[Apcupsd-users] apcupsd not working properly on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS-based 4.4 kernel

[nls]

Hi,

I was using the daemon succesfully previously on an earlier Proxmox version
that used the RH/OpenVZ kernel 2.6.32. I've recenty upgraded to their newer
version which uses an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS kernel branch, 4.4.59-87, closely
following upstream. On these new kernels I get this kind of output:

APC : 001,028,0645
DATE : 2017-05-04 15:42:17 +0200
HOSTNAME : x
VERSION : 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) debian
UPSNAME : x
CABLE : USB Cable
DRIVER : USB UPS Driver
UPSMODE : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: 2017-05-04 15:42:15 +0200
MODEL :
STATUS : ONLINE
LOADPCT : 0.0 Percent
BCHARGE : 0.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 0.0 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 40 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME : 900 Seconds
OUTPUTV : 0.0 Volts
DWAKE : 0 Seconds
LOTRANS : 0.0 Volts
HITRANS : 0.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : 30 Seconds
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT : 0 Seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 Seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
STATFLAG : 0x05000008
SERIALNO :
END APC : 2017-05-04 15:42:18 +0200

Many of the status values are not recognised. It makes the daemon with this
model practically unusable. I'd happily provide more info if needed to
debug this.

Thanks,
Chris

[nls]

I forgot to spec the UPS device model.

# dmesg | grep 'usb 1-1.6'
[14570.971851] usb 1-1.6: new low-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci
[14572.927443] usb 1-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=0463,
idProduct=ffff
[14572.927449] usb 1-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=4
[14572.927452] usb 1-1.6: Product: Ellipse ECO
[14572.927454] usb 1-1.6: Manufacturer: EATON
[14572.927456] usb 1-1.6: SerialNumber: 000000000

Post by nls
Hi,
I was using the daemon succesfully previously on an earlier Proxmox
version that used the RH/OpenVZ kernel 2.6.32. I've recenty upgraded to
their newer version which uses an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS kernel branch,
4.4.59-87, closely following upstream. On these new kernels I get this kind
APC : 001,028,0645
DATE : 2017-05-04 15:42:17 +0200
HOSTNAME : x
VERSION : 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) debian
UPSNAME : x
CABLE : USB Cable
DRIVER : USB UPS Driver
UPSMODE : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: 2017-05-04 15:42:15 +0200
STATUS : ONLINE
LOADPCT : 0.0 Percent
BCHARGE : 0.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 0.0 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 40 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME : 900 Seconds
OUTPUTV : 0.0 Volts
DWAKE : 0 Seconds
LOTRANS : 0.0 Volts
HITRANS : 0.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : 30 Seconds
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT : 0 Seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 Seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
STATFLAG : 0x05000008
END APC : 2017-05-04 15:42:18 +0200
Many of the status values are not recognised. It makes the daemon with
this model practically unusable. I'd happily provide more info if needed to
debug this.
Thanks,
Chris

[Jernej Simončič]

Post by nls
[14572.927454] usb 1-1.6: Manufacturer: EATON

This is likely the reason - apcupsd is intended for APC UPSes, not
other brands.