using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

[Derek Ragona]

Which FreeBSD version are you running?  In 6.X the devs are created 
automatically on bootup.  In earlier versions you may need to make 
it.  Look at the Makefile in /dev for the correct make option.

         -Derek


At 05:39 PM 3/27/2007, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>On 26/03/07 Derek Ragona said:
>
> > I use nut-ups on a number of systems both attached to a UPS and some as
> > network slaves.  In all my systems I use UPS's that have serial interfaces
> > and USB, but connect them via serial.
> >
> > If you read the docs on nut-ups you will see some drivers do support the
> > USB's.  You will need to specify the port in ups.conf typically in
> > /usr/local/etc/nut
> > The line would be:
> > port = /dev/usb0
> >
> > You can experiment with the port to get the right one.  Nut will tell you
> > if is can or cannot talk to the UPS.
>
>I don't seem to have a /dev/usb0 device file. Do I need to mknod it?
>
>Mike

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