metasys - Man Page

Driver for Meta System UPS equipment

Synopsis

metasys -h

metasys -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Note

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

Supported Hardware

The metasys driver was written with the "Meta System UPS Protocol Rev​.1​.12" kindly supplied from Meta System​.

The driver should support all the common features of the UPS models:

Cabling

The needed cable is a standard pin-to-pin serial cable with at least pins 2, 3, and 5 (on DB9 connector) connected​.

Extra Arguments

This driver supports no extra arguments from ups.conf(5)​.

Bugs

This driver has been tested on Meta System HF Millennium 820 and ally HF 1000 only​.

Any information about the use of the driver with the other listed UPS are really welcome​.

Author

Fabio Di Niro <blaxwan@users​.sourceforge​.net>

See Also

The core driver

nutupsdrv(8)

Internet resources

  • The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: https://www​.networkupstools​.org/historic/v2​.8​.5/
  • Meta System UPS protocol: https://networkupstools​.org/ups-protocols​.html#_legrand

Info

10/07/2026 Network UPS Tools 2.8.5 NUT Manual