Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-21 Thread Arjen de Korte
I just tried using the upsmon -c fsd while running the development NUT package. It caused the package to send the 'shutdown' command to the PC, which caused the PC to shutdown (gracefully), but the UPS never killed the power to the PC. Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought the sequence of

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-19 Thread Mark E. Hansen
On 09/18/07 11:49, Arjen de Korte wrote: Mark E. Hansen wrote: I assume you have read and understood the reasons in the FAQ why we generally recommend against doing that. I've read the FAQ and I'm sure I found the entires to which you refer. However, what those entries don't consider is

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-18 Thread Arjen de Korte
Go for the development version. That has a much improved usbhid-ups driver, which also allows for better debugging. I went looking for the Development version, and I'm afraid I'm a little confused. On the NUT site, it says the latest development version is 2.1, but the release I'm running is

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-18 Thread Mark E. Hansen
On 09/18/07 06:48, Arjen de Korte wrote: Alternatively, you might use upsrw and experiment with the value of 'ups.delay.shutdown', which changes the same value in the UPS as the 'load.off' command will. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a 'ups.delay.restart', so you will need to press the power

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-18 Thread Arjen de Korte
Mark E. Hansen wrote: Thanks for the help in getting the current development sources (to Charles Lepple as well). I've downloaded and configured/installed nut-2.3.0-r1114. However, I don't see any difference in how the setting of some variables appears to be ignored. In that case, chances

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-18 Thread Arjen de Korte
Mark E. Hansen wrote: I assume you have read and understood the reasons in the FAQ why we generally recommend against doing that. I've read the FAQ and I'm sure I found the entires to which you refer. However, what those entries don't consider is the primary problem with waiting until the

[Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Mark Hansen
I'm running Network UPS Tools 2.2.0 on a Linux machine, running CentOS 4.5 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.5), with a kernel version 2.6.9. I believe I have the software setup and configured properly. I can access the UPS via the upsc (client) tool, upscmd, upsmon, etc. Even the CGI pages provide me

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Arjen de Korte
Mark Hansen wrote: I'm running Network UPS Tools 2.2.0 on a Linux machine, running CentOS 4.5 (RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.5), with a kernel version 2.6.9. I believe I have the software setup and configured properly. I can access the UPS via the upsc (client) tool, upscmd, upsmon, etc. Even

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Arjen de Korte
Instant commands supported on UPS [myupsname]: load.off - Turn off the load immediately load.on - Turn on the load immediately shutdown.stop - Stop a shutdown in progress beeper.on - Enable the UPS beeper beeper.off - Temporarily mute the UPS beeper Can anyone please tell me what I'm

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Mark E. Hansen
On 09/17/07 08:33, Arjen de Korte wrote: Instant commands supported on UPS [myupsname]: load.off - Turn off the load immediately load.on - Turn on the load immediately shutdown.stop - Stop a shutdown in progress beeper.on - Enable the UPS beeper beeper.off - Temporarily mute the UPS beeper

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Mark E. Hansen
On 09/17/07 10:29, Arjen de Korte wrote: [...] Path: UPS.Output.DelayBeforeShutdown, Type: Feature, ReportID: 0x15, Offset: 0, Size: 16, Value: -60.00 Path: UPS.Output.DelayBeforeStartup, Type: Feature, ReportID: 0x16, Offset: 0, Size: 16, Value: -60.00 Here are the culprits.

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Mark E. Hansen
On 09/17/07 12:45, Arjen de Korte wrote: Mark E. Hansen wrote: Apparently, the granualarity on you UPS is 1 minute and it will report the final time as -60 seconds. This is odd and violates the HID Power Devices specification. Having said that, it will probably also violate this with regard

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Arjen de Korte
Mark E. Hansen wrote: Apparently, the granualarity on you UPS is 1 minute and it will report the final time as -60 seconds. This is odd and violates the HID Power Devices specification. Having said that, it will probably also violate this with regard to the fact that a zero delay is a valid

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Mark E. Hansen
On 09/17/07 12:45, Arjen de Korte wrote: Go for the development version. That has a much improved usbhid-ups driver, which also allows for better debugging. I went looking for the Development version, and I'm afraid I'm a little confused. On the NUT site, it says the latest development

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Can't get 'load.off' to turn off power to the PC: CyberPower 1200AVR

2007-09-17 Thread Charles Lepple
On 9/17/07, Mark E. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09/17/07 12:45, Arjen de Korte wrote: Go for the development version. That has a much improved usbhid-ups driver, which also allows for better debugging. I went looking for the Development version, and I'm afraid I'm a little