[Nut-upsuser] IBM 6000 VA LCD 4U Rack UPS

[Kilian Röhner]

>> ok, i found it. the relevant output is:
>>
>>     0.264144     Checking device (04B3/0001) (006/003)
>>     0.264193     - VendorID: 04b3
>>     0.264225     - ProductID: 0001
>>     0.264256     - Manufacturer: unknown
>>     0.264280     - Product: unknown
>>     0.264309     - Serial Number: unknown
>>     0.264334     - Bus: 006
>>     0.264364     Trying to match device
>>     0.264390     Device does not match - skipping
> 
> For a second there I thought the vendorid was 0463 which is MGE UPS,
> owned by Eaton. You can specify the vendorid option in ups.conf,
> 
> vendorid = 04b3
> 
> http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/man/usbhid-ups.html
> 
> And try the explore option, but I'm not sure that is entirely safe. I'll
> let someone else answer what's best to do next.
> 

Thank you for your help so far!

With explore and the vendorid in the conf, the driver says (executing as
root):

   0.263902     Checking device (04B3/0001) (006/003)
   0.263947     - VendorID: 04b3
   0.263975     - ProductID: 0001
   0.264005     - Manufacturer: unknown
   0.264030     - Product: unknown
   0.264058     - Serial Number: unknown
   0.264083     - Bus: 006
   0.264108     Trying to match device
   0.264172     Device matches
   0.264211     failed to claim USB device: could not claim interface 0:
Operation not permitted
   0.264240     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: could
not detach kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted
   0.264272     failed to claim USB device: could not claim interface 0:
Operation not permitted
   0.264300     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: could
not detach kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted
   0.264333     failed to claim USB device: could not claim interface 0:
Operation not permitted
   0.264361     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: could
not detach kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted
   0.264394     failed to claim USB device: could not claim interface 0:
Operation not permitted
   0.264426     failed to detach kernel driver from USB device: could
not detach kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted
   0.264453     Can't claim USB device [04b3:0001]: could not detach
kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted