4 apcupsd problems using USB to connect on FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE

[Chun-fan Ivan Liao]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Frank Shute <frank at shute.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 05:08:03PM +0800, Chun-fan Ivan Liao wrote:
> >
> > OS version: FreeBSD 7.2 RELEASE
> > apcupsd version: 3.14.5
> > UPS model: APC-MGE Back-UPS RS 1000VA (BR1000TW)
> > UPS cable type: usb
> >
> > 3 important lines in /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf:
> > ---------
> > UPSCABLE usb
> > UPSTYPE usb
> > DEVICE
> > ---------
> > Other lines are default.
>
> I've got an APC SmartUPS 750 (USB on 6.4-RELEASE).
>
> When I hacked my apcupsd.conf (sometime ago now), I put in:
>
> DEVICE ugen0
>
> I don't know if that's your problem i.e: you haven't specified the
> DEVICE.
>

The reason that I did not specify the DEVICE is because the
instruction in apcupsd.conf said so. And specifying DEVICE ugen0
yielded the same result.

> >
> >
> > Problem Description:
> > 1.
> > The APC box cannot be detected when connected to the FreeBSD system on
> > system boot. (apcupsd_enable="YES" is set in /etc/rc.conf )
> >
> > The associated messages in /var/log/messages:
> > ---------
> > May 10 16:08:27 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[901]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in
> > bsd-usb.c at line 735 Cannot find UPS device -- For a link to detailed
> > USB trouble shooting information, please see
> > <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>.
> > May 10 16:08:27 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[901]: apcupsd error shutdown completed
> > ---------
> >
> > 2.
> > Continuing 1, if I unplug the connecting USB then re-plug it to the
> > same port, the USB cannot be identified.
> >
> > The associated message in /var/log/messages:
> > ---------
> > May 10 16:36:17 aura-cosmetics kernel: uhub0: device problem
> > (TIMEOUT), disabling port 3
> > ---------
> >
> > 3.
> > Contiuning 2, changing the port to plug the USB will do, and
> > /var/log/messages reads:
> > ---------
> > May 10 16:41:07 aura-cosmetics root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x051d
> > product 0x0002 bus uhub1
> > May 10 16:41:08 aura-cosmetics kernel: ugen0: <American Power
> > Conversion Back-UPS RS 1000 FW:7.g9a.D USB FW:g9a, class 0/0, rev
> > 1.10/1.06, addr 2> on uhub1
> > ---------
> >
> > But when starting the apcupsd now using [apcupsd start], there is no
> > "freebsd startup succeeded" message appearing in /var/log/messages.
> >
> > However using [ps ax| grep apcupsd], there is the following associated
> > procedure in the standard output:
> > ---------
> > 1264  ??  Ss     0:00.01 apcupsd start
> > ---------
> >
> > 4.
> > The last problem continuing 3, if stopping the apcupsd now using
> > [apcupsd stop], the following error messages occur in
> > /var/log/messages:
> > ---------
> > May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1270]: Valid lock file for
> > pid=1264, but not ours pid=1270
> > May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1271]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in
> > bsd-usb.c at line 735 Cannot find UPS device -- For a link to detailed
> > USB trouble shooting information, please see
> > <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>.
> > May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1271]: Valid lock file for
> > pid=1264, but not ours pid=1271
> > May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1271]: apcupsd error shutdown completed
> > ---------
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>
>  Frank
>
>
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>