BELKIN(8) Network UPS Tools (NUT) BELKIN(8)NAMEbelkin - Driver for Belkin serial UPS equipment
NOTE
This man page only documents the hardware-specific fea-
tures of the belkin driver. For information about the
core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The belkin driver is known to support the Regulator Pro
525 (F6C525-SER). Other similar models such as the 425
and 625 should also work.
The Trust UPS and older Belkin units are not supported.
EXTRA ARGUMENTS
This driver does not support any extra settings in the
ups.conf(5).
BUGS
The protocol for this UPS is not officially documented.
Beware. It is possible to turn your UPS into a glorified
power strip if you play with the protocol directly. In
particular, there is one command that will convince it
that it has no batteries, so you lose your protection.
I had to go out and buy another identical model to find
out what to program back into that register to bring the
first one back to life. It is not safe to send random
characters to this UPS.
Note: the driver doesn't go anywhere near these character
sequences, so it won't zap your UPS. I only mention this
here as yet another reminder of the perils of closed hard-
ware.
SEE ALSO
The core driver:
nutupsdrv(8)
Internet resources:
The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page:
http://www.exploits.org/nut/
NUT mailing list archives and information:
http://lists.exploits.org/
Tue Oct 15 2002 BELKIN(8)
