[gentoo-user] UPS driver error

[Mick]

Hi All,

I have a iDowell UPS with a USB connection which I'm trying to
configure with Gentoo.  This UPS works fine with the default settings
in WinXP and apparently with AppleMac boxen which it is marketed for:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TR423ZM/A

This is what it shows in dmesg:

usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=075d, idProduct=0300
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
usb 3-2: Product: iBox
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iDowell
usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00000001
generic-usb 0003:075D:0300.0002: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device
[iDowell iBox] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0

I've added this udev rule in

# iDowell iBox USB
ATTR{idVendor}=="075d", ATTR{idProduct}=="0300", MODE="664", GROUP="nut"

and have defined this UPS and driver in /etc/nut/ups.conf:

[iDowell]
        driver = usbhid-ups
        port = auto
        vendorid = 075d
        desc = "iBox by iDowell"

However, the driver does not seem to recognise the device:

# /etc/init.d/upsd restart
 * Starting upsd ...
Network UPS Tools upsd 2.4.3
listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
Can't connect to UPS [iDowell] (usbhid-ups-iDowell): No such file or directory
allowfrom in upsd.users is no longer used                                 [ ok ]

and

# /etc/init.d/upsdrv start
 * Starting UPS drivers ...
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.34 (2.4.3)
USB communication driver 0.31
No matching HID UPS found
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
 * Failed to start UPS drivers!                                           [ !! ]

I have noticed that dmesg continuously fills up with messages like:

usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 116
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 117
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=075d, idProduct=0300
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
usb 3-2: Product: iBox
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iDowell
usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00000001
generic-usb 0003:075D:0300.005C: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device
[iDowell iBox] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0
usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 117
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 118
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=075d, idProduct=0300
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
usb 3-2: Product: iBox
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: iDowell
usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 00000001
generic-usb 0003:075D:0300.005D: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device
[iDowell iBox] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0

I do not know why it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting getting a
new address every time.

Any ideas what else I could try?
-- 
Regards,
Mick