Apcupsd

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Apcupsd (the name stands for APC UPS Daemon) is an application that runs on Linux, UNIX and some Windows machines (using Cygwin). It allows the computer to interact with (almost all recent) APC Uninteruptible Power Supplies. Apcupsd also works with some OEM APC power supplies (e.g. Hewlett-Packard's).[1][2]

Apcupsd must run in daemon mode to keep a live connection with the UPS. This is needed to monitor the UPS via USB or RS232.[1]

Apcupsd is the free software equivalent of the APC's proprietary software called Powerchute. As of version 3.14.0 Apcupsd has support for the PowerChute Network Shutdown function as well as many other features.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Monitoring Your UPS With apcupsd, Riccardo Facchetti, Linux Journal, December 1, 2000 (date in print edition: November 2000.) Accessed on line November 21, 2007.
  2. ^ ยง7.10, Nagios: System And Network Monitoring, Wolfgang Barth, No Starch Press, 2006, ISBN 1593270704.
  3. ^ Apcupsd home page

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