FreeBSD Manual Pages
MGE-UTALK(8) NUT Manual MGE-UTALK(8) NAME mge-utalk - Driver for MGE UPS SYSTEMS UTalk protocol equipment SYNOPSIS mge-utalk -h mge-utalk -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS] Note This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the mge-utalk driver. For information about the core driver, see nutups- drv(8). SUPPORTED HARDWARE mge-utalk supports the following legacy units, using the MGE UTalk proto- col: * Pulsar ESV+ * Pulsar ES+ * Pulsar EL * Pulsar EX * Pulsar EXtreme * Comet EXtreme * Comet (Utalk Serial Card, ref 66060) * Galaxy (Utalk Serial Card, ref 66060) This driver also support some newer models with backward UTalk compatibil- ity, such as Pulsar Evolution and Pulsar EXtreme C. As these models also support the SHUT protocol, prefer mge-shut(8) for serial communication, or use the USB port, if available, with the usbhid-ups(8)] driver. EXTRA ARGUMENTS This driver supports the following optional settings in the ups.conf(5): lowbatt=num Set the low battery warning threshold at which shutdown is initiated by upsmon(8). The factory default value is 30 (in percent), and can be settable de- pending on the exact model. offdelay=num Set the timer before the UPS is turned off after the kill power command is sent (via the -k switch). The default value is 20 (in seconds). ondelay=num Set the delay before the UPS is turned on, after the power returns. The default value is 1 (in minutes). oldmac Set this flag if you are running Linux on an Oldworld Macintosh box (all beige Apple Macintosh). This might also be needed for other OSs (like *BSD) running on PowerMac. KNOWN ISSUES Repetitive timeout and staleness Older models, such as ES/ESV ones, might report repetitive "data stale" er- rors. This is due to the fact that these models don't support too much polling. To solve this problem, add pollinterval=20 in ups.conf, and change the value of MAXAGE to 25 in upsd.conf, and DEADTIME to 25 in upsmon.conf. AUTHORS * Hans Ekkehard Plesser * Arnaud Quette * Martin Loyer * Patrick Agrain * Nicholas Reilly * Dave Abbott * Marek Kralewski SEE ALSO The core driver nutupsdrv(8) Internet resources The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: https://www.networkupstools.org/ Network UPS Tools 2.8.5. 08/04/2026 MGE-UTALK(8)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | SUPPORTED HARDWARE | EXTRA ARGUMENTS | KNOWN ISSUES | AUTHORS | SEE ALSO
Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mge-utalk&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.1.quarterly>