APCSMART(8) Network UPS Tools (NUT) APCSMART(8)NAMEapcsmart - Driver for American Power Conversion Smart Pro-
tocol UPS equipment
NOTE
This man page only documents the hardware-specific fea-
tures of the apcsmart driver. For information about the
core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).
SUPPORTED HARDWAREapcsmart should recognize all APC models that use a serial
protocol at 2400 bps. This is primarily the Smart-UPS and
Matrix-UPS lines, but some Back-UPS Pro models are also
supported.
Some older hardware may only report a handful of vari-
ables. This is usually not a bug - they just don't sup-
port anything else.
CABLING
This driver expects to see a 940-0024C cable or a clone by
default. You can switch to the 940-0095B dual-mode cable
support with the cable= definition described below.
If your 940-0024C cable is broken or missing, use this
diagram to build a clone:
http://www.exploits.org/nut/library/cables/940-0024C.jpg
EXTRA ARGUMENTS
This driver supports the following optional settings in
the ups.conf(5):
cable=940-0095B
Configure the serial port for the APC 940-0095B
dual-mode cable.
sdtype=num
Use shutdown type num, according to this table:
0: soft shutdown or powerdown, depending on battery
status
1: soft shutdown followed by powerdown
2: instant power off
3: power off with grace period
Modes 0 and 1 will power up the load when power
returns. Modes 2 and 3 will keep the load turned
off when the power returns.
BUGS
Some older APC UPS models return bogus data in the status
register during a front panel test. This is usually
detected and discarded, but some other unexpected values
have occasionally slipped through.
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 Oct 22 2002 APCSMART(8)