APC SUA1500i with Network Card 9617 : Can we run scheduled shell scripts

[Anonymous user]

I am using APC SUA1500i with Network Management Card 9617 firmware ver 3.7.x . I have the following queries:

1. There are two vertical coloumns of power outlets (for connecting devices) at the back of the UPS. Does any one know that is it possible to selectively turn on or off any one of those coloumns or are they included in the same bank.

2. Since I can see we can gain telnet/puTTY access to SSH Console session in the network management card , I wanted to know that is possible to write a shell script to perform an activity and send shutdown signal to a bank / power coloumn in case of an event. Is it possible to schedule this as s cron job in the shell console. Is there any space in the memory storage where custom user scripts can be saved.

3. What I want to do (and have done on my Linksys router tomato firmware) is that since the UPS is connected to the network, it should keep pinging an IP address after defined period of time (to ensure internet connectivity). If in case the internet connectivity is lost (ping response is lost) then it should send a signal to a power bank to turn off and turn on again after a defined delay time. This is mainly used for power-cycling (cold booting) any hung up DSL modem which for some odd reason, loses internet connectivity randomly and the only solution is to power cycle the modem.

Similar is achieved on the Linksys modem (using sending commands to the GPIO interface, and then using GPIO to control power switches) , however it is a rather lengthy task and if same can be done on the UPS itself then it could be very efficient.

If there are any other ideas for doing the same then they are also welcome. Right now the UPS is only connected via the network interface and not via USB. However if anything can be thought upon then i can also connect the USB interface to the PC (running Windows XP SP2). However is it possible to connect the same UPS over the network and USB simultaneous. I mean are there any possible conflicts expected.

I have not installed PowerChute Personal or Business Edition, only the Power Chute Network Server Shutdown is installation on he PC at the moment.

Thanks for reading and guidance.

[Anonymous user]

The newest SmartUPS's (SMT series) do have 2 separately controllable power banks. I don't know about doing this over the network because you need one of the newer generation of cards (963x series) for those, and I haven't gotten that particular combination yet to test.

However there are various other options. You might be able to use the older-generation APC masterswitch PDUs via telnet if have a 961x card installed. The newer PDUs with built-in ethernet could be another choice. You could always setup a web script I suppose but that's a lot more complex than a shell-script doing telnet.

What I would personally recommend is buying an old BayTech or WTI (Western Telematic) network-controlled power switch on ebay, and doing it that way. You can usually get them there for a tiny fraction of their original price. With those you have between 4-16 individually-addressable outlets, maybe more if you need that.

HTH

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

I am using APC SUA1500i with Network Management Card 9617 firmware ver 3.7.x . I have the following queries:

1. There are two vertical coloumns of power outlets (for connecting devices) at the back of the UPS. Does any one know that is it possible to selectively turn on or off any one of those coloumns or are they included in the same bank.

2. Since I can see we can gain telnet/puTTY access to SSH Console session in the network management card , I wanted to know that is possible to write a shell script to perform an activity and send shutdown signal to a bank / power coloumn in case of an event. Is it possible to schedule this as s cron job in the shell console. Is there any space in the memory storage where custom user scripts can be saved.

3. What I want to do (and have done on my Linksys router tomato firmware) is that since the UPS is connected to the network, it should keep pinging an IP address after defined period of time (to ensure internet connectivity). If in case the internet connectivity is lost (ping response is lost) then it should send a signal to a power bank to turn off and turn on again after a defined delay time. This is mainly used for power-cycling (cold booting) any hung up DSL modem which for some odd reason, loses internet connectivity randomly and the only solution is to power cycle the modem.

Similar is achieved on the Linksys modem (using sending commands to the GPIO interface, and then using GPIO to control power switches) , however it is a rather lengthy task and if same can be done on the UPS itself then it could be very efficient.

If there are any other ideas for doing the same then they are also welcome. Right now the UPS is only connected via the network interface and not via USB. However if anything can be thought upon then i can also connect the USB interface to the PC (running Windows XP SP2). However is it possible to connect the same UPS over the network and USB simultaneous. I mean are there any possible conflicts expected.

I have not installed PowerChute Personal or Business Edition, only the Power Chute Network Server Shutdown is installation on he PC at the moment.

Thanks for reading and guidance.