[ale] APC UPS and linux

[danverde at comcast.net (danverde)]

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