Cd apcupsd-source/examples make hid-ups

Finally, check that appropriate USB devices exist. On a Red Hat system you can do this:

esr@grelber$ ls /dev/usb/h*
/dev/usb/hiddev0	/dev/usb/hiddev12	/dev/usb/hiddev2	/dev/usb/hiddev6
/dev/usb/hiddev1	/dev/usb/hiddev13	/dev/usb/hiddev3	/dev/usb/hiddev7
/dev/usb/hiddev10	/dev/usb/hiddev14	/dev/usb/hiddev4	/dev/usb/hiddev8
/dev/usb/hiddev11	/dev/usb/hiddev15	/dev/usb/hiddev5	/dev/usb/hiddev9

This will tell you that the Human Interface Device nodes, one of which apcupsd will use to talk with the UPS, exist. On other Linuxes the lay- out will be slightly diﬀerent; the hiddev devices will usually live in a /dev/usb/hid/ subdirectory. If these devices don’t exist, you may need to run <apcupsd-source>/examples/make-hiddev to create them.

Now build and run the hid-ups test program. You do not have to conﬁgure and build the rest of apcupsd to do this. To build hid-ups enter:

cd <apcupsd-source>/examples make hid-ups

There should be no errors. Now assuming that everything has gone well to this point and that you have connected your USB UPS, enter:

./hid-ups

It should print a sample report of the information that it has obtained from your UPS. CAUTION! if you have a 2.4.x Linux kernel do not run two copies of this program at the same time, or your kernel will freeze. The report that is printed should look very similar to the report in <apcupsd- source>/examples/hid-ups.rpt. If the program reports that the device was not found ensure that all the appropriate modules are loaded (as described earlier), then unplug your UPS and plug it back in. This should permit the kernel to recognize the UPS.

If ./hid-ups tells you “No permission, try this as root”, you know what to try. If it says “Couldn’t ﬁnd USB UPS device, check your /dev.”, then it is very unlikely that apcupsd will work. You probably need to run the script “make-hiddev” before continuing.

UPS control system specifications

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APC UPS control system manual Cd apcupsd-source/examples make hid-ups

Models: UPS control system

cd <apcupsd-source>/examples make hid-ups

UPS control system specifications