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'\" t
.\" Title: dummy-ups
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 02/15/2014
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 04/17/2015
.\" Manual: NUT Manual
.\" Source: Network UPS Tools 2.7.1.5
.\" Source: Network UPS Tools 2.7.3
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "DUMMY\-UPS" "8" "02/15/2014" "Network UPS Tools 2\&.7\&.1\&." "NUT Manual"
.TH "DUMMY\-UPS" "8" "04/17/2015" "Network UPS Tools 2\&.7\&.3" "NUT Manual"
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.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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.RS 4
.\}
.nf
<upsname>[@<hostname>[:<port>]]
<upsname>@<hostname>[:<port>]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
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.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
Unlike UPS specifications in the rest of NUT, the @hostname portion is not optional \- it is the @ character which enables Repeater Mode\&. To refer to an UPS on the same host as \fBdummy\-ups\fR, use port = upsname@localhost\&.
.SH "INTERACTION"
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Once the driver is loaded in dummy mode, you can change any variables, except those of the driver\&.* and server\&.* collections\&. You can do this by either editing the definition file, or use the \fBupsrw\fR(1) and \fBupscmd\fR(1) commands\&.
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In repeater mode, the driver acts according to the capabilities of the UPS, and so support the same instant commands and settable values\&.
.SH "BACKGROUND"
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This driver was written in one evening to replace the previous dummycons testing driver\&. It was too limited and required to work from a terminal to interact\&.
Dummy Mode was originally written in one evening to replace the previous dummycons testing driver, which was too limited, and required a terminal for interaction\&.
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\fBdummy\-ups\fR is useful for NUT client development, and other testing purpose\&.
\fBdummy\-ups\fR is useful for NUT client development, and other testing purposes\&.
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It also helps the NUT Quality Assurance effort, by automating some tests on the NUT framework\&.
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