Hi All, I have a iDowell UPS with a USB connection which I'm trying to configure with Gentoo. This UPS works fine with the default settings in WinXP and apparently with AppleMac boxen which it is marketed for:
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TR423ZM/A This is what it shows in dmesg: usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=075d, idProduct=0300 usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2 usb 3-2: Product: iBox usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iDowell usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00000001 generic-usb 0003:075D:0300.0002: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [iDowell iBox] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0 I've added this udev rule in # iDowell iBox USB ATTR{idVendor}=="075d", ATTR{idProduct}=="0300", MODE="664", GROUP="nut" and have defined this UPS and driver in /etc/nut/ups.conf: [iDowell] driver = usbhid-ups port = auto vendorid = 075d desc = "iBox by iDowell" However, the driver does not seem to recognise the device: # /etc/init.d/upsd restart * Starting upsd ... Network UPS Tools upsd 2.4.3 listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 Can't connect to UPS [iDowell] (usbhid-ups-iDowell): No such file or directory allowfrom in upsd.users is no longer used [ ok ] and # /etc/init.d/upsdrv start * Starting UPS drivers ... Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3 Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.3) USB communication driver 0.31 No matching HID UPS found Driver failed to start (exit status=1) * Failed to start UPS drivers! [ !! ] I have noticed that dmesg continuously fills up with messages like: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 116 usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 117 usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=075d, idProduct=0300 usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2 usb 3-2: Product: iBox usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iDowell usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00000001 generic-usb 0003:075D:0300.005C: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [iDowell iBox] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0 usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 117 usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 118 usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=075d, idProduct=0300 usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2 usb 3-2: Product: iBox usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iDowell usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00000001 generic-usb 0003:075D:0300.005D: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [iDowell iBox] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0 I do not know why it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting getting a new address every time. Any ideas what else I could try? -- Regards, Mick
