Apcupsd DATA Logging

This feature is somewhat outdated and not often used.

DATA logging

Data logging consists of periodically logging important data concerning the operation of the UPS. For the definitive definition of the format, see log_data() in apcreports.c. The format varies according to the UPS model and the information available from the UPS.

For UPS models, NBKPRO, SMART, SHARESMART, and MATRIX, the output is written in a format very similar to what PowerChute writes. That is:

MinLineVoltage, MaxLineVoltage, OutputVoltage, BatteryVoltage, LineFrequency, LoadPercent, UPSTemperature,AmbientTemperature,Humidity,LineVoltage, BatteryCharge,toggle

Any value that is not supported by your UPS such as AmbientTemperature and Humidity will be blank or possibly as 0.0. In any case the commas before and after that field will still be output. The toggle value alternates from 0 to 1 on each line. This was added at user request so that no two adjacent samples are identical.

An actual example from the log file is:

 Nov  2 12:43:05 matou apcupsd[23439]: 224.9,227.5,226.2,27.74,50.00,100.0,30.6,,,226.2,50.0,1

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