On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Robbie van der Walle wrote:

      The "upsrw" command contacts upsd, so it sounds like you should be able 
to add a user to upsd.users on the NAS, and then run something like
      this on the Mac:

        upsrw -s battery.charge.low=80 -u upsmaster -s sekret UPS@synology

      Per http://networkupstools.org/docs/man/upsd.users.html , the "upsmaster" user 
would need at least "actions = SET". You will need to reload
      upsd after changing upsd.users.

I managed to do this, upsc reports: 

battery.charge.low: 80 instead of 10 
What is the purpose of changing this value?

When you carry out tests to ensure that the setup is working well, you will pull the power cord from the wall and wait until the UPS reaches LB. This means waiting and wasting time. You can speed up the testing by setting LB very high so that the UPS reaches it quickly. Later you can set a more reasonable value.

      If the UPS is not turning itself off after the NAS goes into safe mode, 
it might be possible to do this from the Mac. You probably have
      something like this in the Mac's upsmon.conf:

        SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0"

      You could add an UPS shutdown command before the Mac shutdown command:

        upscmd -u upsmaster -s sekret UPS@synology shutdown.stayoff

      but you would need to be sure that the UPS shutdown delay is long enough 
to allow the NAS to go into safe mode. (This is why it is
      recommended that the master (the NAS in your case) initiate the UPS 
shutdown.) Also, you would need to configure that NUT user to allow
      instant commands in upsd.users as well as upsrw access.

I have SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0” now on the Mac is was SHUTDOWNCMD “” 
before.

How do I check if the UPS is turning itself off after the NAS goes into safe 
mode? 

On most UPS units, there is a light which goes out. Some produce an audible clunk as the relays disconnect the UPS power outlets. You could also connect a light bulb to a protected outlet. It should go out when the UPS shuts down.

Example test:

1. Pull power cord from wall

2. UPS beeps, NAS and Mac continue operation

3. Users are warned that power has failed

4. When the battery drops to battery.charge.low the slave (Mac) and then the master (NAS) shutdown.

5. After 20 seconds the UPS shuts down.

6. Reconnect the wall power

7. NAS and Mac should restart

You will also need a test in which you wait a long time before step 6, and a test in which you reconnect power between steps 4 and 5.

Roger
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