.TH METASYS 8 "Mon May 17 2004" "" "Network UPS Tools (NUT)" 
.SH NAME  
metasys \- Driver for Meta System UPS equipment
.SH NOTE
This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the
metasys driver.  For information about the core driver, see  
\fBnutupsdrv\fR(8).

.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
Metasys driver have been written with the "Meta System UPS Protocol Rev.1.12"
kindly supplied from Meta System.

The driver should support all the common features of the ups models:
 - HF Line (/2) 1-8 boards
 - HF Millennium (810, 820)
 - HF TOP Line (910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 970, 980)
 - ECO Network (750, 1000, 1050, 1500, 1800, 2000, 2100, 2500, 3000)
 - ECO (305, 308, 311, 511, 516, 519, 522, SX, SXI)
 - ally HF (800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500)
 - Megaline (1250, 2500, 3750, 5000, 6250, 7500, 8750, 10000)


.SH CABLING
The needed cable is a standard pin-to-pin serial cable with, at least,
pins 2, 3, and 5 (on DB9 connector) connected.

.SH EXTRA ARGUMENTS
This driver supports no extra arguments from the \fBups.conf\fR(5)

.SH BUGS
This driver has been tested on Meta System HF Millennium 820 and 
ally HF 1000 only.
Any informations about the use of the driver with the other listed
ups are really welcome.

.SH AUTHOR
Fabio Di Niro <blaxwan@users.sourceforge.net>

.SH SEE ALSO

.SS The core driver:
\fBnutupsdrv\fR(8)

.SS The metasys driver:
\fBmetasys\fR(8)

.SS Internet resources:
The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/