On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Peter Selinger wrote:
> If you are using newhidups/usbhid-ups, the option "-x pollfreq=<value>" > can be used to set the polling frequency (or put "pollfreq=<value>" > into ups.conf). The default is 30 seconds. > > -- Peter > > Justin Piszcz wrote: > > > > When I disconnect my UPS from the wall, I have to wait 15-30 seconds > > before the USB drier 'polls' this information and tells me that the UPS is > > on battery power (via knutclient or syslog via nut): > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] POWER ALERT on Fri Jan 26 12:49:29 EST 2007 > > > > With a serial connection, I would get the alerts IMMEDIATELY (0.5-1 > > seconds) after disconnecting the UPS. My new machine does not have a > > serial port built-in, only a serial header, and of course does not come > > with an included cable, so I chose to use USB. > > > > My question is, how do I change the polling time that nut uses to poll the > > device to match that of the serial port? > > > > The reason I'd like to is I am not going to see any power alerts for > > unless there is a power outage for longer than 15-30 seconds. > > > > I've checked the FAQ on this, do I have to change the 'MAXAGE' parameter > > to force more frequent updates? > > > > Justin. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nut-upsuser mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser > > > Very nice-this fixed the issue, thank you! Justin. _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
