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From: Matt on 23 Aug 2005 04:04
I'm trying to install the Bulldog software that came with my Belkin UPS.

It gives the prompt:

Please enter the COM port which connects to your UPS.
For example: COM1 is /dev/ttyS0, COM2 is /dev/ttyS1, USB is /dev/usb.
COM Port:

I don't know what to type, so I type "/dev/usb". The installation
succeeds, but when the daemon starts, it gives a message like:

Broadcast message from root (Tue Aug 23 02:39:00 2005):

UPS Disconnect! Cannot get information from UPS.

So it seems I am not informing the software correctly regarding the USB
port.

How do I find out what device filename to give to the installation program?

---------------
Fedora Core 4
Belkin F6H375-USB
Soyo KT600 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition motherboard
Bulldog software tested on FC1 and FC2.
From: HASM on 23 Aug 2005 09:48
Matt <themattfella(a)xxyyyzzzz.com> writes:

> I'm trying to install the Bulldog software that came with my Belkin UPS.
> ...
> So it seems I am not informing the software correctly regarding the USB
> port.

I have yet to get that thing to work with FC3/4 with either Belkin's
software or the nut suite.

-- HASM
From: Matt on 23 Aug 2005 23:42
HASM wrote:
> Matt <themattfella(a)xxyyyzzzz.com> writes:
>
>
>>I'm trying to install the Bulldog software that came with my Belkin UPS.
>>...
>>So it seems I am not informing the software correctly regarding the USB
>>port.
>
>
> I have yet to get that thing to work with FC3/4 with either Belkin's
> software or the nut suite.
>
> -- HASM

Did you get it to work with FC2 or FC1? The readme says it is tested
with those.

I read your earlier post saying you received your F6C in return for your
defective serial-port model. Same here. At the time, I suggested that
they just send a new battery, but Belkin didn't want to do that. Of
course I too assumed that Belkin would send another serial model. And
the replacement has two fewer surge protection sockets. Not too
impressive behavior by Belkin.

I sent Belkin an email yesterday describing the problem.

I haven't found Linux Bulldog on the Belkin website. Have you looked
for a newer version?

By doing

find /proc/bus/usb >temp1
<unplug the USB cable from the UPS>
find /proc/bus/usb >temp2
diff temp1 temp2

I was able to find apparently that the device filename was

/proc/bus/usb/003/006

I uninstalled Bulldog, then re-installed, entering that as the device
filename. Installation was successful, but again the daemon reported it
couldn't communicate with the UPS.

Also the filename seems to change when I plug and unplug and replug.
From: HASM on 24 Aug 2005 01:42
Matt <themattfella(a)xxyyyzzzz.com> writes:

> I read your earlier post saying you received your F6C in return for your
> defective serial-port model. Same here.

One of these days I'll try to debug the nut usb driver, but I just haven't
had the time. I think that Belkin's Bulldog may work, if we can convince
the usb subsystems to map it to a serial device rather that HID, but I may
be off base here ...

-- HASM
From: Matt on 26 Aug 2005 17:24
HASM wrote:
> Matt <themattfella(a)xxyyyzzzz.com> writes:
>
>
>>I read your earlier post saying you received your F6C in return for your
>>defective serial-port model. Same here.
>
>
> One of these days I'll try to debug the nut usb driver, but I just haven't
> had the time. I think that Belkin's Bulldog may work, if we can convince
> the usb subsystems to map it to a serial device rather that HID, but I may
> be off base here ...
>
> -- HASM

Today I got email from Belkin tech support to the effect that the
Bulldog Linux driver doesn't work with USB, even though the install
program indicates otherwise.
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