[Nut-upsuser] [HCL] Hardware Compatibility List - PowerWalker VI 850 LCD

[Arnaud Quette]

(please keep the traffic on the list)

2011/6/4 Wayne Thomas <waynethomas69 at gmail.com>

> Hi Arnaud,
>
>

Hi Wayne


> as per http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/man/upsd.users.html, have you
>> also set 'actions' and 'instcmds'?
>>
>
> Um, no.  I do now!!!
>
> $ upsrw -s beeper.status=disabled myups
> Username (backend): upsuser
> Password:
> Unexpected response from upsd: ERR READONLY
>
> I'm not sure what settings should work, but the ones I tried all reported
> back as being read-only
>

calling upsrw with no params will give you the list of supported settings.
ie:
$ upsrw myups


> $ upscmd myups beeper.toggle
> Username (backend): upsuser
> Password:
> OK
>

the same goes for upscmd with the "-l" option


> including the UPS being powered off?
>>
>
> I use upssched with three separate scripts when mains power dies (one
> immediate, one after 30 seconds, and one when the UPS is critical).  Here is
> the syslog when I unplugged the ups and plugged it back in a few seconds
> later; is this sufficient?
>
> Jun  4 14:38:07 backend upsmon[30606]: UPS myups at localhost on battery
> Jun  4 14:38:07 backend upssched[1557]: Executing command: power-off
> Jun  4 14:38:07 backend upssched-cmd: Uh oh, power is off
> Jun  4 14:38:09 backend upssched[1579]: Timer daemon started
> Jun  4 14:38:09 backend upssched[1579]: New timer: power-still-off (30
> seconds)
> Jun  4 14:38:12 backend upsmon[30606]: UPS myups at localhost on line power
> Jun  4 14:38:12 backend upssched[1579]: Cancelling timer: power-still-off
> Jun  4 14:38:12 backend upssched[1594]: Executing command: power-on
> Jun  4 14:38:12 backend upssched-cmd: Yay, power is back on
> Jun  4 14:38:25 backend upssched[1579]: Timer queue empty, exiting
>

knowing that your UPS support the "low battery" notion is enough.
the rest is on the NUT side.

cheers,
Arno
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