HomerSimpson
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Location: Ohio, USA
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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:01 pm Post subject: Trouble with APC and USB |
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I just got an APC XS 1000 and have connected it to my Gentoo computer. I am running kernel 2.6 MM5.
I have a usb printer that works so I am confident I have usb compiled in to my kernel.
There is a /dev/usb/lp0 and /dev/usb/hid/hiddev0. I assume that this means my APC UPS is not being detected?
If I run usbview I can see both the usb printer and the APC UPS.
| Code: | $cat /proc/bus/usb/devices:
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.0-test9-mm5 ohci_hcd
S: Product=OHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:02.2
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=051d ProdID=0002 Rev= 1.06
S: Manufacturer=American Power Conversion
S: Product=Back-UPS RS 1000 FW:7.g3 .D USB FW:g3
S: SerialNumber=JB0312002361
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 24mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hid
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 6 Ivl=10ms
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It looks like it is being detected.
apcupsd says it has started but ps fax does not show that is is running. I experimented with various values in the config file but it still will not run. Unfortunately I cannot subscribe to the apcups mailing list. It seems to be down.
I tried nut but when I run the driver it says I haven't defined a driver, yet I did.
So I suspect this has something to do with the usb driver. When I connect the APC UPS to my second usb port should I have a second entry in either my /dev/usb or /dev/usb/hid directories?
Thx
[Update]
The author of acupsd says this is a bug with the 2.6 kernel.
I believe I was running 2.6-test9-mm5 at the time. I am running test11-mm1 right now and haven't tried it again.
It is so much easier to talk to the UPS with Windows but unfortunately I want my Linux computers to shutdown properly. I tried nut but it only worked using the hid interface which did not expose much information from the UPS.
Just FYI
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