nhs_ser - Man Page

Driver for NHS Nobreaks, senoidal line, with serial port

Synopsis

nhs_ser -h

nhs_ser -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Note

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

Supported Hardware

nhs_ser supports numerous UPS models made by NHS Sistemas Eletronicos LTDA and marketed in Brazil​. They feature a serial port and a binary wire protocol​.

Note

Currently this driver only builds on Linux​. This is expected to change in future revisions of the code​.

Extra Arguments

This driver also supports the following optional settings:

baud=num

Set the value of serial port baud rate (default: 2400)

ah=num

Battery discharge capacity in Ampere/hour​.

va=num

Nobreak NOMINAL POWER in VA​.

pf=num

Power Factor to use in calculations of battery time (default: 0​.90)​.

vin_low_warn_perc=num

Voltage In Percentage to calculate warning low level (default: 2​.00)​.

vin_low_crit_perc=num

Voltage In Percentage to calculate critical low level (default: 2​.00)​.

vin_high_warn_perc=num

Voltage In Percentage to calculate warning high level (default: 2​.00)​.

vin_high_crit_perc=num

Voltage In Percentage to calculate critical high level (default: 2​.00)​.

numbatteries=num

Num Batteries (override value from nobreak)​.

vbat=num

Battery Voltage (default: 12​.00)​.

debug_pkt_raw

Optional flag to enable debug logging of packet bytes​.

debug_pkt_data

Optional flag to enable debug logging of data packet decoding​.

debug_pkt_hwinfo

Optional flag to enable debug logging of hwinfo packet decoding​.

Authors

Lucas Willian Bocchi <lucas@lucas​.inf​.br>

See Also

The core driver

nutupsdrv(8)

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