[Nut-upsdev] Newpoint UPS

[James Westover]

James Westover wrote:
> Arjen de Korte wrote:
>   
>>> I just purchased a Newpoint 200894 UPS and I'm interested in getting it
>>> going. It seems to use a USB to serial conversion that I'm not sure how
>>> to get running.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Does executing
>>
>> 	modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0665 product=0x5161
>>
>> setup a /dev/ttyUSB* port? In that case, you could try the blazer driver.
>>
>> Best regards, Arjen
>>   
>>     
> Nothing. To make sure, I unplugged and replugged the cable to see if I
> can get anything with dmesg.
>
>
> usb 2-6: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 16
> usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> hiddev96: USB HID v1.00 Device [Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial] on
> usb-0000:00:0b.0-6
>
>
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>   
I tried adding the vendor/product to the cypress_m8 driver, but I can't 
debug the error messages. So far, nothing. I must admit I'm not good at 
writing my own drivers, but I am willing to try patches if anyone has 
any suggestions.