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    • L
      LostInIgnorance
      last edited by

      I am trying to get nut working on my Soekris net-5510-70 board.  I am running 1.23 full on a HD and when I run the start command for nut, this is what I get.

      /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut.sh start

      starting usbhid-ups
      Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.2
      Network UPS Tools: 0.29 USB communication driver - core 0.33 (2.2.2)

      No matching HID UPS found
      Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
      usbhid-ups failed to start

      When I unplug the USB, this is what shows up in shell

      unknown: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected

      unknown: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected

      Is there a way I can add my APC XS 1000 to work with this?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        When it's plugged in, what does the output of "usbdevs" show? And is that really how the log entries look in the system log? Usually it doesn't say unknown, it would say something like "ugen0".

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        • L
          LostInIgnorance
          last edited by

          Yeah that's what it shows in the logs.

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          • G
            GLR
            last edited by

            Hello,

            Same issue on ALIX 2C3 / pfSense 1.2.3 with a Eaton Ellipse ASR 600 USBS (ex. MGE APC) connected through the USB cable :

            dmesg

            unknown: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected

            usbdevs -v

            Controller /dev/usb0:
            addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, OHCI root hub(0x0000), AMD(0x0000), rev 1.00
            port 1 powered
            port 2 addr 2: low speed, power 20 mA, config 1, ELLIPSE(0xffff), EATON(0x0463), rev 0.01
            port 3 powered
            port 4 powered
            Controller /dev/usb1:
            addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), AMD(0x0000), rev 1.00
            port 1 powered
            port 2 powered
            port 3 powered
            port 4 powered

            cat ups.conf

            [mgeups]
                   driver = usbhid-ups
                   port = /dev/usb0
                   desc = "Office Ellipse ASR600 UPS"

            /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut start

            Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1
            Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.1)
            USB communication driver 0.31
            No matching HID UPS found
            Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

            /usr/local/libexec/nut/usbhid-ups -a mgeups

            Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.1)
            USB communication driver 0.31
            No matching HID UPS found

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Just to be clear, have these ever worked? Or did they used to work and now stopped?

              Because if FreeBSD doesn't pick up on a driver for the UPS when it's plugged in, NUT may not see it either.

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              • G
                GLR
                last edited by

                On my side, this is the first attempt…

                I may try through the serial cable.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Then that UPS may not be supported on FreeBSD.

                  Is it in the list of available choices in NUT?

                  Or did you just choose a closer or generic model?

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                  • G
                    GLR
                    last edited by

                    This one :

                    cat driver.list | grep "Ellipse ASR USBS 600"

                    "Eaton" "Ellipse ASR USBS 600/750/1000/1500 VA"        "USB cable"    "usbhid-ups"
                    "Eaton" "Ellipse ASR USBS 600/750/1000/1500 VA"        "Serial cable"  "mge-shut or newmge-shut"
                    "MGE Office Protection Systems" "Ellipse ASR USBS 600/750/1000/1500 VA"        "USB cable"    "usbhid-ups"
                    "MGE Office Protection Systems" "Ellipse ASR USBS 600/750/1000/1500 VA"        "Serial cable"  "mge-shut or newmge-shut"

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      It would have to be a driver issue for you at that point then, if it's plugged in but the NUT driver doesn't see it.

                      I haven't checked in a couple weeks but as of a month ago or so we are on the most current version of NUT.

                      You could try a 2.0 snapshot to see if it behaves any differently.

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                      • G
                        GLR
                        last edited by

                        Not better through the serial cable :

                        cat ups.conf

                        [mge-ups]
                        driver=mge-shut
                        port=/dev/ttyd0

                        /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut.sh start

                        starting mge-shut
                        Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1
                        Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/SHUT driver 0.68 (2.4.1)
                        No communication with UPS
                        Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
                        mge-shut failed to start

                        /usr/local/libexec/nut/mge-shut -a mge-ups

                        Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/SHUT driver 0.68 (2.4.1)
                        No communication with UPS

                        cat ups.conf

                        [mge-ups]
                        driver=newmge-shut
                        port=/dev/ttyd0

                        /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut start

                        Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1
                        Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.1)
                        MGE SHUT communication driver 0.81
                        Warning: This is an experimental driver.
                        Some features may not function correctly.

                        No matching HID UPS found
                        Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Port should be /dev/cuad0 and not a ttyd device

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                          • G
                            GLR
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for your help !

                            Now : port locked

                            /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut start

                            Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1
                            Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/SHUT driver 0.68 (2.4.1)

                            Unable to open /dev/cuad0: Device busy

                            Current user id: uucp (66)
                            Serial port owner: uucp (66)
                            Serial port group: dialer (68)
                                Mode of port: 0660

                            Things to try:

                            • Use another port (with the right permissions)

                            • Fix the port owner/group or permissions on this port

                            • Run this driver as another user (upsdrvctl -u or 'user=…' in ups.conf).
                                See upsdrvctl(8) and ups.conf(5).

                            Fatal error: unusable configuration
                            Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

                            ll /dev/cuad*

                            crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  41 Jan  1  2000 /dev/cuad0
                            crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  42 Jan  1  2000 /dev/cuad0.init
                            crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  43 Jan  1  2000 /dev/cuad0.lock
                            crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  47 Jan  1  2000 /dev/cuad1
                            crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  48 Jan  1  2000 /dev/cuad1.init
                            crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  49 Jan  1  2000 /dev/cuad1.lock

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              Oh yeah, you were on an ALIX. Its serial port is already in use for the console output and can't be used for anything else.

                              Though if you had a second serial port, that would be cuad1, at least on 1.2.x… on 2.0 they're cuau0/1, and USB to serial adapters are cuaU0/1/etc. Look for any /dev/cua*

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                              • G
                                GLR
                                last edited by

                                Hello,

                                As you can see above, I indeed have a cuad1 device, but again :

                                cat ups.conf

                                [mge-ups]
                                        driver=mge-shut
                                        port=/dev/cuad1

                                /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut start

                                Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1
                                Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/SHUT driver 0.68 (2.4.1)
                                No communication with UPS
                                Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

                                Are the device rights correct ?

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                                • V
                                  vmb
                                  last edited by

                                  I have the same problem with a Cyberpower Systems Value 600E using the USB interface. The problem is in the FreeBSD kernel. Either the FreeBSD core needs to be patched, the pfSense distro needs to be patched or we as individuals make our own custom pfSense kernels for our own use.

                                  http://www.mail-archive.com/nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg04580.html

                                  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=usb/115935

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                                  • jimpJ
                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    Try 2.0 first then to see if it works there. pfSense 2.0 is based off of FreeBSD 8.1, and has a different set of patches. Not sure if we include that one, but it's possible.

                                    If it works on 2.0, it's likely an OS issue and can't/won't be fixed on 1.2.x (unless you want to go through the trouble of making your own custom kernel…)

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