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BCMXCP_USB(8)
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NAME
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bcmxcp_usb - Experimental driver for UPSes supporting the BCM/XCP protocol over USB
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NOTE
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This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the
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bcmxcp_usb driver. For information about the core driver, see
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linkman:nutupsdrv[8].
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This driver is a variant of the serial driver bcmxcp and uses the same core code.
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SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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This driver should recognize all BCM/XCP-compatible UPSes that are connected
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via USB. It has been developed and tested on Powerware PW3501 hardware. It also has
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been tested on PW5110 hardware.
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EXTRA ARGUMENTS
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This driver supports the following optional settings in the
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linkman:ups.conf[5].
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*shutdown_delay=*'delay'::
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The number of seconds that the UPS should wait between receiving the
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shutdown command and actually shutting off.
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DEFAULT VALUES FOR THE EXTRA ARGUMENTS
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*shutdown_delay =*'120'
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INSTANT COMMANDS
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This driver supports the following Instant Commands:
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*shutdown.return*::
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Turn off the load and return when power is back.
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*shutdown.stayoff*::
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Turn off the load and remain off.
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*test.battery.start*::
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Start a battery test.
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TODO LIST
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*Report UPS alarm status*::
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BCM/XCP supports reporting a wide range of UPS alarm conditions.
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*Report UPS statistics information*::
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BCM/XCP supports reporting of UPS statistics data.
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EXPERIMENTAL DRIVER
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This driver has been tagged experimental, even if it has been reported
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to be stable. Thus it is not suitable for production systems and it is
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not built by default. This is mainly due to the fact that it is a
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new driver.
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INSTALLATION
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This driver is not built by default. You can build it by using
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"configure --with-usb=yes". Note that it will also install other USB
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drivers.
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You also need to install manually the hotplug files (libhidups and
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libhid.usermap), generally in etc/hotplug/usb/, to address the
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permission settings problem. Lastly note that the libhidups file
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must have execution flag set (ie using chmod +x ...).
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IMPLEMENTATION
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bcmxcp_usb only supports 1 UPS at this time. You can put the
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"auto" value for port in `ups.conf`, i.e.:
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[pw3105]
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driver = bcmxcp_usb
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port = auto
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KNOWN ISSUES AND BUGS
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"Got EPERM: Operation not permitted upon driver startup"
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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You have forgotten to install the hotplug files, as explained
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in the INSTALLATION section above. Don't forget to restart
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hotplug so that it applies these changes.
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AUTHORS
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* Tore Ørpetveit <tore@orpetveit.net>
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* Wolfgang Ocker <weo@weo1.de>
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SEE ALSO
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The core driver:
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linkman:nutupsdrv[8]
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Internet resources:
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/
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