[Nut-upsuser] Problem detecting USB/HID UPS

[Brian Foster]

Thanks for the response!  However, I am still having trouble :( 

As per the instructions in the /scripts/hotplug-ng/README file, I added 
the nut-usbups.rules file to the /etc/udev/rules.d directory.  I changed 
the name and permissions on the .rules file to match the other files. 

Also, I added the nut-usbusp.hotplug file to the /etc/hotplug.d/usb 
directory (I had to create hotplug.d and usb).   

Thanks again for all of the help.  Here is some more info:

"brifo at thebeast:/etc/udev/rules.d$ ls -l
total 144
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   262 2006-05-22 10:25 00-init.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1279 2006-08-17 01:49 10-nut-usbups.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2264 2006-05-22 10:25 20-names.rules
" (I deleted the other rules, as their names had no relevance to nut or 
ups')

ups.conf:
"[myups]
        driver = newhidups
        port = auto
"

"./upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.1.0
Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.1.0)

No matching HID UPS found
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
"

"lsusb
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 045e:0039 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 03f0:2f11 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05e3:0605 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub [ednet]
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 09ae:2005 Tripp Lite
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 045e:001d Microsoft Corp. Natural Keyboard Pro
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0451:1446 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2040/2070 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000"

~Brian Foster


Charles Lepple wrote:
> On 8/16/06, Brian Foster <penguinator781 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "./newhidups start
>> Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.4)
>
> It's even newer than that. 2.0.4 is the latest version in the Stable
> series, but you need to check out the Development tree (the trunk in
> our Subversion repository), as Peter suggested.
>
> If you can't easily check out the Subversion tree, let me know and I
> can post a snapshot.
>
>> " ./tripplite_usb start
>> Network UPS Tools - Tripp Lite OMNIVS and SMARTPRO driver 0.6 (2.0.4)
>> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
>> Some features may not function correctly.
>
> Despite the name, tripplite_usb will not work for newer Tripp Lite
> UPSes, especially if the product id is not 0001 - use newhidups
> instead.
>