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    Apcupsd 3.14.10 on pfSense 2.1.5 (amd64)

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      mir
      last edited by

      LOCKFILE option should have /var/tmp
      You have /var/lock which does not exist by default.

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        PARC
        last edited by

        I toggled this setting during my troubleshooting… sadly, changing it back to the /var/tmp default has no effect, but I appreciate the suggestion.

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          mir
          last edited by

          Have you tried running this from the command line: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh

          To see want errors you get?

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            PARC
            last edited by

            I've been starting and stopping the daemon from the command line. Whether or not it's started or stopped, that command doesn't produce any output, nor does it drop anything into the log:

            [2.1.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/var/log(20): /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh stop
Stopping APC UPS Daemon...
[2.1.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/var/log(21): /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh
[2.1.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/var/log(22): /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh start
Starting APC UPS Daemon...
[2.1.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/var/log(23): /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd.sh
Broadcast Message from admin@pfsense.localdomain
        (no tty) at 21:00 UTC...

Communications with UPS lost. 
[2.1.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/var/log(24): cat /var/log/apcupsd.events
...
2014-12-09 20:59:43 +0000  apcupsd exiting, signal 15
2014-12-09 20:59:43 +0000  apcupsd shutdown succeeded
2014-12-09 21:00:09 +0000  apcupsd 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) freebsd startup succeeded
2014-12-09 21:00:14 +0000  Communications with UPS lost.
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              mir
              last edited by

              Any contents in this file?
              /var/log/apcupsd.events

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                dbaio
                last edited by

                I think this is a problem similar with pcnet.

                If you use pcnet on the Upstype field, the parameters need to be on same field, not in DEVICE.

                Try to do the same.

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                Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)

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                  PARC
                  last edited by

                  Thanks dbaio… this hadn't occurred to me. All my other apcupsd instances have the conf files configured by hand with net as the UPSTYPE and _<my.netop.ip.here>: <myport>_as the DEVICE.

                  After making this change, the relevant section in the conf file now looks like so:

                  
...
#
UPSTYPE net <my.netop.ip.here>: <myport>#DEVICE
...</myport></my.netop.ip.here>

                  Sadly, after restart, the service still isn't able to consume the UPS data over the network.</myport></my.netop.ip.here>

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                    dbaio
                    last edited by

                    Hi.

                    I've tried here and "net" doesn't have the simular bug like "pcnet", thanks for trying.

                    Change your UPS Class and UPS Mode to Share Master and Share and try it again, please.

                    Regards.

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                    Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)

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                      dbaio
                      last edited by

                      Maybe apcaccess uses all settings (standalone | shareslave | sharemaster)

                      $ apcaccess status <my.netops.ip.here>: <port>[snip]
UPSMODE  : ShareUPS Master 
SHARE    : ShareUPS
STATUS   : ONLINE 
[snip]</port></my.netops.ip.here>

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                      Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)

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                        PARC
                        last edited by

                        Hi Danilo,

                        Thanks for the suggestion. I gave this a try as well, but sadly those changes didn't work either.

                        If I can find a similar version of apcupsd I'm going to try installing it on a linux machine behind pfSense to see if this is an issue with this specific version of apcupsd and the net connectivity I'm using.

                        Cheers,
                        Greg

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                          dbaio
                          last edited by

                          @PARC:

                          Hi Danilo,

                          Thanks for the suggestion. I gave this a try as well, but sadly those changes didn't work either.

                          If I can find a similar version of apcupsd I'm going to try installing it on a linux machine behind pfSense to see if this is an issue with this specific version of apcupsd and the net connectivity I'm using.

                          Cheers,
                          Greg

                          Thank you for your time.

                          I submitted a PR and I asked for build the new binaries (3.14.12).

                          Best Regards.

