APCupsd package status for pfSense
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Will this package be updated for the new version of pfsense?
On the way.
I've sent a PR for adding apcupsd on pfSense 2.3.
Hi Danilo!
Any news? -
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Is there a way to give some donations for this? Right now I have only bandaid method to shutdown pfsense from another server hosting apcupsd using custom script. It's not as robust but it's better than nothing. If there is power outage, people without custom solutions will have pfsense just shutoff without shutting down gracefully…
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Is there a way to give some donations for this? Right now I have only bandaid method to shutdown pfsense from another server hosting apcupsd using custom script. It's not as robust but it's better than nothing. If there is power outage, people without custom solutions will have pfsense just shutoff without shutting down gracefully…
I would be willing to donate to the cause as well, to support this package with functional email alrerts
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Still nothing here? Is there anyway to get NUT working with an APC UPS that's running apcupsd driver rather than directly USB to pfsense box?
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I'm not sure why the apcupsd was pulled, but according to the application site, there seems to be a design issue with FreeBSD in how it can shutdown the UPS
http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/manual.html#freebsd
Not sure if that has been resolved, or is part of the reason it isn't considered supported for FreeBSD.
I too would be willing to make a donation to get this package back in -
So is there any chance for this to ever be approved ?
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NUT itself supports talking with a remote apcupsd instance, although the existing NUT package does not support the configuration. I am working on a new version of the NUT package which will support have support for this configuration. I do not have an eta, but in the interim you could hand edit the files in /usr/local/etc/nut.
Is there anyway to get NUT working with an APC UPS that's running apcupsd driver rather than directly USB to pfsense box?
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I fixed it for now with configuring NUT the following way:
- Choose Local UPS
- Local UPS Name: <insert name="" here="">- Local UPS model: APC SmartUPS USB
- Local UPS Port: Auto
Save these settings.
Then go to diagnostics > Edit file.
load the folloing file: /usr/local/etc/nut/ups.conf
change the driver and port settings to the following:
driver=apcupsd-ups
port= <hostname of="" your="" system="" where="" apcupsd="" runs="">Save the file.
Start the NUT service.This works for me.
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The new NUT package is available for testing if you are interested:
