MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90908)

UPSUTIL for MPE/iX
UPSUTIL Commands
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Powerfail Grace Timer This field shows the current state of the UPS Monitor’s “powerfail grace period
timer”, which measures the amount of time (powerfail grace period) from the time of the onset of a UPS device
power failure until the time when the power fail command file begins to be executed.
Possible values of this field are:
• Not Running — The grace period timer is dormant. There is no UPS power failure in progress, so no grace
period time is being measured.
• Running — The grace period timer is active, measuring out the grace period time for an in-progress UPS
power failure.
• Completed — The grace period timer has run to completion. If the UPS AC power failure is still in
progress (power has not returned to the UPS device), and a user-defined “powerfail command file” has
been established, then that command file will have started its execution. (It could have completed its
execution by the time this status display has been observed.)
If the Timer State is “Completed”, then date and time of the timer completion will be shown in the status
display to the right of this field. The state of “Completed” and the completion date and time will be
maintained in the status display until either the UPS Monitor is re-started, or until the user invokes
UPSUTIL’s RESETPFAIL command to clear-out the information regarding the powerfail grace period timer
completion.
When UPS Monitor is restarted, or when the RESETPFAIL command is given in UPSUTIL, then the
powerfail grace timer field of the status display reverts back to “Not Running”, and the date and time of the
last timer completion are erased.
Powerfail Command File This field shows the current state of the UPS Monitor’s “powerfail command file”
execution, which occurs only if a powerfail command file has been configured and there has been a UPS
device power failure that has persisted for longer than the “powerfail grace period” time.
Possible values of this field are:
• Not Running — The powerfail command file is dormant. Either there is no powerfail command file
configured (see the Powerfail Command File Name field of the status display to determine this), or there
is no UPS power failure in progress lasting longer than the powerfail grace period time.
• Running — The configured power fail command file is now being executed by the MPE/iX CI, due to a
UPS power failure lasting longer than the power fail grace period time.
In this case, the previous field of the status display (Powerfail Grace Timer) will show that the grace period
timer has run to completion, thus allowing the powerfail command file to begin execution.
• Completed — The powerfail command file has run to completion. In this case, the date and time of
command file execution completion will be shown in the status display to the right of this field. The state
of “Completed” and the completion date and time will be maintained in the status display until either the
UPS Monitor is re-started, or until the user invokes UPSUTIL’s RESETPFAIL command to clear-out the
information regarding the powerfail command file execution completion.
When UPS Monitor is restarted, or when the RESETPFAIL command is given in UPSUTIL, then the
powerfail command file field of the status display reverts back to “Not Running”, and the date and time of the
last command file execution are erased.
Action on UPS Low Battery This field shows the configured action to be taken by the UPS Monitor in case
a UPS device signals “low battery charge condition.”
Possible values of this field are: