[Nut-upsuser] SOS : Help needed for UPS Centralion Blazer 2000VA USB

[Arnaud Quette]

Hi Carlos,

2006/4/12, Carlos Rodrigues <carlos.efr at mail.telepac.pt>:
> That hardware doesn't have a serial port right?
>
> I think that UPS could be supported if only one could configure a
> "ttyUSB" with that serial-usb converter.
>
> I (temporarily) have a model with an USB port here, and I would like
> to see if I could get it to work with "megatec"/"powermust" without
> resorting to some HID/USB magic...
>
> The protocol used seems to be the same, so the only thing needed is to
> configure a emulated serial port. Anyone has any ideas?

isn't bcmxcp_usb built on the same idea?
iirc, they were just encaps'ing the serial protocol over usb (not sure
about hid). Another example of "strange hid approach" is energizerups,
but it's hiddev only. Anyway, all this might give you some ideas ;-)

Arnaud