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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse
      last edited by gjacobse

      Well - while I don't have a Pi yet, I do happen to have a LM 17.x system running as my Pandora Music box (Pithos). It's within reach of one of the several UPS units I have (I have like nine) so I used your process and got one set up:

      sudo upsc pandora
:
Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: not set
battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
battery.runtime: 3336
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 13.5
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
device.mfr: APC
device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
device.serial: 4B1425P54201
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.7.1
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.sensitivity: medium
input.transfer.high: 139
input.transfer.low: 92
input.voltage: 125.0
input.voltage.nominal: 120
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D
ups.firmware.aux: W1
ups.load: 12
ups.mfr: APC
ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: 4B1425P54201
ups.status: OL
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d
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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
        last edited by

        Today will be tinkering with notification options.

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse
          last edited by

          Just got this:

          Init SSL without certificate database
Error: Data stale
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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse
            last edited by

            Went back through the commands above to validation / confirmation:

            $ sudo nano /etc/nut/nut.conf

            no changes - the same.

            $ sudo nano /etc/nut/ups.conf

            no changes - the same

             $ sudo upsdrvctl start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.7.1
Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.38 (2.7.1)
USB communication driver 0.32
Duplicate driver instance detected! Terminating other driver!
Using subdriver: APC HID 0.95

            Okay - seems 'ok'

            $ sudo upsd
Network UPS Tools upsd 2.7.1
fopen /var/run/nut/upsd.pid: No such file or directory
not listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
not listening on ::1 port 3493
no listening interface available

            $ sudo upsc pandora
Init SSL without certificate database
Error: Data stale

            curious.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @gjacobse
              last edited by

              @gjacobse I do not get that. Mine has been untouched since last night.

              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo upsc jaredoffice
Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: 2001/09/25
battery.mfr.date: 2010/12/15
battery.runtime: 1472
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.2
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.mfr: American Power Conversion
device.model: Back-UPS BR1000G
device.serial: 3B1051X20329
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.7.2
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.sensitivity: medium
input.transfer.high: 147
input.transfer.low: 88
input.voltage: 124.0
input.voltage.nominal: 120
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: 868.L1 .D
ups.firmware.aux: L1
ups.load: 20
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2010/12/15
ups.model: Back-UPS BR1000G
ups.productid: 0002
ups.realpower.nominal: 600
ups.serial: 3B1051X20329
ups.status: OL
ups.test.result: No test initiated
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch
                last edited by

                This is what I will be following to configure reporting/alerting.
                http://www.techrepublic.com/article/customize-ups-related-alerts-in-nut/

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                • gjacobseG
                  gjacobse @JaredBusch
                  last edited by

                  @JaredBusch
                  Well push comes to Meh -okay. I restarted the box and it's polls now.

                  Won't do anything else with it for a spell to see if it retains it. It's been four days since I restarted it. Now - to reconnect to it as I had to pull the monitor off. X2Go works great,.. but only once I've signed in at the local. sure that is omething that can be changed.

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse
                    last edited by

                    checking on my UPS this morning

                     ~ $ uptime
 09:59:20 up 6 days, 18:12,  2 users,  load average: 0.19, 0.25, 0.25

 ~ $ sudo upsc pandora
Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: not set
battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
battery.runtime: 3172
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 13.6
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
device.mfr: APC
device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
device.serial: 4B1425P54201
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.7.1
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.sensitivity: medium
input.transfer.high: 139
input.transfer.low: 92
input.voltage: 126.0
input.voltage.nominal: 120
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D
ups.firmware.aux: W1
ups.load: 13
ups.mfr: APC
ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: 4B1425P54201
ups.status: OL
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d

                    Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.

                    As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse @gjacobse
                      last edited by

                      @gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

                      checking on my UPS this morning

                      Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.

                      As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.

                      Maybe something similar to the UBNT controller software - central configuration ability.....

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @gjacobse
                        last edited by

                        @gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

                        checking on my UPS this morning

                         ~ $ uptime
 09:59:20 up 6 days, 18:12,  2 users,  load average: 0.19, 0.25, 0.25

 ~ $ sudo upsc pandora
Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: not set
battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
battery.runtime: 3172
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 13.6
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
device.mfr: APC
device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
device.serial: 4B1425P54201
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.7.1
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.sensitivity: medium
input.transfer.high: 139
input.transfer.low: 92
input.voltage: 126.0
input.voltage.nominal: 120
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D
ups.firmware.aux: W1
ups.load: 13
ups.mfr: APC
ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: 4B1425P54201
ups.status: OL
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d

                        Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.

                        As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.

