January 28, 201115 yr I'm using a Belkin UPS with apcupsd-3.14.3. It appears UnRaid goes to shut down immediately when the ups goes to battery mode. I'm wondering if the package is not able to read battery level or minutes remaining and thinks they are 0. I've set Battery Level: 0 and Minutes Remaining: 0 but it still went to shut down immediately. The Belkin UPS is fully charged and in perfect condition. From the stats below the package appears to see the ups go from BCHARGE = 100% to 0% in 4 seconds or less. TIMELEFT also drops to 0 immediately. I'm guessing this is why it goes to shutdown mode. Does anyone know if there is a way around this. I realize this package is designed or APC UPS devices but I'm hoping we can at least bypass BCHARGE and TIMELEFT and possilby just use MAXTIME: 180 seconds. Anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance. dave STATUS : ONLINE BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 2.0 Minutes STATUS : SHUTTING DOWN BCHARGE : 000.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 0.0 Minutes UPS Status (from /sbin/apcaccess status) APC : 001,023,0570 DATE : Thu Jan 27 18:31:01 MST 2011 HOSTNAME : Tower2 RELEASE : 3.14.3 VERSION : 3.14.3 (20 January 2008) slackware UPSNAME : Tower2 CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Belkin UPS UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Thu Jan 27 18:29:58 MST 2011 STATUS : ONLINE BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 2.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 0 Percent MINTIMEL : 0 Minutes MAXTIME : 180 Seconds NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag SERIALNO : APCMODEL : Belkin UPS END APC : Thu Jan 27 18:31:20 MST 2011 UPS Status (from /sbin/apcaccess status) APC : 001,024,0616 DATE : Thu Jan 27 18:53:10 MST 2011 HOSTNAME : Tower2 RELEASE : 3.14.3 VERSION : 3.14.3 (20 January 2008) slackware UPSNAME : Tower2 CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Belkin UPS UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Thu Jan 27 18:29:58 MST 2011 STATUS : SHUTTING DOWN BCHARGE : 000.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 0.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 0 Percent MINTIMEL : 0 Minutes MAXTIME : 180 Seconds NUMXFERS : 1 XONBATT : Thu Jan 27 18:53:07 MST 2011 TONBATT : 4 seconds CUMONBATT: 4 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A STATFLAG : 0x07040250 Status Flag SERIALNO : APCMODEL : Belkin UPS END APC : Thu Jan 27 18:53:11 MST 2011
January 28, 201115 yr Your problem is that you are trying to use a Belkin UPS with the apc daemon. from my quick google searching it looks like this will NOT work.
January 28, 201115 yr For it to work with a Belkin UPS, you need to modify some configuration items. The Belkin units do not properly report (from the viewpoint of APCUPSD) several report items, such as battery time left [TIMELEFT : 2.0 Minutes]. Here are the items I use on my server with some luck. UPSTYPE usb ONBATTERYDELAY 6 BATTERYLEVEL 5 MINUTES 1 TIMEOUT 0 ANNOY 60 ANNOYDELAY 60 KILLDELAY 0 Here's my apcaccess status report APC : 001,025,0658 DATE : 2011-01-27 22:30:02 -0500 HOSTNAME : reaver VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) slackware UPSNAME : reaver CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Belkin UPS UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: 2011-01-25 14:00:30 -0500 STATUS : ONLINE BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 2.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 5 Percent MINTIMEL : 1 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds BATTV : 1238.0 Volts NUMXFERS : 1 XONBATT : 2011-01-26 03:51:10 -0500 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 29 seconds XOFFBATT : 2011-01-26 03:51:39 -0500 STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag SERIALNO : NOMBATTV : 120.0 Volts APCMODEL : Belkin UPS END APC : 2011-01-27 22:30:54 -0500
January 28, 201115 yr I just use another windows machine on the same ups (dont forget the switch too!) to execute the powerdown script on the tower as I needed both machines to powerdown cleanly. Tony
January 28, 201115 yr Author I just use another windows machine on the same ups (dont forget the switch too!) to execute the powerdown script on the tower as I needed both machines to powerdown cleanly. Tony I thought about that but I don't have another machine that I keep running all the time. Good suggestion though.
