On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Steven Surdock <[email protected]> wrote: > I just upgrade from 5.5 to 5.6 on i386 and apcupsd won't recognize my UPS > plugged into a USB port. On 5.5 the UPS was attached to ugen0 but on 5.6 it > say uhidev0. Apcupsd mentions that the uhidev0 device type won't work. I > see that I can get some info from sensord (which is cool). Any suggestions > for getting the UPS working with apcupds? > > Oct 22 16:16:42 builder02 /bsd: ugen0 at uhub1 port 1 "American Power > Conversion Smart-UPS 1500 FW:601.3.D USB FW:1.3" rev 1.10/0.06 addr 2 > > Nov 20 08:54:27 builder02 /bsd: uhidev0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 > interface 0 "American Power Conversion Smart-UPS 1500 FW:601.3.D USB FW:1.3" > rev 1.10/0.06 addr 2 >
Depending on what you configured apcupsd to do and what sysctl exposes, you may be able to create equivalent behavior using sensorsd(8). There's a brief overview in the comments of the undeadly article below, to serve as starting point for your needs: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140320093943 --david
