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.

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