                        Take the output of upsc and throw it up on a web page. Unless you want a local display, in which case it's actually more difficult.

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                        • thwrT
                          thwr @gjacobse
                          last edited by

                          @gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

                          checking on my UPS this morning

                           ~ $ uptime
 09:59:20 up 6 days, 18:12,  2 users,  load average: 0.19, 0.25, 0.25

 ~ $ sudo upsc pandora
Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: not set
battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
battery.runtime: 3172
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 13.6
battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0
device.mfr: APC
device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
device.serial: 4B1425P54201
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.7.1
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.sensitivity: medium
input.transfer.high: 139
input.transfer.low: 92
input.voltage: 126.0
input.voltage.nominal: 120
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D
ups.firmware.aux: W1
ups.load: 13
ups.mfr: APC
ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22
ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: 4B1425P54201
ups.status: OL
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d

                          Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.

                          As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.

                          AMQP / MQTT may be awesome for this at the transport layer. MQTT is an interesting protocol that let you define a "last will and testament" action in case something goes south.

                          Ansible/Puppet etc. can handle the central configuration.

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            Hey 3 months later.....

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch
                              last edited by

                              Alright, I plugged the thing back in and got to testing.

                              Yeah! It still communicates.

                              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo upsc jaredoffice
Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 84
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.date: 2001/09/25
battery.mfr.date: 2010/12/15
battery.runtime: 1236
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.0
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.mfr: American Power Conversion
device.model: Back-UPS BR1000G
device.serial: 3B1051X20329
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2
driver.parameter.port: auto
driver.version: 2.7.2
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95
driver.version.internal: 0.38
input.sensitivity: medium
input.transfer.high: 147
input.transfer.low: 88
input.transfer.reason: input voltage out of range
input.voltage: 124.0
input.voltage.nominal: 120
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.firmware: 868.L1 .D
ups.firmware.aux: L1
ups.load: 20
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2010/12/15
ups.model: Back-UPS BR1000G
ups.productid: 0002
ups.realpower.nominal: 600
ups.serial: 3B1051X20329
ups.status: OL CHRG
ups.test.result: No test initiated
ups.timer.reboot: 0
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d
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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch
                                last edited by JaredBusch

                                Pulled the power cord from the wall. UPS beeps, but nothing from nut.

                                Ok back to the manual and checking the conf files.

                                Well it would probably help if I told the thing what to monitor..
                                /etc/nut/upsmon.conf

                                MONITOR jaredoffice@localhost 1 upsmon demo master

                                Oh but those details have to match /etc/nut/ups.conf and /etc/nut/upsd.users. Well I already know that my unit is called jaredoffice@localhost from ups.conf. So just edit upsd.users.

                                pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo nano /etc/nut/upsd.users
# put at end of file
[upsmon]
password = demo
upsmon master

                                Now reload the monitor

                                pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo upsmon -c reload
Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.7.2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

                                Then unplug the UPS. and get nothing.

                                look in the logs..
                                tail/var/log/syslog

                                Feb  1 17:05:38 raspberrypi upsmon[732]: UPS jaredoffice@localhost on battery
Feb  1 17:05:38 raspberrypi rsyslogd-2007: action 'action 17' suspended, next retry is Wed Feb  1 17:06:08 2017 [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ]
Feb  1 17:05:38 raspberrypi upssched[964]: Can't open /etc/nut/upssched.conf: Permission denied
Feb  1 17:05:48 raspberrypi upsmon[732]: UPS jaredoffice@localhost on line power
Feb  1 17:05:48 raspberrypi upssched[967]: Can't open /etc/nut/upssched.conf: Permission denied

                                Say to yourself, WTF did I do 3 months ago....

                                Time to reload and start over.

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse @JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

                                  @JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:

                                  Pulled the power cord from the wall. UPS beeps, but nothing from nut.

                                  Ok back to the manual and checking the conf files.

                                  Well it would probably help if I told the thing what to monitor..
                                  /etc/nut/upsmon.conf

                                  MONITOR jaredoffice@localhost 1 upsmon demo master

                                  Oh but those details have to match /etc/nut/ups.conf and /etc/nut/upsd.users. Well I already know that my unit is called jaredoffice@localhost from ups.conf. So just edit upsd.users.

                                  pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo nano /etc/nut/upsd.users
# put at end of file
[upsmon]
password = demo
upsmon master

                                  Now reload the monitor

                                  pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo upsmon -c reload
Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.7.2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

                                  Then unplug the UPS. and get nothing.

