On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 4:13 am, david wrote: > Anne, > > I am presently running apcupsd, and if I recall, it required > nothing more than rpm -Uvh acp.....rpm on my 7.2 box. It has been > running since '01 without a hickup. The trick is to figure out what > information your APC box will deal out. (Whether it is a "smart" > APC or not) Then just set (or play around with the UPS type in the > config to get the maximum amount of info) The type of "cable" and > the pin assignments are an issue, but there is plenty of info on > this on the web. Good luck! I'd tell you more, but I haven't had to > dork with it in years and Altzheimers is taking its toll. > Well, I sorted the conf file as well as I could and tried it. This is the log output.
Mon Sep 01 17:35:28 BST 2003 STATFLAG : 0x02010048 Status Flag Mon Sep 01 17:35:28 BST 2003 END APC : Mon Sep 01 17:35:28 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 APC : 001,019,0516 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 DATE : Mon Sep 01 17:09:45 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 HOSTNAME : anne-linux.lydgate.net Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 RELEASE : 3.10.5 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 VERSION : 3.10.5 (04 February 2003) mandrake Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 UPSNAME : backups400 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 CABLE : Custom Cable Simple Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MODEL : DUMB UPS Driver Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 UPSMODE : Stand Alone Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 STARTTIME: Mon Sep 01 17:09:35 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 STATUS : ONLINE LOWBATT Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MBATTCHG : 3 Percent Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MINTIMEL : 2 Minutes Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MAXTIME : 60 Seconds Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 NUMXFERS : 0 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 TONBATT : 0 seconds Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 CUMONBATT: 0 seconds Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 XOFFBATT : N/A Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 STATFLAG : 0x02010048 Status Flag Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 END APC : Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:49 BST 2003 apcupsd exiting, signal 15 Mon Sep 01 17:35:49 BST 2003 apcupsd shutdown succeeded This is a very old ups. Am I right in thinking that the near-immediate shutdown was because there is very little charge-ability left in the battery? I think I am going to have to invest in a new one. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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