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supported_hardware:apc [2019/11/21 13:52] – [Give Your Pi a Static IP] fixed incorect “static” written incorrectly as “status” in the example wlan0 setup James Sentmansupported_hardware:apc [2023/02/17 13:39] (current) – made list of settings an actual list for better readability James Sentman
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 ====APC UPS=== ====APC UPS===
-{{:supported_hardware:apcexample.png?direct&300 |}}Monitoring an APC UPS via the [[http://www.apcupsd.org|apcupsd]] daemon. This plugin will connect to the apcupsd daemon and collect the battery state, AC power state, load percentage, time left and other important data even if the UPS in question isn’t physically connected to your Mac. If you wish to talk to a physically connected UPS please have a look at the original [[UPS]] plugin. You probably don’t actually want to have a UPS physically plugged into your Mac server anyway believe it or not, see below, but it can be very useful to be able to monitor the UPS anyway. You may have other computers, DVRs, WiFi access points, or other home automation nodes that are on separate UPS’s and it can be very helpful to be able to monitor those and know their approximate runtime and battery health as well. Installing this plugin and apcupsd on a raspberry pi can give you all that.+{{:supported_hardware:apcexample.png?direct&300 |}}Monitoring an APC UPS via the [[http://www.apcupsd.org|apcupsd]] daemon. This plugin also works with many CyberPower brand UPS’s as well but you should verify that the UPS you’re considering is supported by the apcupsd app first. This plugin will connect to the apcupsd daemon and collect the battery state, AC power state, load percentage, time left and other important data even if the UPS in question isn’t physically connected to your Mac. If you wish to talk to a physically connected UPS please have a look at the original [[UPS]] plugin. You probably don’t actually want to have a UPS physically plugged into your Mac server anyway believe it or not, see below, but it can be very useful to be able to monitor the UPS anyway. You may have other computers, DVRs, WiFi access points, or other home automation nodes that are on separate UPS’s and it can be very helpful to be able to monitor those and know their approximate runtime and battery health as well. Installing this plugin and apcupsd on a raspberry pi can give you all that.
  
 There is a rather severe problem with connecting a UPS directly to a Mac OS Server. (not MacOSX Server, but any Mac acting as a server) You might wonder why you wouldn’t want to just connect the UPS to the computer? It will shut it down properly then and all will be well. Except that if you have the energy saver preferences set up to properly shut down your computer then it will not restart when the power comes back. There is a setting for most Macs to “restart after a power failure” but this only works if you let the power actually be pulled and NOT do a proper shutdown. The bug in MacOS is that this doesn’t work if you have a UPS connected to the machine! This has been broken for several major OS versions now. If you are running a Mac server and wish to use a UPS then you don’t actually want the UPS connected to the Mac or it will not restart without you there to push the button. There is a rather severe problem with connecting a UPS directly to a Mac OS Server. (not MacOSX Server, but any Mac acting as a server) You might wonder why you wouldn’t want to just connect the UPS to the computer? It will shut it down properly then and all will be well. Except that if you have the energy saver preferences set up to properly shut down your computer then it will not restart when the power comes back. There is a setting for most Macs to “restart after a power failure” but this only works if you let the power actually be pulled and NOT do a proper shutdown. The bug in MacOS is that this doesn’t work if you have a UPS connected to the machine! This has been broken for several major OS versions now. If you are running a Mac server and wish to use a UPS then you don’t actually want the UPS connected to the Mac or it will not restart without you there to push the button.
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 To install [[http://www.apcupsd.org|apcupsd]] run the command: To install [[http://www.apcupsd.org|apcupsd]] run the command:
  
-sudo apt-get install apcupsd+sudo apt install apcupsd
  
 to make sure that it is running at startup edit /etc/default/apcupsd via: to make sure that it is running at startup edit /etc/default/apcupsd via:
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 sudo nano /etc/default/apcupsd sudo nano /etc/default/apcupsd
  
-and change the single line from “isconfigured=no” to “isconfigured=yet” and save the file.+and change the single line from “isconfigured=no” to “isconfigured=yes” and save the file.
  
 ====Configure APCUPSD==== ====Configure APCUPSD====
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 uncomment if necessary and edit the following lines: uncomment if necessary and edit the following lines:
  
-UPSNAME (give it a short meaningful name, like main or myups or office or attic or something) +  * UPSNAME (give it a short meaningful name, like main or myups or office or attic or something) 
-UPSCABLE usb +  UPSCABLE usb 
-UPSTYPE usb +  UPSTYPE usb 
-DEVICE (this is the link to the serial port if it’s a serial device, for the USB version this line must be blank. It is not blank in the default settings and will not work for a USB device unless present, uncommented and blank) +  DEVICE (this is the link to the serial port if it’s a serial device, for the USB version this line must be blank. It is not blank in the default settings and will not work for a USB device unless present, uncommented and blank) 
-POLLTIME 30 (this defaults to 60, I set mine to 30 don’t really know what the effect is as the data seems to change much faster than that anyway) +  POLLTIME 30 (this defaults to 60, I set mine to 30 don’t really know what the effect is as the data seems to change much faster than that anyway) 
-NETSERVER on (this is important it’s how XTension will connect to it) +  NETSERVER on (this is important it’s how XTension will connect to it) 
-NISIP 0.0.0.0 (this defaults to the 127.0.0.1 address meaning that it will only accept connections from the local host. If you want to be able to connect to it from XTension you must set it to 0.0.0.0) +  NISIP 0.0.0.0 (this defaults to the 127.0.0.1 address meaning that it will only accept connections from the local host. If you want to be able to connect to it from XTension you must set it to 0.0.0.0) 
-NISPORT 3551 (this is the default, don’t change it, If you have to change it you can enter the port in XTension’s setup for this interface)+  NISPORT 3551 (this is the default, don’t change it, If you have to change it you can enter the port in XTension’s setup for this interface)
  
  
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