[Nut-upsuser] driver looking for MAXIM MXE II

Walter O. Dari wlinuxw at gmail.com
Wed Nov 28 05:18:37 UTC 2012


Hi Arnaud:

El 24/11/12 12:49, Arnaud Quette escribió:
> You will need at least 2.6.4 for this unit, but it's really blazer_usb.

I installed a newer kernel, the 3.2.0, did not work.

Here are some facts that can help ...

wodari at svrsw2:~$ uname -a 

Linux svrsw2 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1~bpo60+1 x86_64 
GNU/Linux

wodari at svrsw2:~$ lsusb -v

...
... 


Bus 002 Device 002: ID 06da:0201 Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd
Device Descriptor:
   bLength                18
   bDescriptorType         1
   bcdUSB               1.10
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0         8
   idVendor           0x06da Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd
   idProduct          0x0201
   bcdDevice            0.00
   iManufacturer           3
   iProduct                1
   iSerial                 0
   bNumConfigurations      1
   Configuration Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         2
     wTotalLength           34
     bNumInterfaces          1
     bConfigurationValue     1
     iConfiguration          0
     bmAttributes         0xa0
       (Bus Powered)
       Remote Wakeup
     MaxPower              200mA
     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               1.11
           bCountryCode            0 Not supported
           bNumDescriptors         1
           bDescriptorType        34 Report
           wDescriptorLength      27
          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
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)

...
...

wodari at svrsw2:/etc/nut$ ls -l
total 52
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  1072 may 30 19:10 hosts.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  1428 nov 23 04:56 nut.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root nut   3850 nov 28 01:47 ups.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root nut   1780 may 30 19:10 upsd.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root nut   1970 may 30 19:10 upsd.users
-rwxr--r-- 1 root nut  11913 may 30 19:10 upsmon.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root nut   3883 may 30 19:10 upssched.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  1420 may 30 19:10 upsset.conf
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  4003 may 30 19:10 upsstats.html
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  6644 may 30 19:10 upsstats-single.html


ups.conf
--------------------------------------------------------------
[maxim]
     driver = blazer_usb
     bus = "002"
     port = auto
     vendorid = 06da
     productid = 0201
     serial = "0"
     vendor = "Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd"
     desc = "SW servers"
--------------------------------------------------------------


wodari at svrsw2:~$ /sbin/upsdrvctl start 

Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
Network UPS Tools - Megatec/Q1 protocol USB driver 0.03 (2.4.3)
No supported devices found. Please check your device availability with 
'lsusb'
and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does not help,
try running the driver with at least 'subdriver', 'vendorid' and 'productid'
options specified. Please refer to the man page for details about these 
options
(man 8 blazer).

Driver failed to start (exit status=1)


As root...

root at svrsw2:~# /sbin/upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
Network UPS Tools - Megatec/Q1 protocol USB driver 0.03 (2.4.3)
No supported devices found. Please check your device availability with 
'lsusb'
and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does not help,
try running the driver with at least 'subdriver', 'vendorid' and 'productid'
options specified. Please refer to the man page for details about these 
options
(man 8 blazer).

Driver failed to start (exit status=1)



I tried running ...

root at svrsw2:~# udevadm control --reload-rules

and

root at svrsw2:~# udevadm trigger

... did not work.


What else I can try?


