[Nut-upsuser] Tripp Lite OmniSV1500XL

[rray_1 at comcast.net]

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Charles Lepple wrote:

> On 7/16/07, rray_1 at comcast.net <rray_1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I recently purchased a Tripp Lite OmniSV1500XL and I've had no luck
>> getting nut to work.
> [...]
>> # cat /opt/nut/etc/ups.conf
>> [omni]
>>   driver = tripplite_usb
>>   port = /dev/hiddev0
>>
>> # ll /dev/hiddev0
>> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 180, 96 Jul 13 05:48 /dev/hiddev0
>
> The permissions on /dev/hiddev* nodes are not relevant - all of the
> NUT USB drivers (except energizerups) bypass that interface. The
> drivers use libusb, which uses either /dev/bus/usb/*/* or
> /proc/bus/usb/*/* (strace seems to indicate it is /dev/bus/usb on your
> system).
>
> Check the scripts/udev directory for more details on how to fix this.
>

Adding the udev rules fixed the problem
Thanks

>> # /opt/nut/bin/tripplite_usb -a omni
>> Network UPS Tools - Tripp Lite OMNIVS and SMARTPRO driver 0.11 (2.2.0)
>> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
>> Some features may not function correctly.
>>
>> No matching USB/HID UPS found
>
> For testing, you can just add "-u root" to the command line.
>
>

This is a piece of my messages log file
The driver reconnects at random interval from a few minutes to a few hours
How should I proceed to trouble shoot this

Jul 17 03:29:19 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Error reading L value: Device 
detached? (error 0: error sending control message: Operation not 
permitted)
Jul 17 03:29:19 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Reconnect attempt #1
Jul 17 03:29:19 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Successfully reconnected
Jul 17 03:29:19 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Using OMNIVS 2001 protocol 
(2001)
Jul 17 03:29:20 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Unit ID not retrieved (not 
available on all models)
Jul 17 05:22:02 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Error reading L value: Device 
detached? (error 0: error sending control message: Operation not 
permitted)
Jul 17 05:22:02 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Reconnect attempt #1
Jul 17 05:22:02 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Successfully reconnected
Jul 17 05:22:02 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Using OMNIVS 2001 protocol 
(2001)
Jul 17 05:22:03 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Unit ID not retrieved (not 
available on all models)
Jul 17 05:22:33 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Error reading S value: Device 
detached? (error 0: error sending control message: Operation not 
permitted)
Jul 17 05:22:33 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Reconnect attempt #1
Jul 17 05:22:33 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Successfully reconnected
Jul 17 05:22:33 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Using OMNIVS 2001 protocol 
(2001)
Jul 17 05:22:34 rray2 tripplite_usb[8897]: Could not retrieve status ... 
is this an OMNIVS model?
Jul 17 05:22:34 rray2 upsd[8900]: Can't connect to UPS [omnisv1500xl] 
(tripplite_usb-omnisv1500xl): No such file or directory
Jul 17 05:27:34 rray2 upsd[8900]: Can't connect to UPS [omnisv1500xl] 
(tripplite_usb-omnisv1500xl): No such file or directory
Jul 17 05:32:34 rray2 upsd[8900]: Can't connect to UPS [omnisv1500xl] 
(tripplite_usb-omnisv1500xl): No such file or directory
Jul 17 05:37:34 rray2 upsd[8900]: Can't connect to UPS [omnisv1500xl] 
(tripplite_usb-omnisv1500xl): No such file or directory