gberg Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) Hi, I just installed my new UPS, APC Back-UPS 1400VA (BX1400UI), and was suprised how low the power consumption of my system is. Does this seem resonable for the system in my signature, the system is more or less idle, just a few seeding torrents reading from the array, but all disks are spun up? Edited December 9, 2019 by gberg Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Looks about right Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 And also is it possible to set up APC UPS daemon to be able to control other servers to shut them down too in the event of power loss? Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Yeah, have a look at APCUPSD Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Michael_P said: Yeah, have a look at APCUPSD You mean here? http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/ Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Yep, install it on whatever clients you have that you want to shut down when on UPS power Quote Link to comment
Vr2Io Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) Forget the figure feedback by UPS, most because it is back-series, you won't got 83min runtime. Figure have meaning only when UPS on battery mode. Edited December 7, 2019 by Benson Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Im pretty sure the OP was referring to the power draw not run time Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) On 12/7/2019 at 9:42 PM, Michael_P said: Yep, install it on whatever clients you have that you want to shut down when on UPS power Thanks, I found this guide on how to do it, and I installed it on my Openmediavault backup-NAS, it works great! https://www.pontikis.net/blog/apc-ups-master-slave-setup-apcupsd Edited December 9, 2019 by gberg Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Also, is it possible to get readings via SNMP from the UNRAID apcupsd ? Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Now the UPS is powering another server, and a backup NAS, and the load has gone up a bit. I haven't noticed earlier, but now I see that there is no output voltage showing, shouldn't there be? This is what it looks like now: Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 11 hours ago, gberg said: I see that there is no output voltage showing, shouldn't there be? Looks like 228.0 volts to me in that screenshot. Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, jonathanm said: Looks like 228.0 volts to me in that screenshot. Do you mean "LINEV", that is the voltage comming into the UPS, I think there sould be a number for the voltage going out of the UPS too, APC normally calls it "OUTPUTV" Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 hours ago, gberg said: Do you mean "LINEV", that is the voltage comming into the UPS, I think there sould be a number for the voltage going out of the UPS too, APC normally calls it "OUTPUTV" At the console, type apcaccess status and see what the daemon is currently showing. Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, jonathanm said: At the console, type apcaccess status and see what the daemon is currently showing. That doesn't show any "OUTPUTV" either, looks loike this: APC : 001,036,0862 DATE : 2020-01-22 13:35:34 +0100 HOSTNAME : UNRAID VERSION : 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) slackware UPSNAME : UNRAID CABLE : USB Cable DRIVER : USB UPS Driver UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: 2020-01-21 09:00:01 +0100 MODEL : Back-UPS XS 1400U STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 230.0 Volts LOADPCT : 20.0 Percent BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 32.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 50 Percent MINTIMEL : 15 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds SENSE : Medium LOTRANS : 155.0 Volts HITRANS : 280.0 Volts ALARMDEL : 30 Seconds BATTV : 27.2 Volts LASTXFER : Low line voltage NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 Seconds CUMONBATT: 0 Seconds XOFFBATT : N/A SELFTEST : NO STATFLAG : 0x05000008 SERIALNO : 4B1906P34060 BATTDATE : 2019-02-10 NOMINV : 230 Volts NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts NOMPOWER : 700 Watts FIRMWARE : 926.T2 .I USB FW:T2 END APC : 2020-01-22 13:35:38 +0100 Maybe "OUTPUTV" doesn't show for all UPS models, I just thought this model was supposed to show that since it got AVR, but maybe the outbup voltage isn't monitored? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, gberg said: Maybe "OUTPUTV" doesn't show for all UPS models, I just thought this model was supposed to show that since it got AVR, but maybe the outbup voltage isn't monitored? Perhaps apcupsd hasn't been updated for that model. It's an open source project, not endorsed or supported by APC. http://www.apcupsd.org/ If it bothers you enough to play around, you could try installing NUT from the Apps tab and see if you get better reporting. https://networkupstools.org/ Quote Link to comment
gberg Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, jonathanm said: Perhaps apcupsd hasn't been updated for that model. It's an open source project, not endorsed or supported by APC. http://www.apcupsd.org/ If it bothers you enough to play around, you could try installing NUT from the Apps tab and see if you get better reporting. https://networkupstools.org/ Nah, it doesn't really matter, the UPS is working fine. Quote Link to comment
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