UPS

This is with the UPS APC 700VA BX700U-GR

sudo apt install apcupsd
sudo cp /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf.bak
sudo vi /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

Notes some of these are just the defaults.

ANNOY 300
ANNOYDELAY 60
BATTERYLEVEL 20
DATATIME 0
DEVICE
EVENTSFILE /var/log/apcupsd.events
EVENTSFILEMAX 10
KILLDELAY 0
LOCKFILE /var/lock
LOGSTATS off
MINUTES 10
NETSERVER on
NISIP 127.0.0.1
NISPORT 3551
NOLOGINDIR /etc
NOLOGON disable
ONBATTERYDELAY 6
POLLTIME 90
PWRFAILDIR /etc/apcupsd
SCRIPTDIR /etc/apcupsd
STATFILE /var/log/apcupsd.status
STATTIME 0
TIMEOUT 0
UPSCABLE usb
UPSCLASS standalone
UPSMODE disable
UPSNAME BX700U
UPSTYPE usb

We also have to edit

sudo vi /etc/default/apcupsd

and there set ISCONFIGURED=yes. Restart the service after configuration:

sudo systemctl restart apcupsd.service
sudo systemctl status apcupsd.service

The command sudo apcaccess gives a dump of features. Then to test the settings, stop the demon and run

sudo apctest

We still have to test it by pulling the plug.

Links

• http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/manual.html
• https://www.pontikis.net/blog/apc-ups-on-ubuntu-workstation)