NAME¶

bcmxcp_usb - Experimental driver for UPSes supporting the BCM/XCP protocol over USB

NOTE¶

This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the bcmxcp_usb driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8). This driver is a variant of the serial driver bcmxcp and uses the same core code.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE¶

This driver should recognize all BCM/XCP-compatible UPSes that are connected via USB. It has been developed and tested on Powerware PW3501 hardware. It also has been tested on PW5110 hardware.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS¶

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

shutdown_delay = delay

DEFAULT VALUES FOR THE EXTRA ARGUMENTS¶

shutdown_delay =120

INSTANT COMMANDS¶

This driver supports the following Instant Commands:

shutdown.return

shutdown.stayoff

test.battery.start

TODO LIST¶

Report UPS alarm status

Report UPS statistics information

EXPERIMENTAL DRIVER¶

This driver has been tagged experimental, even if it has been reported to be stable. Thus it is not suitable for production systems and it is not built by default. This is mainly due to the fact that it is a new driver.

INSTALLATION¶

This driver is not built by default. You can build it by using "configure --with-usb=yes". Note that it will also install other USB drivers.

You also need to install manually the hotplug files (libhidups and libhid.usermap), generally in etc/hotplug/usb/, to address the permission settings problem. Lastly note that the libhidups file must have execution flag set (ie using chmod +x ...).

IMPLEMENTATION¶

bcmxcp_usb only supports 1 UPS at this time. You can put the "auto" value for port in ups.conf, i.e.:

[pw3105]


        driver = bcmxcp_usb


        port = auto

KNOWN ISSUES AND BUGS¶

AUTHORS¶

SEE ALSO¶