On 22/11/2007, at 14.55, Arjen de Korte wrote: > >> Recently i bought a MicroDoWell BP50, and with it followed a USB 2 >> serial converter. When i plug it into my 2.6.19 kernel, dmesg shows >> >> hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [Cyber Power System CPS RS232 USB >> BRIDGE for UPS] on usb-0000:00:04.2-2 >> usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid >> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver > > That's a little confusing. Apparently, Cyber Power System designed > this > device to be used particularly for UPS use. However, all it should > do is > provide a serial port, so that you can connect the 'powerpanel' or > 'cpsups' driver to it.
i was thinking it new how to convert a serial port to a USB hid UPS protocol? >> So, i figured i should use usbhid-ups, /etc/nut/ups.conf >> [switch] >> driver = usbhid-ups >> port = auto > > I understand what made you think this is the correct driver, but > unfortunately it isn't. Worse still, CPS also uses this same VID:PID > for > their USB HID UPS'es, so we have really no means to exclude this in > the > 'apc-hid' subdriver. > >> The MicroDoWell BP50 only has a serial out, but i am using the serial >> cable that came with the UPS. Unfortunately it is not very long, so >> having a USB extender cable i connected the serial cable to the UPS >> and >> the USB2serial converter and then the extender cable and into my >> server. > > Your serial-to-USB converter should provide a virtual COM port, > something > like /dev/ttyUSB0 ot something like that. This port should be > configured > in 'ups.conf' with either the 'powerpanel' or 'cpsups' driver. If no > virtual COM port is created upon plugging in the serial-to-USB > converter, > it is most likely not recognized by your kernel. In that case, the > only > thing we can do for the moment is to suggest to try a different one > that > is supported by your kernel. I tried that part, but i can not get it to work. I tried ttyUSB0, 1, 2 and 3. neither worked. i will try to find another usb2serial converter JonB _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
