[ale] APC UPS setup?

[Jim Popovitch]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Thu June 8 2006 3:13 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> apcupsd is your friend.
> ok, so I browsed the apcupsd.conf file, and set it up for what I THINK 
> are my parameters.. and started it in system services, then started it 
> with:
> apcupsd&
> 
> soo..... now what?
> oh, I DID plug in the little cable from the ups to a USB port:) almost 
> forgot THAT step!

Edit apccontrol (?sp) and set the email address that you want to alerts 
to go to.

Next, unplug your UPS from AC and see if apcupsd alerts.  Check 
/var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog for issues.

-Jim P.