                                  look in the logs..
                                  tail/var/log/syslog

                                  Feb  1 17:05:38 raspberrypi upsmon[732]: UPS jaredoffice@localhost on battery
Feb  1 17:05:38 raspberrypi rsyslogd-2007: action 'action 17' suspended, next retry is Wed Feb  1 17:06:08 2017 [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ]
Feb  1 17:05:38 raspberrypi upssched[964]: Can't open /etc/nut/upssched.conf: Permission denied
Feb  1 17:05:48 raspberrypi upsmon[732]: UPS jaredoffice@localhost on line power
Feb  1 17:05:48 raspberrypi upssched[967]: Can't open /etc/nut/upssched.conf: Permission denied

                                  Say to yourself, WTF did I do 3 months ago....

                                  Time to reload and start over.

                                  think i got the same thing, and decide the same course of action, to which I have not moved forward with. Albeit, it's not on a rPi but a desktop - premise is the same.

                                  Think we may have to create a user for the NUT system.... but again,.. can't work with it right now.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch
                                    last edited by JaredBusch

                                    Quick check of upsmon.conf found this, uncommented it.

                                    # RUN_AS_USER nut

                                    Rebooted Pi, unplugged UPS.

                                    Broadcast message from nut@raspberrypi (somewhere) (Wed Feb  1 17:19:04 2017):

UPS jaredoffice@localhost on battery


Broadcast message from nut@raspberrypi (somewhere) (Wed Feb  1 17:19:24 2017):

UPS jaredoffice@localhost on line power
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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch
                                      last edited by

                                      Syslog had this though.

                                      Feb  1 17:19:04 raspberrypi upsmon[734]: UPS jaredoffice@localhost on battery
Feb  1 17:19:11 raspberrypi upssched[792]: Failed to connect to parent and failed to create parent: No such file or directory
Feb  1 17:19:24 raspberrypi upsmon[734]: UPS jaredoffice@localhost on line power

                                      Back to the config files we go!
                                      /etc/nut/upssched.conf

                                      # PIPEFN <filename>
# This is commented out by default to make you visit this file and think
# about how your system works before potentially opening a hole.

                                      FFS, but it gets better! Right below that, also commented out.

                                      # LOCKFN <filename>
#
# REQUIRED.  This was added after version 1.2.1.
#
# upssched needs to be able to create this filename in order to avoid
# a race condition when two events are dispatched from upsmon at nearly
# the same time.  This file will only exist briefly.  It must not be
# created by any other process.
#
# You should put this in the same directory as PIPEFN.
#

                                      So I update the config and make a directory forgetting to chown it from root /sigh...

                                      PIPEFN /etc/nut/upssched/upssched.pipe
LOCKFN /etc/nut/upssched/upssched.lock
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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch
                                        last edited by JaredBusch

                                        Once it was all chowned...

                                        Feb  1 17:33:08 raspberrypi upssched[793]: Timer daemon started
Feb  1 17:33:09 raspberrypi upssched[793]: New timer: onbattwarn (30 seconds)
Feb  1 17:33:39 raspberrypi upssched[793]: Event: onbattwarn
Feb  1 17:33:54 raspberrypi upssched[793]: Timer queue empty, exiting

                                        And output to the screen:

                                        Broadcast message from nut@raspberrypi (somewhere) (Wed Feb  1 17:33:39 2017):

The UPS is currently running on battery power!
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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          Now time to wipe, replicate, test and document.

                                          Then the command can be changed to send email.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch
                                            last edited by JaredBusch

                                            Following my own notes from post 62
                                            At step 11 (installing nut form repo) I see an error.
                                            May or may not have gotten this the first time around..

                                            pi@bna-pwr-pi-01:~ $ sudo apt-get install nut
Reading package lists... Done
<snip>
Unpacking nut (2.7.2-4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u6) ...
Setting up libnspr4:armhf (2:4.12-1+debu8u1) ...
Setting up libnss3:armhf (2:3.26-1+debu8u1) ...
Setting up libupsclient4:armhf (2.7.2-4) ...
Setting up nut-client (2.7.2-4) ...
Job for nut-monitor.service failed. See 'systemctl status nut-monitor.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nut-client, action "start" failed.
Setting up nut-server (2.7.2-4) ...
A dependency job for nut-server.service failed. See 'journalctl -xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript nut-server, action "start" failed.
Job for nut-driver.service failed. See 'systemctl status nut-driver.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
Setting up nut (2.7.2-4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u6) ...
pi@bna-pwr-pi-01:~ $ systemctl status nut-monitor
● nut-monitor.service - Network UPS Tools - power device monitor and shutdown controller
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: resources) since Thu 2017-02-02 02:10:27 UTC; 49s ago
pi@bna-pwr-pi-01:~ $
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