bestfortress - Man Page
Driver for old Best Fortress UPS equipment
Synopsis
bestfortress -h
bestfortress -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]
Note
This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the bestfortress driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).
Supported Hardware
This driver supports old Best Fortress UPS equipment using a serial connection.
One example is the "Fortress LI660", sold in (at least) 1995.
Extra Arguments
This driver supports the following optional settings in the ups.conf(5):
- baudrate=num
Set the speed of the serial connection — 1200, 2400, 4800 or 9600.
- max_load=VA
Set the full-scale value of the ups.load variable.
Authors
- Holger Dietze <holger.dietze@advis.de>
- Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@bmsi.com>
See Also
The core driver
The newer Best Power drivers
Internet resources
The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: https://www.networkupstools.org/historic/v2.8.5/
Info
10/07/2026 Network UPS Tools 2.8.5 NUT Manual