upowerd claiming standard FTDI

[Richard Hughes]

On 14 February 2012 23:02, Joshua Lamorie <joshua.lamorie at xiphos.ca> wrote:
> According to the USB UART datasheet from FTDI [2], the idVendor and
> idProduct described in the above udev rule clearly refer to devices from
> FTDI. Specifically,

Yes, the watts up pro device didn't do this very well at all.

> I don't have access to a Watts Up? Pro, could someone who maintains this
> file check to see if ATTRS{manufacturer} or ATTRS{product} can be used
> instead of the idVendor, idProduct and idSerial?

No, it's blank IIRC. :(

The WUP support can be disabled by changing EnableWattsUpPro=false in
/etc/UPower/UPower.conf, although upower should automatically release
the device if it doesn't respond with the correct replies.

Richard.