Status Report Fields

The meaning of the above variables are:

APC is the header record indicating the STATUS format revision level, the number of records that follow the APC statement, and the number of bytes that follow the record.

DATE is the date and time that the information was last obtained from the UPS.

HOSTNAME is the name of the machine that collected the UPS data.

RELEASE is the apcupsd release number.

CABLE is the cable as specified in the configuration file.

MODEL is the UPS model as derived from information from the UPS.

UPSMODE is the mode in which apcupsd is operating.

STARTTIME is the time/date that apcupsd was started.

UPSNAME is the name of the UPS as stored in the EEPROM.

STATUS is the current status of the UPS (ONLINE, CHARGING, ON- BATT,...)

MASTERUPD is the last time the master sent an update to the slave. This value is present only in slave configurations.

LINEV is the current line voltage as returned by the UPS.

LOADPCT is the percentage of load capacity as estimated by the UPS.

BCHARGE is the percentage charge on the batteries.

TIMELEFT is the remaining runtime left on batteries as estimated by the UPS.

MBATTCHG if the battery charge percentage (BCHARGE) drops below this value, apcupsd will shutdown your system.

MINTIMEL apcupsd will shutdown your system if the remaining runtime equals or is below this point.

MAXTIME apcupsd will shutdown your system if the time on batteries exceeds this value. A value of zero disables the feature.

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UPS control system specifications

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