VE-DIRECT(8)

NAME

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

Note	Two NUT websites This version of the page reflects NUT release v2.8.4 with codebase commited 541c2ecf0b at 2025-08-08T12:48:39+02:00 Options, features and capabilities in current development (and future releases) are detailed on the main site and may differ from ones described here.

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):

The HEX protocol is not supported at the moment.

Petr Kubanek <kubanek@fzu.cz>