# MICROSOL-APC(8)

## NAME

microsol-apc - Driver for APC Back-UPS BR UPS equipment

## SYNOPSIS

microsol-apc -h

microsol-apc -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Note | This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the microsol-apc driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).

## SUPPORTED HARDWARE

This driver supports the following UPS models:

- APC Back-UPS BZ1500-BR

- APC Back-UPS BZ2200I-BR

- APC Back-UPS BZ2200BI-BR

In 2009, Schneider Electric acquired Microsol Technologies, and by 2012, the entire Microsol line was being sold under the APC brand. This driver supports these newer, APC-branded models. Older equipment should use solis(8).

## EXTRA ARGUMENTS

This driver support the following extra optional settings in the ups.conf(5).

battext=n

  Default = 0, no extra battery, where `n` = Ampere*hour.

prgshut=n

  Default = 0, no programmable shutdown; `1` to enable one.

## COMMANDS

shutdown.return

  Shut down in .3 minutes and restart in .3 minutes after that.

shutdown.stayoff

  Shut down in .3 minutes and do not return.

## ISSUES

For other APC-Microsol models, the reported voltages, currents and power will be incorrect, as the communication protocol reports unprocessed data instead of real values, needing model-specific post-processing by the driver. Monitoring of UPS state (on-battery/on-line, critical battery) should work for other models, but is untested.

## AUTHORS

- Ygor A. S. Regados <ygorre@tutanota.com>

- Roberto P. Velloso <rvelloso@gmail.com>

- Silvino B. Magalhães <sbm2yk@gmail.com>

## SEE ALSO

### The core driver:

nutupsdrv(8)

### Driver for older devices under same brand:

solis(8)

### Internet resources:

The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: https://www.networkupstools.org/historic/v2.8.4/