Changes

By default nut will issue a shutdown command as soon as it receives a low battery event from the UPS. There may be instances and installation configurations that require a shutdown sooner, or other events with timed or schedules outcomes. See the '''man''' pages etc for further info and example situations.

By default nut will issue a shutdown command as soon as it receives a low battery event from the UPS. There may be instances and installation configurations that require a shutdown sooner, or other events with timed or schedules outcomes. See the '''man''' pages etc for further info and example situations.

In essence the '''upsmon''' program monitors the relevant UPS and for each '''NOTIFYFLAG''' event in '''upsmon.conf''' and takes immediate action as defined. In order to delay or schedule any actions, the events need to be passed to '''upssched''' which can set timers and schedule events.

In essence the '''upsmon''' program monitors the relevant UPS and for each '''NOTIFYFLAG''' event in '''upsmon.conf''' takes immediate action as defined. In order to delay or schedule any actions, the events need to be passed to '''upssched''' which can set timers and schedule events.

The following changes to standard SME Server NUT configuration will shut down the server a specified time after receiving the "on battery" signal (the example given is for 2 minutes). It assumes you already have an enabled and working NUT configuration and UPS

The following changes to standard SME Server NUT configuration will shut down the server a specified time after receiving the "on battery" signal (the example given is for 2 minutes). It assumes you already have an enabled and working NUT configuration and UPS