<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I see at <a href="http://networkupstools.org/ddl/Cyber_Power_Systems/Value_800E.html" class="">http://networkupstools.org/ddl/Cyber_Power_Systems/Value_800E.html</a> that <br class="">the Value 800E does not have variables such as<br class=""> load.off.delay - Turn off the load with a delay (seconds)<br class=""> load.on.delay - Turn on the load with a delay (seconds)<br class=""><br class="">What does command ? upscmd -l <UPS> ? report?<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">I'll try this tonight when I'm back home.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">It looks like the two commands you mention are there:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">$ upscmd -l cyber</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">Instant commands supported on UPS [cyber]:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232); min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">beeper.disable - Disable the UPS beeper</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">beeper.enable - Enable the UPS beeper</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">beeper.mute - Temporarily mute the UPS beeper</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">beeper.off - Obsolete (use beeper.disable or beeper.mute)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">beeper.on - Obsolete (use beeper.enable)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">load.off - Turn off the load immediately</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">load.off.delay - Turn off the load with a delay (seconds)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">load.on - Turn on the load immediately</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">load.on.delay - Turn on the load with a delay (seconds)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">shutdown.return - Turn off the load and return when power is back</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">shutdown.stayoff - Turn off the load and remain off</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">shutdown.stop - Stop a shutdown in progress</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">test.battery.start.deep - Start a deep battery test</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">test.battery.start.quick - Start a quick battery test</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">test.battery.stop - Stop the battery test</span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Would it be possible to sequence them?</div><div class="">Could I say, for example, turn the load off in 10 seconds and turn it back on in 100 seconds by saying</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">upscmd cyber load.off.delay 10</div><div class="">upscmd cyber load.on.delay 100</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I suspect not, because I imagine that the timer that counts these delays is inside nut rather than being inside the UPS, and therefore after the load has been switched off then nut no longer runs and cannot get to the end of the second timer---right?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anyway, that's not what I need in any case. I don't care about power cycling the computer, other than for testing. What I really want is to switch it off when the UPS's battery power is about to run out, and turn it back on when the UPS powers up again. Am I right in thinking that what I want is </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: fixedX6x13; background-color: rgb(232, 232, 232);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">shutdown.return - Turn off the load and return when power is back</span></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">?</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">The message is slightly ambiguous on whether it's the ups or the load that's supposed to shutdown, turn off or return. I hope it means "Dear UPS, turn off the load and turn the load back on when power is back to the UPS". Would this be it?</span></div></body></html>