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The apcupsd sensor platform allows you to monitor a UPS (battery backup) by using data from the apcaccess command.

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

To use this sensor platform, you first have to set up apcupsd, and add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: apcupsd
    resources:
      - bcharge
      - linev

{% configuration %} resources: description: Contains all entries to display. required: true type: list {% endconfiguration %}

{% linkable_title Example %}

Given the following output from apcaccess:

APC      : 001,051,1149
DATE     : 2016-02-09 17:13:31 +0000
HOSTNAME : localhost
VERSION  : 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) redhat
UPSNAME  : netrack
CABLE    : Custom Cable Smart
DRIVER   : APC Smart UPS (any)
UPSMODE  : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: 2016-02-09 16:06:47 +0000
MODEL    : SMART-UPS 1400
STATUS   : TRIM ONLINE
LINEV    : 247.0 Volts
LOADPCT  : 13.0 Percent
BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 104.0 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
MAXLINEV : 249.6 Volts
MINLINEV : 244.4 Volts
OUTPUTV  : 218.4 Volts
[...]

Use the (case insensitive) values from the left hand column:

sensor:
  - platform: apcupsd
    resources:
      - linev
      - loadpct
      - timeleft