APC UPS Widget

Unoptanio

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 model

In Temp Levels Warning (°C) text box report:

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In Temp Levels Critical (°C) text box report:

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viragomann

@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.

Unoptanio

@viragomann

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 years

the charging bar is now yellow......

once 50% is reached the bar becomes green

viragomann

@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.
Now it works for a nonprofit org for about 2 y.

Unoptanio

@viragomann

Purchased new UPS model APC Back-UPS Pro, 1200VA/720W

the temperature does not appear even with this model

fireodo

@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"
IMHO

Unoptanio

@fireodo

fireodo

@Unoptanio said in APC UPS Widget:

@fireodo

Seams that your UPS is not reporting the "OUTPUTV" to apcupsd ...

The widget can only show what is reported in "Status information from apcupsd"

Unoptanio

@fireodo

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/184136/apcupsd-missing-status-icon/7t

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/184136/apcupsd-missing-status-icon

questo widget sembra diverso:

fireodo

@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"
If a value is missing the widget shows "N/A"

Unoptanio

@fireodo

@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

fireodo

@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 ...

SteveITS

@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.

Unoptanio

@SteveITS

APC Back-UPS Pro 1200VA/720W
apcupsd 0.3.92_1

This is a brand new UPS just installed today. I didn't reset the battery
Connection via USB port

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Unoptanio

@SteveITS

I don't quite understand what I should do

SteveITS

@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.

viragomann

@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.

fireodo

@Unoptanio

If you like to experiment you can use this Widget:
APC Widget

You have to copy it to

/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets

and after that you can add it to the dashboard ...