How can I get APC UPS battery % into Hub

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cool didnt know that..

im probably just going to use the 1500 i have currently at our cottage that i have my qnap on as i will also put the cable modem and router on the same ups. I have a 9631 net card from amazon used coming today to put in.

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also be aware the smc models have less run capacity than the smt even at the same rating

ie smc1500 != smt1500
ie
compare APC Smart-UPS Runtime Chart | APCGuard.com
and APC Smart-UPS Entry Level Runtime Chart | APCGuard.com
for your smc1000

3 hrs vs 1 hr

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SMT models definitely out perform the SMC versions.
https://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/tools/compare-products/y2k41/SMT1500C|SMC1500C

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FWIW I now have this working with my dumb UPS and my Windows 10 laptop. only issue is I am still unable to send notifications such as onbattery, offbattery, but get an update every 10 (user adjustable) minutes.

You must have a method to run a PHP script. I've run a WAMP server for years for my website development and testing, so that helped. Should you get beyond that hurdle, the remainder or the info is at the following:

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Updating this thread with my solution
Modified the APC UPS Monitor Driver to work with some VBS scripts I wrote that interface with the apcupsd app.

Shutdown is event driven when the apcupsd app issues a "doshutdown" event. Big plus no PHP server required, and little or no modification to apcupsd scripts.

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