victronups - Man Page

Driver for IMV/Victron UPS unit Match, Match Lite, NetUps

Synopsis

victronups -h

victronups -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Note

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

Supported Hardware

The victronups driver should recognize all Victron models that use a serial protocol at 1200 bps​. These include Match Lite, Match and the NetUps line​.

The Match Lite line may only report a handful of variables​. This is usually not a bug — they just don’t support anything else​.

Cabling

If your Victron cable is broken or missing, use this diagram to build a clone:

Extra Arguments

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

modelname=name

Set model name

usd=delay

Set delay before shutdown on UPS

Bugs

The protocol for this UPS is not officially documented​.

Authors

See Also

The core driver

nutupsdrv(8)

Internet resources

The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: https://www​.networkupstools​.org/historic/v2​.8​.5/

Referenced By

nut(7), nutupsdrv(8), upsd(8).

08/25/2026 Network UPS Tools 2.8.5 NUT Manual