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<H1 >Apcupsd a daemon for controlling APC UPSes</H1>
<P><B>Apcupsd </B>can be used for power mangement and controlling most
of APC's UPS models on Unix and Windows machines. Apcupsd works with
most of APC's Smart-UPS models as well as most simple signalling models
such a Back-UPS, and BackUPS-Office. During a power failure,
<B>apcupsd</B> will inform the users about the power failure and that a
shutdown may occur. If power is not restored, a system shutdown will
follow when the battery is exhausted, a timeout (seconds) expires, or
runtime expires based on internal APC calculations determined by power
consumption rates. Apcupsd is licensed under the GPL version 2.
<p>
<h2><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/apcupsd">
Apcupsd Hosted on Source Forge</a></h2>
<b>Apcupsd</b> is slowly moving to Source Forge for several
reasons: 1. Lack of manpower to maintain several sites, 2. The
excellent Open Software Development services offered by
Source Forge. In addition to hosting all our new releases,
the Source Forge site has a CVS repository where you can find
the very latest development software. Please visit it and
become familiar with how it works.
<h2><a href="3.8manual/new_features_3_8_5.html">
What is new in Apcupsd version 3.8.5</a></h2>
<b>Apcupsd</b> version 3.8.5 includes a
Battery Runtime Calibration command as part of
apctest as well as a fix if you get a broken
TCP connection.
<h2><a href="3.8manual/index.html" target="_top">Online 3.8.5 Manual</a> or a
<a href="3.8manual/apcupsd.pdf" target="_top">PDF Version of the Manual</a> </h2>
If you want the very latest version of the manual, we recommend that you
see the Online 3.10 manual below.
If you want to learn a bit more about <b>apcupsd</b>, you can browse the
<a href="3.8manual/index.html" target="_top">manual online</a>.
If you have any corrections/comments to the manual, please send them to me at:
kern at sibbald dot com. For bug reports and
developer contact, please see below.
If you want a pdf copy of the manual, you can find it
<a href="3.8manual/apcupsd.pdf" target="_top">here</a>.
<h2><a href="manual/index.html" target="_top">Online 3.10 Manual</a> or
<a href="manual/apcupsd.pdf" target="_top">PDF Version of the Manual</a> </h2>
This is the most current version of our manual, and it applies to our
<a href="download/betaversions/" target="_top">
beta software currently under development.</a>
Generally the 3.8 Manual
is no longer being updated, so if you want the very latest details, see
this manual, but please be aware that a few of the features may not be
applicable to release version 3.8.5.
<h2><a href="/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi" target="_top">Apcupsd Network Information</a></h2>
To see my Linux/Windows APC UPSes running with
<b>apcupsd</b> in real-time, just
<a href="/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi" target="_top">click here</a>.
<h2><a href="3.8manual/bugs.html" target="_top">List of Bugs</a></h2>
All known bugs have been corrected for version 3.8.5.
<p>
Although, you can always email me directly, it is much better to address
bug reports and questions to the full developer's mailing list, which
is at: <A href="mailto:apcupsd-devel@apcupsd.com">Apcupsd Mailing List</a>.
In addition to a problem description, please include the following
with any bug report you send: the
apcupsd version that you are using; your operating system (uname -a); and if
it involves configuration issues, your apcupsd.conf and apcupsd.events files.
<h2>Release Notification and Developer Email List</h2>
<p>If you want to be notified by email when new releases are available, please
sign up for the apcupsd-announce mailing list. This is easily accomplished by
following the instructions at:
<a href="http://www.apcupsd.com/mailman/listinfo/apcupsd-announce">
http://www.apcupsd.com/mailman/listinfo/apcupsd-announce</a>.
<p>If you would like to receive the developer email, please visit the
following site and follow the instructions:
<a href="http://www.apcupsd.com/mailman/listinfo/apcupsd-devel">
http://www.apcupsd.com/mailman/listinfo/apcupsd-devel</a>.
<h2><a href="download" target="_top">Downloads Available Here</a></h2>
<p>Version 3.8.5 of <b>apcupsd</b> is the current officially
released version.
