[Apcupsd-users] beeping and battery disconnect reattach

[Krishna E. B. <ke...@gm...>]

I have read the APC and apcups docs and cannot find what is the problem:

I am getting lots of these messages in my /var/log/apcupsd.events
Fri May 18 13:57:09 EDT 2007  Battery disconnected.
Fri May 18 13:57:15 EDT 2007  Battery reattached.
Fri May 18 13:58:47 EDT 2007  Battery disconnected.
Fri May 18 13:58:52 EDT 2007  Battery reattached.
...
with each message the battery emits a short beep.
It is not every minute but certainly several times a day and night.

Here is the result of "apcaccess status":
APC      : 001,035,0869
DATE     : Fri May 18 14:08:05 EDT 2007
HOSTNAME : peace
RELEASE  : 3.12.4
VERSION  : 3.12.4 (19 August 2006) debian
UPSNAME  : keb1
CABLE    : USB Cable
MODEL    : Back-UPS LS 700
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: Fri May 18 11:18:59 EDT 2007
STATUS   : ONLINE
LINEV    : 121.0 Volts
LOADPCT  :  37.0 Percent Load Capacity
BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT :  22.4 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
LOTRANS  : 106.0 Volts
HITRANS  : 133.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : Always
BATTV    : 14.0 Volts
LASTXFER : Automatic or explicit self test
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT  : 0 seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
SELFTEST : NO
STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag
MANDATE  : 2003-08-18
SERIALNO : PB0333325678
BATTDATE : 2003-08-18
NOMBATTV :  12.0
FIRMWARE : 9.b3 .D USB FW:b3
APCMODEL : Back-UPS LS 700
END APC  : Fri May 18 14:08:06 EDT 2007

The battery passed a run of "apctest".

Any ideas?