Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 (Software Release C.75.00) (30216-90336)

Chapter 5
Technical Articles
UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements
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Powerfail Low Battery Action
This option allows you to override (at your risk!!) the UPS monitor’s default action of causing a special System
Abort in case, during an AC power failure, a UPS device signals “low battery charge” condition. You can force
the system to continue running even after the UPS has notified the system of its “low battery charge”
condition by using the “keep running” form of this configuration option.
The syntax for this option is:
powerfail_low_battery = system_abort
or
powerfail_low_battery = keep_running
Summary: Sample UPS Monitor Configuration and Powerfail Command Files
Here is a sample UPS Monitor/iX configuration file, to illustrate the configuration file options being provided
in this enhancement, as well as the prior “routing of ** RECOVERY FROM POWERFAIL ** messages” option.
upscnfig.pub.sys
powerfail_message_routing = all_terminals
powerfail_low_battery = system_abort
powerfail_command_file = mypfail.mygroup.sys; inventory_data_set, orders_data_set
powerfail_grace_period = 300
And the companion “powerfail command file” (mypfail.mygroup.sys) might look as follows:
parm volset_one, volset_two
tellop ------------------------------------------------------------
tellop UPS POWERFAIL -- powerfail command file “mypfail.mygroup” starting
tellop ------------------------------------------------------------
comment
tell @S -----------------------------------------------------------
tell @S Please LOG-OFF IMMEDIATELY, system going down due to
tell @S UPS Power Failure.
tell @S -----------------------------------------------------------
comment
pause 60
vsclose !volset_one
vsclose !volset_two
shutdown system
tellop ------------------------------------------------------------
tellop Powerfail command file “mypfail.mygroup” completed execution.
tellop ------------------------------------------------------------
UPSUTIL Enhancements
The UPSUTIL utility program (UPSUTIL.MPEXL.TELESUP), which helps to manage the UPS subsystem by
providing an online “query and control” interface to UPS Monitor/iX, has been enhanced to correspond to the
new features of UPS Monitor/iX. UPSUTIL’s “status” display has been expanded to show the status of the new