bcmxcp - Man Page

Driver for UPSes supporting the serial BCM/XCP protocol

Synopsis

bcmxcp -h

bcmxcp -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Note

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

This driver should recognize all serial BCM/XCP-compatible UPSes. It has been developed and tested on Powerware PW5115 and PW9120 hardware.

If your UPS has a USB connection, you may also consult the bcmxcp_usb(8) driver documentation.

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

shutdown_delay=delay: The number of seconds that the UPS should wait between receiving the shutdown command (upsdrvctl shutdown) and actually shutting off.
baud_rate=rate: Communication speed for the UPS. If this is set to 9600, it tries to connect to the UPS at 9600bps. If it fails to communicate, it will go into baud-hunting. It starts at 1200 and goes up to 19200. If it succeeds, it tell you the speed it connected with. If not included in the config, it defaults to baud-hunting.

This driver supports the following Instant Commands:

shutdown.return: Turn off the load and return when power is back.
shutdown.stayoff: Turn off the load and remain off.
test.battery.start: Start a battery test.
outlet.n.shutdown.return: Turn off the load on outlet n and return when power is back. (n is the outlet number reported by the upsc command)