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vpcd(8)				   powerman			       vpcd(8)

NAME
       vpcd - virtual power control daemon

SYNOPSIS
       vpcd [--port PORT]

DESCRIPTION
       vpcd  is	a test program for PowerMan which emulates a remote power con-
       trol device.  It	can be run interactively by the	powerman daemon, or it
       can listen on a port of your choosing.

OPTIONS
       -p, --port PORT
	      Instructs	vpcd to	listen for connections on the  specified  port
	      instead  of using	stdin/stdout.  Only one	connection will	be ac-
	      cepted.

INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
       The following commands are available at the vpcd> prompt:

       login  The login	command	must br	run before any of the  other  commands
	      will work.  No username or password is required.

       logoff Return vpcd to the initial state.

       stat PLUG|*
	      Show  the	 power status of PLUG.	If PLUG	is ``*'', perform this
	      action on	all plugs.

       beacon PLUG|*
	      Show the beacon status of	PLUG.  If PLUG is ``*'', perform  this
	      action on	all plugs.

       temp PLUG|*
	      Show  the	 temperature of	the node attached to PLUG.  If PLUG is
	      ``*'', perform this action on all	plugs.

       spew COUNT
	      Print COUNT 80-char lines.  This is the basis of a  buffer  han-
	      dling test.

       on PLUG|*
	      Turn  on	PLUG.	If  PLUG  is ``*'', perform this action	on all
	      plugs.

       off PLUG|*
	      Turn off PLUG.  If PLUG is ``*'',	perform	 this  action  on  all
	      plugs.

       flash PLUG|*
	      Light the	beacon on PLUG.	 If PLUG is ``*'', perform this	action
	      on all plugs.

       unflash PLUG|*
	      Unlight  the beacon on PLUG.  If PLUG is ``*'', perform this ac-
	      tion on all plugs.

       reset PLUG|*
	      Reset the	node attached to PLUG.	If PLUG	is ``*'', perform this
	      action on	all plugs.

FILES
       /usr/local/sbin/vpcd

ORIGIN
       PowerMan	was originally developed by Andrew  Uselton  on	 LLNL's	 Linux
       clusters.  This software	is open	source and distributed under the terms
       of the GNU GPL.

SEE ALSO
       powerman(1),  powermand(8),  httppower(8), plmpower(8), vpcd(8),	power-
       man.conf(5), powerman.dev(5).

       http://code.google.com/p/powerman

powerman-2.3.20			  2014-08-26			       vpcd(8)

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