APCUPSD-UPS(8)

NAME
apcupsd-ups - 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 (another UPS monitoring project). 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 interoperating 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 it is apcupsd exposes the UPS to the network and to this NUT driver as its client).

AUTHOR
Andreas Steinmetz

SEE ALSO
ups.conf(5), nutupsdrv(8)

  Internet Resources:

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

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