On Tue, 20 May 2008 02:27:10 +0400, David Mathog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charles Lepple wrote: > >> >> I would guess that the nut-upsuser list might reach a broader >> audience, but I don't think we have heard of any user experiences with >> this brand. >> >> Have you checked the manufacturer's website for drivers? Even if they >> do not have Linux drivers, the name of the Windows monitoring software >> can sometimes be a clue to the name of the OEM (if it is rebranded). > > Apparently Maruson builds some of Belkin's UPS units with the same > innards but different cases, and the equivalent sized Belkin UPS, the > F6C1500-TW-RK, is theoretically supported now in nut. The software from > Maruson is a Java package called "WinPower 2.0" whose GenericUnix > version installed in /opt/upspilot. This software runs, putting up a > nice GUI. However, for some obscure reason it will not accept a serial > port configuration, and so cannot talk to the UPS. The software lists > both ttyS0 and ttyS1, but "ok" is grayed out, so there is no way to make > it use one or the other. This software does not support USB on linux. > The Belkin site distributes something called "Bulldog Plus" for their > UPS, but that would not even run. This is on an SMP x86-64 system, and > the ELF binaries were over 5 years old. > > When the UPS was plugged in this appeared in /var/log/messages: > > May 19 14:44:37 M kernel: [15917.903404] usb 3-3.3: new low speed USB > device using ehci_hcd and address 10 > May 19 14:44:37 M kernel: [15918.020132] usb 3-3.3: configuration #1 > chosen from 1 choice > May 19 14:44:37 M kernel: [15918.027496] hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device > [OMRON USB UPS] on usb-0000:00:03.2-3.3 > > I built nut 2.2.2 from scratch and tried the usbhid-ups driver, but > it did not see the UPS. Put this in ups.conf > > [MarusonTop] > driver = usbhid-ups > port = auto > desc = "Top Maruson UPS" > [snip] > Bus 003 Device 010: ID 06da:0003 Phoenixtec Power Co., Ltd [snip] Please check megatec_usb driver. 06da:0003 should be supported. -- Alexander _______________________________________________ Nut-upsdev mailing list Nut-upsdev@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsdev