netbsd-help: Re: a question about apcupsd

Subject: Re: a question about apcupsd
To: Thierry Lacoste <lacoste@univ-paris12.fr>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/08/2006 22:35:21

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Thierry Lacoste wrote:
> I think I found the culprit.
> 
> sheliak# apcaccess status
> <snip>
> DSHUTD : 020 Seconds
> <snip>
> 
> 20 seconds is probably not enough for my old Sparc.
> 
> Looking at the eeprom I have
> sheliak# apcaccess eeprom
> 
> Valid EPROM values for the SMART-UPS 700 RM
> 
> Config Current Permitted
> Description Directive Value Values
> ===================================================================
> Upper transfer voltage HITRANSFER 253 253 264 271 280
> Lower transfer voltage LOTRANSFER 196 196 188 208 204
> Return threshold RETURNCHARGE 0 00 15 50 90
> Output voltage on batts OUTPUTVOLTS 230 230 240 220 225
> Sensitivity SENSITIVITY H H M L L
> Low battery warning LOWBATT 2 02 05 07 10
> Shutdown grace delay SLEEP 20 020 180 300 600
> Alarm delay BEEPSTATE 0 0 T L N
> Wakeup delay WAKEUP 0 000 060 180 300
> Self test interval SELFTEST OFF 336 168 ON OFF
> 
> I tried to change the sleep value with
> sheliak# apcupsd --configure SLEEP 180
> Attempting to configure UPS ...
> 
> Reading updated UPS configuration ...
> 
> <snip>
> DSHUTD : 020 Seconds
> <snip>
> 
> Does it come from apcupsd or is it my UPS which doesn't allow eeprom changes?
> 
> Does someone have a workaround?
I think you want to change this with apctest (which can change all eeprom
settings). From what I remember it's how I did it.
-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
 NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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