ve-direct - Man Page

Driver for Victron UPS unit running on VE​.Direct serial protocol

Synopsis

ve-direct -h

ve-direct -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Note

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

Supported Hardware

The ve-direct driver should recognize all Victron models that use a serial VE​.Direct protocol at 19200 bps​.

Cabling

Use Victron provided USB or serial cable to connect your Victron UPS​.

Extra Arguments

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

modelname=name

Set model name

Bugs

The HEX protocol is not supported at the moment​.

Author

Petr Kubanek <kubanek@fzu​.cz>

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