apcupsd-ups(8) Driver for apcupsd client access

NOTE

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

DESCRIPTION

This driver is a client to apcupsd.

apcupsd-ups acts as an apcupsd client, simply forwarding data. This can be useful in cases where both protocols are required in a network, or in case apcupsd has a required UPS access mode missing from NUT.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS

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

port=<hostname>[:<port>]

This is the name of a remote host running apcupsd (plus an optional port).

For instance:

[apcupsd]
            driver = apcupsd-ups
            port = localhost
            desc = "apcupsd client"

BACKGROUND

This driver was originally written in one evening to allow interworking with apcupsd.

SUPPORTED VARIABLES

The following variables are translated from apcupsd to NUT. All times should be converted to seconds (please file a bug if you notice a mismatch in units).

apcupsd variable NUT variable(s)

BCHARGE

battery.charge

MBATTCHG

battery.charge.low

RETPCT

battery.charge.restart

BATTDATE

battery.date

TIMELEFT

battery.runtime

MINTIMEL

battery.runtime.low

BATTV

battery.voltage

NOMBATTV

battery.voltage.nominal

LINEFREQ

input.frequency

SENSE

input.sensitivity

HITRANS

input.transfer.high

LOTRANS

input.transfer.low

LASTXFER

input.transfer.reason

LINEV

input.voltage

MAXLINEV

input.voltage.maximum

MINLINEV

input.voltage.minimum

NOMINV

input.voltage.nominal

LINEFREQ

output.frequency

OUTPUTV

output.voltage

NOMOUTV

output.voltage.nominal

DATE

ups.date, ups.time

DSHUTD

ups.delay.shutdown

DWAKE

ups.delay.start

FIRMWARE

ups.firmware, ups.firmware.aux

UPSNAME

ups.id

LOADPCT

ups.load

MANDATE

ups.mfr.date

NOMPOWER

ups.realpower.nominal

SERIALNO

ups.serial

STATUS

ups.status

ITEMP

ups.temperature

STESTI

ups.test.interval

SELFTEST

ups.test.result

LIMITATIONS

Access to apcupsd is strictly read only: no commands can be issued. This stems from the design of apcupsd, where the settings are changed in apctest. In order to run apctest, apcupsd must be stopped (and apcupsd exposes the UPS to the network).

AUTHOR

Andreas Steinmetz

Internet Resources:

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

The apcupsd home page: http://www.apcupsd.org/