On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 14:19 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > Computer software calculates the remaining battery time from a 'smart > > UPS' system so it remains on line based upon the amount of battery > > remaining and factoring the draw rate. Without this 'smart' system, you > > are probably only getting a signal that power has switched to battery > > and do your best guess as to how long you can go before you shut down > > the system, which is not the best way to run a railroad. > > > > Whether or not you find this knowledge useful, most people do. > > So, you know how long your system takes to shut down, and you > have your system configured to request how much more up time > the UPS has, and based on that your system waits until the > last moment, then does an unconditional shut down. Is that > what you are saying? > > I'm asking about your system and how it is set up. ---- APC : 001,053,1303 DATE : Fri Mar 09 14:27:30 MST 2007 HOSTNAME : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX RELEASE : 3.10.18 VERSION : 3.10.18 (21 July 2005) redhat UPSNAME : UPS_IDEN CABLE : Custom Cable Smart MODEL : Smart-UPS 1500 RM UPSMODE : Net Master STARTTIME: Sun Oct 15 15:30:47 MST 2006 SHARE : NetworkUPS STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 124.5 Volts LOADPCT : 42.2 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 30.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 5 Percent MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds MAXLINEV : 124.5 Volts MINLINEV : 123.8 Volts OUTPUTV : 124.5 Volts SENSE : High DWAKE : 000 Seconds DSHUTD : 090 Seconds DLOWBATT : 02 Minutes LOTRANS : 106.0 Volts HITRANS : 127.0 Volts RETPCT : 000.0 Percent ITEMP : 27.0 C Internal ALARMDEL : 5 seconds BATTV : 27.5 Volts LINEFREQ : 60.0 Hz LASTXFER : Line voltage notch or spike NUMXFERS : 11 XONBATT : Thu Mar 08 10:26:31 MST 2007 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 92 seconds XOFFBATT : Thu Mar 08 10:26:40 MST 2007 SELFTEST : NO STESTI : 336 STATFLAG : 0x02000008 Status Flag REG1 : 0x00 Register 1 REG2 : 0x00 Register 2 REG3 : 0x00 Register 3 MANDATE : 10/06/04 SERIALNO : AS0441121795 BATTDATE : 10/06/04 NOMOUTV : 120 NOMBATTV : 24.0 EXTBATTS : 0 FIRMWARE : 617.3.D APCMODEL : FWD END APC : Fri Mar 09 14:28:17 MST 2007 system estimates approximately 30 minutes run time on battery and will shutdown (run level 6) when battery level reaches 5% -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
