[Nut-upsuser] Help with nut 2.0.4, MGE Ellipse 1000 and FreeBSD

[Vladimir Botka]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Peter Selinger wrote:

> Miwa Forever wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>> So as my english is not so good, i'll try to write my story in bash commands
>> :o)
>>
>> miwa at zork3$ uname -mrs
>> FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE i386
>> miwa at zork3$ su
>> root at zork3# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/nat
>> root at zork3# make && make install
>> root at zork3# cd ../nut-usb
>> root at zork3# make && make install
>> root at zork3# cd /usr/local/etc/nut
>> root at zork3# cat ups.conf
>> user=root
>> [MGE-Ellipse]
>> driver=newhidups
>> port=auto
>> desc="MGE Ellipse 1000"
>>
>> root at zork3# cat upsd.conf
>> ACL world 0.0.0.0/0
>> ACL zork 192.168.100.0/24
>> ACL servers 192.168.1.0/24
>> ACL local 127.0.0.1/32
>> ACCEPT local
>> ACCEPT servers
>> ACCEPT zork
>> REJECT world
>>
>> root at zork3# cat upsd.users
>> [admin]
>> password = admin
>> allowfrom = local
>> actions = set
>> instcmds = all
>>
>> [monitor]
>> password = monitor
>> allowfrom = local
>> upsmon master
>>
>> root at zork3# /usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl -u root start
>> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.4
>> Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.4)
>>
>> Detected a UPS: MGE UPS SYSTEMS/ELLIPSE
>> Using subdriver: MGE HID 0.9
>
> Everything is good up to here. Your UPS, cable, and driver (newhidups)
> are all working.
>
>> root at zork3# upsd -u root
>> Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.4
>> /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.conf is world readable
>> Connected to UPS [MGE-Ellipse]: newhidups-auto
>> Synchronizing........ giving up
>
> This is definitely a problem. Upsd has "given up" its attempt to
> connect to the driver.
>
> There should be a socket in your state directory (typically
> /var/state/ups). This is what upsd uses to connect to the driver.
>
> Perhaps you should start "/usr/local/libexec/nut/upsd" and not just
> "upsd"?  Maybe they are not configured the same way.
>
> -- Peter
>

Also output of "# usbdevs -v -d" could help. What driver is attached ?
Here are my notes (just *notes*) while i was fighting with freebsd/usb.

http://www.netng.org/bin/view/Main/NetworkUpsToolsUsb

HTH, vlado