[ale] APC UPS and linux

[Trey Sizemore]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:36:44 -0500
danverde <danverde at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Saturday 30 December 2006 6:52 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> > I've recently purchased an APC UPS (BackUPS XS 1500) for use with a
> > few servers I have here at home and a desktop.  I understand
> > there's an apcupsd package that can be installed.
> >
> > I assume I can just plug the power cords of the machines into the
> > UPS, hook the USP cable from the UPS to one of the machines, and
> > then install apcupsd on that machine, correct?
> >
> > Is there any sort of GUI for monitoring?
> 
> I have been using a 1500 for a while now.  It works great with
> apcupsd.
> 
> gapcmon is the gui.
> 
> http://gapcmon.sourceforge.net/
> 
> You will have to make sure that you get the config files for apcupsd
> setup correctly.  
> 
> be sure and set:
> UPSCABLE usb
> 
> and
> 
> UPSTYPE usb
> DEVICE  # this is blank
> 
> 
> 
> Dan

Must apcupsd be installed on each machine the the UPS will serve or
only one?  Also, is the USB connection from the UPS only required to
connect to one machine?

-- 
Cheers,
Trey
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