<p class="indent">
<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border="1" bgcolor="#FBFBFB">
<tr align=center> <td>Date</td> <td>Size</td> <td>Type</td> <td align=left>Release</td> <td align=left>Comments</td></tr>
<tr><td>5-Jan-02</td> <td>1,979,485</td> <td>HTTP</td> <td><a href="download/apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz">apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz</a></td>
<td>Official source release version 3.8.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>5-Jan-02</td> <td>940,621</td> <td>HTTP</td> <td><a href="download/apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH6.2.rpm">apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH6.2.rpm</a></td>
<td>RPM binaries for RedHat 6.2, should work on 6.0, 6.1, and 7.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5-Jan-02</td> <td>1,958,804</td> <td>HTTP</td> <td><a href="download/apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH6.2.rpm">apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH6.2.rpm</a></td>
<td>RPM source for apcupsd-3.8.5 for RedHat 6.2 </td></tr>
<tr><td>5-Jan-02</td> <td>945,510</td> <td>HTTP</td> <td><a href="download/apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH7.1.rpm">apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH7.1.rpm</a></td>
<td>RPM binaries for RedHat 7.1 and probably 7.2 </td></tr>
<tr><td>5-Jan-02</td> <td>1,980,201</td> <td>HTTP</td> <td><a href="download/apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH7.1.rpm">apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH7.1.rpm</a></td>
<td>RPM source for apcupsd-3.8.5 for RedHat 7.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>5-Jan-02</td> <td>1,218,736</td> <td>HTTP</td> <td><a href="download/winapcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz">winapcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz</a></td>
<td>Zip binary release for Win32 systems (Win95/98/Me/NT/2000)</td></tr>
<tr><td>various</td><td>various</td><td>HTTP</td><td><a href="download" target="_top">Download Directory</a><td>All available releases</td></tr>
</table></p>
<h3>MD5 Checksums</h3>
<pre>
eb288ca039c7a55a15ba59deabd9b765 apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH6.2.rpm
2024c6b396c26c1c4f58e87a37f36318 apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH7.1.rpm
cca6ec1d52f7d9248d9c1ef6297514cc apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH6.2.rpm
ea8dc98cce39478d5e3532b9674cea12 apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH7.1.rpm
0fc2fd41899d80ce8e482e3defa49bb2 apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz
09e76e0feef430dc313a4998c2b47d61 winapcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz
</pre>
<h2>Official Stable Download Site</h2>
<p>Version 3.8.5 of <b>apcupsd</b> is now released, and you can find the
the source code at the official download site:
<p class="indent">
<table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#FBFBFB">
<tr align=center>
<td>Date</td>
<td>Size</td>
<td>Type</td>
<td align=left>Release</td><td align=left>Comments</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4 Jan 02</td>
<td>1,979,485</td>
<td>FTP</td>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.apcupsd.com/pub/apcupsd/stable/tar/apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz">
apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz</a></td><td>Current Official Release</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>various</td>
<td>various</td>
<td>FTP</td>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.apcupsd.com/pub/apcupsd/">
ftp://ftp.apcupsd.com/pub/apcupsd/</a></td><td>Starting point for other releases</td>
</tr>
</table></p>
<h2>Debian Users Stable Download</h2>
The Debian packages for <b>apcupsd</b> may be obtained directly
from the Debian site at:
<p>
<a href="http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/apcupsd.html">
http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/apcupsd.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apcupsd.html">
http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apcupsd.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apcupsd.html">
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apcupsd.html</a>
<br>
<h2><a href="download/betaversions" target="_top">Apcupsd Beta Versions</a></h2>
Version 3.10.4 is available for testing. Please see the
<a href="manual/index.html" target="_top">3.10 Online Manual</a> for more
details.
<h3>Beta MD5 Checksums</h3>
<pre>
d8a6b89c049414cf2f7329eecea3129b 3.9.8-01Apr02.tar.gz
ce88b4aab76c596454308f7d88136634 apcupsd-3.9.1.tar.gz
1a1e016b63821335a4a408971c7f8e49 apcupsd-3.9.2.tar.gz
c21449b3eaed4ad4fcda8cb0cc361702 apcupsd-3.9.3.tar.gz
aff603f23edcce1748504a1ea2be7d7c apcupsd-3.9.4.tar.gz
40ede3d9982927708f5cc8d9b125a321 apcupsd-3.9.8.tar.gz
e59b08e3950e33a0043a36625723f41e apcupsd-3.9.9.tar.gz
28cdd54f6696e035ed6df7fcd4b03aa7 winapcupsd-3.9.8.tar.gz
9357c2cb7a029c87d9a39e5b4150a5a8 apcupsd-3.10.1.tar.gz
92cc35e74840fc809161db3c23f236d7 apcupsd-3.10.2.tar.gz
a346e4043fcac13911ab1c53031c9ae6 apcupsd-3.10.3.tar.gz
de7c2a9627c9b93d2dd52fa3968de2cb apcupsd-3.10.4.tar.gz
7a297f0988345a21b0ee5a93cc15743a winapcupsd-3.10.4.tar.gz
</pre>
<h2><a href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=54413">
Testers/Developers CVS Repository</a></h2>
This is where you can find the very latest
source code at the official development
CVS repository hosted by Source Forge.
<p>
<h2>Other Software for Apcupsd</h2>
David Ranch has developed some very interesting graphing support for APC
UPSes, which works with <b>apcupsd</b>. Using <b>apcupsd's</b> logging
capabilities, David provides setup instructions and scripts to produce
high quality, daily PDF graphs of all the important UPS power conditions.
To learn more about this, please visit <a
target="_top"
href="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS/cHTML/TrinityOS-c-36.html">
his site</a>.
<p><p>
<b>apcupsd</b> does not run on Macs, but
if you have a Mac that derives power from a UPS being controlled by
<b>apcupsd</b>, you can protect your Mac in the event of a power
failure by using a commercial software package called APC Tracker. The
software is available for a 30 day free trial. For more information,
please see <a target="_top"
href="http://www.apctracker.com">www.apctracker.com</a>.
<h2>APC</h2>
If you want to know more about APC products for protecting your computer,
you can find it at the <a href="http://www.apc.com">APC Home Site</a>.
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