APC Smart-ups "status codes" (slightly OT)

[Eric Sisler]

<m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:

We got replacement battery "kits" for some of our APC UPS' (Smart-UPS,
> rackmount). I put them into one tray (it's for an RBC 43, which takes 8,
> and weighs a ton), and put it in, and let it charge. Idiot "change
> battery" led stays on. So I hit the test button, it discharges very
> rapidly (a good number of servers on this), and the led stays on.
>
> For some reason, apcupsd's USB test fails, with an HIDDEV i/o error. So I
> got rid of the weird APC usb cable, and put in one of their serial cables,
> and run the "smart" test (the USB does more), and get results showing
> everything's fine.
>
> But the idiot light's still on.
>

According to some old notes I have on an Smart-UPS 1500, the batteries must
be at least 75% charged and a self-test must be run to clear the change
battery light.

-Eric