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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi,<br><br>Has anyone managed to get a Plexus UPS talking to their NAS. I've followed the excellent instructions here <a href="http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=182&t=35970&start=0">http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=182&t=35970&start=0</a> but I'm not there yet.<br><br>When I manually start upsdrvctl without the UPS plugged in I get <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> [~] # /usr/bin/upsdrvctl start</span></code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><code>Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1</code><br><code>Network UPS Tools - Megatec protocol driver 1.6 (2.4.1)</code><br><code>Serial-over-USB transport layer 0.10</code><br><code>No supported devices found. Please check your device availability with 'lsusb'</code><br><code>and make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If this does not help,</code><br><code>try running the driver with at least 'vendorid' and 'subdriver' options</code><br><code>specified. Please refer to the man page for details about these options</code><br><code>(man 8 megatec_usb).</code><br><code>Please report your results to the NUT user's mailing list</code><br><code><nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org>.</code><br><br><code>Driver failed to start (exit status=1)</code><br><code>[~] #</code></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>When I plug the UPS in I get<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[~] # /usr/bin/upsdrvctl start</span></code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><code>Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.1</code><br><code>Network UPS Tools - Megatec protocol driver 1.6 (2.4.1)</code><br><code>Serial-over-USB transport layer 0.10</code><br><code>Can't claim USB device [0001:0000]: could not detach kernel driver from interface 0: Operation not permitted</code><br><code>Driver failed to start (exit status=1)</code></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>My ups.conf looks like this<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></code></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[qnapups]</span></code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><code> driver = usbhid-ups</code><br><code> port = auto</code><br><code> mfr = "Plexus"</code><br><code> model = "Plexus 500VA UPS"</code><br><code> desc = "Workstation"</code><br><code> pollinterval=1</code><br><code> ignoreoff</code></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>lsusb shows before the UPS is plugged in<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></code></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[~] # lsusb</span></code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><code>Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04a9:10b0 Canon, Inc.</code><br><code>Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc.</code><br><code>Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002</code></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>And after<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></code></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[~] # lsusb</span></code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><code>Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0001:0000 Fry's Electronics</code><br><code>Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04a9:10b0 Canon, Inc.</code><br><code>Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc.</code><br><code>Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002</code></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>Anyone any ideas...?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Jon C<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>