On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 10:52 AM Marcos Madeira | Secure Networks
<mmade...@securenetworks.pt> wrote:
>
> Hello again,
>
> I have a tried a few other things, but without much success.
>
> In regards to using to using ucycom0 or uhidev0 or ucom0 as the virtual
> devices, I was not able to do this, because of how NUT needs a device to
> connect to. None of those devices have a file like /dev/ucycom0 .
>
> In regards to using a serial driver, NUT mentions that the supported
> driver is riello_usb. I did try riello_ser, but it makes the system drop
> to ddb after service start. The nut driver port in this case is
> /dev/cuaU0. I actually reached a somewhat interesting state, where at
> every boot the system drops to ddb, because the upsd service is enabled.
> I am not sure if this is expected behavior as far as OpenBSD goes. I can
> gather more data, but need to get different hardware, because (I assume)
> that the problem is in the USB stack resulting in the keyboard not being
> available to even do 'show panic'. Should this error be pursued or is it
> expected? It can be replicated by using cu -l /dev/cuaU0. The error is
> as follows:
>
> (0, 0, 1) -> e
>
> kernel: page faut trap, code=0
>
> Stopped at usbd_is_dying+0xb: cmpb $0,0x8(%ecx)
>
> ddb{0}>
>
>
> Finally, when using the riello_usb driver, I get much different upsc
> output on Ubuntu as compared to OpenBSD. For example, the ups.status
> does not even change when unplugging the UPS. I will be checking this
> separately as it could be just a problem with the versions of the nut
> port. The following is the relevant output:
>
> $ upsc ups@127.0.0.1
>
> [SNIP]
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Marcos Madeira
> Secure Networks Lda
> Tel.: 911 881 590
> mmade...@securenetworks.pt
> https://www.securenetworks.pt
>
> On 03/01/20 11:58, Marcos Madeira | Secure Networks wrote:
> >
> > Hello misc,
> >
> > I am looking to use several Riello UPSs of model IPG 800 DE with
> > OpenBSD through the nut port. These UPSs also go by the name iPlug.
> > This is a compact UPS with only a single USB-B connector for
> > connectivity as is usual with low-end UPSs. However, I am facing an
> > obstacle due to how OpenBSD is discovering the UPS via the USB interface.
> >
>
> > Thank you for your consideration,
> >
> > --
> > Marcos Madeira
>
Just a thought... IIRC on laptops you can access battery info in
sysctl(8) - charge level, charge remaining, whether it has AC input,
etc. Could you do the same here?
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