adelsystem_cbi(8)

adelsystem_cbi8

Driver for the adelsystem cb/cbi dc-ups

Usage

adelsystem_cbi -h

adelsystem_cbi -a DEVICE_NAME [OPTIONS]

Supported hardware

This is the driver for the adelsystem cb/cbi dc-ups devices.

The driver has been tested against CBI2801224A, all in one 12/24Vdc DC-UPS.

More information about this UPS can be found here:

https://www.adelsystem.com/en/products/dc-ups-/

Extra arguments

This driver supports the following optional settings in the ups.conf(5) file:

Serial:

ser_baud_rate=value

A integer specifying the serial port baud rate (default 9600).

ser_data_bit=value

A integer specifying the serial port data bit (default 8).

ser_parity=value

A character specifying the serial port parity (default N).

ser_stop_bit=value

An integer specifying the serial port stop bit (default 1).

Modbus:

dev_slave_id=value

An integer specifying the device modbus slave ID (default 1).

Configuration

Here is an example of adelsystem_cbi driver configuration in ups.conf file:

[adelsystem_cbi]
  driver = adelsystem_cbi
  port = /dev/ttyUSB0
  desc = "adelsystem cb/cbi ups driver"
  # serial settings
  ser_baud_rate = 9600
  ser_parity = N
  ser_data_bit = 8
  ser_stop_bit = 1
  # modbus slave id
  dev_slave_id = 5

Instant commands

This driver support the following instant commands:

load.off

executes "instant poweroff"

Installation

This driver may be not built by default. You can build it by installing libmodbus and running configure --with-modbus=yes.

You also need to give proper permissions on the local serial device file (/dev/ttyUSB0 for example) to allow the run-time NUT driver user account to access it.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Author

Dimitris Economou <[email protected]>

From nut 2.8.5-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.