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Network UPS Tools Developer Guide
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_________________________________
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:Author: Russell_Kroll,_Arnaud_Quette,_Charles_Lepple_and_Peter_Selinger
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:Author Initials: RK, AQ, CL & PS
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Introduction
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============
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NUT is both a powerful toolkit and framework that provides support for Power
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Devices, such as Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Power Distribution Units
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and Solar Controllers.
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This document intend to describe how NUT is designed, and the way to
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develop new device drivers and client applications.
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[[design]]
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include::design.txt[]
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[[developers]]
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include::developers.txt[]
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[[new-drivers]]
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include::new-drivers.txt[]
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[[sock-protocol]]
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include::sock-protocol.txt[]
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[[augeas]]
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include::../scripts/augeas/README[]
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[[new-clients]]
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include::new-clients.txt[]
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[[net-protocol]]
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include::net-protocol.txt[]
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[[dev-tools]]
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NUT developers tools
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====================
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NUT provides several tools for clients and core developers, and QA people.
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Device simulation
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The dummy-ups driver propose a simulation mode, also known as 'Dummy Mode'.
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This mode allows to simulate any kind of devices, even non existing ones.
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Using this method, you can either replay a real life sequence,
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<<dev-recording,recorded from an actual device>>, or directly interact
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through upsrw or by editing the device file.
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For more information, refer to linkman:dummy-ups[8]
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manual page.
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[[dev-recording]]
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Device recording
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To complete dummy-ups, NUT provides a device recorder script called
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'device-recorder.sh' and located in the 'tools/' directory of the
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NUT source tree.
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This script uses 'upsc' to record device information, and stores
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these in a differential fashion every 5 seconds (by default).
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Its usage is the following:
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Usage: dummy-recorder.sh <device-name> [output-file] [interval]
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For example, to record information from the device 'myups' every 10 seconds:
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tools/device-recorder.sh myups@localhost myups.seq 10
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NUT core development and maintenance
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This section is intended to people who want to develop new core features,
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or to do some maintenance.
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include::macros.txt[]
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[[roadmap]]
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include::../TODO[]
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[[nut-names]]
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Appendix A: NUT command and variable naming scheme
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==================================================
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include::nut-names.txt[]
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