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vpcd(8)				   powerman			       vpcd(8)

NAME
       vpcd - virtual power control daemon

SYNOPSIS
       vpcd [--port PORT]

DESCRIPTION
       vpcd  is a test program for PowerMan which emulates a remote power con‐
       trol device.  It can be run interactively by the powerman daemon, or it
       can listen on a port of your choosing.

OPTIONS
       -p, --port PORT
	      Instructs	 vpcd  to listen for connections on the specified port
	      instead of using stdin/stdout.   Only  one  connection  will  be
	      accepted.

INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
       The following commands are available at the vpcd> prompt:

       login  The  login  command must br run before any of the other commands
	      will work.  No username or password is required.

       logoff Return vpcd to the initial state.

       stat PLUG|*
	      Show the power status of PLUG.  If PLUG is ``*'',	 perform  this
	      action on all plugs.

       beacon PLUG|*
	      Show  the beacon status of PLUG.	If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
	      action on all plugs.

       temp PLUG|*
	      Show the temperature of the node attached to PLUG.  If  PLUG  is
	      ``*'', perform this action on all plugs.

       spew COUNT
	      Print  COUNT  80-char lines.  This is the basis of a buffer han‐
	      dling test.

       on PLUG|*
	      Turn on PLUG.  If PLUG is ``*'',	perform	 this  action  on  all
	      plugs.

       off PLUG|*
	      Turn  off	 PLUG.	 If  PLUG is ``*'', perform this action on all
	      plugs.

       flash PLUG|*
	      Light the beacon on PLUG.	 If PLUG is ``*'', perform this action
	      on all plugs.

       unflash PLUG|*
	      Unlight  the  beacon  on	PLUG.	If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
	      action on all plugs.

       reset PLUG|*
	      Reset the node attached to PLUG.	If PLUG is ``*'', perform this
	      action on all plugs.

FILES
       /usr/local/sbin/vpcd

ORIGIN
       PowerMan	 was  originally  developed  by Andrew Uselton on LLNL's Linux
       clusters.  This software is open source and distributed under the terms
       of the GNU GPL.

SEE ALSO
       powerman(1),  powermand(8),  httppower(8), plmpower(8), vpcd(8), power‐
       man.conf(5), powerman.dev(5).

       http://code.google.com/p/powerman

powerman-2.3.20			  2014-08-26			       vpcd(8)

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