[Nut-upsuser] How can I setup Ubuntu 7.04 feisty + Udev + Nut + Unitek Ups (megatec) + Usb ????

[Charles Lepple]

On 9/21/07, Carlos Rodrigues <carlos.efr at mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
> On 9/21/07, Carlos Rodrigues <cefrodrigues at mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
> > > The UPS is detected on system level but "upsdrvctl"  can't access  to
> > > the device ...
> >
> > The megatec driver only supports UPSes connected through the serial
> > port, not USB. If you have a serial port available and your UPS also
> > has this kind of connection, it should work though.
> >
> > For USB, the megatec_usb driver available in NUT 2.2.0 may support your UPS.
>
> But you may try to use it with something like "port = /dev/ttyUSB0"
> first to see if it works.

The fact that it shows up as a node in /dev/event is a good sign that
it is not recognized as a USB-to-RS-232 bridge by the kernel
(programmatically; the kernel does not look at the USB product
string).

You might still have some luck with megatec_usb, though. Search the
list archives for Arnaud's message about backported debs for Ubuntu,
and that should make it easier to try NUT 2.2.0.

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- Charles Lepple