APC Command Line Interface - Manual (Page 12)

8 Command Line Interface (CLI) User’s Guide
Syntax Examples
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adduser user_name
For the adduser command, you must specify the
name of the user to add (indicated in the syntax by
the variable user_name.
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pducoldstartdelay {time|never}
For the pducoldstartdelay command, you must
enter either a time in seconds (time) that the PDU
waits to apply power to its outlets or enter
never
to specify that the outlets will never turn on
automatically when power is applied to the PDU.
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assign outlet|range[,outlet|range...] user_name
For the assign command, you must specify at least
one outlet or range of outlets and the user name of
the outlet user to which the outlets are being
assigned. Brackets indicate that you can optionally
specify another outlet or range to assign to that
user, and the ellipses indicates that, optionally, you
can specify additional outlets or ranges in the same
format.
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all
on outlet|range[,outlet|range...]
For the on command, you must enter one of the
following:
• The literal value all (to turn on all outlets)
• A comma-delimited list that can include
outlets specified by name or number, or ranges
of outlet numbers.