NOTE

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

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       This driver supports many similar kinds of UPS hardware.  The most com-
       mon ones are the  Trust  425/625,  Powercom,  and  Advice  Partner/King
       PR750.  Others using the same protocol may also work.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS

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


       linevoltage=value
              An integer specifying  the  mains  voltage.  It  can't  be  auto
              detected.   Acceptable  values  are  in  the range of 110-120 or
              220-240. The default is 230.


       manufacturer=name
              Specify  the  manufacturer  name,  which  also  can't  be   auto
              detected.  This  is a user defined string so any name is accept-
              able. The default is PowerCom.


       modelname=name
              Specify the model name, which also can't be auto detected.  This
              is  a user defined string so any name is acceptable. The default
              is Unknown.


       serialnumber=value
              Like modelname above, but for the serial number. The default  is
              Unknown.


       type=name
              The exact type of the communication protocol within the powercom
              family, that will be used to communicate with the UPS. The  type
              is named after the first modelname that was coded with that pro-
              tocol. The acceptable names are KP625AP, Trust, KIN2200AP, Egys,
              KIN525AP or KIN1500AP. The default is Trust.


       numOfBytesFromUPS=value
              The  number  of bytes in a UPS frame. The default is type depen-
              dant and is given below.

       frequency={coefficient1,coefficient2}
              A pair to convert the raw data to human readable frequency read-
              ing. The default is type dependant and is given below.  Do  note
              that the braces and commas are mandatory as well, as the lack of
              white space characters.


       batteryPercentage={coefficient1,coefficient2,coefficient3,coeffi-
       cient4,coefficient5}
              A 5 tuple to convert the raw data to human readable battery per-
              centage  reading.  The  default  is  type dependant and is given
              below. Do note that the braces and commas are mandatory, as  the
              lack of white space characters.


       loadPercentage={coefficient1,coefficient2,coefficient3,coefficient4}
              A quad to convert the raw data to human readable load percentage
              reading. The default is type dependant and is  given  below.  Do
              note  that  the  braces and commas are mandatory, as the lack of
              white space characters.


       validationSequence={{index1,value1},{index2,value2},{index3,value3}}
              3 pairs to be used for validating the UPS by comparing bytes  of
              the raw data with constant values. The default is type dependant
              and is given below. The braces and commas are mandatory, as  the
              lack of white space characters.


       shutdownArguments={{minutes,seconds},whether_minutes_should_be_used}
              The minutes and seconds that the UPS should wait between receiv-
              ing the shutdown command and actually shutting  off.  The  other
              argument  should be set to the character n only when the minutes
              value should be skipped and not sent to the UPS. The default  is
              type  dependant  and  is  given below. The braces and commas are
              mandatory. Note that there should be no white space  characters.

DEFAULT VALUES FOR THE EXTRA ARGUMENTS

       linevoltage = 230

       manufacturer = PowerCom

       modelname = Unknown

       serialnumber = Unknown

       type = Trust


       The  rest of the default values for the extra arguments are type depen-
       dant:
              loadPercentage = {6.1343,-0.3808,4.3110,0.1811}

              batteryPercentage = {5.0000,0.3268,-825.00,4.5639,-835.82}

              voltage = {1.9216,-0.0977,0.9545,0.0000}


       KP625AP

              numOfBytesFromUPS = 16

              methodOfFlowControl = dtr0rts1

              validationSequence = {{5,0x80},{7,0},{8,0}}

              shutdownArguments = {{0,10},n}

              frequency = {0.00020997,0.00020928}

              loadPercentage = {6.1343,-0.3808,4.3110,0.1811}

              batteryPercentage = {5.0000,0.3268,-825.00,4.5639,-835.82}

              voltage = {1.9216,-0.0977,0.9545,0.0000}


       KIN2200AP

              numOfBytesFromUPS = 16

              methodOfFlowControl = dtr0rts1

              validationSequence = {{7,0},{8,0},{8,0}}

              shutdownArguments = {{0,10},n}

              frequency = {0.00020997,0.0}

              loadPercentage = {6.1343,-0.3808,1.075,0.1811}

              batteryPercentage = {5.0000,0.3268,-825.00,0.46511,0}

              voltage = {1.9216,-0.0977,0.82857,0.0000}


       Egys

              numOfBytesFromUPS = 16

              methodOfFlowControl = no_flow_control

              validationSequence = {{5,0x80},{7,0},{8,0}}
              numOfBytesFromUPS = 16

              methodOfFlowControl = dtr1

              validationSequence = {{5,0x80},{7,0},{8,0}}

              shutdownArguments = {{0,10},y}

              frequency = {0.00020997,0.00020928}

              loadPercentage = {6.1343,-0.3808,4.3110,0.1811}

              batteryPercentage = {5.0000,0.3268,-825.00,4.5639,-835.82}

              voltage = {1.9216,-0.0977,0.9545,0.0000}


       KIN1500AP

              numOfBytesFromUPS = 16

              methodOfFlowControl = no_flow_control

              validationSequence = {{7,0},{8,0},{8,0}}

              shutdownArguments = {{0,10},n}

              frequency = {0.00020997,0.0}

              loadPercentage = {6.1343,-0.3808,1.075,0.1811}

              batteryPercentage = {5.0000,0.3268,-825.00,0.46511,0}

              voltage = {1.9216,-0.0977,0.82857,0.0000}

AUTHOR

       Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de>

SEE ALSO

   The core driver:
       nutupsdrv(8)


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



                                Mon Jul 14 2003                    POWERCOM(8)