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.TH mge-utalk 8 "Wed Mar 10 2004" "" "Network UPS Tools (NUT)"
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.TH mge\-utalk 8 "Mon Mar 07 2005" "" "Network UPS Tools (NUT)"
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mge-utalk \- Driver for MGE UPS SYSTEMS UTalk protocol hardware
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mge\(hyutalk \- Driver for MGE UPS SYSTEMS UTalk protocol hardware
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This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the
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mge-utalk driver. For information about the core driver, see
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This man page only documents the hardware\(hyspecific features of the
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mge\(hyutalk driver. For information about the core driver, see
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.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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mge-utalk supports the following models:
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mge\(hyutalk supports the following models:
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Pulsar Evolution (Serial port),
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Pulsar / Comet EXtreme,
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Comet / Galaxy (Serial card)
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.IP "OffDelay=\fIvalue\fR"
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Delay before shutdown, in seconds (default 120 seconds)
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Set this flag if you are running Linux on an Oldworld Macintosh box
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(all beige Apple Macintosh). This might also be needed for other
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OSs (like *BSD) running on PowerMac.
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.SH IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
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Not all MGE UPS models provide all possible information. mge-utalk
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Not all MGE UPS models provide all possible information. mge\(hyutalk
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checks on startup which variables and commands are available from
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the UPS, and re-reads these regularly. Thus, startup is a bit slow,
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the UPS, and re\(hyreads these regularly. Thus, startup is a bit slow,
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but this should not matter much.
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mge-utalk.h defines a struct array that tells the driver how to read
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mge\(hyutalk.h defines a struct array that tells the driver how to read
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variables from the UPS and publish them as NUT data.
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"ups.status" variable is not included in this array, since it
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from/to the UPS to re synchronise the communication.
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.SS "Repetitive stale status - Loss of communication"
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.SS "Repetitive stale status \(hy Loss of communication"
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Older models, such as ES/ESV ones, might report repetitive "data stale"
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errors. This is due to the fact that these models doesn't support too
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.IP "Option -d (setting sddelay)"
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Ignored for now, the driver should wait this long before
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it itself shuts down. As Russell writes:
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sddelay is supposed to be how long the _driver_ waits for the
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shutdown, not necessarily the UPS. It's there so you can make the
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driver stick around for awhile until the computer gets turned off.
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If it exits, you should reboot, since something failed.
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.IP "Sort out OFF/OL issues"
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OFF is set according to Ls.2.7, but maybe this interpretation is in
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conflict with the NUT interpretation of the OFF flag?
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.IP "Sort out status_set(FSD) issue"
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This flag is set when the UPS is in Shutdown Imminent state. But Russell
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says the driver should set it... To be clarified.
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.IP "Add selectable plug number for commands"
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.IP "Add PowerSave support (selectable plug number for commands)"
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ON/OFF/REBOOT commands can act either on outlet 1, 2 or main (1 + 2). This
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features depends on the UPS model.
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features depends on the UPS model. This would also allow to support
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UM\(hySwitch (smart outlet).
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Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Nicholas Reilly, Arnaud Quette, Dave Abbott,
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Arnaud Quette, Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Martin Loyer, Patrick Agrain,
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Nicholas Reilly, Dave Abbott, Marek Kralewski
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man/mge-utalk.8
