[Nut-upsuser] Unitek Alpha 650 ipE

[Alexander I. Gordeev]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:32:42 +0400, Andrej Podzimek <andrej at podzimek.org> wrote:

>>> 	Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
>>> 	get_data_agiler: raw dump: (0 bytes) =>
>>> 	get_data_agiler: raw dump: (0 bytes) =>
>>> 	Q1 => FAILED [short read]
>>> 	Q1 detail: (0 bytes) =>
>>> 	5 out of 5 detection attempts failed (minimum failures: 2).
>>> 	Megatec protocol UPS not detected.
>>>
>>> What does that mean? Sounds like a broken UPS... :-(
>>
>> Try if adding a different 'subdriver' (see 'man 8 megatec_usb') works.
>> This driver also supports one additional subdriver that isn't listed,
>> 'agiler-old' (the manpage is outdated in this aspect).
>>
>> Best regards, Arjen
>
> Tried agiler-old, which failed the same way as the default subdriver. Output from krauler:
>
> 	Checking device (0F03/0001) (001/008)
> 	- VendorID: 0f03
> 	- ProductID: 0001
> 	- Manufacturer: Ver 1.0
> 	- Product: USB To RS232 Interface (V1.0) BaudRate 2400bps
> 	- Serial Number: unknown
> 	- Bus: 001
> 	Trying to match device
> 	Device matches
> 	Starting UPS detection process...
> 	Asking for UPS status [Q1]...
> 	set_data_krauler: index [03]
> 	- Unable to fetch string 3
> 	set_data_krauler: connection failure
> 	ser_send_pace: Device detached? (error -27: No error)
> 	==================================================
> 	= device has been disconnected, try to reconnect =
> 	==================================================
>
> Again, there were five attempts to make a connection and all of them failed. Disconnecting and reconnecting the UPS did not help. This is somewhat strange. Are there any more subdrivers to try?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andrej
> 

The only way I see is to watch USB traffic of a Windows driver (if you have one)
and understand what is the problem. You can use usbsnoop: 
http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/

-- 
  Alexander