# homebridge-apc-ups-alert [](https://github.com/itavero/homebridge-apc-ups-alert) Provide information (and alerts) for apcupsd connected Uninterruptible Power Supplies. This plugin periodically checks the configured APCUPSD Network Information Server(s) using [apcaccess](https://github.com/mapero/apcaccess#readme). ## Prerequisites As mentioned in the documentation of `apcaccess`, you must have an APC UPS Daemon running on a local or remote machine and it has to be configured as network information server (NIS). For more information visit the apcupsd website. * [APC UPS Daemon](http://www.apcupsd.org/) - The APC UPS Daemon * [APCUPSD User Manual](https://maven.apache.org/) - The User Manual for the APC UPS Daemon containing installation instructions * [APCUPSD NIS Example Configuration](http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/manual.html#nis-server-client-configuration-using-the-net-driver) - Howto configure the APCUPSD as NIS ## Contribute This project is open to contributions. Please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for more information.