APC UPS Widget
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Turned the UPS off and on again
After a few minutes it comes back like this:
Who maintains this widget?
The battery charge status bar remains red even when it is at 100%
The temperature is also not displayed
UPS TEST:
Stop the apcupsd service from services in the webgui.
Log on to the console (ssh or physical/idrac etc..) Select 8) Shell, and run apctest from console (see below), select 4 and new date, start the service again when done.# apctest
Checking configuration ...
sharenet.type = Network & ShareUPS Disabled
cable.type = USB Cable
mode.type = USB UPS Driver
Setting up the port ...
Doing prep_device() ...You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode
Hello, this is the apcupsd Cable Test program.
This part of apctest is for testing USB UPSes.
Getting UPS capabilities...SUCCESSPlease select the function you want to perform.
- Test kill UPS power
- Perform self-test
- Read last self-test result
- View/Change battery date
- View manufacturing date
- View/Change alarm behavior
- View/Change sensitivity
- View/Change low transfer voltage
- View/Change high transfer voltage
- Perform battery calibration
- Test alarm
- View/Change self-test interval
Q) Quit
Select function number: 4
Current battery date: 03/16/2020
Enter new battery date (MM/DD/YYYY), blank to quit: 02/04/2024
Perform sel-test:
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
The battery charge status bar remains red even when it is at 100%
Mine is displayed in green color.
The temperature is also not displayed
Obviously it is not retrieved from the UPS by apcaccess, since it is not shown up on your Status page.
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What UPS model do you have?
Do you have pfsense version 2.7.2 CE?
apcupsd 0.3.92_1
It looks different.
Maybe it also depends on the UPS modelIn Temp Levels Warning (°C) text box report:
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In Temp Levels Critical (°C) text box report:
Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSIONReport-Msgid-Bugs-To: MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bitPO-Revision-Date: 2019-05-09 10:22+0000Last-Translator: Copied by Zanata copied-by-zanata@zanata.orgLanguage-Team: English (United States)Language: en_USX-Generator: Zanata 4.6.2Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)
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@Unoptanio
It's a Smart-UPS 1500, pretty old.You can enter the temp level thresholds by yourself.
But this might not make a difference. The temp was displayed even before I stated these.
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OK thank you. I copied your values into my system
After more than 5 years are your batteries still good? do you have meat?
I had to replace them. When I took them off they were all swollen, deformed and veined.
In general they recommend replacing them every 3 yearsthe charging bar is now yellow......
once 50% is reached the bar becomes green
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
After more than 5 years are your batteries still good? do you have meat?
Long-life type.
The UPS was in production use for about 1 y after battery replacement.
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Purchased new UPS model APC Back-UPS Pro, 1200VA/720W
the temperature does not appear even with this model
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
the temperature does not appear even with this model
I guess not every model reports to apcupsd a temperature.
I have here a APC Back-UPS CS 350 and the temperature is reported but is invariant at "ITEMP : 29.2 C"
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
Seams that your UPS is not reporting the "OUTPUTV" to apcupsd ...
The widget can only show what is reported in "Status information from apcupsd"
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
questo widget sembra diverso:
As I stated in my post before: The widget can only show what is reported in "Status information from apcupsd"
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@fireodo said in APC UPS Widget:
ok I understand.
It seems strange to me, however, that two new APC UPSs, of two different and modern models, do not transmit these values.Maybe "apcupsd" needs some updating
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
It seems strange to me, however, that two new APC UPSs, of two different and modern models, do not transmit these values.
The values that are transmitted depends on the firmware of the UPS
Maybe "apcupsd" needs some updating
Yes could be possible that actual apcupsd cannot read some values that come from the UPS firmware ...
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@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
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It does that if you reset the battery date manually. No I don't know why. Some sort of parsing error it looks like. Copy down the values first, as you found.
Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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APC Back-UPS Pro 1200VA/720W
apcupsd 0.3.92_1This is a brand new UPS just installed today. I didn't reset the battery
Connection via USB port
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I don't quite understand what I should do
pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2 -
@Unoptanio Sorry if I was confusing, I was just trying to provide more info to the thread on those weird errors. You seem to be past that already so I wasn't suggesting you do anything in particular.
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@SteveITS said in APC UPS Widget:
@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:
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It does that if you reset the battery date manually. No I don't know why. Some sort of parsing error it looks like. Copy down the values first, as you found.
I saw the same, but didn't ever reset the battery date manually with apcupsd.
The UPS was management with the APC software on Windows before. I guess, I set the battery date with this, when I replaced it.
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If you like to experiment you can use this Widget:
APC WidgetYou have to copy it to
/usr/local/www/widgets/widgetsand after that you can add it to the dashboard ...
