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OPTIUPS(8)			   NUT Manual			      OPTIUPS(8)

NAME
     optiups  -  Driver  for  Opti-UPS	(Viewsonic) UPS and Zinto D (ONLINE-USV)
     equipment

SYNOPSIS
     optiups -h

     optiups -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

	 Note

	 This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the  op-
	 tiups driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
     optiups  was originally written against a PowerES 280es in nut-0.45. It was
     revised for nut-2.0.1 and tested against a PowerES 420E. It is expected  to
     work with at least the PowerES, PowerPS, and PowerVS models.

     This  driver additionally supports a Zinto D from ONLINE USV-Systeme AG be-
     cause of their very similar commands, but it is unknown if  it  also  works
     with other UPS from them.

     This  driver  will  not  work with the PowerES stock serial cable. You will
     need to construct your own three conductor cable:

	 UPS 6 -> PC 3
	 UPS 9 -> PC 2
	 UPS 4 -> PC 5

     The cable for Online-USV uses pin UPS 7 (not UPS 4) a PC 5.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS
     This driver supports the following optional  settings  in	the  ups.conf(5)
     file:

     status_only
	 Only  poll  for critical status information. Without this, optiups (and
	 all NUT drivers) poll all sorts of information from the UPS fairly  of-
	 ten.  It  is probably not often enough to hurt anything, so this option
	 probably is not very useful, unless you have a flaky serial  connection
	 or a highly loaded machine.

     nowarn_noimp
	 Does not print warnings when the UPS reports that a variable is not im-
	 plemented  or	not  pollable. Without the option you will get a message
	 sent to your system logs each time NUT polls the UPS.	If  you  specify
	 nowarn_noimp, this message will only be logged once.

     fake_lowbatt
	 This  forces the low battery flag true. Without it, if you want to test
	 your UPS, you will have to unplug it and wait until the  battery  drops
	 to  a low/critical voltage level before NUT will respond and power down
	 your system. With the flag, NUT should power down the system soon after
	 you pull the plug. When you are done testing, you  should  remove  this
	 flag.

	 For  basic shutdown configuration testing, the command upsmon -c fsd is
	 preferred.

     powerup
	 Zinto D from ONLINE-USV cannot be identified when switched to	standby.
	 Set this flag to allow the driver to power-up your Zinto UPS. This will
	 also power-up your equipment connected to the UPS!

BUGS
     On  the 420E, ups.serial and ups.temperature are unsupported features. This
     is not a bug in NUT or the NUT driver, just the way things  are  with  this
     UPS.

AUTHORS
     *	 Russell Kroll

     *	 Scott Heavner

     *	 Matthias Goebl

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			      OPTIUPS(8)

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