[Nut-upsuser] BlueWalker Powerwalker VI Line-Interactive UPS

[Carlos Rodrigues]

Try using the serial connection and then the "powermust" or "megatec" drivers.

On 9/20/06, Michael Helmling <supermihi at web.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a small home-use UPS for my home server from powerwalker
> (http://powerwalker.com/de/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=63&Itemid=106
> sorry I only found a german version).
>
> It has a USB and a serial connector. lsusb lists it as "06da:0003 Phoenixtec
> Power Co., Ltd", in /proc/bus/usb/devices it sais "Manufacturer=OMRON"
> and "Product=USB UPS".
>
> The devices isn't listed at the nut homepage, so I started to try the usb
> drivers. With bcmxcp_usb I get some response:
>
> # /etc/init.d/upsdrv start
>  * Starting UPS drivers ...
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3
> Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.10 (2.0.3)
>
> Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
> Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
>
> So it seems to be recognized as Powerware device. Permissions shouldn't be the
> problem, as I updated them and also
> # upsdrvctl -u root start
>
> gives me the same result.
>
> I also tried the bestups serial driver, but without luck (do I need some
> special kernel options for the serial device? Never used that one before).
>
> Using nut-2.0.4-r1, the latest in Gentoo portage.
>
> I you know any help, I'd appreciate that. However this is only a home-size
> not-at-all critical thing, so I could live with a 'we've got more serious
> business to do.' ;)
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
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-- 
Carlos Rodrigues