[Bug 283900] sysutils/apcupsd: Increase COMMLOST_TIMEOUT in pcnet.c

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=283900

            Bug ID: 283900
           Summary: sysutils/apcupsd: Increase COMMLOST_TIMEOUT in pcnet.c
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: dbaio@freebsd.org
          Reporter: sstallion@gmail.com
          Assignee: dbaio@freebsd.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(dbaio@freebsd.org)

While working on deprecating the sysutils/pcns port, I began converting hosts
over to using sysutils/apcupsd instead. Since I've relied on PowerChute in the
past, I configured apcupsd to use the pcnet driver as I have in the past before
switching over to pcns.

I discovered that newer releases of the NMC firmware seems to periodically stop
sending status broadcasts, which results in spurious COMMLOST events when using
this driver. I've reported this behavior upstream to the apcupsd-users mailing
list, however there does not seem to be much movement. I don't expect to
receive much of a response given that the last release of apcupsd was made over
eight years ago.

I'm hoping that by including this patch in the sysutils/apcupsd port,
sysutils/pcns users will have a clear path forward after the port is removed at
the end of the month.

Thanks in advance!

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