Regards,
Walter



>
> Cheers,
> Arnaud
> (sent from my S3... please excuse my brevity)
>
> Le 23 nov. 2012 09:40, "Walter O. Dari" <wlinuxw at gmail.com
> <mailto:wlinuxw at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>
>     Results:
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:/usr/local/__MonitorSoftware$ lsusb
>     Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 06da:0201 Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd
>     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>
>
>     1
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>     ups.conf
>
>     [maxim]
>     Â  Â  driver = blazer_usb
>     Â  Â  port = auto
>     Â  Â  desc = "SW servers"
>
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ /sbin/upsdrvctl start
>     Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
>     Network UPS Tools - Megatec/Q1 protocol USB driver 0.03 (2.4.3)
>     No supported devices found. Please check your device availability
>     with 'lsusb'
>     and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does
>     not help,
>     try running the driver with at least 'subdriver', 'vendorid' and
>     'productid'
>     options specified. Please refer to the man page for details about
>     these options
>     (man 8 blazer).
>
>     Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>
>     2
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>     ups.conf
>
>     [maxim]
>     Â  Â  driver = megatec_usb
>     Â  Â  port = auto
>     Â  Â  desc = "SW servers"
>
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ /sbin/upsdrvctl start
>     Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
>     Network UPS Tools - Megatec protocol driver 1.6 (2.4.3)
>     Serial-over-USB transport layer 0.10
>     No supported devices found. Please check your device availability
>     with 'lsusb'
>     and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does
>     not help,
>     try running the driver with at least 'vendorid' and 'subdriver' options
>     specified. Please refer to the man page for details about these options
>     (man 8 megatec_usb).
>     Please report your results to the NUT user's mailing list
>     <nut-upsuser at lists.alioth.__debian.org
>     <mailto:nut-upsuser at lists.alioth.debian.org>>.
>
>     Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>
>     3
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>     ups.conf
>
>     [maxim]
>     Â  Â  driver = bcmxcp_usb
>     Â  Â  port = auto
>     Â  Â  desc = "SW servers"
>
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ /sbin/upsdrvctl start
>     Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
>     Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.23 (2.4.3)
>     USB communication subdriver 0.18
>     Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
>     Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
>     Can't open POWERWARE USB device, retrying ...
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>
>     4
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>     ups.conf
>
>     [maxim]
>     Â  Â  driver = tripplite_usb
>     Â  Â  port = auto
>     Â  Â  desc = "SW servers"
>
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ /sbin/upsdrvctl start
>     Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
>     Network UPS Tools - Tripp Lite OMNIVS / SMARTPRO driver 0.20 (2.4.3)
>     Warning: This is an experimental driver.
>     Some features may not function correctly.
>
>     No matching USB/HID UPS found
>     Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>     ------------------------------__------------------------------__------------
>
>
>     More info...
>
>     I'm use Debian Squeeze
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ uname -a
>     Linux svrsw2 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 10:07:46 UTC 2012
>     x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ upsrw maxim
>     Can't connect: Connection failure: Connection refused
>
>     wodari at svrsw2:~$ upscmd -l maxim
>     Error: Connection failure: Connection refused
>
>
>
>     Walter
>
>
>
>
>     El 23/11/12 04:18, Arnaud Quette escribió:
>
>         HolÃ
>
>         Try blazer_usb. Please report back if everything is working as per
>         http://www.networkupstools.__org/stable-hcl.html#footnotes
>         <http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html#footnotes>
>
>         Cheers
>         Arnaud
>         (sent from my S3... please excuse my brevity)
>
>         Le 21 nov. 2012 23:13, "Walter O. Dari" <wlinuxw at gmail.com
>         <mailto:wlinuxw at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:wlinuxw at gmail.com <mailto:wlinuxw at gmail.com>>> a
>         écrit :
>
>         Â  Â  Hello:
>
>         Â  Â  I have a UPS model MXE II MAXIM brand online, 3500VA 2100W.
>         Â  Â  Connects to the PC by a USB 2.0 port.
>         Â  Â  I wanted to use nut, but this brand is not on the list of
>         nut drivers.
>
>         Â  Â  lsusb returns:
>
>         Â  Â  ...
>         Â  Â  Bus 003 Device 003: ID 06DA: 0201 Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd
>         Â  Â  ...
>
>         Â  Â  I did not find this manufacturer in the driver list.
>
>         Â  Â  Anyone know if you can have compatibility with other make
>         and model
>         Â  Â  of UPS.
>
>         Â  Â  With what driver it could start testing?
>
>         Â  Â  Greetings and thanks,
>         Â  Â  Walter
>
>         Â  Â  (original Spanish text translated by Google)
>




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