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BCMXCP_USB(8)		    Network UPS Tools (NUT)		 BCMXCP_USB(8)

NAME
       bcmxcp - Experimental driver for UPS'es 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 nutups‐
       drv(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 UPS'es 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
	      The number of seconds that the UPS should wait between receiving
	      the shutdown command and actually shutting off.

DEFAULT VALUES FOR THE EXTRA ARGUMENTS
       shutdown_delay = 120

INSTANT COMMANDS
       This driver supports the following Instant Commands:

       shutdown.return
	      Turn off the load and return when power is back.

       shutdown.stayoff
	      Turn off the load and remain off.

       test.battery.start
	      Start a battery test.

TODO LIST
       Report UPS alarm status
	      BCM/XCP supports reporting a wide range of UPS alarm conditions.

       Report UPS statistics informations
	      BCM/XCP supports reporting of UPS statistics data.

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	 "con‐
       figure  --with-usb=yes". Note that it will also install other USB driv‐
       ers.

       You also need to install manually the hotplug files (libhidups and lib‐
       hid.usermap),  generally in etc/hotplug/usb/, to address the permission
       settings problem. Lastly note that the libhidups file must have	execu‐
       tion 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
   Got EPERM: Operation not permitted upon driver startup
       You have forgotten to install the hotplug files, as  explained  in  the
       INSTALLATION  section above. Don't forget to restart hotplug so that it
       applies these changes.

AUTHOR
       Tore Ørpetveit <tore@orpetveit.net>, Wolfgang Ocker <weo@weo1.de>

SEE ALSO
   The core driver:
       nutupsdrv(8)

   Internet resources:
       The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/

				Sun Sep 19 2004			 BCMXCP_USB(8)
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