[Nut-upsuser] Eaton USB no connection?

[Aaron Turner]

Running opnsense nut plugin package and unable to connect to the UPS
(Eaton 5S1500LCD).

-- ups.conf
[ups]
driver=usbhid-ups
port=auto

-- Running upsd -D as root:

$ upsd -D
Network UPS Tools upsd 2.8.3 release
   0.000000 fopen /var/db/nut/upsd.pid: No such file or directory
   0.000020 [D1] Just failed to send signal, no daemon was running
   0.000280 WARNING: /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.conf is world readable
(hope you don't have passwords there)
   0.000482 [D1] debug level is '1'
   0.000545 listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
   0.000571 listening on ::1 port 3493
   0.000587 listening on 172.16.1.1 port 3493
   0.000597 [D1] server_load: tried to set up 3 listening sockets,
succeeded with 3
   0.000677 [D1] Succeeded to become_user(nut): now UID=316 GID=316
   0.000693 [D1] chdired into statepath /var/db/nut for driver sockets
   0.000703 WARNING: /var/db/nut is world readable (hope you don't
have passwords there)
   0.000773 Can't connect to UPS [ups] (/var/db/nut/usbhid-ups-ups):
No such file or directory
   0.000850 Found 1 UPS defined in ups.conf
   0.002465 WARNING: /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.users is world readable
(hope you don't have passwords there)
   0.002485 Running as foreground process, not saving a PID file
   0.002490 upsnotify: failed to notify about state
NOTIFY_STATE_READY_WITH_PID: no notification tech defined, will not
spam more about it
   0.002496 [D1] On systems without service units, consider `export
NUT_QUIET_INIT_UPSNOTIFY=true`
   0.002501 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   0.002510 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.012544 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.012630 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325366 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325431 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325496 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325524 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325579 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325605 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325633 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325652 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325674 User monuser at 127.0.0.1 logged into UPS [ups]
   2.325695 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325713 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325740 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325758 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325815 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325839 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325878 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325901 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
   2.325928 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is not currently connected,
trying to reconnect
   2.325946 [D1] mainloop: UPS [ups] is still not connected (FD -1)
^C   2.478568 mainloop: Interrupted system call
   2.478600 Signal 2: exiting
   2.478632 [D1] upsd_cleanup: starting the end-game
   2.478723 [D1] driver_free: forgetting UPS [ups] (FD -1)
   2.478771 [D1] upsd_cleanup: finished

---
$ ls -la /var/db/nut/
total 10
drwxrwxr-x   2 nut  nut    4 May  3 12:02 .
drwxr-xr-x  24 root wheel 33 May  3 13:45 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 nut  nut    6 May  3 11:02 upslog.pid
-rw-r--r--   1 nut  nut    6 May  3 12:02 upsmon.pid

-- output of `dmesg` when disconnecting/reconnecting USB:
[15200] ugen1.2: <EATON Ellipse PRO> at usbus1 (disconnected)
[15205] ugen1.2: <EATON Ellipse PRO> at usbus1

--
$ nut-scanner -U
Scanning USB bus.
[nutdev-usb1]
driver = "usbhid-ups"
port = "auto"
vendorid = "0463"
productid = "FFFF"
product = "Ellipse PRO"
serial = "P344T41PHY"
vendor = "EATON"
# bus = "001"
# device = "002"
# busport = "001"

Am I supposed to manually create the unix socket FD or???   Not sure
if this is a nut or opnsense package issue?

--
Aaron Turner
https://synfin.net/
My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being
the basis for all morality.  "Something cannot emerge from nothing,"
he said.  This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable
"the truth" can be.  -- Frank Herbert, Dune