APCUPSD User Manual. Adam Kropelin. Kern Sibbald. Apcupsd is a UPS control system that permits orderly shutdown of your.

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UPSes (Uninterruptible Power. Supplies) made by American Power Conversion Corporation (APC). If you have an. APC- made UPS, whether sold under the APC nameplate or OEMed (for example, the HP. Power. Trust 2. 99. A), and you want you get it working with a computer running.

Linux, Unix, or Windows, you are reading the right document. This manual is divided into parts which increase in technical depth. If you have just bought a state- of- the- art smart UPS.

USB or Ethernet interface, and you are running a current. Red Hat or SUSE Linux, then apcupsd is. Basic. User's Guide. If your operating system is older, or if you have an old- fashioned. UPS, you'll have to read about serial installation (see. Installation: Serial- Line UPSes). If you need more.

UPS setup) you'll need to read the sections on. Finally. there are a number of technical reference sections which. You should begin by reading the Quick Start (see Quick Start for. Beginners) instructions. On current hardware and software getting it. The following is a help guide to the steps needed to get apcupsd. Check to see if apcupsd supports your UPS and cable (see.

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Supported UPSes and Cables). Check to see if apcupsd supports your operating system (see. M4p To Mp3 Converter For Mac Crack App.

Supported Operating Systems). Plan your configuration type (see Choosing a Configuration. Type). If you have just one UPS and. If you have more than one machine being. UPS, or more than one UPS supplying power to. Figure out if you have one of the easy setups.

If you have a USB. UPS, and a supported operating system and you want to use one UPS. APC supplies the cable. UPS along with the UPS. All you need to do. USB subsystem is working (see USB.

Configuration); if so, you can go to the build. If you have a UPS designed to communicate via SNMP over. Ethernet, that is also a relatively easy installation. Details. are provided in Support for SNMP UPSes. If you have a UPS that communicates via an RS2.

APC said my battery had died, but I tried this and my UPS is as good as new! Unusual that this is happening on a large number of devices, and disappointing that APC.

C serial. interface and it is a Smart. UPS, then things are relatively simple.

If you have a vendor- supplied cable, find out what cable type. A, stamped in the plastic. If you don't have a vendor- supplied cable, or your type is not. Cables). Here is hoping you are good with a soldering.

Now you are ready to read the Building and Installing (see. Building and Installing apcupsd). If you are. installing from an RPM or some other form of binary package, this.

Tweak your /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd. Often it. will not be.

Change the BIOS settings (see Arranging for Reboot on. Power- Up) on your computer. This is an excellent resource with.

See. http: //sourceforge. Due to lack of API standardization, USB support is not. See Platform Support below for details. In general it is recommended to obtain a prebuilt package for your platform. In. some cases, binary packages are provided by the apcupsd team (Red.

Hat. Mandriva, Su. SE, Windows, Mac OS X). For other platforms it is recommended to.

Note that some vendors continue to distribute. These packages should not be. LINUXWINDOWSWindows NT 4 . We'll describe the possible values here, because they're.

UPS's single most important interface. The 'apcsmart' protocol uses an RS2. APC calls this language . Originally. introduced for Smart- UPS models (thus the name 'apcsmart'), this. UPS is in decline, rapidly being replaced in APC's product.

USB and MODBUS UPSes. A USB UPS speaks a universal well defined control. USB wire. Most of APC's lineup now uses this method. The most recent APC UPSes support only a.

USB interface. MODBUS (see below) is required. This is the keyword to specify if you are using your.

UPS in Slave mode (i. You must have apcupsd's. Network Information Services NIS turned on for this mode to work. SNMP UPSes communicate via an Ethernet NIC and.

Simple Network Management Protocol. A dumb or voltage- signaling UPS and its computer.

RS2. 32. C. serial connection. Not much can actually be conveyed this way other than.

Voltage- signaling UPSes are obsolete; you. If you. have a choice, we recommend you avoid simple signalling UPSes. PCNET is an alternative for SNMP available on APC's.

