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I'm trying to config apcupsd on my Ubuntu 10.04 Server, I've got an "APC Smart UPS 1000 LCD" connected via USB ( Bus 003 Device 003: ID 051d:0003 American Power Conversion UPS ).

My apcupsd.conf file highlights:

UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE

And the apcaccess outputs is:

APC      : 001,024,0608
DATE     : Wed Feb 23 13:30:27 CET 2011
HOSTNAME : lnx-deb
VERSION  : 3.14.6 (16 May 2009) debian
UPSNAME  : lnx-deb
CABLE    : USB Cable
MODEL    : Smart-UPS 1000 
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: Wed Feb 23 13:30:26 CET 2011
STATUS   : ONLINE 
BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT :  23.0 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
ALARMDEL : Always
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT  : 0 seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag
SERIALNO : AS1041122281  
FIRMWARE : COM 02.1 / UPS.05.I
APCMODEL : Smart-UPS 1000 
END APC  : Wed Feb 23 13:30:31 CET 2011
root@lnx-deb:~#

How can I read others data that I can see on my UPS display? Such as voltage in / out, load capacity and other stuff.

Thanks!

Fabio
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2 Answers2

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APC Smart-UPS supports Modbus protocol: Modbus documentation

To enable it:

  1. Access the UPS's physical interface and enable the extended menu.
  2. In the extended menu, enable Modbus over USB.
  3. Update your apcupsd.conf with the following settings:
UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE modbus
DEVICE
Aleksandr Mironov
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Have you installed the apcupsd CGI monitoring programs where your webserver can use them? Looks like the sample output at that link may be what you want.

Paul
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