My UPS is VISENCH BR1000VA600W. This UPS can be easily detected and configured on Synology and QNAP, but it doesn't seem to be that simple on unraid. I don't know how to set it up.

I searched on Google and forums but didn’t get the response I wanted.

 

 

I connected via a usb cable and collected the following logs.

Oct 16 20:21:26 Tower kernel: usb 3-9: USB disconnect, device number 6
Oct 16 20:21:58 Tower kernel: usb 3-9: new low-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
Oct 16 20:21:58 Tower kernel: hid-generic 0003:0665:5161.0004: hiddev96,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Device [INNO TECH USB to Serial] on usb-0000:00:14.0-9/input0
Oct 16 20:24:48 Tower apcupsd[19726]: apcupsd exiting, signal 15
Oct 16 20:24:48 Tower apcupsd[19726]: apcupsd shutdown succeeded
Oct 16 20:24:48 Tower apcupsd[20414]: apcupsd 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) slackware startup succeeded
Oct 16 20:24:48 Tower apcupsd[20414]: NIS server startup succeeded
Oct 16 20:26:01 Tower apcupsd[20414]: Communications with UPS lost.

and：

root@Tower:/dev# ls
aer_inject       full          loop1    mem     sdb   shm/     tty16  tty28  tty4   tty51  tty63    vcs6   vcsu5
block/           fuse          loop2    mouse@  sdb1  stderr@  tty17  tty29  tty40  tty52  tty7     vcsa   vcsu6
bsg/             hidraw0       loop3    net/    sdc   stdin@   tty18  tty3   tty41  tty53  tty8     vcsa1  vfio/
btrfs-control    hpet          loop4    null    sdc1  stdout@  tty19  tty30  tty42  tty54  tty9     vcsa2  vga_arbiter
bus/             hwrng         loop5    port    sdd   tty      tty2   tty31  tty43  tty55  ttyS0    vcsa3  vhci
char/            initctl|      loop6    ppp     sdd1  tty0     tty20  tty32  tty44  tty56  urandom  vcsa4  vhost-net
console          input/        loop7    ptmx    sde   tty1     tty21  tty33  tty45  tty57  usb/     vcsa5  vsock
core@            kmem          mapper/  pts/    sde1  tty10    tty22  tty34  tty46  tty58  vcs      vcsa6  xconsole|
cpu/             kmsg          mcelog   random  sg0   tty11    tty23  tty35  tty47  tty59  vcs1     vcsu   zero
cpu_dma_latency  kvm           md1      rtc@    sg1   tty12    tty24  tty36  tty48  tty6   vcs2     vcsu1
disk/            log=          md2      rtc0    sg2   tty13    tty25  tty37  tty49  tty60  vcs3     vcsu2
dri/             loop-control  md3      sda     sg3   tty14    tty26  tty38  tty5   tty61  vcs4     vcsu3
fd@              loop0         md4      sda1    sg4   tty15    tty27  tty39  tty50  tty62  vcs5     vcsu4

oot@Tower:/dev# cd usb/
root@Tower:/dev/usb# ls
hiddev0
root@Tower:/dev/usb# 

How can I deal with it?

etc/apcupsd# /sbin/apcaccess
APC      : 001,018,0448
DATE     : 2020-10-16 21:45:23 +0800  
HOSTNAME : Tower
VERSION  : 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) slackware
UPSNAME  : Tower
CABLE    : Ethernet Link
DRIVER   : PCNET UPS Driver
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: 2020-10-16 21:45:22 +0800  
STATUS   : COMMLOST 
MBATTCHG : 10 Percent
MINTIMEL : 10 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT  : 0 Seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 Seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
STATFLAG : 0x05000100
END APC  : 2020-10-16 21:51:37 +0800  

 

Edited December 14, 20205 yr by uniartisan

Device: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0665 Cypress Semiconductor
  idProduct          0x5161 USB to Serial
  bcdDevice            0.02
  iManufacturer           1 INNO TECH
  iProduct                2 USB to Serial
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0022
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          3 20100813
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              4 Sample HID
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.00
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      27
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval               1
can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

 

Your should realize that that UPS is not a common brand that widely available in many parts of the world.  You may have to play with the default  apcupsd (standard Unraid UPS software) settings (   Settings   >>>    UPS Settings   ) until you find the combination that works. 

 

If that does not work, then you might want to have a look at   NUT - Network UPS Tools   which you can find in the    Community Applications    plugin.