[Nut-upsuser] Zigor on Mac Os X

[Charles Lepple]

On Sep 23, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Mark Burton wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm using macports to install nut on a MAC OS X (10.7)
> 
> I get the following error messages when I try running:
> sudo blazer_usb -a zigor -DDDDDDDDDD
> 
>  0.944590     Checking device (0001/0000) (250/005)
>  2.785449     - VendorID: 0001
>  2.785465     - ProductID: 0000
>  2.785468     - Manufacturer: unknown
>  2.785472     - Product: STD UPS MON V1.0
>  2.785475     - Serial Number: unknown
>  2.785478     - Bus: 250
>  2.785481     Trying to match device
>  2.785498     Device matches
>  2.785918     failed to claim USB device: Permission denied
>  2.785929     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: Function not implemented
>  2.786203     failed to claim USB device: Permission denied
>  2.786210     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: Function not implemented
>  2.786465     failed to claim USB device: Permission denied
>  2.786471     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: Function not implemented
>  2.786729     failed to claim USB device: Permission denied
>  2.786735     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: Function not implemented
>  2.786739     Can't claim USB device [0001:0000]: Function not implemented
> sh-3.2#

One thing with the drivers is that when you run them as root, they drop privileges before talking to hardware. So you might want to try again with "-u root" on the command line, but I suspect it will be the same problem.

> 
> Looks like the binary is begin linked against both lubusb libraries - (as a matter of interest, I tried re-linking against only 1 library and got the same problem)
> 
> otool -L blazer_usb
> blazer_usb:
>        /opt/local/lib/libusb-0.1.4.dylib (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.4.0)
>        /opt/local/lib/libusb-1.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 2.0.0, current version 2.0.0)
>        /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 228.0.0)
>        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 159.1.0)

Often, the libusb-0.1 API is provided by a compatibility layer on top of libusb-1.0. That looks reasonable.

> 
> My /opt/local/etc/ups.conf has this in it:
> 
> [zigor]
>        port = auto
>        driver = blazer_usb
> #        langid_fix = 0x409
>        desc = "Zigor UPS"
>        vendorid = 0001
>        productid = 0000
> 
> (I tried stopping the MAC OSX power management service - actually, for me, this happened whenever I unplug/replug the USB cable to the UPS - but it makes no difference).


Does the UPS show up in the Energy Saver control panel?

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Charles Lepple
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