APC Back-UPS ES 700G under Ubuntu

# install
apt-get install -y apcupsd

# configure
sed -i 's|UPSCABLE smart|UPSCABLE usb|g' /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
sed -i 's|UPSTYPE apcsmart|UPSTYPE usb|g' /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
sed -i 's|DEVICE /dev/ttyS0|DEVICE|g' /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
sed -i 's|ISCONFIGURED=no|ISCONFIGURED=yes|g' /etc/default/apcupsd

# start apcupsd demon
/etc/init.d/apcupsd start

# get status
apcaccess status

# monitor
tail -f /var/log/apcupsd.events

# OPTIONAL: configure /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol

# LINKS
http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html

Comments

Perfect description

Hi panticz,

many thanks for the nice step by step manual.

Best regards,

Alex

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