> Does anyone have info on using a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) on
> CBQ?
> I have looked at http://www.apcupsd.org/
> But have not implemented.
Here are the notes from my wiki from when I installed apcupsd...
This is based on apcupsd v3.12.4 which I installed on 22 Dec 06
1) Stop the console using ttyS0 so we can use it for the serial UPS
connection:
$ vi /etc/inittab
Comment out the line that is using ttyS0
$ init q
$ pkill agetty
# agetty will spring back into life on its own
2) Install the RPM
$ cd /tmp
$ wget
http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/apcupsd/apcupsd-std-3.12.4-1.el4.i386.rpm
$ rpm -ihv apcupsd-std-3.12.4-1.el4.i386.rpm
$ rm apcupsd-std-3.12.4-1.el4.i386.rpm
3) Configure:
$ vi /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
NISIP 127.0.0.1
$ vi /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol
I added some entries in here under powerout, onbattery,
mainsback & doshutdown that would SMS my phone when this happened...
echo "Power loss detected" | /bin/mail -s "Alert from UPS" mo (at mark) exmpl.com
4) Setup web interface
$ mkdir /home/sites/secure.example.com/web/ups
$ cp /etc/apcupsd/cgi/* /home/sites/secure.example.com/web/ups
# CGI programs need to be owned by a valid user, they cannot be admin
$ chown -R auser /home/sites/secure.example.com/web/ups
5) Startup
$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/apcupsd start
# Note that the web interface takes a min or two to synchronise, this
caught me out all the time. Don't think it's not working straight away.
I hope this helps
Dan