Configuration File Events

Configuration (INI) File Events

The table below lists events that may be logged as a result of manual changes to the PowerChute Configuration File.

See PowerChute Configuration File.

Before editing the Configuration file manually you should save a backup copy locally.

Click an event below for more information.

Error: PowerChute cannot find the configuration file or the backup configuration file. Shutting down.

PowerChute cannot locate pcsnconfig.ini or pcnsconfig_backup.ini to error.log in the group1 folder where PowerChute is installed. Please re-install PowerChute. If this does not resolve the issue contact APC technical support.

Error: The ini file is missing the required [x] section

A required section is missing or incorrectly named.

Error: The ini file is missing [x] key from section [x].

A required key is missing. Replace the missing key from a backup file.

Error: The ini file could not find IP address information in section [x].

NMC IP addresses are missing from the [NetworkManagementCard] section.

Error: The ini contains an invalid value for [x] in section [x].

An invalid value is present in the file and no previous good value or default is available in the backup file.

Error: The ini contains an invalid value for [x] in section [x]. Using {2} instead. Please validate the configuration.

An invalid value is found in the file but a previous valid value or default value is available in the backup file. This should be checked but no further action may be needed.

Error: The key [x] in section [x], did not match the supplied regular expression.

This can occur if you enter a username value that contains unsupported characters or if you entered a value other than http/https for the key protocol.

Error: Could not convert the value of [x] in section [x] to its expected type.

This can occur if you enter a non-numeric value where a numeric value is expected for example.

Error: Event [x] is enabled for command file execution, but an invalid value for [x] is specified

The command file specified cannot be found.

The ini file has entries defined outside of a section.

There are extra entries outside of a section that PowerChute does not recognize. These can be deleted.

The invalid key [x] should be deleted from section [x] in the ini file.

The configuration file contains keys that PowerChute does not recognize. These can be deleted.

The ini file has detected duplicate values for [x] in section [x].

When this occurs PowerChute will use the first value and this may result in an incorrect value being used e.g. if you enter 2 values for the HTTP port (80 and 8080), PowerChute will use 80 instead of 8080.

The invalid section [x] should be removed from the ini file.

The configuration file contains a section that PowerChute does not recognize. This can be deleted.

Disabling command file execution for event [x] due to bad parameters. Please validate the configuration.

This can occur on a Linux/ Unix system if the path to the command file is valid but the file itself does not have execute permissions.

Username was changed from [Username 1] to [Username 2] via ini file.

This notifies the user that the username has been changed via the ini file, for security purposes.

Password was changed via ini file.

This notifies the user that the password has been changed via the ini file, for security purposes.

Authentication phrase was changed via ini file.

This notifies the user that the authentication phrase has been modified via the ini file, for security purposes.

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Last Updated: 17 December, 2020
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