Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:15:37 -0500 From: Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net> To: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPS program for Freebsd Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20021229131429.00aa17d0@pop.voyager.net> In-Reply-To: <20021229115913.GA642@goku.kasby> References: <4.2.0.58.20021228183642.00a69ab0@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20021228183642.00a69ab0@pop.voyager.net>
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So would this program also attack to a UPS that's attached to the
local machine via Com1? I'm guessing so, but I wanted to ask for certain
because this is the only way I can connect the UPS since it has no USB or
lan connection on it to allow for network monitoring. :)
At 12:59 PM 12/29/02 +0100, Francesco Casadei wrote:
>On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 06:42:29PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote:
> > Hi all. I used to have an email that came from this list detailing
> > which UPS program to use for freebsd, but for some reason I have
> lost it..
> > I currently have an APC 650 Pro UPS attached to Com1 on one of my machines
> > and I need to set it up so that it will monitor the machine and shut it
> > down only when there is less than 5 minutes of power left. I also need it
> > to announce to all logged in users (remote via SSH or locally via the
> > console) the moment the UPS goes on battery and when its getting close to
> > shutdown time, etc.
> >
> > If anyone can send me this information, I would greatly appreciate
> > it. Thank you.
> >
> >
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>
>I use nut - the Network UPS Tools - with an APC Back-UPS Pro 650 and it works
>fine. Here is a sample output from the included upsc program:
>
>host: localhost
>MODEL: Back-UPS Pro 650
>SERIAL: NB0130252271
>STATUS: OL
>UTILITY: 230.4
>BATTPCT: 100.0
>ACFREQ: 50.00
>LOADPCT: 032.5
>BATTVOLT: 13.77
>OUTVOLT: 230.4
>UPSIDENT: UPS_IDEN
>LOWXFER: 208
>HIGHXFER: 253
>WAKEDELAY: 000
>LINESENS: H
>GRACEDELAY: 020
>RTHRESH: 00
>ALRMDEL: 0
>BATTDATE: 07/26/01
>MFR: APC
>
>You can define a message for each of the following events:
>
> ONLINE : UPS is back online
> ONBATT : UPS is on battery
> LOWBATT : UPS is on battery and has a low battery (is critical)
> FSD : UPS is being shutdown by the master (FSD = "Forced Shutdown")
> COMMOK : Communications established with the UPS
> COMMBAD : Communications lost to the UPS
> SHUTDOWN : The system is being shutdown
> REPLBATT : The UPS battery is bad and needs to be replaced
> NOCOMM : A UPS is unavailable (can't be contacted for monitoring)
>
>Then for each event you defined you can tell nut what to do. From one of the
>configuration files:
>
># NOTIFYFLAG - change behavior of upsmon when NOTIFY events occur
>#
># By default, upsmon sends walls (global messages to all logged in users)
># and writes to the syslog when things happen. You can change this.
>#
># NOTIFYFLAG <notify type> <flag>[+<flag>][+<flag>] ...
>#
>NOTIFYFLAG ONLINE SYSLOG+EXEC
>NOTIFYFLAG ONBATT SYSLOG+EXEC
>NOTIFYFLAG LOWBATT SYSLOG+EXEC
>NOTIFYFLAG SHUTDOWN SYSLOG+EXEC
>#
># Possible values for the flags:
>#
># SYSLOG - Write the message in the syslog
># WALL - Write the message to all users on the system
># EXEC - Execute NOTIFYCMD (see above) with the message
># IGNORE - Don't do anything
>#
># If you use IGNORE, don't use any other flags on the same line.
>
>You can write your own program to execute custom actions, for example I have
>a program that notifies me via SMS when one of the four events ONLINE, ONBATT,
>LOWBATT and SHUTDOWN occurs.
>
>You can find nut in the ports collection located at sysutils/nut.
>
> Francesco Casadei
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