Oct  5 16:21 ups
> >
> >
> > but still
> >
> >  bcmxcp_usb -DD -a PW3
> > Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.09 (2.1.0)
> >
> > debug level is '2'
> > Can't chdir to /var/state/ups: Permission denied
> >
> > as su root.
> >
> > On 10/5/05, Kjell Claesson <kjell.claesson at telia.com> wrote:
> > > Hi John.
> > >
> > > Yep, you need the /var/state/ups directory. And it
> > > must be accessible by the user you run the NUT as.
> > >
> > > This is how it look's on my side.
> > > ls -al /var/state/
> > > totalt 0
> > > drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  96  9 sep  2004 .
> > > drwxr-xr-x  15 root root 408  1 maj 21.08 ..
> > > -rw-r--r--   1 root root   0  8 sep 22.12 .keep
> > > drwxrwx---   2 nut  nut  144  5 okt 18.09 ups
> > >
> > > This directory holds the socket to communicate at
> > > and some pid files.
> > >
> > > ls -al /var/state/ups/
> > > totalt 8
> > > drwxrwx---  2 nut  nut  144  5 okt 18.09 .
> > > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  96  9 sep  2004 ..
> > > srw-rw----  1 nut  nut    0  5 okt 18.07 bcmxcp_usb-auto
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 nut  nut    5  5 okt 18.07 bcmxcp_usb-auto.pid
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 nut  nut    5  5 okt 18.09 upsd.pid
> > >
> > > Create this directory, then try.
> > >
> > > /usr/local/ups/bin/bcmxcp_usb -DD -a PW3
> > >
> > > If your ups.conf holds the.
> > >
> > > [PW3]
> > >         driver = bcmxcp_usb
> > >         port = auto
> > >         shutdown_delay = 60
> > >         desc = "My pc"
> > >
> > > kjell
> > >
> > >
> > > ons 2005-10-05 klockan 15:36 -0500 skrev John H.:
> > > >  bcmxcp_usb -DDDDD -a PW3
> > > > Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.09 (2.1.0)
> > > >
> > > > debug level is '5'
> > > > Can't chdir to /var/state/ups: No such file or directory
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Did I miss something?  what do I put for your_ups, which is device?  I
> > > > have auto specfied in ups.conf
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/5/05, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2005/10/5, John H. <mistamaila at gmail.com>:
> > > > > > ls -la libhidups
> > > > > > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 481 Sep 29 08:05 libhidups
> > > > >
> > > > >  ok, so stop every pieces of NUT, and try to start the driver manually, and
> > > > > in debug mode (ie bcmxcp_usb -DDDDD -a your-ups) after having set the env.
> > > > > var USB_DEBUG to 3 (ie export USB_DEBUG=3).
> > > > >
> > > > >  Then send back this output.
> > > > >
> > > > >  The underlying problem might be a device disconnexion due to EMI. But the
> > > > > reconnexion might fail for some reason. If you see anything that can be
> > > > > interesting in your log (ie some failure of hotplug...), send it also back.
> > > > >
> > > > >  Arnaud
> > > > >
> > > >
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