[Nut-upsuser] Powerware 3105 - SuSE 10.0

[Kjell Claesson]

Hi
lör 2006-04-22 klockan 17:32 -0500 skrev John H.:
> i have the 3110.  i thought these were not supported?
> 

Yes you are right, they are not supported by the bcmxcp_usb driver.
But the PW3105 is.

All interfaces made by Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd like in the 3110
5115 9120 seems not to be fully supported.

Regards
Kjell

> 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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