I recently purchased an APC Back-UPS Pro 650, but have been unable to get the UPS the daemons to interact with my system.
The system is a Dell Workstation 410 Linux hilbert 2.2.13 #1 SMP Fri Mar 17 13:57:34 EST 2000 i686 unknown with a current potato configuration via a fresh potato install (gotta love the new ext2 fs and MD5 passwords!) The apcupsd is communicating well with the APC unit: /etc/apcuspd.status shows: APC : Mar 22 09:06:42 CABLE : APC Cable 940-0095A UPSMODEL : Back-UPS Pro 650 UPSMODE : Stand Alone UPSNAME : UPS_IDEN ULINE : 119.5 Volts MLINE : 119.5 Volts NLINE : 118.8 Volts FLINE : 60.0 Hz VOUTP : 119.5 Volts LOUTP : 049.4 Load Capacity BOUTP : 13.8 Volts BCHAR : 100.0 Batt. Charge TIME : 17.0 Minutes SENSE : HIGH WAKEUP : 000 Cycles SLEEP : 020 Cycles LOTRANS : 106.0 Volts HITRANS : 127.0 Volts CHARGE : 000.0 Percent BFAIL : 0x08 Status Flag ALARM : Always LASTEVNT : POWER FAILURE LOWBATT : 02 Minutes The apcupsd.conf is appended at the end. Despite having put an explicit TIMEOUT 300 in the configuration file, the machine stays up and the battery winds down. When the AC plug is pulled to test, the BFAIL tag changes to 0x10, the LASTEVENT is updated, the voltages go to zero and the battery charge diminishes. At *no* time are any messages printed to the terminal windows (to indicate power failure, warning logouts imminent, power resumed, etc). So I am rather confused. apcupsd collects valid data but /usr/sbin/powersc doesn't act on it. I have also tried genpower (/sbin/genpowerd /dev/ttyS0 apc-pnp) (which is the correct type for the APC Cable 940-0095A. The /etc/upsstatus *always* says OK even if the plug is pulled. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks Tom ## apcupsd.conf v1.0 ## # # "apcupsd" POSIX config file # Updated for Debian/GNU Linux by Leon Breedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) # CONTROL <string> CONTROL /usr/sbin/powersc # UPSCABLE [ simple | smart | # 940-00(20B,23A,24B,24C,24G,95A,95C) | # 940-15(24C) | # ether ] # UPSCABLE 940-0095A # UPSTYPE [ backups | sharebasic | netups | # backupspro | smartvsups | # newbackupspro | backupspropnp | # smartups | matrixups | sharesmart ] # UPSTYPE backupspropnp # UPSCLASS [ standalone | shareslave | sharemaster | netslave | netmaster ] UPSCLASS standalone # UPSMODE [ disable | share | net | sharenet ] UPSMODE disable #DEVICE <string> /dev/<serial port> DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 #LOCKFILE <path to lockfile> LOCKFILE /var/lock #ACCESS <string> [ true | false ] Enable Access Support ACCESS true # ANNOY <int> <30> <0> disables ANNOY 30 # DELAY <int> <60> <0> disables DELAY 60 # NOLOGON <string> [ disable | timeout | percent | minutes | always ] NOLOGON timeout # PROCFS <int> <120> <0> disables <update rate procfs-type of current statu s> PROCFS 30 # LOGGING <int> <500> <0> disables <rate update log file of current status> LOGGING 300 # TIMEOUT <time is seconds to run on UPS, powerfails> TIMEOUT 300 # BATTERYLEVEL <precent of battery charge for shutdown> 10 BATTERYLEVEL 10 # MINUTES <time in minutes of remainning battery charge before shutdown> 5 MINUTES 5 # SENSITIVITY <char> H,M,L default H SENSITIVITY H # WAKEUP <int> 0,60,180,300 Cycles default 0 WAKEUP 60 # SLEEP <int> 20,180,300,600 Cycles default 20 SLEEP 20 # LOTRANSFER <int> 0,1,2,3 default 2 LOTRANSFER 2 # HITRANSFER <int> 0,1,2,3 default 2 HITRANSFER 3 # RETURNCHARGE <int> 0,1,2,3 default 3 RETURNCHARGE 1 # BEEPSTATE <char> 0,T,L,N default 0 BEEPSTATE L # SELFTEST <string> 336,168,ON,OFF default 336 SELFTEST 336 # # UPSNAME <string> UPSNAME UPS_IDEN # REPLACE <string> date format mm/dd/yy #REPLACE 12/13/93 # BATTCMD <string> #BATTCMD # TIMECMD <string> #TIMECMD # LOADCMD <string> #LOADCMD # LIMITCMD <string> #LIMITCMD # PWRCMD <string> #PWRCMD # RETCMD <string> #RETCMD # REMOTECMD <string> #REMOTECMD # NETTIME <int> #NETTIME 100 # NETPORT <int> #NETPORT 6666 # MASTER <string> #MASTER # SLAVE <string> #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE #SLAVE # USERMAGIC <string> #USERMAGIC # HTTPACCESS [ true | false ] enable web-interface - defaults to false #HTTPACCESS true # HTTPPORT <port> port to use for interface - defaults to 1999 #HTTPPORT 1999 -- Thomas R. Shemanske (Mailing Address) (Office/Internet Information) Department of Mathematics 203 Choate House 6188 Bradley Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dartmouth College http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~trs/ Hanover, NH 03755-3551 (603) 646 - 3179 Directions: http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~trs/choatehouse.html Office hours: http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~trs/frontmatter/office.html Spring Term Office Hours: By appointment
