[Nut-upsuser] APC Smart UPS at a Mac Mini

[Jerome BENOIT]

Hello List:

On 31/08/11 10:37, Wolfgang Hottgenroth wrote:
> Ah, okay, I noted that item and considered it when I connected the UPS the first time to the Mac and was wondering why it does not comes up again after a power failure test. But that's not my current problem: my current problem is: how can I switch off the UPS once the shutdown process of the MAC OS X is done.
>
> I found in a Debian installation for instance that there is a hook into the very last /etc/init.d script (K90halt or something like that) which calls the ups driver to send the shutdown command to the UPS. Now I'm looking for such a hook on the Mac.
>
you may not have to do such low level stuff on Mac.

Do you have any panel that allow to configure your UPS ?

Jerome


> Cheers and thanks,
> Wolfgang
>
>
>
> Am 30.08.2011 um 17:44 schrieb Jerome BENOIT:
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>> On 30/08/11 16:06, Wolfgang Hottgenroth wrote:
>>> I'm running Mac OS X. But I can't find my question answered in the FAQ. Do you have a pointer into the FAQ for me, to the particular part where you consider my question answered?
>>>
>>
>> Point 18 :
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>> http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/FAQ.html#_my_mac_won_8217_t_power_back_up_by_itself_into_mac_os_x_after_the_ups_shuts_down_what_can_i_do_about_this
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Wolfgang
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 30.08.2011 um 16:01 schrieb Jerome BENOIT:
>>>
>>>> Hello Wolfgang:
>>>>
>>>> if you run Mac OS X, you may find an answer in the FAQ;
>>>> if you run Linux, you may check the mailing list archive
>>>> as I post something a bout in March.
>>>>
>>>> hth,
>>>> Jerome
>>>>
>>>> On 29/08/11 13:14, Wolfgang Hottgenroth wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using a APC Smart UPS with a Mac Mini, connected using a USB serial converter.
>>>>> Works fine so far, the Mac Mini will be shut down, a NAS connected of the network to the nut on Mac Mini will also shut down, perfect.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, the ups will not be shut down. Very unfortunate, since the Mac will not start again, if the power comes back before the batteries are completely empty.
>>>>> I read about /etc/killpower and a may be required modification of the shutdown script.
>>>>> But there is no such script in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone help?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much and cheers,
>>>>> Wolfgang
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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