Quoting Richard Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> G'Day All,
>
> I ended up installing Charlies powstatd add-on for UPS monitoring.
>
> Now following Graeme's how to I got the following results.
>
> With the powerstad -t command and pulling or plugging back in the power
> to
> the UPS. One of the values does change.
>
> Now loading /etc/rc.d/init/powerstad start after this with the ups
> unplugged
> to mains power caused a system shut down.
If this happened you have set one of the values incorrectly
>
> Anyway reboot and all is ok. One can't run the daemon and also run
> powerstad -t at the same time due to a socket conflict.
should be no need. If powstatd -t is showing OK when power is connected, FAIL
when power is removed and LOW when the battery is about to run out then
powstatd will respond to those states correctly.
>
> What I have proven is that, both programs can find and talk to the UPS
> ok.
>
> I now have a running system with the daemon running, Pulling the power
> -
> did not result in ANY message to the screen about power is unplugged as
> the
> how to suggests. Should it?
Yes, if you've got everything working under powstatd -t so that you get the
above messages in the correct state then the actual daemon will do the right
thing. ie you remove power and (up to 15 seconds later) you get a screen
message announcing powerfailure and a shutdown in a few minutes. Plug the
power back in and it will cancel the shutdown (unless you left it too long).
>
> I left a monitor plugged in to the UPS (And server on mains power) and
> left
> it running to drain power over night. I hope to go in and find the
> server
> shut down today. If it hasn't - any idea's?
It should shutdown in 5 minutes whether or not the battery runs down in that
time. It does this to preserve battery power (it's adjustable though).
All I can say is re-read the man pages which are definitive if you are stuck.
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