I have an APC BackUPS 500 hooked up to a 7.1 box using the cable provided with the UPS. I installed the apcupsd-3.8.0-1mdk-i586.rpm and followed the instructions for setting up the config file for my UPS. The daemon doesn't power down the Linux box and I am not sure what I did wrong. Below is a copy of my apcupsd.conf file TIA Steve ## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ## # # for apcupsd release 3.8.0 # # "apcupsd" POSIX config file # # If you have used a prior version of apcupsd, the CONTROL script file # (/sbin/powersc) has now been replaced by /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol. # Consequently, the CONTROL configuration statement is obsolete. # The following configuration statements have been replaced by scripts # called from /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol, and thus are obsolete: # BATTCMD, LIMITCMN, LOADCMD, PWRCMD, REBOOTCMD, REMOTECMD, RETCMD, # and TIMECMD. # # # # ========= General configuration parameters ============ # # UPSCABLE [ simple | smart | # 940-00(20B,23A,24B,24C,24G,95A,95B,95C) | # 940-15(24C) | # ether ] # defines the type of cable that you have. UPSCABLE simple # # UPSTYPE [ backups | sharebasic | netups | # backupspro | smartvsups | # newbackupspro | backupspropnp | # smartups | matrixups | sharesmart ] # defines the type of UPS you have. UPSTYPE backups # # #DEVICE <string> /dev/<serial port> # name of your serial port DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 # #LOCKFILE <path to lockfile> # path for serial port lock file LOCKFILE /var/lock # # # # ======== configuration parameters used during power failures ========== # # Note: BATTERYLEVEL, MINUTES, and TIMEOUT work in conjunction, so # the first that occurs will cause the initation of a shutdown. # # If during a power failure, the remaining battery percentage # (as reported by the UPS) is below or equal to BATTERYLEVEL, # apcupsd will initiate a system shutdown. BATTERYLEVEL 5 # # # If during a power failure, the remaining runtime in minutes # (as calculated internally by the UPS) is below or equal to MINUTES, # apcupsd, will initiate a system shutdown. MINUTES 5 # # # If during a power failure, the UPS has run on batteries for TIMEOUT # many seconds or longer, apcupsd will initiate a system shutdown. # A value of 0 disables this timer. # # Note, if you have a Smart UPS, you will most likely want to disable # this timer by setting it to zero. That way, you UPS will continue # on batteries until either the % charge remaing drops to or below BATTERYLEVEL, # or the remaining battery runtime drops to or below MINUTES. Of course, # if you are testing, setting this to 60 causes a quick system shutdown # if you pull the power plug. # If you have an older dumb UPS, you will want to set this to less than # the time you know you can run on batteries. TIMEOUT 10 # # # Time in seconds between annoying users to signoff prior to # system shutdown. 0 disables. ANNOY 0 # # Initial delay after power failure before warning users to get # off the system. ANNOYDELAY 60 # # The condition which determines when users are prevented from # logging in during a power failure. # NOLOGON <string> [ disable | timeout | percent | minutes | always ] NOLOGON disable # # # # ==== Configuration statements the network information server ========= # # NETSERVER [ on | off ] on enables, off disables the network # information server. If netstatus is on, a network information # server process will be started for serving the STATUS and # EVENT data over the network (used by CGI programs). NETSERVER off # # SERVERPORT <port> default is 7000 # port to use for sending STATUS and EVENTS data over the network. # It is not used unless NETSERVER is on. If you change this port, # you will need to change the corresponding value in the cgi directory # and rebuild the cgi programs. SERVERPORT 7000 # # If you want the last few EVENTS to be available over the network # by the network information server, you must