AP9. 61. 7 family of smart slot modules. The protocol is much simpler. SNMP. modbus. MODBUS is the newest APC protocol and operates over RS2. USB. MODBUS is APC's replacement for the aging 'apcsmart' (aka UPS- Link). MODBUS is the only way to access detailed control and status. SMT series) UPSes.

There are three major. The first is a standalone. UPS, which powers a. This is the most common configuration. If you're. working with just one machine and one UPS, skip the rest of this. Your choices become more interesting if you are running a small.

Under those circumstances, it may not. UPS with every single. In this configuration, where one UPS. UPS. In this case, there are several. UPS. One instance of apcupsd will run in standalone mode, and. If you plan to use a USB connection, please read the.

You can skip this section. UPS has a serial (RS2. C) or Ethernet interface or if you. Problem. Linux 2. RH 9, RHEL 3). do not bind the USB device to the proper driver.

This is evidenced. UPS correctly but it will have. This affects RHEL3. Workaround. Upgrade linux kernel to 2.

Alternately. you apply the linux- 2. USB- reject. patch patches to your kernel and rebuild. These patches can be found in the examples/ directory in the. Problem. Mandrake 1.

USB minor numbers dynamically. This is evidenced by. USB HID v. 1. 1. 0 Device . This is due to a defect in the. Workaround. Upgrade to apcupsd- 3.

These versions. contain a workaround for the defect. Problem. On some systems such as Slackware 1. USB devices. will show up (see the next section). Workaround. Add the following to rc. Problem. 2. 6 kernels use udev and some distributions to not.

It contains details on all the USB devices in your system. UPSes. You should get some output back that includes something like this. Back. UPS RS 1. 00. T: Bus=0. 2 Lev=0. Prnt=0. 1 Port=0. Cnt=0. 1 Dev#= 3 Spd=1. Mx. Ch= 0. D: Ver= 1.

Cls=0. 0(> ifc ) Sub=0. Prot=0. 0 Mx. PS= 8 #Cfgs= 1. P: Vendor=0. 51d Prod. ID=0. 00. 2 Rev= 1. S: Manufacturer=American Power Conversion. S: Product=Back- UPS RS 1.

FW: 7. g. 3 . D USB FW: g. S: Serial. Number=JB0.

C: * #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a. Mx. Pwr= 2. 4m. A. I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=0.

HID ) Sub=0. 0 Prot=0. Driver=hid. The important things to check for are the S: lines describing. UPS and and the I: line showing what driver is handling it. One common cause is having a Linux kernel older than. Red. Hat 9 or RHEL 3 kernel).

If this is the. case for your system, please upgrade to at least kernel version. If you are already running a 2. Here is another example, this time featuring a Back- UPS 3. T: Bus=0. 1 Lev=0. Prnt=0. 1 Port=0. Cnt=0. 1 Dev#= 2 Spd=1. Mx. Ch= 0. D: Ver= 1.

Cls=0. 0(> ifc ) Sub=0. Prot=0. 0 Mx. PS= 8 #Cfgs= 1. P: Vendor=0. 51d Prod. ID=0. 00. 2 Rev= 1. S: Manufacturer=American Power Conversion. S: Product=Back- UPS 3.

FW: 5. 2. I USB FW: c. S: Serial. Number=BB0. C: * #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a.

Mx. Pwr= 3. 0m. A. I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=0. HID ) Sub=0. 0 Prot=0.

Driver=hid. E: Ad=8. I) Atr=0. 3(Int.) Mx. PS= 8 Ivl= 1. 0ms.

In general, if you see your UPS model in the S: field, which. Manufacturer=, Product=, and Serial. Number=, and you. Driver=hid in the I: field, you know the UPS has been. If your UPS doesn't appear in the list at all, check the obvious. The UPS must be powered on, and a cable must be properly. UPS and one of your machine's.

USB ports. Many UPSes have phone ports to provide surge protection. USB. cable into one of those rather than the data port (which will. Also, ensure that the correct drivers are loaded.

Under. Linux- 2. 4. Here's how you can do that.