[Nut-upsuser] safenet on debian etch

[Omry Yadan]

first of all, I am using version 2.0.2 on kernel 2.6.15

I played with the init.d startup script, and figured it was indeed a
permissions problem accessing the port file.

now I have, as you anticipated, a new problem : the protocol does not
seem to match.

this is what I get when I try:



# /etc/init.d/nut start
Starting Network UPS Tools:Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.2
Network UPS Tools - Generic SafeNet UPS driver 0.03 (2.0.2)

Communications with UPS lost: Status read failed
Communications with UPS lost: Status read failed
SafeNet protocol compatible UPS not found on /dev/ttyS1
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
 (upsdrvctl failed).




any suggestions?


    Omry.



Arjen de Korte wrote:

>> I just got myself a new everpower-1000va.
>>
>> according to the compatibility list, the 'safenet' driver supposed to
>> support it,
>>     
>
> That depends. The hardware this driver is written for is usually OEM
> equipment and vendors tend to shop for the lowest bidder. So quite often
> they change the internals of the UPS, without changing the typenumber or
> even the box it is packaged in. If your UPS came with 'SafeNet v1.0'
> software for Windows (either in the box or via download) it should be
> supported by this driver. If something else is bundled, you'll have to
> continue your search as it probably won't be supported by this driver.
>
>   
>> however, when I try, I get this in syslog:
>>
>> Jul 24 15:05:22 tv upsd[26458]: Can't connect to UPS [everpower1000]
>> (safenet-ttyS1): No such file or directory
>>     
>
> This usually means the safenet driver isn't running. You may want to run
> the driver from the commandline with '-DDDDD' added to make it more
> verbose. Chances are that it will be telling you why it can't be started.
> This can be  as trivial as a serial port without the proper permissions.
>
> [...]
>
>   
>> I am using nut installed via apt on debian-etch.
>>     
>
> This isn't very helpful for people not running Debian. Please list version
> number of kernel and NUT.
>