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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m having trouble with the usbhid-ups driver and Windows. NUT won’t connect to an APC SmartUPS 3000 via USB.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve had good success with NUT and Raspbian as well as NUT and Windows using the tripplitesu driver.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The current system is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NUT 2.6.5-6 installed from MSI installer downloaded from networkupstools.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">libusb-win32-bin-1.2.6.0 installed and appears to work. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">APC Smart-UPS 3000 RM XL FW:691.19.D USB FW:7.4 is listed under libusb-win32 devices in device manager.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">testlibusb-win also returns this info along with manufacturer, serial number, bus/device.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">UPS.conf:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> [UPS-0031]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> driver = usbhid-ups<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> port = auto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"># vendorid = 051D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> desc = "UPS-0031"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I try to run UPSDRVCTL this is what I get:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">C:\Program Files (x86)\NUT\bin>upsdrvctl -D start<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller Windows-v2.6.5-5-7-g72f380c<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 0.000000 Starting UPS: UPS-0031<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.38 (Windows-v2.6.5-5-7-g72f380c)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">USB communication driver 0.32<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Can't claim USB device [051d:0002]: libusb0-dll:err [claim_interface] could not<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">claim interface 0, win error: The requested resource is in use.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> 0.087000 Driver failed to start (exit status=1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the problem is that interface 0 is in use is there a way to direct the NUT driver to claim a different interface? Is that even the right question to ask? I’m hoping someone has done this and can point me in the right direction.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I could just buy a Raspberry Pi for this but the Windows box is right there and I feel like I must be close to getting this figured out.
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