                          –
                          Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)

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                            mk96
                            last edited by

                            Actually same here, after a couple of seconds after system start a broadcast appears:
                            "Communications with UPS lost"
                            My config uses PCNET driver,

                            apcupsd.events:

                            2015-01-08 22:24:48 +0100  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in newups.c at line 103
Mutex lock failure. ERR=Resource deadlock avoided
2015-01-08 22:24:48 +0100  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in newups.c at line 103
Mutex lock failure. ERR=Resource deadlock avoided
2015-01-08 22:24:48 +0100  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in newups.c at line 103
Mutex lock failure. ERR=Resource deadlock avoided
2015-01-08 22:25:28 +0100  apcupsd 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) freebsd startup succeeded
2015-01-08 22:26:28 +0100  Communications with UPS lost.
2015-01-08 22:32:11 +0100  apcupsd exiting, signal 15
2015-01-08 22:32:11 +0100  apcupsd shutdown succeeded
2015-01-08 22:32:25 +0100  apcupsd 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) freebsd startup succeeded
2015-01-08 22:32:25 +0100  apcupsd exiting, signal 15
2015-01-08 22:32:30 +0100  apcupsd 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) freebsd startup succeeded
2015-01-08 22:33:30 +0100  Communications with UPS lost.
2015-01-08 22:35:33 +0100  apcupsd exiting, signal 15
2015-01-08 22:35:38 +0100  apcupsd 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) freebsd startup succeeded
2015-01-08 22:35:38 +0100  apcupsd exiting, signal 15
2015-01-08 22:35:43 +0100  apcupsd 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) freebsd startup succeeded
2015-01-08 22:36:43 +0100  Communications with UPS lost.

                            On the other installation works fine using serial cable, but this one with this strange issue uses an APC MNC2 card AP9631

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                              mk96
                              last edited by

                              Seems it is solved by adding the IP of the PFsense box to the powerchute clients in the web interface of the AP9631 NMC card

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                                sensemann
                                last edited by

                                hello,

                                I ve the same problem.

                                even with the correct config / IP , in the webinterface and  /usr/pbi/apcupsd-amd64/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf  it doenst work, I only get this error:

                                /usr/local/sbin: apcaccess

                                Error contacting apcupsd @ localhost:3551: Operation timed out

                                But this is working:

                                apcaccess -h 192.168.2.1:3551

                                using apcupsd-3.14.12_1  with pfSense 2.2-R.

                                Any ideas?

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                                  dbaio
                                  last edited by

                                  The command apcaccess tries to connect through many ways(SNMP, PCNET with auth, PCNET without auth and others), seeing the log you can know how it did.

                                  You need to check your config on the UPS (pcnet) - PowerChute Network Shutdown.

                                  Some tips from apcupsd.com:

                                  UPSCABLE ether
UPSTYPE pcnet
DEVICE ipaddr:user:passphrase
UPSCLASS standalone
UPSMODE disable

                                  The DEVICE setting specifies the IP address of the UPS as well as the username and authentication passphrase to use. Note th
                                  at the username and passphrase are not the Web/SNMP login credentials. They are separate settings. The default username on a new card is "apc" and the default passphrase is "admin user phrase". To change the passphrase, log in to the Web UI and go to the UPS tab, then to PowerChute -> Configuration. (This assumes firmware v3.3.1. Other versions may place the setting elsewhere.) The password must be a minimum of 15 characters long. The web UI will silently ignore shorter passwords and does not give an error message. There is no apparent way to change the username.

                                  Note that you may leave DEVICE blank and Apcupsd will accept information from any PCNET UPS on the network, however it will be very insecure since an attacker could easily send packets crafted to cause your server to shut down. Using the ipaddr, user, and passphrase will prevent this behavior.

                                  http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html#powerchute-network-shutdown-driver-pcnet

                                  Also, you can add the IP of pfSense box to the powerchute clients in the web interface like @mk96 saied.

                                  Regards

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                                  Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)

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                                    sensemann
                                    last edited by

                                    hi, I tryd to change "net" to "pcnet" - but it doesnt help. I guess there`s a bug between pfSende web-GUI and apcaccess…

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                                      dbaio
                                      last edited by

                                      @sensemann:

                                      hi, I tryd to change "net" to "pcnet" - but it doesnt help. I guess there`s a bug between pfSende web-GUI and apcaccess…

                                      You were right, it was improved.

                                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=89901.0

                                      –
                                      Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)

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                                        PARC
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello all,

                                        Just wanted to mention that I noticed a new version of the apcupsd package was available; I uninstalled the previous package and installed the new one. That resolved this issue.

                                        Hooray!

                                        Cheers,
                                        Greg

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