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>