I know this has always been hard/impossible to do but I thought I would ask in case this had finally been resolved. I tried using upscmd but it can't find the APC UPS (USB). The man page and other documentation is pretty bad. I already use apcupsd to monitor my various UPS units so I tried using the apctest program. All it can do is perform the alarm test function. Everything else comes back with a message saying it can't do whatever it is I want to do.
Any pointers appreciated. Yes, I realize I could find a blows box somewhere, load the Powerchute program, and disable the alarm that way.
Jim Lewis
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 18:30:57 -1000, Jim Lewis jim@jklewis.com wrote:
I know this has always been hard/impossible to do but I thought I would ask in case this had finally been resolved. I tried using upscmd but it can't find the APC UPS (USB). The man page and other documentation is pretty bad. I already use apcupsd to monitor my various UPS units so I tried using the apctest program. All it can do is perform the alarm test function. Everything else comes back with a message saying it can't do whatever it is I want to do.
Any pointers appreciated. Yes, I realize I could find a blows box somewhere, load the Powerchute program, and disable the alarm that way.
You could look at using nut to manage your UPSes. There is a command for setting parameters, but I don't know if will turn off the (audible?) alarm for your particular UPS. upsrw or upscmd would be what you want, but you need to be using nut to monitor the UPS and you need to do some config file setup.
On 2015-02-16 21:45, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 18:30:57 -1000, Jim Lewis jim@jklewis.com wrote:
I know this has always been hard/impossible to do but I thought I would ask in case this had finally been resolved. I tried using upscmd but it can't find the APC UPS (USB). The man page and other documentation is pretty bad. I already use apcupsd to monitor my various UPS units so I tried using the apctest program. All it can do is perform the alarm test function. Everything else comes back with a message saying it can't do whatever it is I want to do.
Any pointers appreciated. Yes, I realize I could find a blows box somewhere, load the Powerchute program, and disable the alarm that way.
You could look at using nut to manage your UPSes. There is a command for setting parameters, but I don't know if will turn off the (audible?) alarm for your particular UPS. upsrw or upscmd would be what you want, but you need to be using nut to monitor the UPS and you need to do some config file setup.
I have changed alarm status on my APC ups's with no issues using apctest. It depends on the ups.
I ensure that my apcupsd.conf file is configured correctly and go form there. Stop apcupsd first and then run apctest.
This is from the ups on my desktop machine .
sudo apctest
2015-02-19 22:42:52 apctest 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) redhat Checking configuration ... sharenet.type = Network & ShareUPS Disabled cable.type = USB Cable mode.type = USB UPS Driver Setting up the port ... Doing prep_device() ...
You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode Hello, this is the apcupsd Cable Test program. This part of apctest is for testing USB UPSes.
Getting UPS capabilities...SUCCESS
Please select the function you want to perform.
1) Test kill UPS power 2) Perform self-test 3) Read last self-test result 4) View/Change battery date 5) View manufacturing date 6) View/Change alarm behavior 7) View/Change sensitivity 8) View/Change low transfer voltage 9) View/Change high transfer voltage 10) Perform battery calibration 11) Test alarm 12) View/Change self-test interval Q) Quit
Select function number:
I have used gapmon to monitor the UPS status.
I admit, it took me time to get the config file working correctly.
Robin
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