I can confirm the same (similar) behavior with FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-x64 (r12701M on a TrippLite 1500LCD UPS.
Using the following profile: Tripp-Lite ups 2 Smart1500LCD USB (usbhid-ups)
I get the following:
Dec 10 21:40:12 nas6 kernel: uhid0: <Tripp Lite TRIPP LITE UPS, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.02, addr 2> on usbus1
Dec 10 21:40:12 nas6 notifier: Will not 'restart' nut because nut_enable is NO.
Dec 10 21:40:12 nas6 notifier: Will not 'restart' nut_upsmon because nut_upsmon_enable is NO.
Dec 10 21:40:12 nas6 notifier: Will not 'restart' nut_upslog because nut_upslog_enable is NO.
Dec 10 21:40:20 nas6 notifier: nut not running? (check /var/db/nut/upsd.pid).
Dec 10 21:40:20 nas6 notifier: nut_upsmon not running? (check /var/db/nut/upsmon.pid).
Dec 10 21:40:20 nas6 notifier: nut_upslog not running? (check /var/db/nut/upslog.pid).
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: nut not running? (check /var/db/nut/upsd.pid).
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: This TrippLite? device (09ae:3016) is not (or perhaps not yet) supported
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: by usbhid-ups. Please make sure you have an up-to-date version of NUT. If
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: this does not fix the problem, try running the driver with the
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: '-x productid=3016' option. Please report your results to the NUT user's
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: mailing list <nut-upsuser@…>.
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier:
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.37 (2.6.5)
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: USB communication driver 0.31
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: No matching HID UPS found
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.6.5
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut: WARNING: failed precmd routine for nut
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nut: WARNING: failed precmd routine for nut
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: nut_upsmon not running? (check /var/db/nut/upsmon.pid).
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Starting nut_upsmon.
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: kill: No such process
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: UPS: UPS1 (master) (power value 1)
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 upsmon[39737]: UPS [UPS1]: connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 upsmon[39737]: Communications with UPS UPS1 lost
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: nut_upslog not running? (check /var/db/nut/upslog.pid).
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Starting nut_upslog.
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Warning: initial connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Stopping nut_upslog.
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: Stopping nut_upsmon.
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 upsmon[39736]: upsmon parent: read
Dec 10 21:40:21 nas6 notifier: nut not running? (check /var/db/nut/upsd.pid).
According to latest HCL for NUT, the TrippLite? SmartUPS 1500 is supported:
http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html