Nut,usb and installation

[david walcroft]

Thomas Taylor wrote:
> On Saturday 24 September 2005 18:43, david walcroft wrote:
> 
>>Markku Kolkka wrote:
>>
>>>david walcroft kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 25.
>>>
>>>syyskuuta 2005 00:37):
>>>
>>>># If the UPS is locally attached set it to "yes"
>>>>SERVER=yes
>>>># Model of the UPS (filename to call for it, without path)
>>>># Example - one of
>>>>#       apcsmart        - APC SMartUPS and similar
>>>>#       fentonups       - Fenton UPS
>>>>#       optiups
>>>>#       bestups
>>>>#       genericups
>>>>#       ups-trust425+625
>>>>#  upsdrvctl
>>>># You MUST change this, or set SERVER to "no"
>>>># To support multiple drivers, set MODEL=upsdrvctl
>>>>MODEL=Powermate-3105
>>>
>>>The "MODEL" parameter does _not_ mean the actual model of your
>>>ups, you must set it to the nut driver used for your UPS (or
>>>"upsdrvctl").
>>>
>>>
>>>># UPS device - needed if UPS is locally attached
>>>>DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0
>>>
>>>Wasn't your UPS connected through USB, not the serial port?
>>
>>Ok, I'll set up with MODEL=genericups, but I'm not sure what USB uses
>>for connections <socket> <port> and how to determine the same for a
>>config file.
>>
>>Thanks for all you help Markku.
>>
>>                                   david
> 
> 
> -- To find out where udev is putting your ups, as root run 
> "tail /var/log/message" after plugging the ups into the usb socket, the entry 
> you want will probably contain /dev/ttyUSB1..4.  But be warned, it may not 
> always be loaded as the same usb device depending on other usb devices being 
> plugged or unplugged.
> 
> You will probably have to write a rule for your ups.  Take a look at the man 
> page for udev and examine the existing rules in /etc/udev/rules.d to get the 
> idea.  It would be a good idea to create a "file" under /dev, sav /dev/ups, 
> and put a symlink pointing to it in the rule.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Tom
> 
> Oops:  Looks like I made a mistake on the rules location the first time I sent 
> this.  It's corrected above.
> 
> -
> Tom Taylor
> Linux user #263467
> Federal Way, WA
> Iraq war: 1,914 and counting


State of play:

Sep 26 15:35:05 reddwarf upsd[4089]: /var/run/nut is world readable
Sep 26 15:35:05 reddwarf upsd[4089]: /etc/ups/upsd.conf is world readable
Sep 26 15:35:05 reddwarf upsd[4089]: Can't connect to UPS 
[powermate3105] (upsdrvctl-hiddev0): No such file or directory
Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsd[4105]: Startup successful
Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsd[4105]: writepid: fopen 
/var/run/nut/upsd.pid: Permission denied
Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsmon[4108]: Startup successful
Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsd[4105]: Rejecting TCP connection from 127.0.0.1
Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsmon[4109]: Set username on [david at reddwarf] 
failed: Server disconnected
Sep 26 15:35:20 reddwarf upsmon[4109]: Poll UPS [david at reddwarf] failed 
- Write error: Bad file descriptor
Sep 26 15:35:20 reddwarf upsmon[4109]: Communications with UPS 
david at reddwarf lost
Sep 26 15:35:20 reddwarf wall[4160]: wall: user nut broadcasted 1 lines 
(45 chars)
Sep 26 15:35:30 reddwarf upsd[4105]: Rejecting TCP connection from 127.0.0.1
Sep 26 15:35:30 reddwarf upsmon[4109]: Set username on [david at reddwarf] 
failed: Server disconnected
Sep 26 15:35:40 reddwarf upsmon[4109]: Poll UPS [david at reddwarf] failed 
- Write error: Bad file descriptor

Does this help any......


       david