Hi<div><br></div><div>Having followed this guide: <a href="http://blog.shadypixel.com/monitoring-a-ups-with-nut-on-debian-or-ubuntu-linux/">http://blog.shadypixel.com/monitoring-a-ups-with-nut-on-debian-or-ubuntu-linux/</a> and seeing support for Apollo UPSes mentioned on the compatibility list (genericups, type=4) I tried to set up Nut as follows.</div>
<div><br></div><div>OS: Ubuntu Server 12.04</div><div>Nut: 2.6.3 (I believe - from Ubuntu repos)</div><div><br></div><div>ups.conf:</div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
[apollo]<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>driver = genericups<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>upstype = 4<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>port = /dev/ttyUSB0</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
$ lsusb<br>Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br>Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br>Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br>Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial</blockquote><div> </div>
</div><div>I have seen that the USB ports should be created by </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0</blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>If I'm heading down the wrong path, please let me know, otherwise, please point me in the right direction?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Mike</div>