[Nut-upsuser] APC Question...

[George Ross]

> I've been following through the instructions on how to connect an APC
> BackUPS 650 ES to USB, and have it monitored with NUT...
> I'm running kernel version 2.6.17.3, and have libusb-0.1.so.4.4.0
> libraries installed.

FWIW we have found our 2.6.17 systems to be unstable when connected to APC 
SmartUPS boxes over USB.  The same combinations are quite happy to run with 
USB-serial dongles and apcsmart -a ttyUSB0.  We haven't had time to 
investigate...

> root at excalibur:/usr/src/nut-2.0.4# ./drivers/newhidups -a apc -u root
> Network UPS Tools: New USB/HID UPS driver 0.28 (2.0.4)
> 
> No matching USB/HID UPS found
> root at excalibur:/usr/src/nut-2.0.4#
> 
> Can anyone suggest a course of action I can take?

Crank up the -D level and/or run it under strace?
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