VE-DIRECT(8) NUT Manual VE-DIRECT(8)

ve-direct - Driver for Victron UPS unit running on VE.Direct serial protocol

ve-direct -h

ve-direct -a UPS_NAME [OPTIONS]


Note

This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the ve-direct driver. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).

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

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

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

modelname=name

Set model name

The HEX protocol is not supported at the moment.

Petr Kubanek <kubanek@fzu.cz>

nutupsdrv(8)

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

08/13/2025 Network UPS Tools 2.8.4