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nutscan_scan_eaton_serial(3)

nutscan_scan_eaton_serial3

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

Usage

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.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)

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