On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 16:53 -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > We got replacement battery "kits" for some of our APC UPS' (Smart-UPS, > rackmount). I put them into one tray (it's for an RBC 43, which takes 8, > and weighs a ton), and put it in, and let it charge. Idiot "change > battery" led stays on. So I hit the test button, it discharges very > rapidly (a good number of servers on this), and the led stays on. > > For some reason, apcupsd's USB test fails, with an HIDDEV i/o error. So I > got rid of the weird APC usb cable, and put in one of their serial cables, > and run the "smart" test (the USB does more), and get results showing > everything's fine. > > But the idiot light's still on. > > So, looking at all the values that the "apcsmart" choice can give me, the > first thing is UPS status. I've been googling for a while, and can't find > a single reference to it. Anyone have a link to somewhere that will give > me the status codes (and their meaning)? > The only thing that comes to mind is to check out NUT ( Network UPS Tools ) at http://www.networkupstools.org and see if their source code can answer your questions. I've been using NUT for some time with APC units and had no issues when changing batteries, but I have a vague memory of some models being fussy about noticing the new battery. Google should be able to find those discussions for you. > Thanks in advance. > > mark > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly