[Nut-upsuser] Additional server eralier shutdown condition

[Rob MacGregor]

On 2/2/07, Vladimir I. Umnov <umnov at kirov.ertelecom.ru> wrote:

> No. It is not true. Documentation says:
>  >>>
>
> Early Shutdowns
> ===============
>
> One thing that gets requested a lot is early shutdowns in upsmon.  With
> upssched, you can now have this functionality.  Just set a timer for some
> length of time at ONBATT which will invoke a shutdown command if it elapses.
>
> Just be sure to cancel this timer if you go back ONLINE before then.
>
> >>>
>
> This means that NUT with upssched set their own timer. I think this is missing functionality.
> I need UPS monitoring software query my UPSes (APC cannot work with many UPSes in native mode,
> but can do such query) for current battery level and current estimated run time each 5 seconds.
> And if it reaches configured value, take appropriate action.
>
> For now it stops me to choose NUT. May be I wrong and it is possible in NUT???

You're missing the point - the UPS tells NUT when it's getting low and
then NUT starts the shutdown.  If you want something to second guess
the UPS then you'll have to look elsewhere.

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