[Nut-upsuser] Changing self test date

[Charles Lepple]

On Dec 4, 2014, at 5:30 AM, Frantz de Germain <frantz at info.univ-angers.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> does any one know how to change the date of the self tests on APC UPSes ? I'd
> like to be able to choose the day and the hour so that it happens at office
> hours, in case of any problem...
> 
> I've tried to do this by launching a test at a convenient time, but the self
> tests still occurs at the previous date and hour :-(

The apctest program from apcupsd does not offer much more insight:

   http://sourceforge.net/p/apcupsd/svn/HEAD/tree/branches/Branch-3_14/src/apctest.c#l2202

This forum post from 2013 suggests that an easy way is to change the UPS setting to "test at power on", then use a script (with NUT, you would run something like "upscmd ups at server battery.start.quick") to run it at your preferred time:

   http://forums.apc.com/message/46002

Changing the self test interval will depend on your specific UPS model.

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