Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Linux and UNIX Man Pages

Linux & Unix Commands - Search Man Pages

optiups(8) [freebsd man page]

OPTIUPS(8)							    NUT Manual								OPTIUPS(8)

NAME

       optiups - Driver for Opti-UPS (Viewsonic) UPS and Zinto D (ONLINE-USV) equipment

NOTE

       This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the optiups driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       optiups was originally written against a PowerES 280es in nut-0.45. It was revised for nut-2.0.1 and tested against a PowerES 420E. It is
       expected to work with at least the PowerES, PowerPS, and PowerVS models.

       This driver additionally supports a Zinto D from ONLINE USV-Systeme AG because of their very similar commands, but it is unknown if it also
       works with other UPS from them.

       This driver will not work with the PowerES stock serial cable. You will need to construct your own three conductor cable:

	   UPS 6 -> PC 3
	   UPS 9 -> PC 2
	   UPS 4 -> PC 5

       The cable for Online-USV uses pin UPS 7 (not UPS 4) -> PC 5.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS

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

       status_only
	   Only poll for critical status information. Without this, optiups (and all NUT drivers) poll all sorts of information from the UPS
	   fairly often. It is probably not often enough to hurt anything, so this option probably is not very useful, unless you have a flaky
	   serial connection or a highly loaded machine.

       nowarn_noimp
	   Does not print warnings when the UPS reports that a variable is not implemented or not pollable. Without the option you will get a
	   message sent to your system logs each time NUT polls the UPS. If you specify nowarn_noimp, this message will only be logged once.

       fake_lowbatt
	   This forces the low battery flag true. Without it, if you want to test your UPS, you will have to unplug it and wait until the battery
	   drops to a low/critical voltage level before NUT will respond and power down your system. With the flag, NUT should power down the
	   system soon after you pull the plug. When you are done testing, you should remove this flag.

	   For basic shutdown configuration testing, the command upsmon -c fsd is preferred.

       powerup
	   Zinto D from ONLINE-USV cannot be identified when switched to standby. Set this flag to allow the driver to power-up your Zinto UPS.
	   This will also power-up your equipment connected to the UPS!

BUGS

       On the 420E, ups.serial and ups.temperature are unsupported features. This is not a bug in NUT or the NUT driver, just the way things are
       with this UPS.

AUTHOR

       Russell Kroll, Scott Heavner, Matthias Goebl

SEE ALSO

   The core driver:
       nutupsdrv(8)

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

Network UPS Tools						    05/21/2012								OPTIUPS(8)

Check Out this Related Man Page

BESTUPS(8)						      Network UPS Tools (NUT)							BESTUPS(8)

NAME

       bestups - Driver for Best Power / SOLA (Phoenixtec protocol) UPS equipment

NOTE

       This  man  page	only  documents  the hardware-specific features of the bestups driver.	For information about the core driver, see nutups-
       drv(8).

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       bestups was designed to monitor Best Power UPS hardware like the Fortress, Fortress Telecom, and Patriot Pro.  It also recognizes and  sup-
       ports SOLA units such as the 520 and 620.

       Other  UPS hardware using the Phoenixtec protocol should also work, but they will generate a warning since their battery information is not
       known.

       This driver does not support some older Best/SOLA units.  Try the bestfort driver if this one does not detect your UPS.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS

       This driver does not support any extra settings in the ups.conf(5).

BUGS

       The battery percentage is derived from the voltage data that the UPS returns, since the UPS doesn't return that value  directly.   On  some
       hardware,  the charge will remain at 100% for a long time and then drops quickly shortly before the battery runs out.  You can confirm from
       the BATTVOLT readings that this is a problem with the UPS and not this driver.

       Similarly, the float from the charger in some models forces the battery charge percentage back up to 100% immedately  after  the  UPS  goes
       back on-line, so you can't tell when it is really recharged.

       Finally,  some  models  give one value for the battery's nominal voltage and yet actually have a nominal voltage slightly below that.  This
       leads to things such as the perpetual 98.7% charge on the author's Fortress 750, even when it's been charging for weeks.

AUTHOR

       Russell Kroll

SEE ALSO

   The core driver:
       nutupsdrv(8)

   Internet resources:
       The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.exploits.org/nut/

       NUT mailing list archives and information: http://lists.exploits.org/

								  Tue Jul 30 2002							BESTUPS(8)
Man Page