nut/docs/man/tripplite_usb.txt

TRIPPLITE_USB(8)
================


NAME
----
tripplite_usb - Driver for older Tripp Lite USB UPSes (not PDC HID)

SYNOPSIS
--------
*tripplite_usb* -h

*tripplite_usb* -a 'UPS_NAME' ['OPTIONS']

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
------------------
This driver should work with older Tripp Lite UPSes which are detected as USB
HID-class devices, but are not true HID Power-Device Class devices.  So far,
the devices supported by tripplite_usb have product ID 0001, and the newer
units (such as those with "LCD" in the model name) with product ID 2001 require
the linkman:usbhid-ups[8] driver instead.  Please report success or failure to
the nut-upsuser mailing list.  A key piece of information is the protocol
number, returned in `ups.debug.0`.  Also, be sure to turn on debugging ('-DDD')
for more informative log messages.  If your Tripp Lite UPS uses a serial port,
you may wish to investigate the linkman:tripplite[8] or linkman:tripplite_su[8]
driver.

This driver has been tested with the following models:

 * INTERNETOFFICE700
 * OMNIVS1000
 * OMNIVS1500XL (some warnings)
 * SMART700USB
 * SMART1500RM2U
 * SMART2200RMXL2U
 * SMART3000RM2U

If you have used Tripp Lite's PowerAlert software to connect to your UPS, there
is a good chance that 'tripplite_usb' will work if it uses one of the
following protocols:

 * Protocol 0004
 * Protocol 1001
 * Protocol 2001
 * Protocol 3003

On the other hand, if the web page for your UPS on the Tripp-Lite website says
"HID-compliant USB port also enables direct integration with built-in power
management and auto-shutdown features of Windows and MAC OS X", then you should
use the linkman:usbhid-ups[8] driver instead.

EXTRA ARGUMENTS
---------------

This driver supports the following optional settings in the linkman:ups.conf[5]
file (or with '-x' on the command line):

*offdelay*::

This setting controls the delay between receiving the "kill" command ('-k')
and actually cutting power to the computer.

*battery_min*, *battery_max*::

These floating-point values correspond to the "empty" (10%) and "full" (100%)
voltages of the battery. They are used for an approximation of the battery
state-of-charge.  The calculated battery.charge value will be clamped to the
range of 10% through 100%, so the resting voltage of the charged battery can be
used for *battery_max*, and the higher float charge voltage should not cause
problems.

*bus*::

This regular expression is used to match the USB bus (as seen in
`/proc/bus/usb/devices` or lsusb(8); including leading zeroes).

*product*::

A regular expression to match the product string for the UPS.  This would be
useful if you have two different Tripp Lite UPS models connected to the
system, and you want to be sure that you shut them down in the correct order.

NOTE: This regex is matched against the full USB product string as seen in
lsusb(8). The `ups.model` in the linkman:upsc[1] output only lists the name after
`TRIPP LITE`, so to match a SMART2200RMXL2U, you could use the regex
`.*SMART2200.*`.

*productid*::

The productid is a regular expression which matches the UPS PID as four
hexadecimal digits.  So far, the only devices that work with this driver have
PID `0001`.

*serial*::

It does not appear that these particular Tripp Lite UPSes use the `iSerial`
descriptor field to return a serial number.  However, in case your unit does,
you may specify it here.

For more information on regular expressions, see regex(7)

RUNTIME VARIABLES
-----------------

*ups.delay.shutdown*::

This variable is the same as the 'offdelay' setting, but it can be changed at
runtime by linkman:upsrw[8].

*ups.id*::

Some SMARTPRO models feature an ID that can be set and retrieved. If your UPS
supports this feature, this variable will be listed in the output of linkman:upsrw[8].

*outlet.1.switch*::

Some Tripp Lite units have a switchable outlet (usually outlet #1) which can be
turned on and off by writing '1' or '0', respectively, to `outlet.1.switch`
with linkman:upsrw[8].
If your unit has multiple switchable outlets, substitute the outlet number for
'1' in the variable name. Be sure to test this first - there is no other way to
be certain that the number used by the driver matches the label on the unit.

KNOWN ISSUES AND BUGS
---------------------

The driver was not developed with any official documentation from Tripp Lite,
so certain events may confuse the driver. If you observe any strange behavior,
please re-run the driver with `-DDD` to increase the verbosity.

So far, the Tripp Lite UPSes do not seem to have a serial number or other
globally unique identifier accessible through USB. Thus, when monitoring
several Tripp Lite USB UPSes, you should use either the 'bus' or 'product'
configuration options to uniquely specify which UPS a given driver instance
should control.

For instance, you can easily monitor an OMNIVS1000 and a SMART1500RM2U at the
same time, since they have different USB Product ID strings. If you have two
SMART1500RM2U units, you would have to find which USB bus number each unit is
on (via lsusb(8)), which may result in ambiguities if the available USB ports
are on the same bus.

Some of the SMART*2U models have an ID number, but because this ID is not
exposed as a USB string descriptor, there is no easy way to use this ID to
distinguish between multiple UPS units on a single machine. The UPS would need
to be claimed by the driver in order to read this ID.

AUTHOR
------
Written by Charles Lepple, based on the linkman:tripplite[8] driver by Rickard E. (Rik)
Faith and Nicholas Kain. Please do not email the authors directly - use the
nut-upsdev mailing list.

A Tripp Lite OMNIVS1000 was graciously donated to the NUT project by Bradley
Feldman (http://www.bradleyloritheo.com)

SEE ALSO
--------

The core driver:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
linkman:nutupsdrv[8]

Other drivers for Tripp-Lite hardware:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
linkman:tripplite[8], linkman:tripplitesu[8], linkman:usbhid-ups[8]

Other tools:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
regex(7), lsusb(8)


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