[Nut-upsuser] Status of tripplite_usb driver?

[Peter Selinger]

Gregory Gulik wrote:
> 
> Ah.  For the time being I set it up to have everything run as root.  
> Once it's working I'll sort out the permissions issues.
> 
> tripplite_usb is recognizing the UPS correctly:
> 
> Starting tripplite_usb: Network UPS Tools - Tripp Lite OMNIVS and 
> SMARTPRO driver 0.6 (2.1.0)
> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
> Some features may not function correctly.
> 
> Detected a UPS: TRIPP LITE/TRIPP LITE SMART1500RMXL2Ua
> Using SMARTPRO protocol (3003)
> Attached to Tripp Lite SMART1500RMXL2Ua
> 
> 
> But then when upsd starts up it can't seem to communicate with the 
> tripplite_usb driver:
> 
> Starting upsd: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.1.0
> Can't connect to UPS [tripplite] (tripplite): No such file or directory
> Synchronizing........ giving up

If you are running the driver with "-u root", then you must run upsd
with "-u root" as well. This is (I think) because upsd communicates
with the driver through a socket that is owned by the driver.

 
> The ups.conf file has the following:
> 
> [tripplite]
>         driver = tripplite_usb
>         port = auto
>         desc = "Tripp-Lite 1500RM XL2U"
> 
> This is on Fedora Core 4 if it makes a difference.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Selinger wrote:
> 
> >Looks like a permissions problem. USB drivers require some special
> >setting-up. They key is to start by running the driver with "-u root".
> >
> >I wrote some instructions for APC/newhidups at
> >http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/ups/backups.html; they might
> >help.
> >  
> >
> 
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