or the equivalent for your system. If you are running on Linux and using the fork()ing version of apcupsd, you should something similar to the following output.

4492

?

S

0:00 apcmain

-f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

4496

?

S

0:00

\_

apcser

-f

/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

4497

?

S

0:00

\_

apcnis

-f

/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

This indicates that apcupsd is up and running and has started the two (default) child processes. If you are running with the pthreaded version, now the default, and 2.4.x kernels, you will still see the three processes (see below). However, under 2.6.x kernels, the threads do not have independent process ids so everything will be compressed into a single ps line.

apcmain is the main program that waits until it receives a termination signal (SIGTERM) or one of the child processes dies.

apcser is the process that manages the serial port and takes any actions (generates events) that are necessary as a result of a change of state of the UPS.

apcnis is the Network information server process that provides EVENTS and STATUS information over the network. This information is used by the CGI programs.

If you are running on a non-Linux system, or using pthreads on a Linux system (recommended), your output will probably not show the names of the processes and will appear more like the following:

632

?

S

0:00 /sbin/apcupsd -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

841

?

S

0:00

\_ /sbin/apcupsd -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

842

?

S

0:00

\_ /sbin/apcupsd -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

If you see only one instance of apcupsd running, don’t worry about it as this is normal on most non-Linux systems, and on Linux 2.6.x kernels.

If you do not find that apcupsd is in the above list, the most likely problem is a configuration file glitch. If no messages were printed, you should check your system log (normally /var/log/messages where you will find one or messages indicating the nature of the problem.

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UPS control system specifications

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