APC UPS control system User Manual
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3) Test 3 - no power
4) Test 4 - low battery (requires test 3 first)
5) Test 5 - battery exhausted
6) Test 6 - kill UPS power
7) Test 7 - run tests 1 through 5
8) Guess which is the appropriate cable
9) quit
Select test number:
Run tests 1, 2, and 3. Note, none of the currently supported cables will
indicate a change for test 2. You can then run test 8 to see what cable it
thinks you should be using. Finally run test 4.
apctest can also be run for Smart UPSes.
The print out of your testing will be written to the file apctest.output. If
you are unable to solve your problem, you can try posting that file to the
development mailing list, and perhaps we can help you. In this case, please
also include information on your operating system, which version of apcupsd
you are using, your UPS model, and also your apcupsd.conf file.
Expected apctest Signals for a UPS:
If you have configured your UPS as:
UPSTYPE backups
UPSCABLE APC_940_0119A
or APC_940_0127A
or APC_940_0128A
or APC_940_0020B
or APC_940_0020C
here are typical signals you would expect to see in the output from the
various tests of apctest:
Test 1 normal:
RTS for cables (0119A 0127A 0128A)
Test 2 no serial cable:
not important
Test 3 no AC power:
CTS for all cables
Test 4 batteries exhausted: CTS and CD for all cables
Note: RTS if set in Test 1 will probably also be set in all the other tests.
This is not important, what counts is the appearance of CTS when the
power fails and additionally CD when the batteries are low.
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