On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:24:38AM +0200, tovis wrote: > I'm struggling to configuring nut for MGE Pulsar Ellipse 800 (at least > Ellipse 800) for two boxes - home firewall and file server. I'm using > Debian 4.0 Etch, every one of them. > I'm built (after some dangerouse experiments) a testing configuration, > where boxes are plugged to line, server playing as a master, firewall as a > slave, and UPS connected to an electric heater about 300 Wats (no > reactance). > Batteries where recently changed - two 12V - 5A/h. > Using mge-shut driver - it seem to be the best for this modell. > I experienced many problems: > - driver not starts every time (about 2 times failed from 5 tries), > some where I found that the solution could be a 5 time retry in the > start script (/etc/init.d/nut); > - if I use POLLFREQ 5 (recommended default) I have been "staled" about > 2-3 times in an hour. But on ONBATTERY situation it could could be > more frequent!? - I think this is the core of the problem. > - the UPS switchdown early, and after 5-10 seconds the boxes follow him:( > > I'm trying to set lobatt=70, offdelay=20, ondelay=60 (10 minutes), > notification=3 - but the situation still remain, and UPS switchoff quicker > (on about 70% charge?). > I'm lower the charge, instead of 300 W I'm used about 120 W (three 40 W > lamps), the system in this case work correctly. I think my problem that > this UPS allow me shutdown as quickly as possible, no wait for "LOW > BATTERY" situation, what is set by manufacturer. > Is it possible to catch not only ONLINE, ONBATTERY and LOWBATTERY but when > battery at spcified charge (ndependently what is set in UPS)?
If you set lowbatt=70 then the behaviour you are seeing is normal. Don't set lowbatt and you'll get the default manufacturer settings which is LOWBATTERY at 30% charge level. Philippe _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