define an EVENTSFILE. # Only the last 50 or so events are kept. EVENTSFILE /var/lib/apcupsd/apcupsd.events # # # # # ===== Configuration statements to control apcupsd system logging ======== # # Time interval in seconds between writing the STATUS file; 0 disables STATTIME 0 # # Location of STATUS file (written to only if STATTIME is non-zero) STATFILE /var/lib/apcupsd/apcupsd.status # # # LOGSTATS [ on | off ] on enables, off disables # Note! This generates a lot of output, so if # you turn this on, be sure that the # file defined in syslog.conf for LOG_NOTICE is a named pipe. # You probably do not want this on. LOGSTATS off # # # Time interval in seconds between writing the DATA records to # the log file. 0 disables. DATATIME 0 # # FACILITY defines the logging facility (class) for logging to syslog. # If not specified, it defaults to "daemon". This is useful # if you want to separate the data logged by apcupsd from other # programs. FACILITY local0 # # # # # ========== Configuration statements used in updating the UPS EPROM ========= # # UPS name, max 8 characters -- used only during -n or --rename-ups UPSNAME Back-UPS500SMP # # Battery date - 8 characters -- used only during -u or --update-battery-date BATTDATE 02/12/01 # # The following items are set during -c or --configure # # Sensitivity to line voltage quality (H cause faster transfer to batteries) # SENSITIVITY H M L (default = H) SENSITIVITY H # # UPS delay after power return (seconds) # WAKEUP 000 060 180 300 (default = 0) #WAKEUP 60 # # UPS Grace period after request to power off (seconds) # SLEEP 020 180 300 600 (default = 20) #SLEEP 180 # # # Low line voltage causing transfer to batteries # The permitted values depend on your model as defined by last letter # of FIRMWARE or APCMODEL. Some representative values are: # D 106 103 100 097 # M 177 172 168 182 # A 092 090 088 086 # I 208 204 200 196 (default = 0 => not valid) #LOTRANSFER 208 # # High line voltage causing transfer to batteries # The permitted values depend on your model as defined by last letter # of FIRMWARE or APCMODEL. Some representative values are: # D 127 130 133 136 # M 229 234 239 224 # A 108 110 112 114 # I 253 257 261 265 (default = 0 => not valid) #HITRANSFER 253 # # Battery change needed to restore power # RETURNCHARGE 00 15 50 90 (default = 15) #RETURNCHARGE 15 # # Alarm delay # 0 = zero delay after pwr fail, T = power fail + 30 sec, L = low battery, N = never # BEEPSTATE 0 T L N (default = 0) #BEEPSTATE T # # Low battery warning delay in minutes # LOWBATT 02 05 07 10 (default = 02) #LOWBATT 2 # # UPS Output voltage when running on batteries # The permitted values depend on your model as defined by last letter # of FIRMWARE or APCMODEL. Some representative values are: # D 115 # M 208 # A 100 # I 230 240 220 225 (default = 0 => not valid) #OUTPUTVOLTS 230 # # Self test interval in hours 336=2 weeks, 168=1 week, ON=at power on # SELFTEST 336 168 ON OFF (default = 336) #SELFTEST 336 # # # # ========== Configuration statements used if sharing ============= # a UPS and controlling it via the network # # The configuration statements below are used if you # want to share one UPS to power multiple machines and have them # communicate by the network. Obviously, the master is connected # to the UPS via the serial cable, and it communicates to the # "slaves" via the network -- i.e. the slaves get their info # concerning the UPS via the ethernet. # # UPSCLASS [ standalone | shareslave | sharemaster | netslave | netmaster ] # normally standalone unless you share a UPS with multiple machines. UPSCLASS standalone # # Unless you want to share the UPS (power multiple machines). # this should be disable # UPSMODE [ disable | share | net | sharenet ] UPSMODE disable # #NETACCESS <string> [ true | false ] Enable Network Access Support NETACCESS false # # NETTIME <int> #NETTIME 100 # # NETPORT <int> #NETPORT 6666 # # MASTER <string> #MASTER # # SLAVE <string> #SLAVE # # USERMAGIC <string> #USERMAGIC #
