Rob wrote: > > > I would try the following: plug your computer into a wall outlet, plug > > a desk lamp into the UPS. First, start the driver and upsd (but not > > upsmon). Monitor the ups variables with upsc. Pull the power, wait 5 > > minutes or more, see what happens. Are there changes to ups.status? > > Does the lamp go off? Normally, the lamp should not go off until the > > battery runs out, which should happen some time after ups.status shows > > "LB" (low battery). If the lamp goes off before that, there's a > > problem. > > > > Then try the same thing again, this time with upsmon running. When the > > UPS gets to "LB", then upsmon should start slowly shutting down the > > computer. When the computer is in a safe state, the lamp should go off > > (the computer will stay on, as it doesn't know it is not plugged into > > the UPS). > > When I ran the first scenario you outlined, the UPS stayed on for about > 5 minutes (slightly less) and then shut off. upsmod was not running, > but upssched was running for a short while (after I removed power) until > I realized it was running and killed it. Here is the info from upsc > during the two relevant points (the second time being just after the UPS > shut off) > > While plugged into the wall: > battery.charge: 100.0 > battery.runtime: 64:41 > driver.name: cpsups > driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS2 > driver.version: 2.0.4 > driver.version.internal: .04 > input.frequency: 60 > input.voltage: 122 > output.voltage: 122 > ups.load: 9 > ups.mfr: CyberPower > ups.model: CPS1200VA 1.500 > ups.power.nominal: 1200 > ups.runtime: 70 > ups.status: OL > ups.temperature: 28 > > After power removed for ~5 minutes: > battery.charge: 65.0 > battery.runtime: 46:29 > driver.name: cpsups > driver.parameter.port: /dev/ttyS2 > driver.version: 2.0.4 > driver.version.internal: .04 > input.frequency: 0 > input.voltage: 0 > output.voltage: 0 > ups.load: 0 > ups.mfr: CyberPower > ups.model: CPS1200VA 1.500 > ups.power.nominal: 1200 > ups.runtime: 70 > ups.status: OB > ups.temperature: 42
Let me just clarify: was the lamp already off when you took this second reading? -- Peter > I didn't try the second scenario as the first one seemed to highlight an > issue of some sort and I didn't think the second scenario would add much > useful info. Was I correct, or should I also run the second scenario? > > Rob _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
