APC USB

[Gavin David]

On Aug 17, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:

> Gavin David wrote:
>> HI Tony,
>>
>>  No, you don't need powerchute with apcupsd. Set up the scripts  
>> in /etc/apcupsd to send alerts/pages/emails for the different  
>> events. Then /etc/rc.d/init.d/apcupsd will provide the daemon when  
>> enabled and started.
>>   There's another package apcupsd-cgi which will provide a nice  
>> web page where you can get graphics showing load/battery status/ 
>> run time, etc. - but I don't know if it's available in the CentOS  
>> repositories (I'm currently running it on Fedora systems only).
>>
>>  Dave
> I ran the apcupsd-cgi rpm from yum but don't know how to bring up  
> the display.
>
> What do I do next?
>
> I do have "gapcmon" displaying the UPS data but it is not complete  
> with the Belkin ups I have.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Goodwin

Bob,

   I don't know if the Belkin unit will work with the software (it  
was written for APC devices), but if it does here's how you can see  
the status display in a browser:

The apcupsd-cgi package will install a config file in /etc/httpd/ 
conf.d/apcupsd.conf, so you probably have to restart (or start) your  
web server - "service httpd restart". This should allow you to browse  
to http://127.0.0.1/apcupsd/multimon.cgi - or use whatever IP you  
have set on the machine. This should display some status for the UPS  
and you can click on the name of the ups (first column) and you'll  
get more detailed information along with three graphic scales which  
can display several different values selected from a drop-down list.

  Dave