It really seems limited in that it can mainly give you the things you would see on the physical unit such as load etc..

wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/apcupsd/apcupsd%20-%20Stable/3.14.14/apcupsd-3.14.14.tar.gz?r=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fapcupsd%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload&ts=1598115866

 tar -zxvf apcupsd-3.14.14.tar.gz
 cd apcupsd-3.14.14
[root@somebox apcupsd-3.14.14]#
./configure --enable-usb

onfig.status: creating platforms/redhat/awkhaltprog
config.status: creating include/apcconfig.h


Configuration on Sat Aug 22 10:06:14 PDT 2020:

  Host:                       x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -- redhat
  Apcupsd version:            3.14.14 (31 May 2016)
  Source code location:       .
  Install binaries:           /sbin
  Install config files:       /etc/apcupsd
  Install man files:          ${prefix}/share/man
  Nologin file in:            /etc
  PID directory:              /var/run
  LOG dir (events, status)    /var/log
  LOCK dir (for serial port)  /var/lock
  Power Fail dir              /etc/apcupsd
  Compiler:                   g++ 4.4.7
  Preprocessor flags:          -I/usr/local/include
  Compiler flags:             -g -O2 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -Wall -Wno-unused-result
  Linker:                     gcc
  Linker flags:                -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/usr/local/lib
  Host and version:           redhat
  Shutdown Program:           /sbin/shutdown
  Port/Device:                /dev/ttyS0
  Network Info Port (CGI):    3551
  UPSTYPE                     apcsmart
  UPSCABLE                    smart

  drivers (no-* are disabled): apcsmart dumb net no-usb snmp pcnet modbus no-modbus-usb no-test

  enable-nis:                 yes
  with-nisip:                 0.0.0.0
  enable-cgi:                 no
  with-cgi-bin:               /etc/apcupsd
  with-libwrap:              
  enable-pthreads:            yes
  enable-dist-install:        yes
  enable-gapcmon:             no
  enable-apcagent:            no
 
Configuration complete: Run 'make' to build apcuspd.


make




  AR    src/drivers/apcsmart/libapcsmartdrv.a
        src/drivers/dumb
  CXX   src/drivers/dumb/dumboper.c
  CXX   src/drivers/dumb/dumbsetup.c
  AR    src/drivers/dumb/libdumbdrv.a
        src/drivers/net
  CXX   src/drivers/net/net.c
  AR    src/drivers/net/libnetdrv.a
        src/drivers/pcnet
  CXX   src/drivers/pcnet/pcnet.c
  AR    src/drivers/pcnet/libpcnetdrv.a
        src/drivers/snmplite
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/apc-mib.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/asn.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/mge-mib.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/mibs.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/rfc1628-mib.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/snmp.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/snmplite/snmplite.cpp
  AR    src/drivers/snmplite/libsnmplitedrv.a
        src/drivers/modbus
  CXX   src/drivers/modbus/mapping.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/modbus/modbus.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/modbus/ModbusComm.cpp
  CXX   src/drivers/modbus/ModbusRs232Comm.cpp
  AR    src/drivers/modbus/libmodbusdrv.a
  CXX   src/drivers/drivers.c
  AR    src/drivers/libdrivers.a
  CXX   src/options.c
  CXX   src/device.c
  CXX   src/reports.c
  CXX   src/action.c
  CXX   src/apcupsd.c
  CXX   src/apcnis.c
  LD    src/apcupsd
  CXX   src/apcaccess.c
  LD    src/apcaccess
  CXX   src/apctest.c
  LD    src/apctest
  CXX   src/smtp.c
  LD    src/smtp
        platforms
        platforms/etc
        platforms/redhat
        doc
  MAN   apcupsd.8 -> apcupsd.man.txt
  MAN   apcaccess.8 -> apcaccess.man.txt
  MAN   apctest.8 -> apctest.man.txt
  MAN   apccontrol.8 -> apccontrol.man.txt
  MAN   apcupsd.conf.5 -> apcupsd.conf.man.txt


mkdir -p /etc/apcupsd/;vi /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

UPSCABLE smart

UPSTYPE smartups

DEVICE /dev/ttyS0



 ./apcupsd
./apcupsd: Warning: old configuration file found.

