root@black2:~/setup# cat setup_apcupsd.sh
#!/bin/bash

if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo "You must run this script as root!"
    exit 1
fi
echo
echo "Checking for an APC UPS (only recognizes USB connected units)..."
echo
if ! dmesg | egrep -i 'USB .*Device \[(APC|American Power Conversion)' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
    echo "No USB connected APC UPS detected."
    exit 1
fi
if [ "$1" != "no_apt_get_update" ] ; then
    echo
    echo "Updating apt-get info..."
    echo
    apt-get update
fi
echo
echo "Making sure the apcupsd software is up to date..."
echo
apt-get install apcupsd libsnmp-base libsnmp9
echo "Fixing up the config files..."
sed -si.orig -e '/^\(UPSCABLE\) .*/s//\1 usb/' \
             -e '/^\(UPSTYPE\) .*/s//\1 usb/' \
             -e '/^\(DEVICE\) .*/s//\1 /' \
             -e '/^\(STATTIME\) .*/s//\1 300/' \
             /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf
sed -si.orig -e '/^\(ISCONFIGURED=\).*/s//\1yes/' \
             /etc/default/apcupsd
echo
echo "Restarting the apcupsd daemon process..."
echo
/etc/init.d/apcupsd restart
echo
echo "Making sure the apcupsd daemon is started at boot..."
echo
update-rc.d apcupsd defaults
echo
echo "APC UPS setup complete!"
echo

Sat Sep 01 13:20:16 EDT 2007  UPS Self Test switch to battery.
Sat Sep 01 13:20:25 EDT 2007  UPS Self Test completed: Not supported

root@joesmyth:/usr/local/bin#  dmesg | egrep -i 'UPS'
hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [American Power Conversion Back-UPS XS  900 FW:830.E6 .D USB FW:E6 ] on usb-0000:00:02.0-2

if ! dmesg | egrep -i 'USB .*Device \[(APC|American Power Conversion)' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then