On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 02:04:58PM +0200, Agustín Martín Domingo wrote: > "Thomas R. Shemanske" wrote: > > > > At *no* time are any messages printed to the terminal windows (to > > indicate power failure, warning logouts imminent, power resumed, etc). > > So I am rather confused. apcupsd collects valid data but > > /usr/sbin/powersc doesn't act on it. > > > > Do not know about apcupsd. I am using apcd to monitor my APC > Back-UPS650. Remember that if you try it you will need the other cable, > (the smart one, I think is the 0025) > > > I have also tried genpower (/sbin/genpowerd /dev/ttyS0 apc-pnp) (which > > is the correct type for the APC Cable 940-0095A. The /etc/upsstatus > > *always* says OK even if the plug is pulled. > > I suppose your model is a 650PnP since that behavior is different from > mine. From what I have read you need to switch the unit from smart to > simple mode to be able to use the simple monitoring mode genpower > handles, and genpower do not do that. I think the software delivered > with the unit is required for that. > > If your model is a 650SI, it is a smart only UPS, and genpower is not an > appropiate choice. That is the model I have and it took me a lot of time > until I discovered that. However, it detected power failure, but did not > switch off the UPS after a time. > That seems to be the common problem. Mine is a smart-ups 420 (european model), with a 0024c cable. I ran slink at the time I got it. I tried the few ups monitor tools available in slink, but these didn't shut down the system (they did detect power failure). I tried the newer versions (and greater choice) from potato, compiled from package source, but the same there. Since these weren't packages run on their regular system, I didn't file bugs. I got the powerchute tools from the apc site, and that works really fine.
I probably should give the debian (not closed source) packages another try I guess, now that I am running potato anyway, but considering these messages, I hardly think it is worth the effort. Regards, Filip PS. my cable type shouldn't be a problem, at least apcupsd says it can work with it.
