nutscan_scan_eaton_serial(3)

nutscan_scan_eaton_serial3

Scan serial ports for eaton devices (xcp, shut and q1).

Usage

        #include <nut-scan.h>
        nutscan_device_t * nutscan_scan_eaton_serial(const char* ports_list);

Overview

The nutscan_scan_eaton_serial() function tries to detect NUT devices which are compatible with Eaton’s serial device protocols (SHUT, XCP and Q1 (aka blazer or megatec)).

ports_list is a NULL-terminated array of pointers to strings containing serial device name (/dev/ttyS0, COM1, /dev/ttya...)

You MUST call nutscan_init(3) before using this function.

Return value

The nutscan_scan_eaton_serial() function returns a pointer to a nutscan_device_t structure containing all found devices or NULL if an error occurs or no device is found.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9–11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

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