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NAME

       upscmd - UPS administration program for instant commands

SYNOPSIS

       upscmd -h

       upscmd -l ups

       upscmd [-u username] [-p password] ups command

DESCRIPTION

       upscmd  allows  you  to invoke "instant commands" in your UPS hardware.
       Not all hardware supports this, so check the list with  -l  to  see  if
       anything will work on your equipment.

       On  hardware  that  supports  it, you can use this program to start and
       stop battery tests, invoke a front panel test (beep!), turn the load on
       or off, and more.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display the help message.

       -l ups Show  the  list of supported instant commands on that UPS.  Some
              hardware may not support any of them.

       -u username
              Set the username for the connection  to  the  server.   This  is
              optional,  and  you  will  be  prompted for this when invoking a
              command if -u is not used.

       -p password
              Set the password to authenticate to the server.   This  is  also
              optional  like -u, and you will be prompted for it if necessary.

       ups    Connect to this UPS.  The format  is  upsname[@hostname[:port]].
              The default hostname is "localhost".

UNATTENDED MODE

       If  you  run  this program inside a shell script or similar to invoke a
       command, you will need to specify all of the information on the command
       line.   This  means using -u and -p.  Otherwise it will put up a prompt
       and your program will hang.

       This is not necessary when displaying the list,  as  the  username  and
       password are not required for read-only mode.

DANGEROUS COMMANDS

       Some  drivers like apcsmart(8) have built-in paranoia for the dangerous
       commands like load.off.  To make them actually turn off the  load,  you
       will  have  to  send the command twice within a short window.  That is,
       you will have to send it once, then  send  it  again  after  3  seconds
       elapse but before 15 seconds pass.

       This  paranoia  is entirely defined within the driver.  upsd and upscmd
       have no control over the timing.

DIAGNOSTICS

       upscmd won't work unless you provide a valid username and password.  If
       you  get  "access denied" errors, make sure that your upsd.users(5) has
       an entry for you, and that the username you are using  has  permissions
       to SET variables.

BUGS

       There  is  currently  no  way to tell the user when the driver requires
       confirmation to invoke a command such as load.off.  Similarly, there is
       not yet a way to tell the user if a command succeeds or fails.

       This  is  on the list of things to fix in the future, so don't despair.
       It involves magic cookies.

SEE ALSO

       upsd(8), upsrw(8)

   Internet resources:
       The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/

                                Mon Jan 22 2007