3.14.0 - 09 February 2007 (Feature Release) NEW FEATURES. USB support for 3 new platforms: - Windows (Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, Win2003 Server, WinXP) - Mac OS X (Darwin) - Solaris 10 (x86 and SPARC) Please see the Apcupsd manual for details on USB configuration for the new platforms. APC PowerChute Business Edition v.7.0.4 PowerChute Business Edition enables you to simultaneously monitor up to 25 UPSs protecting servers or workstations. In the event of an extended power outage graceful unattended shutdown ensures no information is lost and time to recovery is. Issue: How to configure native shutdown of Mac OS X Product Line/s: Smart-UPS Back-UPS Environment: Mac OS X attached to UPS via USB cable NOTE: According to Apple, Energy Saver options are not available for UPS on portable devices e.g. MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air. See Apple discussion thread 8398176.
Learning has never been so easy!
Probably born of frustration with the anemic PowerChute software included with most APC UPSes, apcupsd (http://www.apcupsd.com/) is a powerful open source (GPL) alternative.
Most if not all APC UPSes allow only a single system to monitor the UPS' status if PowerChute is used. To support simple tasks like graceful shutdown on additional systems, expensive hardware (network management cards) and/or increased software licensing is required. There are no artificial limits to the number of systems that can be supported by apcupsd and it is supported on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD and Solaris operating systems.
Apcupsd has both server and client modes. Running as a server on a system directly connected to a UPS, apcupsd monitors the UPS' status and passively provides this information to clients. Running as a client, apcupsd can be configured to periodically request status information from an apcupsd server. Based on the information retrieved, the client can perform local tasks such as a graceful shutdown.
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APC technical support is known to recommend apcupsd to its customers.
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Step 1: Download and install apcupsd for your platform(s)
Download and install apcupsd as a server on the system connected to the UPS monitor port (USB or Serial). Change configuration settings in apcupsd.conf as appropriate. The configuration file provides basic documentation and is self-explanatory for the most part. For more detailed information, see the Configuration Examples section of the User Manual (http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html).
After the server is installed and configured, install apcupsd as a client on the remaining systems protected by the monitored UPS. Configuration on clients will differ slightly from the server configuration. Clients should be configured to begin graceful shutdown before servers, otherwise clients may not be able to retrieve status of the UPS in the case of power failure.
After the server is installed and configured, install apcupsd as a client on the remaining systems protected by the monitored UPS. Configuration on clients will differ slightly from the server configuration. Clients should be configured to begin graceful shutdown before servers, otherwise clients may not be able to retrieve status of the UPS in the case of power failure.
Enjoy your free monitoring software!
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Published: Aug 07, 2010 · Last Updated: Apr 19, 2014
References
- American Power Conversion
- Apcupsd
- PowerChute Business Edition
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7 Comments
- HabaneroJose Franco Aug 7, 2010 at 08:41pmGood... it is able to receive notification before or after shutdown
- DatilTino Todino Aug 9, 2010 at 02:40amCan this monitor over a network port to a web management card in the UPS???
- TabascoRonald Nissley Aug 9, 2010 at 11:19amTino,Very likely, yes, though I've never used it this way. Apcupsd documentation indicates that SNMP and PCNET ('an alternative for SNMP available on APC's AP9617 family of smart slot modules') are supported. See the section 'Supported UPSes and Cables' (pp. 8-9) in the User Manual. http://apcupsd.com/manual/manual.pdf
- JalapenoTim Long Nov 10, 2011 at 06:42amapcupsd is GREAT and overcomes a lot of stupid limitations of PowerChute. For example: it will run on a Hyper-V host, which PowerChute will not.I can't get spiceworks to scan the UPS's though. Does it recognize apcupsd?
- PimientoBrendan6109 Dec 30, 2011 at 02:05am>>>I can't get spiceworks to scan the UPS's though. Does it recognize apcupsd?Would be good if this fixed the problem?
- CayenneNigel M Jun 11, 2014 at 08:27amBrilliant software. Monitoring nicely on XP, 2003 & Win7 on USB and serial. Now starting to explore the options.
Spiceworks can't scan for it as it looks for WMI entries under rootcimv2.
apcupsd does talk via port 3551 (by default) which could be the source of a future feature addition I hope :-) - AnaheimBHall74 Jan 19, 2016 at 11:22pmDo you need the network card or can it be connected to serial?
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Until, Scottie
I'm not very computer literate.....Twice now when I've started my new (not Intel) imac G5 I've been told that there was a problem with this file 'comapcpcpestart' and do I want to 'fix' it, discard it, or decide later. I've chosen the latter as I have no idea what I should do. Any ideas as to what is going on? More importantly why this is happening as I'm a very simple user....no delving deep into the computer but simply checking email, using itunes and iphoto. Lately all I've been doing is sending a few emails.
Actually, osx tiger has not worked properly from the start.....my 'mail' program comstatnly has problems (freezes) to the point that I don't use it any more (bummer). Everything else has appeared to work fine but now with this I'm a bit concerned that somethings up......
Any ideas? If so, please keep the expenation simple......talk to me like a child if necessary....I won't be offended.
Until, Scottie