ve-direct(8)

ve-direct8

Driver for victron ups unit running on ve.direct serial protocol

Usage

ve-direct -h

ve-direct -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]

Supported hardware

The ve-direct driver should recognize all Victron models that use a serial VE.Direct protocol at 19200 bps.

Cabling

Use Victron provided USB or serial cable to connect your Victron UPS.

Extra arguments

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

modelname=name

Set model name

Bugs

The HEX protocol is not supported at the moment.

Author

Petr Kubanek <[email protected]>

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