@sjbates2283 said in Cant get NUT working with a APC ups plugged in with USB:
In case someone else comes across this, use the apcupsd package instead
In the context of the issue posted, this is not an appropriate recommendation.
In case someone else comes across this, the issue above was that there is a common FreeBSD permission issue with usb UPS ports the first time the UPS is attached to the system. This can be addressed by rebooting the system, or by simply unplugging and re-plugging the usb connection.
I expect that the OP figured this out pretty quickly. Lots of references to this in the NUT help thread.