Hi-
I need some help geting APC powerchute 453 working on Fedora (kernel 4.6.3-2.1.253.2.1) for a APC UPS BX1000. I installed both the User Interface and Daemon Modules and am trying to configure the software to work on the UPS port. what would the proper port address to use in the ini file?
also, how do i remove the software?
how does portcheck work, plus orther utilities?

Am i just going to have to use apcupsd?

If i do cat /dev/usb/hiddev0 stuff happens on the cmd line, like comunications garble...
thanks,
Irk

#cat /proc/bus/usb/devices:
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1.smp uhci_hcd
S: Product=UHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1f.2
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=051d ProdID=0002 Rev= 1.06
S: Manufacturer=American Power Conversion
S: Product=Back-UPS RS 1000 FW:7.g7 .D USB FW:g7
S: SerialNumber=JBXXXXXXXXXX
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 24mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hid
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 6 Ivl=10ms


#lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

#dmesg:...
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: UHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: irq 177, io base 0000ef80
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using address 2
hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [American Power Conversion Back-UPS RS 1000 FW:7.g7 .D USB FW:g7] on usb-0000:00:1f.2-2
...

my powerchute.ini file:
[ Ups ]
SignallingType = simple
PortName = /dev/usb/hiddev0
AutoUpsRebootEnabled = Yes
AllowedPortNames = /dev/ttyS0,/dev/ttyS1,/dev/usb/hiddev0
CableType = Normal
...

i dl and installed apcusbd, configured apcusbd.conf to

• UPSCABLE usb
  UPSTYPE usb
  DEVICE /dev/usb/hiddev[0-15]

in fedora 3 the device is now in the root dev directory
so in your apcupsd.conf change device to:
DEVICE /dev/hiddev[0-15]

Thanks for the useful info the same configuration worked for me, too.

But hey, whats with the Powerchute Business edition agent? How do you get that working? anybody tried that?

Where did you guys get apcusb? I can't seem to find it on APC's website or through Google. (I'm probably overlooking something).

FYI: I just spoke with APC who said I should buy a different UPS as their usb UPS's don't work under Linux.

Nevermind.

bump... Where did you guys get apcusb?

Thanks.

::sigh:: it's called apcupsd, not apcusb.. found it through sourceforge & rpmfind.com

http://www2.apcupsd.com/
release 3.10.17
if compiling your own installation, and if you are going to need "upstype" usb then be sure and include the --enable-usb switch when configureing.
i.e.
./configure --enable-usb
make
make install