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. > Wel,, the new Smart-UPS700 is in and working, except for two problems - 1) It complained about line 61 in the config file. I take it that it was expecting to find a log file to which it could append, but didn't find it. The line is LOCKFILE /var/lock Looking at /var/lock there is nothing there except a directory called subsys. Do I create a black file in there, then feed the name to line 61?
2) Everything did exactly as it should until it came to the point where it was supposed to power off the box (the orderly shutdown had gone through). It didn't power off, and I had to issue shutdown -h now. Could someone please look over the conf file and see what I've missed? Thanks Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ## # # for apcupsd release 3.10.5 (04 February 2003) - mandrake # # "apcupsd" POSIX config file # # ========= General configuration parameters ============ # UPSNAME smart-ups 700 # Use this to give your UPS a name in log files and such. This # is particulary useful if you have multiple UPSes. This does not # set the EEPROM. #UPSNAME # # UPSCABLE [ simple | smart | # 940-00(20B,20C,23A,24B,24C,24G,95A,95B,95C) | # 940-15(24C) | # ether, usb ] # defines the type of cable that you have. UPSCABLE 940-0024C # # Old types, still valid, are mapped to the new generic drives # automatically # UPSTYPE [ backups | sharebasic | netups | # backupspro | smartvsups | # newbackupspro | backupspropnp | # smartups | matrixups | sharesmart ] # # *** NEW TYPES FOR GENERIC DRIVERS *** # UPSTYPE [ dumb | apcsmart | net | usb | snmp | test] # defines the type of UPS you have. UPSTYPE apcsmart # # #DEVICE <string> /dev/<serial port> # name of your UPS device # # Here a table of the possible devices related with the UPS drivers. # NOTE!!! for USB devices, please use a form indicated below # including the [0-9] as written! # # Driver Device Description # dumb /dev/tty** Serial character device # apcsmart /dev/tty** Serial character device # usb /dev/usb/hid/hiddev[0-9] If you follow our naming scheme # usb /dev/usb/hiddev[0-9] On some systems # net hostname:port Network link to a master apcupsd # through NIS # snmp hostname:port:vendor:community # SNMP Network link to an SNMP-enabled # UPS device. Vendor is the MIB used by # the UPS device: can be "APC" or "RFC" # where APC is the powernet MIB and RFC # is the IETF's rfc1628 UPS-MIB. # Port is usually 161. 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 3 # # # 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 120 # # # Time in seconds between annoying users to signoff prior to # system shutdown. 0 disables. ANNOY 300 # # 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 # # # If killdelay is set, apcupsd will continue running after a # shutdown has been requested, and after the specified time in # seconds attempt to kill the power. This is for use on systems # where apcupsd cannot regain control after a shutdown. # KILLDELAY <seconds> 0 disables KILLDELAY 0 # # # ==== 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 # # NISIP <dotted notation ip address> # IP address on which NIS server will listen for incoming connections. # Default value is 0.0.0.0 that means any incoming request will be # serviced but if you want it to listen to a single subnet you can # set it up to that subnet address, for example 192.168.10.0 # Additionally you can listen for a single IP like 192.168.10.1 NISIP 127.0.0.1 # # NISPORT <port> default is 3551 as registered with the IANA # 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. NISPORT 3551 # # If you want the last few EVENTS to be available over the network # by the network information server, you must define an EVENTSFILE. EVENTSFILE /var/log/apcupsd.events # # EVENTSFILEMAX <kilobytes> # By default, the size of the EVENTSFILE will be not be allowed to exceed # 10 kilobytes. When the file grows beyond this limit, older EVENTS will # be removed from the beginning of the file (first in first out). The # parameter EVENTSFILEMAX can be set to a different kilobyte value, or set # to zero to allow the EVENTSFILE to grow without limit. EVENTSFILEMAX 10 # # ========== 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 # # NETTIME <int> #NETTIME 100 # # NETPORT <int> #NETPORT 6666 # # MASTER <machine-name> #MASTER # # SLAVE <machine-name> #SLAVE slave1 #SLAVE slave2 # # USERMAGIC <string> #USERMAGIC # # # # # ===== Configuration statements to control apcupsd system logging ======== # # Time interval in seconds between writing the STATUS file; 0 disables STATTIME 30 # # Location of STATUS file (written to only if STATTIME is non-zero) STATFILE /var/log/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 60 # # 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 Smart-UPS_700 # # Battery date - 8 characters -- used only during -u or --update-battery-date BATTDATE mm/dd/yy # # 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 000 # # UPS Grace period after request to power off (seconds) # SLEEP 020 180 300 600 (default = 20) SLEEP 020 # # # 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 0 # # 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 240 # # Self test interval in hours 336=2 weeks, 168=1 week, ON=at power on # SELFTEST 336 168 ON OFF (default = 336) SELFTEST 336 # #
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