UPS Slave Config with Timed Shutdown

[gwaitsi]

I have an APC UPS master connected on my TrueNAS box
I have a dumb UPS connected to my pfsense and need to shutdown pfsense based on a timer triggered by the master.

I have looked at the NUT documentation and examples below but i can't figure out if i need to use the heartbeat config or not.
http://rogerprice.org/NUT/ConfigExamples.A5.pdf
https://wiki.ipfire.org/addons/nut/detailed

i simply want to shutdown the slave 20min after power loss, but obviously cancel the timer if the power comes back to the master.
it is not clear to me if i actually need the heartbeat config for this setup.

grateful is someone can help with the correct upsmon.conf, upssched.conf and upsched-cmd configs please.

is there a way to simulate a power failure on the master to test the slave without actually cutting power to the master?

 

[JaimieV]

Does the TrueNAS box also shutdown? If it does I'd be tempted to use the Tasks, Init/Shutdown Scripts facility on the TrueNAS to send a "shutdown" over ssh to the pfsense at the same time, skipping all the fun of dealing with nut.

 

[gwaitsi]

Does the TrueNAS box also shutdown? If it does I'd be tempted to use the Tasks, Init/Shutdown Scripts facility on the TrueNAS to send a "shutdown" over ssh to the pfsense at the same time, skipping all the fun of dealing with nut.

truenas shutdowns because it is APC UPS working fine with NUT master. Battery time is about 1hr.
pfsense UPS has battery that lasts about 2-3hrs but no intelligence.

 

[JaimieV]

Nut is fine when it Just Works, but I don't think I've ever persuaded it to do anything it didn't want to do, thus my cheating workaround :)

 

[Dan Tudora]

hello
I think I have "invert"solution
I use apcupsd an APC/with usb connection on pFSense with signaling to NUT FreeNAS with NUT drivers/various apcupsd etc. with IP of pfsense
and to another PC (apcupsd on windows)
and working
cheers

 

[Redcoat]

I use apcupsd an APC/with usb connection on pFSense with signaling to NUT FreeNAS with NUT drivers/various apcupsd etc. with IP of pfsense
and to another PC (apcupsd on windows)

I have pfSense box as master, 2 FreeNAS boxes as slaves - works fine. I do restart the UPS Service on pfSene anytime I reboot either NAS and check the console message to see the reconnect.

 

[Dan Tudora]

I have pfSense box as master, 2 FreeNAS boxes as slaves - works fine. I do restart the UPS Service on pfSene anytime I reboot either NAS and check the console message to see the reconnect.

hello
at mine NUT FreeNAS make a lot of "noise" (log, console, email alert) when can't connect to pfsense apcupsd
but working
and do shatdown at FreeNas corectly
cherrs

 

[gwaitsi]

hello
I think I have "invert"solution
I use apcupsd an APC/with usb connection on pFSense with signaling to NUT FreeNAS with NUT drivers/various apcupsd etc. with IP of pfsense
and to another PC (apcupsd on windows)
and working
cheers

can you share your config files for me please. I can just reverse them for my situation. appreciate it

 

[Dan Tudora]

can you share your config files for me please. I can just reverse them for my situation. appreciate it

hello
no config file to share but 1 pictures make more like 1000 words
and have 2
cheers

 

[gwaitsi]

hello
no config file to share but 1 pictures make more like 1000 words
and have 2
cheers

thanks, but i am looking more for the upsmon.conf and upssched.conf settings on the slave

 

[Dan Tudora]

hello
for that is a resources
https://www.truenas.com/community/r...rt-for-single-or-multiple-freenas-servers.30/
cheers