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How can I prevent apcupsd from managing the PC, and leave it to a custom script?
I bought myself a old APC Back-UPS CS650 uninterruptible power supply, and replaced the accumulator in it with a large lead-acid one, it coincides in voltage with the stock accumulator. I connected ...
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Infotec X4 on Ubuntu with NUT
I am trying to connect an Infotec X4 UPS to NUT on an Ubuntu server.
The UPS is correctly recognized by ViewPower software on a Windows laptop. This allowed me to conclude that the USB interface works ...
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Disabling repeating battery failure alarms on an APC Smart-UPS
I have an old APC SU700I with batteries which were failed on the self-test. Its manual says the following:
THE REPLACE BATTERY/BATTERY DISCONNECTED LED IS ILLUMINATED
Failure of a battery self-test.
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Turn hard drive and computer on/off based on ups status
I have an APC UPS BR550GI, an Intel NUC with Linux Debian on it and a WD 3.5" drive in an external enclosure with power supply, turn on/off switch and it is connected to the NUC via USB 3.0. Both the ...
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Implications of AC power failure on suspended Linux box
My Linux box will be automatically shut down by the attached UPS if it is running and the AC power fails.
If I have the Linux box suspended and the AC power fails, I assume the UPS can not shut it ...
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APC UPS reports battery charge 000.0%
I have a Back-UPS CS 500 attached to a Linux PC (openSUSE 13.1 x86_64) that since this morning reports
BCHARGE : 000.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 0.0 Minutes
The other values seem normal to me:
$ ...
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APC false alarm?
I have an APC Back-UPS 1500RS attached to a Gentoo server that's less than 2 years old. I've already replaced the battery once on this thing and am getting replace battery messages again. I'm not ...
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Have UPS shut down computer automatically in Linux when the power goes out
I'm wondering that I could not find anything useful on Google.
I'm using a cheap UPS which actually does keep my computer powered for awhile if there are some electricity issues (they are very common ...
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apcupsd on Linux does not see APC BackUPS Pro 900 on USB
From what documentation I could find, the UPS is supported on Linux and is reported to be working with apcupsd.
I looked for specific problems such as the infamous Microlink protocol, and found none.
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Can a consumer-level (i.e. cheap) UPS trigger a custom script on power failure on Linux?
I am essentially trying to build is a poor mans server failover solution.
The non-profit organization I am part of is planning to host several web applications. In order to save on hosting costs we ...
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in-car server, avoid disk error when power interruption?
guys I have a low powered 1U server in my car which collect some data, but when I stop my car and remove my key, the power for the linux box will be cut immediately for the computer. And power back ...
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Shutdown VMware guest applications when UPS kicks in
My situation is that I am running VMware workstation to run a LAMP server for some lightweight data collection.
My host OS is Windows XP. I have a APC UPS that is set to shut down the PC via ...
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Can my Linux box turn off the UPS after it shuts down?
I have an APC UPS with all my computer peripherals plugged into it. When I'm done using the computer, I'd like to be able to type "shutdown" or "init 0" and walk away from the machine, trusting that ...
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