[Nut-upsuser] Powerware 5115 on Debian Etch

[Kjell Claesson]

Hi Daniel, (Eller hejsan.)
Den Monday 07 January 2008 09.28.41 skrev Daniel Nyström:
> I've got some strange problem with NUT on my 5115 on Debian Etch:
> ---snip---
> $ sudo ./bcmxcp_usb  -DDDDDDD  -a 5115
> Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.13 (2.3.0-1181)
>
> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
> Some features may not function correctly.
>
> debug level is '7'
> Can't set POWERWARE USB configuration
> Unable to find POWERWARE UPS device on USB bus
>
> Things to try:
>
>  - Connect UPS device to USB bus
>
>  - Run this driver as another user (upsdrvctl -u or 'user=...' in
> ups.conf). See upsdrvctl(8) and ups.conf(5).
>
> Fatal error: unusable configuration
> daniel at proliant:/opt/nut/bin$ sudo ./bcmxcp_usb  -DDDDDDD  -a 5115 -u root
> Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.13 (2.3.0-1181)
>
> Warning: This is an experimental driver.
> Some features may not function correctly.
>
> debug level is '7'
> Communications with UPS lost: Receive error (Request command): COMMAND: 31
>
> RECONNECT USB DEVICE
>
> Communications with UPS lost: Receive error (Request command): COMMAND: 31
>
> RECONNECT USB DEVICE
>
> Communications with UPS lost: Receive error (Request command): COMMAND: 31
>
> RECONNECT USB DEVICE
>
> Communications with UPS lost: Receive error (Request command): COMMAND: 31
>
> RECONNECT USB DEVICE
>
> Communications with UPS lost: Receive error (Request command): COMMAND: 31
>
> RECONNECT USB DEVICE
>
> Communications with UPS lost: Error executing command
> Could not communicate with the ups: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> ---snip---
>
> Saw a similar issue earlier on this list, but it was never solved. Any
> ideas?
>

Yes this depend on the endpoint used by the implementation from Phoenixtec 
Power Co., Ltd. 
It is used on the 5115 and 3110 that was equiped with usb (1.1) in an early
stage. If you what you may patch your source with the patch presented
by Max E. Kuznecov on the developer list on 2007-11-07.

Have not had the time to check this out (and I don't have the equipment to 
test it on) so nothing have been done in the driver to fix this.

Se if I can get this fixed. 

Regards
Kjell

Gott nytt 2008.