Have you checked to see you have

apcsmart /dev/ttyXX (this is the driver to collect data from the UPS)
upsd running (server)

All the configuration files are in /usr/local/ups/etc/

Also in your src tree you should read the docs in docs and conf

I am a newbie myself but so far I have already got in monitoring the UPS but
I still have to test to see if it shut down the master correctly and then
the slaves.

David Kwok
----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
To: <dkwok@iware.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: APCUPSD UPS


> > For those who wants to control their UPS I have successfully install NUT
=
> > to just do that. It is a much easy to use and fully feature package. The
=
> > magic is that it can be compiled into any OS.=20
> >
> > Have a look at the site www.exploits.org/nut
>
> Thanks for the hint.  I got it to compile okay, but I seem to have some
> problem with configuration.  Did you get a "Data for UPS [apc1000] is
stale
> at startup" message when starting up "upsd?"  If so, what was the
solution?
> I notice that no /var/state/ups/apcsmart-tty00 file is created after
running
> the driver.  Shouldn't there be one?  Appreciate any help.
>
> henry nelson
>