[Nut-upsuser] Nut 2.2.0 also broke Belkin 1200 Universal UPS'

[Peter Selinger]

Arjen de Korte wrote:
> 
> Justin Piszcz wrote:
> 
> > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 050d:1100 Belkin Components
> > 
> > # /lib/nut/usbhid-ups -a belkin
> > Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.2.0-)
> > 
> > No matching HID UPS found
> > 
> > Hmm best to stick with 2.0.4.
> 
> No. Just run the driver in debug mode and you'll see what you have to do
> to start it again. 

Perhaps we should lower the debug level of that particular set of
error messages to 0? It seems to be useful even when not debugging.

> Previously, the belkin-hid driver would only match
> the vendorid, but since there are also Belkin USB devices that are not
> an UPS, we included the productid in this match too. The productid 1100
> was added after we released nut-2.2.0, so you need to specify this in
> either 'ups.conf'
> 
> [belkin]
> 	driver = usbhid-ups
> 	port = auto
> 	productid = 1100
> 
> or on the startup commandline
> 
> 	/lib/nut/usbhid-ups -a belkin -x productid=1100
> 
> Apparently you've missed the note about this in the UPGRADING document
> (where the usbhid-ups was still named newhidups):
> 
> > Changes from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5:
> > 
> >  - users of the newhidups driver: the driver is now more strict about
> >    refusing to connect to unknown devices. If your device was
> >    previously supported, but fails to be recognized now, add
> >    'productid=XXXX' to ups.conf. Please report the device to the NUT
> >    developer's mailing list.
> 
> Best regards, Arjen
> 
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