1MGE-UTALK(8)                      NUT Manual                      MGE-UTALK(8)
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NAME

6       mge-utalk - Driver for MGE UPS SYSTEMS UTalk protocol equipment
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SYNOPSIS

9       mge-utalk -h
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11       mge-utalk -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]
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13           Note
14           This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the
15           mge-utalk driver. For information about the core driver, see
16           nutupsdrv(8).
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SUPPORTED HARDWARE

19       mge-utalk supports the following legacy units, using the MGE UTalk
20       protocol:
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22           Pulsar ESV+,
23           Pulsar ES+,
24           Pulsar EL,
25           Pulsar EX,
26           Pulsar EXtreme,
27           Comet EXtreme,
28           Comet (Utalk Serial Card, ref 66060),
29           Galaxy (Utalk Serial Card, ref 66060).
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31       This driver also support some newer models with backward UTalk
32       compatibility, such as Pulsar Evolution and Pulsar EXtreme C. As these
33       models also support the SHUT protocol, prefer mge-shut for serial
34       communication, or use the USB port, if available, with the usbhid-ups
35       driver.
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EXTRA ARGUMENTS

38       This driver supports the following optional settings in the
39       ups.conf(5):
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41       lowbatt=num
42           Set the low battery warning threshold at which shutdown is
43           initiated by upsmon(8).
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45           The factory default value is 30 (in percent), and can be settable
46           depending on the exact model.
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48       offdelay=num
49           Set the timer before the UPS is turned off after the kill power
50           command is sent (via the -k switch).
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52           The default value is 20 (in seconds).
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54       ondelay=num
55           Set the delay before the UPS is turned on, after the power returns.
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57           The default value is 1 (in minutes).
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59       oldmac
60           Set this flag if you are running Linux on an Oldworld Macintosh box
61           (all beige Apple Macintosh). This might also be needed for other
62           OSs (like *BSD) running on PowerMac.
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KNOWN ISSUES

65   Repetitive timeout and staleness
66       Older models, such as ES/ESV ones, might report repetitive "data stale"
67       errors. This is due to the fact that these models don’t support too
68       much polling. To solve this problem, add "pollinterval=20" in ups.conf,
69       and change the value of MAXAGE to 25 in upsd.conf, and DEADTIME to 25
70       in upsmon.conf.
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AUTHOR

73       Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Arnaud Quette, Martin Loyer, Patrick Agrain,
74       Nicholas Reilly, Dave Abbott, Marek Kralewski
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SEE ALSO

77   The core driver
78       nutupsdrv(8)
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80   Internet resources
81       The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/
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