[Nut-upsuser] MGE Nova 1100 AVR + upssched

[Arnaud Quette]

Hi Pedro,

2006/11/21, Pedro Bonfiglio <pedro.bonfiglio at refert.com>:
> Hi, I'm having problems to configure upssched in order to notify me only
> when the disconnection exceeds the 30 seconds.
> Now, I'm getting a mail if it is disconnected just for a second, or even
> worse, when I got low tension.
> So, mail notifications are well configured, I guess...
> I think the problem is in upssched.
> I'm new to this, so it could be a stupid thing that I'm missing...
>
> My configurations files are like this:
>
> *ups.conf:*
>
> [ups0]
>                 driver = mge-shut
>                 port = /dev/ttyS0         #It's serial, not USB
>
>
> *upsmon.conf:*
>
> # NOTIFYCMD <command>
> NOTIFYCMD /usr/local/ups/bin/notifyme

you there need to call upsched
I know the doc is wrong about that...

> # POWERDOWNFLAG - Flag file for forcing UPS shutdown on the master system
> POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
> # This file is supposed to be created by NUT when a disconnection
> occurs, but I didn't see it. Am I right?

the POWERDOWNFLAG is only created when we reach the battery.charge.low
to inform the nut init script to perform a UPS poweroff.

>
> *upssched.conf:*
>
> # CMDSCRIPT <scriptname>
> CMDSCRIPT /usr/local/ups/bin/upssched-cmd
>
> # PIPEFN <filename>
> PIPEFN /var/run/upssched/upssched.pipe
>
> # LOCKFN <filename>
> LOCKFN /var/run/upssched/upssched.lock
> #The directory /var/run/upssched is world-writable so both files could
> be created, but it is actually empty.
>
> # Possible AT commands
> AT ONBATT * START-TIMER upsgone 30

do you have declared the matching cancelation, ie:
AT ONLINE * CANCEL-TIMER upsgone

>
> Then, I got two more files in */usr/local/ups/bin*: notifyme and
> upssched-cmd
>
> *notifyme:*
>
> #!/bin/sh
> echo "$@" | mail -s "[NUT] Notify" mail at address
>
>
> *upssched-cmd:*
>
> case $1 in
>         upsgone)
>                 echo "The UPS has been on battery for awhile" \
>                 | mail -s "[NUT] Notify" mail at address
>         ups-back-on-line)
>                 /bin/rm -f /var/run/upssched/ups-on-battery
>         *)
>                 logger -t upssched-cmd "Unrecognized command: $1"
>                 ;;
> esac
>
>
> All advices will be welcome

so, according to your conf, you'll have a mail for each event occuring...
QED

Arnaud
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