[Nut-upsuser] Cabac UPS-1700DV2

[mick]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:51:24 Arjen de Korte wrote:
> Citeren mick <mickhowe at bigpond.net.au>:
> > I have a Cabac UPS-1700DV2
> > 
http://webshop.cabac.com.au/webshop(bD1lbiZjPTUwMA==)/public/catalogue/defa
>>ult.htm?cat=Z_COMP despite the unit having only a USB interface it is
> > supplied with serial port only software for linux, mac & windows, so I 
need
> > to find alterate software to manage it.
> >
> > KDE Info Centre reports the UPS as:
> > STD UPS MON V1.0
> > Class		0	((Defined at Interface level))
> > Subclass		0
> > Protocol		0
> > USB Version	1.00
> > Vendor ID	0x1	(Fry's Electronics)
> > Product ID	0x0
>
> This VendorID:ProductID is completely bogus, although we've seen it
> before. Your UPS *might* be supported by the megatec_usb and/or
> blazer_usb drivers. See 'man 8 megatec_usb' and 'man 8 blazer'
> respectively.
>
> Best regards, Arjen

I tried these 2 drivers but got nowhere, I wonder if I've missed something 
basic along the way?

do I need to do something to get the USB subsystem to grab the UPS interface 
unit?
here is an excerpt from /var/log/dmesg :
 usb 4-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0001, idProduct=0000
 usb 4-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
 usb 4-1.1: Product: STD UPS MON V1.0
usb 4-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
generic-usb 0003:0001:0000.0002: hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.00 Device [STD 
UPS MON V1.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.3-1.1/input0

and the output from lsusb -vs 004:004:
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0001:0000 Fry's Electronics 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0001 Fry's Electronics
  idProduct          0x0000 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 
  iProduct                2 STD UPS MON V1.0
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           34
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 No Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 None
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.00
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength     624
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval              10
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

/etc/nut/ups.conf
[ups1700dv2]
	driver = megatec_usb
	port = auto

for what its worth, I'm using kubuntu 8.04 with a custom 2.6.29.1 kernel

mick