Le Thu, 4 Dec 2014 08:42:37 -0500 Charles Lepple <[email protected]> écrivait:
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 5:30 AM, Frantz de Germain <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > does any one know how to change the date of the self tests on APC UPSes ? > > I'd like to be able to choose the day and the hour so that it happens at > > office hours, in case of any problem... > > > > I've tried to do this by launching a test at a convenient time, but the > > self tests still occurs at the previous date and hour :-( > > The apctest program from apcupsd does not offer much more insight: > > > http://sourceforge.net/p/apcupsd/svn/HEAD/tree/branches/Branch-3_14/src/apctest.c#l2202 > > This forum post from 2013 suggests that an easy way is to change the UPS > setting to "test at power on", then use a script (with NUT, you would run > something like "upscmd ups@server battery.start.quick") to run it at your > preferred time: > > http://forums.apc.com/message/46002 > > Changing the self test interval will depend on your specific UPS model. Thanks for your answer, Charles. This confirms what I thought : no other way than turning off and on the UPSes to change date and hour of self tests. So, effectively, the best way to have full control is to schedule tests via scripts. Regards -- Frantz de Germain Département Informatique UFR Sciences / DDN Université d'Angers _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
