[Nut-upsuser] Setting up Apollo Line Interactive UPS on Ubuntu

[Mike Raath]

Hi

Having followed this guide:
http://blog.shadypixel.com/monitoring-a-ups-with-nut-on-debian-or-ubuntu-linux/and
seeing support for Apollo UPSes mentioned on the compatibility list
(genericups, type=4) I tried to set up Nut as follows.

OS: Ubuntu Server 12.04
Nut: 2.6.3 (I believe - from Ubuntu repos)

ups.conf:

> [apollo]
> driver = genericups
> upstype = 4
> port = /dev/ttyUSB0


Problem is that there is no ttyUSB0 device. UPS attaches to machine via USB
cable, and lsusb indicates that it is a Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial
cable.

> $ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial


I have seen that the USB ports should be created by

> sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0


but I am unsure how to get the Cypress converter to bind to this port, nor
how to get the port to be auto-created.

If I'm heading down the wrong path, please let me know, otherwise, please
point me in the right direction?

Thanks
Mike
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