[Nut-upsuser] Powerware 3105 - SuSE 10.0

[John H.]

i have the 3110.  i thought these were not supported?

On 4/22/06, Graham Smith <gqs at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Friday 21 April 2006 07:00, Kjell Claesson wrote:
> > Hi Graham,
> >
> > First of all i would like you to test this.
> > Comment out the 'user = nut' line in the ups.conf.
> >
> > #user = nut
> >
> > Then run the driver this way.
> >
> > ./bcmxcp_usb -DD -u root -a pw3105
> >
> > If this returns anything you have a problem with the permission
> > on the '/proc/bus/usb/00x/00x'.
> >
> > Then you have to fix this with the hotplug scripts.
> > If you have the latest udev and kernel the 'device'
> > /proc/bus/usb/00x/00x may be set like this
> >
> > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root usb 52 20 apr 22.52 /proc/bus/usb/001/002
> >
> > Then you may add the nut user to the usb group and it would work.
> > Maybe not the most secure way to do it, but it works until this
> > udev, hotplug, devices, thing have settled down.
> >
> > Regards
> > Kjell
> >
> > fre 2006-04-21 klockan 04:27 +1000 skrev Graham Smith:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to get a Powerware 3105 UPS working on SuSE 10.0. I have
> > > compiled nut from the current Subversion repository. This UPS uses the
> > > bcmxcp_usb driver.
> > >
> > > I cannot get the driver to find the ups on the USB bus.
> > > The error message I get is:-
> > > -------------- bcmxcp_usb -u nut -DDDDD -a pw3105 --------------------
> > > Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.10 (2.1.0)
> > >
> > > debug level is '5'
> > > Can't set POWERWARE USB configuration
> > > Unable to find POWERWARE UPS device on USB bus
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi Kjell,
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding. You were right I do have permission
> problems on the '/proc/bus/usb/00x/00x'.
>
> As I have problems understanding the hotplug operation on SuSE 10.0 I ended up
> downloading the  nut-2.0.3-13.src.rpm from the SuSE 10.1 factory depository.
> The /etc/init.d/upsd init script SuSE supplied is buggy but I believe I can
> get this to work.
>
> Thank you for your quick responce it is greatly appreciated.
> --
> Regards,
>
> Graham Smith
>
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