January 28, 201115 yr Author For it to work with a Belkin UPS, you need to modify some configuration items. The Belkin units do not properly report (from the viewpoint of APCUPSD) several report items, such as battery time left [TIMELEFT : 2.0 Minutes]. Here are the items I use on my server with some luck. UPSTYPE usb ONBATTERYDELAY 6 BATTERYLEVEL 5 MINUTES 1 TIMEOUT 0 ANNOY 60 ANNOYDELAY 60 KILLDELAY 0 Here's my apcaccess status report APC : 001,025,0658 DATE : 2011-01-27 22:30:02 -0500 HOSTNAME : reaver VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) slackware UPSNAME : reaver CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Belkin UPS UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: 2011-01-25 14:00:30 -0500 STATUS : ONLINE BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 2.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 5 Percent MINTIMEL : 1 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds BATTV : 1238.0 Volts NUMXFERS : 1 XONBATT : 2011-01-26 03:51:10 -0500 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 29 seconds XOFFBATT : 2011-01-26 03:51:39 -0500 STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag SERIALNO : NOMBATTV : 120.0 Volts APCMODEL : Belkin UPS END APC : 2011-01-27 22:30:54 -0500 BRiT, Do you have a bit more information regarding where/how I might change the code you mention above. Thanks BRit.
January 28, 201115 yr Since I run on a full distro install, I edited those values in the config file located at /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf . I don't know if the APCUPSD plugin has some of those items configurable via an unMENU Settings Page before it's installed.
January 28, 201115 yr Since I run on a full distro install, I edited those values in the config file located at /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf . I don't know if the APCUPSD plugin has some of those items configurable via an unMENU Settings Page before it's installed. The values set by unMENU are substantially the same except for the MINUTES. You are setting yours to "1" which is below the reported "2.0" so you do not shut down immediately. If dschock sets his "Minutes" to "1" it should work much the same way. Other than that, you are shutting down when 5% is remaining in the batteries, unMENU defaults to 10%. It might all be configurable from the unMENU package manager. Remember to re-install after changing values. Joe L.
January 28, 201115 yr Yeah, that was a fun thing to troubleshoot... I could probably set it back to 10%, as I think that was the first thing I tried, but it didn't matter in the long run. Joe L, you are correct. The real trick is in the MINUTES setting. In my case, regardless of what power amount was left in the battery, it would only report 2 minutes remaining, even after replacing with 2 new fully charged 12Volt 9Ah batteries when the originals were 7.5Ah, or when run to half a charge or quarter of a charge. If I didn't already have these monster Belkin UPSes I'd definitely go with an APC model.
January 28, 201115 yr Author Since I run on a full distro install, I edited those values in the config file located at /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf . I don't know if the APCUPSD plugin has some of those items configurable via an unMENU Settings Page before it's installed. The values set by unMENU are substantially the same except for the MINUTES. You are setting yours to "1" which is below the reported "2.0" so you do not shut down immediately. If dschock sets his "Minutes" to "1" it should work much the same way. Other than that, you are shutting down when 5% is remaining in the batteries, unMENU defaults to 10%. It might all be configurable from the unMENU package manager. Remember to re-install after changing values. Joe L. I've tried setting both time remaining and % remaining to 0 with no luck. BCHARGE : 000.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 0.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 0 Percent MINTIMEL : 0 Minutes MAXTIME : 180 Seconds BCHARGE and TIMELEFT both drop to 0 almost immediately after power is lost. I'm thinking it may be easier to get an APC. It's be easier to justify if I could find another use for the Belkin.
January 28, 201115 yr Author If I didn't already have these monster Belkin UPSes I'd definitely go with an APC model. I agree completely. Exactly the same situation I'm in. May just get an APC anyway.
January 28, 201115 yr Do you have any DVRs, switches, routers, or even a very small LCD screen that could make use of the Belkin? It's always nice to have a display connected to your server in the event of a major power outage or sweeping power waves like brown-outs so you could do more controlled shutdowns. Though with APCUPSD and the powerdown addon, you could simply hit the power button and be sure things will be taken care of.
January 29, 201115 yr Author Thanks for all your suggestions. I see a new APC UPS in my future. Maybe I'll plug my alarm clock into the Belkin.
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