POWERPANEL(8)

NAME
powerpanel - Driver for PowerPanel Plus compatible UPS equipment

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

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
This driver supports CyberPower BC1200, PR2200 and many other similar devices, both for the text and binary protocols. The driver will autodetect which protocol is used.

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

protocol=[text,binary]
    Override the default autodetection of the protocol.

manufacturer=value
    If you don't like the autodetected value, you can override this by setting it here.

model=value
    Like manufacturer above.

serial=value
    Like manufacturer above.

VARIABLES
Depending on the type of your UPS unit, some of the following variables may be changed. If the driver can't read a variable from the UPS, it will not be made available.

input.transfer.high
    writable: high transfer voltage point in V

input.transfer.low
    writable: low transfer voltage point in V

battery.charge.low
    writable: remaining battery charge percentage for low battery warning

output.voltage.nominal
    writable: nominal output voltage in V

ups.start.battery
    writable: allow cold start from battery

COMMANDS
Depending on the type of your UPS unit, some of the following commands may be available.

test.failure.start, test.failure.stop
    start/stop 20 second battery test.

beeper.enable, beeper.disable, beeper.toggle
    enable, disable or toggle the panel beeper.

shutdown.reboot
    shut down load immediately for ca. 1-2 minutes.

shutdown.return
    shut down load immediately and stay off until the mains power returns.

shutdown.stop
    cancel pending shutdown.

KNOWN ISSUES
The CyberPower OP series don't offer direct voltage, charge, frequency and temperature readings. Instead, they will return a binary value that needs conversion to the actual value. The exact conversion needed is unknown at the time of this writing, hence an estimation was made based om readings from actual devices. This may (probably will) be off, possibly a lot. Unless you can tell us the exact mapping between values from the UPS and actual readings, don't bother to complain. We've done the best we can based on the limited information available. Remember, a UPS isn't a measuring instrument.

AUTHOR
Arjen de Korte <arjen@de-korte.org>, Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net>

SEE ALSO

  The core driver:
nutupsdrv(8)

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