.TH POWERPANEL 8 "Tue Jan 2 2007" "" "Network UPS Tools (NUT)"
.SH NAME
powerpanel \- Driver for PowerPanel Plus compatible UPS equipment
.SH NOTE
This man page only documents the hardware\(hyspecific features of the
powerpanel driver.  For information about the core driver, see
\fBnutupsdrv\fR(8).

.SH 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.

.SH EXTRA ARGUMENTS
This driver supports the following optional settings in \fBups.conf\fR(5):

.IP "protocol=\fI[text,binary]\fR"
Override the default autodetection of the protocol.

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

.IP "model=\fIvalue\fR"
Like manufacturer above.

.IP "serial=\fIvalue\fR"
Like manufacturer above.

.SH 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.
.TP 12
.B input.transfer.high
writable: high transfer voltage point in V
.TP
.B input.transfer.low
writable: low transfer voltage point in V
.TP
.B battery.charge.low
writable: remaining battery charge percentage for low battery warning
.TP
.B output.voltage.nominal
writable: nominal output voltage in V
.TP
.B ups.coldstart
writable: enable or disable cold start from battery
.PD

.SH COMMANDS
Depending on the type of your UPS unit, some of the following commands may
be available.
.TP 12
.B test.failure.start, test.failure.stop
start/stop 20 second battery test.
.TP
.B beeper.on, beeper.off, beeper.toggle
turn the panel beeper on (enabled state) or off (disabled state). Note
that if the beeper is disabled, it is automatically turned back on at
the next event (AC failure, battery test, etc).
.TP
.B shutdown.reboot
shut down load immediately for ca. 1\(hy2 minutes.
.TP
.B shutdown.return
shut down load immediately and stay off until the mains power returns.
.TP
.B shutdown.stop
cancel pending shutdown.
.PD

.SH AUTHOR
Arjen de Korte <arjen@de\(hykorte.org>, Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net>

.SH SEE ALSO

.SS The core driver:
\fBnutupsdrv\fR(8)

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