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BESTUPS(8)
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NAME
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bestups - Driver for Best Power / SOLA (Phoenixtec protocol) UPS equipment
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NOTE
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This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the
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bestups driver. For information about the core driver, see
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linkman:nutupsdrv[8].
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NOTE
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Please note that this driver is deprecated and will not receive
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new development. If it works for managing your devices -- fine,
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but if you are running it to try setting up a new device, please
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consider the newer linkman:nutdrv_qx[8] instead, which should
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handle all 'Q*' protocol variants for NUT.
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Please do also report if your device works with this driver,
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but linkman:nutdrv_qx[8] would not actually support it with any
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subdriver!
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SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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*bestups* was designed to monitor Best Power UPS hardware like the Fortress,
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Fortress Telecom, Axxium Rackmount and Patriot Pro. It also recognizes
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and supports SOLA units such as the 325, 520 and 620. In addition, the
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Best 610 is supported using the `ID' option.
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Other UPS hardware using the Phoenixtec protocol should also work, but
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they will generate a warning since their battery information is not known.
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This driver does not support some older Best/SOLA units.
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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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*nombattvolt=*'num'::
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Override the battery float voltage which is normally determined by
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asking the hardware. This is useful if your UPS constantly reports
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`battery.charge` values just below 100% even when it's completely charged.
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+
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If you have this problem, set this to whatever `battery.voltage` reports
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when the UPS is known to be completely charged with a good battery.
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The author's Best Fortress 750 uses `nombattvolt=27.4`.
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*battvoltmult=*'num'::
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Multiply the reported battery voltage by this number. Some devices
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report only a fraction of the total battery voltage.
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For example, the SOLA 610 700VA UPS (with a 24V battery) reports the
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single cell voltage (about 2.27V when fully charged). In this particular
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case you can set `battvoltmult = 12` in linkman:ups.conf[8] to fix this.
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*ID=*'string'::
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Set the Identification response string. This should only be used
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with hardware that supports the Phoenixtec protocol status inquiry
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commands, but not the "ID" command, such as the Best/SOLA 610. Format
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of the ID string is: AAA,BBBB,CCC,DDD,EE.E,FF.F
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AAA is the three-character identification for the UPS model.
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+
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BBBB is the output power in VA (volt amperes). B is an integer number
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ranging from 0 to 9.
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CCC is the Nominal Input Voltage. C is an integer number ranging from 0
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to 9. The unit is Volts AC.
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DDD is the Nominal Output Voltage. D is an integer number ranging from 0
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to 9. The unit is Volts AC.
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EE.E is the Battery Voltage that will cause the UPS to shut itself off.
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E is an integer number ranging from 0 to 9. Then unit is Volts DC and a
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decimal point is present.
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FF.F or FFF.F is the Battery Voltage at full charge. F is an integer
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number ranging from 0 to 9. Then unit is Volts DC. Typically, for 700VA,
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1KVA and 1.5KVA units, the format is FF.F. For 2KVA and 3KVA units, the
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format is FFF.F.
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Example: a Best 610 1.5KVA unit would use the string
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"610,1500,120,120,10.0,48.0".
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BUGS
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The battery charge percentage value (in `battery.charge`) is derived from
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the voltage data that the UPS returns, since the UPS doesn't return that
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value directly. On some hardware, the charge will remain at 100% for a
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long time and then drops quickly shortly before the battery runs out.
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You can confirm from the `battery.voltage` readings that this is a problem
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with the UPS and not this driver.
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Similarly, the float from the charger in some models forces the battery
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charge percentage back up to 100% immediately after the UPS goes back
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on-line, so you can't tell when it is really recharged.
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Finally, some models give one value for the battery's nominal voltage and
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yet actually have a nominal voltage slightly below that. This leads to
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things such as the perpetual 98.7% charge on the author's Fortress 750,
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even when it's been charging for weeks. You can use `nombattvolt=` in
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linkman:ups.conf[8] to fix this.
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AUTHORS
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-------
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* Russell Kroll
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* Jason White
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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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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