Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 19:05:33 -0400 From: mike@sentex.net To: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upcupsd / freebsdd Message-ID: <kcq025trfme1oif87a8jdanbg3ve7l1tuh@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291529170.47597@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291529170.47597@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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> >The Overview page in the webinterface shows there is power in the >UPS form over 2 hours. How can I force a faster automatic freebsd >shutdown to see if it is working (can't wait 2 hours) Try setting the battery level in apcupsd.conf to a high value like 90% # If during a power failure, the remaining battery percentage # (as reported by the UPS) is below or equal to BATTERYLEVEL,=20 # apcupsd will initiate a system shutdown. BATTERYLEVEL 90 # You need to restart the apc daemon after you adjust the config files. Doing=20 apcaccess from the shell, should reflect your changes. > > >but do these refer to shutdown of a unix client or shutdown of the UPS=20 >itself? On the apc units I have used, it will send the "shutdown" signal to the UPS, so it will cut power to all the ports until street power comes back. ---Mike
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