ups service error no upstype defined.

[sms043]

If I start ups /etc/init.d/ups start
Starting genericups: Network UPS Tools - Generic UPS driver 1.31 (2.0.3)
No upstype set - see help text / man page!

However the upstype is set in upsd.conf
[Patriot]
driver = genericups
port = /dev/ttyS0
upstype = 7

I can start the driver using the upsd,conf file and it works
/sbin/genericups -a Patriot
Network UPS Tools - Generic UPS driver 1.31 (2.0.3)
UPS type: CyberPower Power99

So I don't understand why I can start the driver from the command line and it reads the upstype but if I start the ups service the driver does not read the upstype.

anyone have ideas or fixed the same problem ?

thanks
steve

[sms043]

This code in the /etc/init.d/ups script was causing the problem.

# Get config.
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/ups ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/ups
else
SERVER="no"
fi

I had to edit /etc/sysconfig/ups and add upstype to the OPTIONS.

MODEL=genericups
# UPS device - needed if UPS is locally attached
DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0
# Any options to pass to $MODEL
# ex. for my TrippLite UPS, use
# OPTIONS="-t 5"
OPTIONS="-x upstype=7"