APC UPS control system User Manual

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The output should look something like the following:

apcaccess eeprom

Valid EPROM values for the SMART-UPS 1000

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

336

336 168 ON

OFF

The line of interest for you is the Shutdown grace delay, which can be
changed using the SLEEP (see SLEEP <set sleep delay>) directive in your
apcupsd.conf file. The default value is 20 seconds, but generally, you can
set it to 180, 300, or 600 seconds depending on your UPS. See the EEPROM
(see Configuring Your EEPROM) this manual for further details on how to
change this EPROM value.

If you use the --kill-on-powerfail option, you run the risk of having the
computer power cut before the system has shutdown. Even if the grace
period is rather long, if something goes wrong in the shutdown, well, it is
up to you to decide.

If apcupsd has successfully shutdown your computer and powered off the
UPS during a power outage, you can control whether or not your computer
is automatically rebooted when the power returns.

The UPS contains two internal EPROM values that determine when it will
restore power to your computer after a full power shutdown. They are the
RETURNCHARGE (see RETURNCHARGE <min batt charge level>)
percentage and the WAKEUP (see WAKEUP <set wakeup delay>) delay.
Briefly, the RETURNCHARGE specifies what percentage charge the bat-
tery must have before the power is restored. Higher values are recommended
in regions where the power goes up and down frequently. The WAKEUP
delay is a simple time delay. Most sites will have both of these at zero, or
perhaps the RETURNCHARGE set to 15. Please follow the links to the

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