On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:50:10PM +0000, Berni Elbourn wrote: > This is a 2U rack mount SmartUPS 1000 .. can anyone here confirm SMT1000RMI2U > works with apscupsd on Debian?
apcupsd SHOULD work in a limited capacity with that unit. The version in Wheezy or later is best as it has udev rules for the newer devices. However, while you'll get basic functionality (on-battery, low-battery etc notifications), you won't get the full functionality of the UPS without APC's powerchute software. This is because APC (now owned by Schneider Electric) have gone back to using a proprietary (undocumented) protocol called "MicroLink". Only Powerchute supports this, so if you want to know how much load is on your UPS or when the battery is due to fail or any of the other useful information the UPS knows, then either complain to APC, or use powerchute. </rant>
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