apcupsd doesn't shut down?

["Ralf G. R. Bergs" <rabe@RWTH-Aachen.DE>]

Hi there,

we have an APC SMART-UPS 2200 connected to a Debian system, and we would 
like apcupsd to shut the machine down if battery charge drops down a certain 
level (for testing purposes we are using a level of 99%.)

Unfortunately apcupsd doesn't shut the machine down. The serial connection 
to the UPS is definitely ok, because we receive meaningful info in 
/etc/apcupsd.status (a horrible place for a status file, BTW, I would rather 
place it in a more appropriate place like /var/run.)

Example apcupsd.status read-out:

APC      : Dec 07 15:12:26
CABLE    : APC Cable 940-0095A
UPSMODEL : SMART-UPS 2200
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
UPSNAME  : UPS_IDEN
ULINE    : 226.2 Volts
MLINE    : 230.1 Volts
NLINE    : 226.2 Volts
FLINE    : 50.0 Hz
VOUTP    : 226.2 Volts
LOUTP    : 005.2 Load Capacity
BOUTP    : 55.0 Volts
BCHAR    : 100.0 Batt. Charge
TIME     : 202.0 Minutes
SENSE    : HIGH
WAKEUP   : 000 Cycles
SLEEP    : 020 Cycles
LOTRANS  : 196.0 Volts
HITRANS  : 253.0 Volts
CHARGE   : 000.0 Percent
BFAIL    : 0x08 Status Flag
UTEMP    : 39.6 C Internal
ALARM    : Always
LASTEVNT : POWER FAILURE
LOWBATT  : 02 Minutes
DIPSW    : 0x0000


This is our apcupsd.conf file:

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## apcupsd.conf v1.0 ##
#
# "apcupsd" POSIX config file
# Updated for Debian/GNU Linux by Leon Breedt (ljb@debian.org)

# CONTROL <string>
CONTROL /usr/sbin/powersc

# UPSCABLE [ simple | smart |
#            940-00(20B,23A,24B,24C,24G,95A,95C) |
#            940-15(24C) |
#            ether ]
#
UPSCABLE 940-0095A

# UPSTYPE [ backups | sharebasic | netups |
#           backupspro | smartvsups |
#           newbackupspro | backupspropnp |
#           smartups | matrixups | sharesmart ]
#
UPSTYPE backupspropnp

# UPSCLASS [ standalone | shareslave | sharemaster | netslave | netmaster ]
#UPSCLASS standalone
# 19991207/rabe
UPSCLASS sharemaster

# UPSMODE [ disable | share | net | sharenet ]
UPSMODE disable

#DEVICE <string> /dev/<serial port>
DEVICE /dev/ttyS1

#LOCKFILE <path to lockfile>
LOCKFILE /var/lock

#ACCESS <string> [ true | false ] Enable Access Support
#ACCESS true
# 19991207/rabe
ACCESS false

# ANNOY <int> <30> <0> disables
ANNOY 30

# DELAY <int> <60> <0> disables
DELAY 60

# NOLOGON <string> [ disable | timeout | percent | minutes | always ]
NOLOGON timeout

# PROCFS <int> <120> <0> disables <update rate procfs-type of current 
status>
PROCFS 30

# LOGGING <int> <500> <0> disables <rate update log file of current status>
LOGGING 15

# TIMEOUT <time is seconds to run on UPS, powerfails>
# TIMEOUT 900
TIMEOUT 90

# BATTERYLEVEL <precent of battery charge for shutdown> 10
#BATTERYLEVEL 90
# 19991207/rabe: testing
BATTERYLEVEL 99

# MINUTES <time in minutes of remainning battery charge before shutdown> 5
#MINUTES 175

# SENSITIVITY <char> H,M,L default H
SENSITIVITY H

# WAKEUP <int> 0,60,180,300 Cycles default 0
WAKEUP 60

# SLEEP <int> 20,180,300,600 Cycles default 20
SLEEP 20

# LOTRANSFER <int> 0,1,2,3 default 2
LOTRANSFER 2

# HITRANSFER <int> 0,1,2,3 default 2
HITRANSFER 3

# RETURNCHARGE <int> 0,1,2,3 default 3
RETURNCHARGE 1

# BEEPSTATE <char> 0,T,L,N default 0
BEEPSTATE N

# SELFTEST <string> 336,168,ON,OFF default 336
SELFTEST 336
#
# UPSNAME <string>
UPSNAME UPS_IDEN

# REPLACE <string> date format mm/dd/yy
#REPLACE 12/13/93

# BATTCMD <string>
#BATTCMD

# TIMECMD <string>
#TIMECMD 

# LOADCMD <string>
#LOADCMD 

# LIMITCMD <string>
#LIMITCMD

# PWRCMD <string>
PWRCMD /usr/sbin/powersc DOSHUTDOWN

# RETCMD <string>
#RETCMD

# REMOTECMD <string>
#REMOTECMD

# NETTIME <int>
#NETTIME 100

# NETPORT <int>
#NETPORT 6666

# MASTER <string>
#MASTER

# SLAVE <string>
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE
#SLAVE

# USERMAGIC <string>
#USERMAGIC

# HTTPACCESS [ true | false ]   enable web-interface - defaults to false
HTTPACCESS true

# HTTPPORT <port>  port to use for interface - defaults to 1999
HTTPPORT 1999

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Any idea what could be going wrong or what we could be doing wrong? apcupsd 
is not exactly very easy to debug, since debugging option "-d" seems only to 
debug networking stuff. :-(

Thanks for your time and possibly help,

Ralf


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