[Nut-upsuser] cannot get APC ups status change via usb cable from RaspberryPi

[Tomas Tang]

Hi Charles,

thank you very much for your reply, and here is the out put of "lsusb 
-vvv -d 051d:"

  Bus 001 Device 005: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion 
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Device Descriptor:
   bLength                18
   bDescriptorType         1
   bcdUSB               1.10
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0         8
   idVendor           0x051d American Power Conversion
   idProduct          0x0002 Uninterruptible Power Supply
   bcdDevice            0.06
   iManufacturer           3 American Power Conversion
   iProduct                1 Smart-UPS 3000 RM FW:666.6.I USB FW:7.4
   iSerial                 2 US1035211796
   bNumConfigurations      1
   Configuration Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         2
     wTotalLength           34
     bNumInterfaces          1
     bConfigurationValue     1
     iConfiguration         11 1
     bmAttributes         0xe0
       Self Powered
       Remote Wakeup
     MaxPower               30mA
     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               1.10
           bCountryCode           33 US
           bNumDescriptors         1
           bDescriptorType        34 Report
           wDescriptorLength    1064
          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     0x0006  1x 6 bytes
         bInterval             100
Device Status:     0x0001
   Self Powered

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion 
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Device Descriptor:
   bLength                18
   bDescriptorType         1
   bcdUSB               1.10
   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
   bDeviceSubClass         0
   bDeviceProtocol         0
   bMaxPacketSize0         8
   idVendor           0x051d American Power Conversion
   idProduct          0x0002 Uninterruptible Power Supply
   bcdDevice            0.06
   iManufacturer           3 American Power Conversion
   iProduct                1 Smart-UPS 3000 RM FW:666.6.I USB FW:7.4
   iSerial                 2 US1035211809
   bNumConfigurations      1
   Configuration Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         2
     wTotalLength           34
     bNumInterfaces          1
     bConfigurationValue     1
     iConfiguration         11 1
     bmAttributes         0xe0
       Self Powered
       Remote Wakeup
     MaxPower               30mA
     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               1.10
           bCountryCode           33 US
           bNumDescriptors         1
           bDescriptorType        34 Report
           wDescriptorLength    1064
          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     0x0006  1x 6 bytes
         bInterval             100
Device Status:     0x0001
   Self Powered


On 6/1/2016 10:48 AM, Charles Lepple wrote:
> On May 31, 2016, at 1:11 AM, Tomas Tang <myhnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>>   
>>
>>                  I get very strange UPS problem from RspberryPI mode B (both version 2 and 3).
>>
>>   
>>
>>                  Here is our environment:
>>
>>   
>>
>>                  OS:                         Raspbian 8.0, Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 14.04
>>
>>                  Platform:             RaspberryPi Mode B version 2 and version 3
>>
>>                  NUT:                      tested version 2.6.3, 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 (from ports.ubuntu.com)
>>
>>                  UPS:                       APC Smart-UPS 3000 RM and APC Smart-UPS 1500 RM
>>
>>                  Cable:                    USB
>>
>>   
>>
>>                  Problem detail:
>>
>>                  NUT can read all the information after installed, but once you unplug the input power, the status didn’t get changed and there is no log related to NUT from syslog.
> Please check the mailing lists to see if there are any other reports for these particular models over USB. The only full dump I could find was with the apcsmart driver: http://networkupstools.org/ddl/APC/Smart-UPS_3000_RM.html
>
> There is a "pollonly" flag that might help, but it is supposed to be selected automatically. What does 'lsusb -vvv -d 051d:' return when run as root?
>