./apcupsd: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"
./apcupsd: Found:    "
"

./apcupsd: Please check new file format and
./apcupsd: modify accordingly the first line
./apcupsd: of config file.

./apcupsd: Processing config file anyway.
./apcupsd: Bogus configuration value (*invalid-ups-type*)
apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcconfig.c at line 672
Terminating due to configuration file errors.
[root@somebox src]# vi /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
[root@somebox src]# ./apcupsd
./apcupsd: Warning: old configuration file found.

./apcupsd: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"
./apcupsd: Found:    "UPSCABLE smart
"

./apcupsd: Please check new file format and
./apcupsd: modify accordingly the first line
./apcupsd: of config file.

./apcupsd: Processing config file anyway.
./apcupsd: Bogus configuration value (*invalid-ups-type*)
apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcconfig.c at line 672
Terminating due to configuration file errors.


#change to this

UPSCABLE usb

UPSTYPE usb
# For USB UPSes, leave the DEVICE directive blank.
DEVICE




 ./apcupsd
./apcupsd: Warning: old configuration file found.

./apcupsd: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"
./apcupsd: Found:    "UPSCABLE smart
"

./apcupsd: Please check new file format and
./apcupsd: modify accordingly the first line
./apcupsd: of config file.

./apcupsd: Processing config file anyway.
./apcupsd: Bogus configuration value (*invalid-ups-type*)
apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcconfig.c at line 672
Terminating due to configuration file errors.
[root@somebox src]# vi /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
[root@somebox src]# ./apcupsd
./apcupsd: Warning: old configuration file found.

./apcupsd: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"
./apcupsd: Found:    "UPSCABLE usb
"

./apcupsd: Please check new file format and
./apcupsd: modify accordingly the first line
./apcupsd: of config file.

./apcupsd: Processing config file anyway.

Apcupsd driver usb not found.
The available apcupsd drivers are:
dumb
apcsmart
net
snmplite
pcnet
modbus

Most likely, you need to add --enable-usb to your ./configure options.

apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcupsd.c at line 196
Apcupsd cannot continue without a valid driver.





#recompile

./src/apcupsd: Warning: old configuration file found.

./src/apcupsd: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"
./src/apcupsd: Found:    "UPSCABLE usb
"

./src/apcupsd: Please check new file format and
./src/apcupsd: modify accordingly the first line
./src/apcupsd: of config file.

./src/apcupsd: Processing config file anyway.



./src/apcaccess
: Warning: old configuration file found.

: Expected: "## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##"
: Found:    "UPSCABLE usb
"

: Please check new file format and
: modify accordingly the first line
: of config file.

: Processing config file anyway.
APC      : 001,037,0887
DATE     : 2020-08-22 10:11:18 -0700 
HOSTNAME : somebox.home
VERSION  : 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) redhat
UPSNAME  : somebox.home
CABLE    : USB Cable
DRIVER   : USB UPS Driver
UPSMODE  :
STARTTIME: 2020-08-22 10:11:16 -0700 
SHARE    :
MODEL    : Back-UPS NS 1500M2
STATUS   : ONLINE
LINEV    : 120.0 Volts
LOADPCT  : 4.0 Percent
BCHARGE  : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 131.9 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 10 Percent
MINTIMEL : 5 Minutes
MAXTIME  : 0 Seconds
SENSE    : Medium
LOTRANS  : 88.0 Volts
HITRANS  : 142.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : No alarm
BATTV    : 27.3 Volts
LASTXFER : Unacceptable line voltage changes
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT  : 0 Seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 Seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
SELFTEST : NO
STATFLAG : 0x05000008
SERIALNO : 3B1938X20056 
BATTDATE : 2019-09-16
NOMINV   : 120 Volts
NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts
NOMPOWER : 900 Watts
FIRMWARE : 957.e3 .D USB FW:e3
END APC  : 2020-08-22 10:11:51 -0700 
 

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