Nut upsuser - Aug 2013 - Get Nut to Shutdown Computer After a Few Minutes on Battery

Hi,

I tried to do the minimum configuration for Nut. When I stop the on-line
power i get terminal message that I'm on battery power and when I plug
on-line power back in I get a message that I'm back to on-line power. So
things are working/communicating.

What I want is: if it's been on battery power for over 5 minutes the PC
will shutdown. If powers comes on-line again before the 5 min of battery
then things should reset.

I tried many web on-line examples and docs. but can't get it working. I
would be grateful for help. I would like the most simple, understandable
way to do it. I'll cite my files and info below. Thank You so much.

Unbuntu 12.04 Server, nut  2.6.3, Cyperpower CP1500AVRLCD, no slaves
just the one server PC.

nut.conf

MODE=standalone

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ups.conf:

[cyberpower-1500] 

driver = usbhid-ups 

port = auto

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upsd.conf:

LISTEN 127.0.0.1 3493 

LISTEN ::1 3493

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upsd.users:

[monuser] 

password = xxxxx 

allowfrom = local 

upsmon master

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re: upsmon.conf

Note: I've attempted many things in upsmon.conf but could not get the
custom
      shutdown I want working.

I've taken my attempts  out except for the one line I added cited
below..
I do see many configuration lines in this file uncommented by default in
this file, I assume these lines are OK for my system - so  the only
change I
have now to this file is the added line cited.

upsmon.conf:

MONITOR cyberpower-1500 at localhost 1 monuser takoma master

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re:upssched.conf

CMDSCRIPT /bin/upssched-cmd    By default this line was uncommented, I
continue to leave it uncommented - I assume if I use "CMDSCRIPT" again
later on in the file then this line would be overwritten/superseded,
but I'm not sure---just wanted to mention this.

I've tried many things - it didn't work. What do I put in this file? I
thought adding:

PIPEFN /var/run/nut/upssched/upssched.pipe 

LOCKFN /var/run/nut/upssched/upssched.lock

AT ONBATT * START-TIMER onbatt 300

AT ONLINE * CANCEL-TIMER onbatt

But I obviously don't know...

upssched.conf: ????

Help appreciated.


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Hi,

Also to add to my question:

The documentation says I should have a file name upssched-cmd on my
system. But there is no file named that on my system. I installed via
apt-get install nut if that's relevant. If it turns out I should
uninstall everything and install via "make" then I'll do that,
it's
happened before that the package install doesn't do things right.

Either way I would appreciate support please.
  


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Hi,

I am thankful for this support mail-list and I realize that there was
not sufficient time for anyone to respond to my setup question. In any
event I just used a bash script to control the shutdown following the
instructions at:

http://srackham.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/configuring-nut-for-the-eaton-3s-ups-on-ubuntu-linux/

and it worked. So I think it's solved.

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