apcupsd with usb

[Mike Tancsa]

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:27:55 +0200, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions
you wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>a few months back there was already a question in this list regarding
>usb support in apcupsd since afaik only usb with linux is still supported.
>But there was a beta version named apcupsd-3.10.16-test2 which delivered
>the functions I need. Sad but true the link was broken.

Hi, the version I downloaded from sourceforge works great so far
(apcupsd-3.10.17)  I was just playing with it today actually.  
Couple of caveats-- make sure the device is assigned to ugen, not
uhid. To compile, 

./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sbindir=/usr/local/sbin --enable-usb
--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc

[releng5-865]# usbdevs 
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
 addr 2: Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB FW:n2, APC
 addr 3: U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem USB, U.S. Robotics
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
 addr 2: USB FAST SERIAL ADAPTER, FTDI
 addr 3: USB Communicator, STMicroelectronics
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
[releng5-865]# 

Here is my minimal config

[releng5-865]# grep -v ^# apcupsd.conf | strings
UPSNAME usb-test
UPSCABLE smart
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE usb /dev/uhid0
LOCKFILE /var/spool/lock
ONBATTERYDELAY 6
BATTERYLEVEL 5
MINUTES 3
TIMEOUT 0
ANNOY 300
ANNOYDELAY 60
NOLOGON disable
KILLDELAY 0
NETSERVER on
NISIP 0.0.0.0
NISPORT 3551
EVENTSFILE /var/log/apcupsd.events
EVENTSFILEMAX 10
UPSCLASS standalone
UPSMODE disable
STATTIME 0
STATFILE /var/log/apcupsd.status
LOGSTATS off
DATATIME 0
[releng5-865]# 


[releng5-865]# apcaccess status
APC      : 001,033,0842
DATE     : Tue Apr 05 22:32:02 EDT 2005
HOSTNAME : releng5-865.sentex.ca
RELEASE  : 3.10.17
VERSION  : 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) freebsd
UPSNAME  : usb-test
CABLE    : Custom Cable Smart
MODEL    : Back-UPS ES 725
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: Tue Apr 05 17:40:20 EDT 2005
STATUS   : ONLINE 
LINEV    : 119.0 Volts
LOADPCT  :  12.0 Percent Load Capacity
BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT :  42.5 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
LOTRANS  : 088.0 Volts
HITRANS  : 138.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : Always
BATTV    : 13.5 Volts
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT  : 0 seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
STATFLAG : 0x02000008 Status Flag
MANDATE  : 2002-10-23
SERIALNO : AB0243121472  
BATTDATE : 2000-00-00
NOMBATTV :  12.0
FIRMWARE : 02.n2.D USB FW:n2
APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 725
END APC  : Tue Apr 05 22:32:05 EDT 2005
[releng5-865]# 

If I kill the power




Broadcast Message from root at releng5-865.sentex.ca
        (no tty) at 22:32 EDT...

Warning power loss detected.


Broadcast Message from root at releng5-865.sentex.ca
        (no tty) at 22:32 EDT...

Power failure. Running on UPS batteries.

[releng5-865]# apcaccess status
APC      : 001,034,0884
DATE     : Tue Apr 05 22:32:55 EDT 2005
HOSTNAME : releng5-865.sentex.ca
RELEASE  : 3.10.17
VERSION  : 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) freebsd
UPSNAME  : usb-test
CABLE    : Custom Cable Smart
MODEL    : Back-UPS ES 725
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: Tue Apr 05 17:40:20 EDT 2005
STATUS   : ONBATT 
LINEV    : 001.0 Volts
LOADPCT  :  10.0 Percent Load Capacity
BCHARGE  : 099.0 Percent
TIMELEFT :  44.4 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
LOTRANS  : 088.0 Volts
HITRANS  : 138.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : Always
BATTV    : 12.6 Volts
NUMXFERS : 1
XONBATT  : Tue Apr 05 22:32:45 EDT 2005
TONBATT  : 11 seconds
CUMONBATT: 11 seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
STATFLAG : 0x02068010 Status Flag
MANDATE  : 2002-10-23
SERIALNO : AB0243121472  
BATTDATE : 2000-00-00
NOMBATTV :  12.0
FIRMWARE : 02.n2.D USB FW:n2
APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 725
END APC  : Tue Apr 05 22:32:56 EDT 2005

Broadcast Message from root at releng5-865.sentex.ca
        (no tty) at 22:33 EDT...

Power has returned...

[releng5-865]# 
[releng5-865]# apcaccess status
APC      : 001,034,0908
DATE     : Tue Apr 05 22:33:15 EDT 2005
HOSTNAME : releng5-865.sentex.ca
RELEASE  : 3.10.17
VERSION  : 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) freebsd
UPSNAME  : usb-test
CABLE    : Custom Cable Smart
MODEL    : Back-UPS ES 725
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: Tue Apr 05 17:40:20 EDT 2005
STATUS   : ONLINE 
LINEV    : 118.0 Volts
LOADPCT  :  10.0 Percent Load Capacity
BCHARGE  : 082.0 Percent
TIMELEFT :  36.8 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
LOTRANS  : 088.0 Volts
HITRANS  : 138.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : Always
BATTV    : 12.6 Volts
NUMXFERS : 1
XONBATT  : Tue Apr 05 22:32:45 EDT 2005
TONBATT  : 0 seconds
CUMONBATT: 25 seconds
XOFFBATT : Tue Apr 05 22:33:10 EDT 2005
STATFLAG : 0x02000008 Status Flag
MANDATE  : 2002-10-23
SERIALNO : AB0243121472  
BATTDATE : 2000-00-00
NOMBATTV :  12.0
FIRMWARE : 02.n2.D USB FW:n2
APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 725
END APC  : Tue Apr 05 22:33:15 EDT 2005
[releng5-865]# 

	---Mike
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