[Nut-upsuser] APC SmartUPS 3000VA LCD not connecting

[Arnaud Quette]

2012/2/3 Zach La Celle <lacelle at roboticresearch.com>:
> Thank you guys for your responses.
> - The Nut version I have installed (from the Ubuntu repositories) is
> 2.4.3-1ubuntu3.1.
> - The OS is Ubuntu server 10.04 LTS x64 with the 2.6.35-std210-amd64 kernel.
> - Driver output:
> root at www:/etc/nut# /lib/nut/apcsmart -DDDDD -a rack1ups
> Network UPS Tools - APC Smart protocol driver 2.03 (2.4.3)
> APC command table version 2.1
>   0.000000     send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.port "/dev/ttyS0"
>   0.000070     debug level is '5'
>   0.000712     send_to_all: SETINFO device.type "ups"
>   0.000725     send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version "2.4.3"
>   0.000732     send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version.internal "2.03"
>   0.000739     send_to_all: SETINFO driver.name "apcsmart"
>  35.029891     Unable to detect an APC Smart protocol UPS on port /dev/ttyS0
> Check the cabling, port name or model name and try again
>
> I'm looking on the NUT website and on Google, but I must be doing something
> wrong with the USB driver.  Here's the error output:
>
> root at www:/etc/nut# /lib/nut/usbhid-ups -a rack1ups
> Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.3)
> USB communication driver 0.31
> Can't claim USB device [051d:0003]: could not detach kernel driver from
> interface 0: Operation not permitted

ok, it's an APC 5G.
support has been added in 2.6.0.
you can try the version in natty, but I don't guarantee binary compat:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/nut

cheers,
Arnaud
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