Install apcupsd¶

Requirements¶

To install apcupsd you will need the following:

• a installed and supported operating system (e.g. CentOS 6.x)
• root-access
• a fast internet connection

Preliminary Note¶

using USB connection instead of the default RS232
This setup works with:

MODEL	FIRMWARE	SERIALNO	system
Smart-UPS 1000	COM 02.1 / UPS.05.I	AS1116113737	H02
Smart-UPS 1000	652.19.I USB FW:11.	US1225102784	12005
Smart-UPS 750	UPS 08.3 / ID=18	AS1222222311	11015

Install¶

yum install apcupsd

Configure apcupsd¶

vim /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

UPSCABLE usb

UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE

BATTERYLEVEL 50

MINUTES 15

TIMEOUT 360

KILLDELAY 5

WAKEUP 60

Start apcupsd¶

manually start apcupsd:

/etc/init.d/apcupsd start

automatically start the service at boot time:

/sbin/service apcupsd on

you can check the runlevels by

/sbin/chkconfig --list apcupsd

you should get an output like:

apcupsd     0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:off   5:on   6:off

Usage¶

/etc/init.d/apcupsd status

Test¶

• connect server to "permanent" power supply
• connect server to UPS via USB-cable
• test data-reading
• unplug UPS from supply
• you should get "on battery" warning
• after some time server should initiate shutdown
• after some more time UPS should kill itself