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UNIPOWERD(8)							  UNIPOWERD(8)

NAME
       genpowerd - UPS monitor daemon

SYNOPSIS
       /sbin/genpowerd	[  -k ] [ -c configfile ] [ -d upsport ] [ -r rcpower‐
       fail ] [ -s upsstat ] [ -t upstype ]

DESCRIPTION
       Genpowerd monitors the serial port connected to an UPS device and  will
       perform	an  unattended shutdown of the system if the UPS is on battery
       longer than a specified number of minutes.  Genpowerd needs to watch  a
       tty  with  modem	 control properties, and [wiring details to be added.]
       Please refer to the genpowerd documentation for further information.

ARGUMENTS
       configfile
	      Path to the configuration file genpowerd.conf .  This file  con‐
	      tains  UPS  type	definitions,  and  may	also containts default
	      parameter assignments.

       upsport
	      Some serial port that is not being used by  some	other  device,
	      and does not share an interrupt with any other serial port.

       rcpowerfail
	      Path  to the rc.powerfail script, which is executed when a power
	      event occurs.  The name of the event is passed as the only  com‐
	      mand  line  argument to the script, and also written to the ups‐
	      stat file.

       upsstat
	      Path to the upsstat file, where the name of  the	current	 power
	      event is written.

       upstype
	      A	 text  string  identifying  the UPS and cable combination that
	      genpowerd is to monitor.	If genpowerd is	 envoked  without  any
	      arguments, a list of available configurations will be displaied.

OPTIONS
       genpowerd has the following command line options:

       -k     Causes  genpowerd to send the signal to kill the UPS's inverter.
	      This signal is configured at compile  time  in  the  genpowerd.h
	      header   file,  and  selected  by	 the  UPS/cable	 configuration
	      selected at runtime.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       Unipowerd does not use environment variables.

FILES
       genpowerd.conf	   configuration file
       upsstat		   indicates UPS battery status
       rc.powerfail	   script to manage power failures
       powerstatus	   indicates line power status (Linux only)

BUGS
       Well, not a real bug but genpowerd should be able to do a broadcast  or
       something on the ethernet in case more Linux-boxes are connected to the
       same UPS and only one of them is connected to the UPS status line.

SEE ALSO
       shutdown(8), wall(1), init(8), inttab(5).

AUTHOR
       Tom Webster <webster@kaiwan.com> (with parts of this man	 page  pirated
       from all over the Linux community)

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