Re: [Apcupsd-users] Problem with apcaccess and Smart UPS in NOBATT status (usb driver)

[Ted M. <te...@mi...>]

On 7/7/2014 5:28 AM, Sergey wrote:
> On Monday 07 July 2014, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>
>>> Both is true. :-) I installed a package but I did this
>>> package.
>>
>> When apcupsd is in NOBATT what exactly is going on ?
>
> 1. apcupsd works very slow:
> a) file apcupsd.status is written every few minutes instead of 30 sec (config's value)
> b) restart processed a long time:
> 2014-07-01 10:12:15 +0400  apcupsd 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) altlinux startup succeeded
> 2014-07-01 10:20:06 +0400  Battery disconnected.
>

No, I do not mean what is going on with the server and apcupsd.  I know 
the server and apcupsd are screwed.  what I was asking is what is going 
on in "realspace"  Is someone fiddling around with the battery, yanking 
it out?

> 2. apcaccess can't read values.
>
>> Is it you just pulled the battery tray out and are changing
>> the battery ?
>>
>> If so then that condition lasts less than 30 seconds, correct ?
>
> Not in this time. This maintenance-free place and there were
> no people.

I don't understand.  Unless the battery is completely discharged the UPS 
should NEVER issue a NOBATT unless some human being has their hands in 
the guts of the UPS and is disconnecting the battery.

> I lost status information because I check it by
> apcaccess. I can make workaround via apcupsd.status now but
> I think what  problem of apcaccess should be investigated.
> I will try to repeat the situation as I can go to this place.
>
>> When NOBATT disappears then do things go back to working
>> properly ?
>
> Yes. Main power was lost for a long time a few days later.
> UPS back to normal after power cycle.
>

Once more I don't understand.

NOBATT should NEVER happen except for just seconds - while a tech 
unplugs one battery tray and plugs in another, then slides the batteries
back into the UPS.  How is it that you would get lucky enough to just
happen to run apcaccess right at the exact time someone was replacing
the battery?

It seems to me you had NOBATT being reported by the UPS for hours or
days.  Not seconds.  It seems that the UPS was reporting NOBATT when 
there actually WAS a battery in the UPS.  Could you be more specific
as to what is going on in realspace with the UPS, not cyberspace?

Ted