# Anyone using the APC app successfully? **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [September 1, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990 "2018-09-01T12:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/21 "2022-04-15T06:51:12Z")
> [@Yannick\_Eeckelaert](#): > > would there be a way to directly connect the app app to homey in this way? Have you tried? ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_hoogenbosch/32/10647_2.png) [@Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_Hoogenbosch)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/22 "2022-04-15T17:50:06Z")
Connecting to ha is easy by using the snmp sensors. ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_Eeckelaert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yannick_eeckelaert/32/35262_2.png) [@Yannick\_Eeckelaert](https://community.homey.app/u/Yannick_Eeckelaert)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/23 "2022-04-15T22:11:11Z")
No, I’m no expert. Hoping to find guide lines this way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_Eeckelaert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yannick_eeckelaert/32/35262_2.png) [@Yannick\_Eeckelaert](https://community.homey.app/u/Yannick_Eeckelaert)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/24 "2022-04-15T22:20:29Z")
I did some research en would be a great option. But this would work whiteout homey. End directly from synology? Use a program that gets the info from the ups an triggers a script to deactivate devices when power switch to battery ore is low. Thx wil do some research. Would be great if the info gos to home to see the state of the ups. Strange that there is no app for it. Would be great. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/25 "2022-04-16T04:07:46Z")
It seems really easy to try and see if it works: install the app and enter the correct details for your Synology (make sure to turn on “Enable network UPS server” in the Synology UPS settings, and add Homey’s IP address in the whitelist). ---
**Author:** ![Yannick\_Eeckelaert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yannick_eeckelaert/32/35262_2.png) [@Yannick\_Eeckelaert](https://community.homey.app/u/Yannick_Eeckelaert)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/26 "2022-04-21T05:58:07Z")
That is wat I did en the dos not find de ups. Maybe I need tot setup some firewall setting…. Would be great if somewone knows wat I schould do more? Using the homey app would be the best way to get the info. En make flows in this way. ---
**Author:** ![Chillout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chillout/32/29997_2.png) [@Chillout](https://community.homey.app/u/Chillout)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/27 "2022-05-17T20:15:20Z")
Tested this, no luck there. The app doesn’t recognize my Synology as a viable source of info, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_hoogenbosch/32/10647_2.png) [@Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_Hoogenbosch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/28 "2022-05-18T06:34:58Z")
Yes and that makes sense, but now you have validated it by yourself. Your syno is no apc ups. The network ups is to connect to a management card inside of the ups. So as mentioned before, you need to run apcupsd somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![boogaard\_ralph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/boogaard_ralph/32/158620_2.png) [@boogaard\_ralph](https://community.homey.app/u/boogaard_ralph)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/29 "2026-07-15T15:46:34Z")
Did the same here, but no luck (communication error). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Johansson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_johansson/32/15617_2.png) [@Peter\_Johansson](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Johansson)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/30 "2026-07-16T07:39:37Z")
@boogaard_ralph Just to check since you opened a 4 year old thread. Did you use apcupsd and got communication error? ---
**Author:** ![boogaard\_ralph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/boogaard_ralph/32/158620_2.png) [@boogaard\_ralph](https://community.homey.app/u/boogaard_ralph)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990/31 "2026-07-16T16:46:36Z")
In first place, i tried both, apcupsd and snmp. Then I read in another thread using port 3493 with apcupsd in combination with Synology, still no luck. Then I did disconnect on synology in configuration the UPS and reactivated again. Worked! [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/anyone-using-the-apc-app-successfully/990.md?page=1)