man bcmxcp (Administration système) - Driver for UPS'es supporting the BCM/XCP protocol

NAME

bcmxcp - Driver for UPS'es supporting the BCM/XCP protocol

NOTE

This man page only documents the hardwarespecific features of the bcmxcp driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

This driver should recognize all BCM/XCP-compatible UPS'es. It has been developed and tested on Powerware PW5115 and PW9120 hardware.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS

This driver supports the following optional settings in the ups.conf(5).

shutdown_delay=delay
The number of seconds that the UPS should wait between receiving the shutdown command (OB LB) and actually shutting off.
baud_rate=rate
Communication speed for the UPS. If this is set to 9600, it try to connect to the UPS on 9600bps. If it fails to communicate, it go into baudhunting. It start at 1200 and up to 19200. If it succeed it tell you the speed it connect with. If not included in the config it default's to baudhunting.

DEFAULT VALUES FOR THE EXTRA ARGUMENTS

shutdown_delay = 180
baud_rate = none

INSTANT COMMANDS

This driver supports the following Instant Commands:

shutdown.return
Turn off the load and return when power is back.
shutdown.stayoff
Turn off the load and remain off.
test.battery.start
Start a battery test.

TODO LIST

Report UPS alarm status
BCM/XCP supports reporting a wide range of UPS alarm conditions.
Report UPS statistics informations
BCM/XCP supports reporting of UPS statistics data.

BUGS

None known.

AUTHOR

Tore Ørpetveit <tore@orpetveit.net>

SEE ALSO

The core driver:

Internet resources:

The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/