How to shutdown only the computer and leave my Back-UPS Pro 900 on with Powerchute PE?

[Anonymous user]

I am using my Back-UPS Pro 900 to power my server (Windows 10) connected as a master, its screen connected to "controlled by master" and my Wi-Fi router connected to a regular battery outlet.
When there is a power outage, I would like the computer to shutdown automatically after 5 minutes, but leave my Back-UPS Pro 900 on for as long as it may run on battery, so it would still power my Wi-Fi router so my laptops and smartphones can still connect to the LAN and Internet.
My PowerChute Personal Edition software only allows me to set one shutdown parameter that applies to both. How can I set it to shutdown only the computer?

[BillP]

Hi,

That is not possible with PowerChute Personal Edition. It is with APCUPSD or by using the Windows Power Options in the control panel. See FAQ FA159653 for assistance with Windows Power Options. 

[Anonymous user]

Is it possible to use Powerchutte PE and the Windows Power options at the same time?
I would still like to get the information and control the UPS (e.g. run self tests), and that can't be done with Windows.

[BillP]

Hi,

Unfortunately no. You cannot run PowerChute and have the UPS configured with the power option simultaneously. 

[Anonymous user]

Sam, never mind the Powerchute software. I developed this method and it has been robustly tested for PC and MAC.

For your case, just set the task manager events to be the single PC you want to shutdown...

HOW TO REMOTE SHUTDOWN ALL MACHINES (PC and MAC) ATTACHED TO AN APC UPS

To remotely shutdown any PC on the same network:

CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS ON EACH REMOTE COMPUTER:

In CONTROL PANEL

Network and Sharing Center, Change Advanced Sharing settings

"Private" enable "Turn on File and Printer sharing"

In REGEDIT 

RUN regedit.exe

Add a new DWORD

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy  DWORD:00000001

In SECPOL (Windows Pro and Enterprise ONLY)

RUN secpol.msc

Local Security Policy, Security Settings, Local Policies, User Rights Assignment

Add "Everyone" to "Force shutdown from a remote system"

Then set up the event task in TASK SCHEDULER from the PC with the UPS attached to it.

RUN taskschd.msc

TO SHUTDOWN ALL NOMINATED MACHINES

CREATE BASIC TASK

Give the TASK a NAME and a DESCRIPTION [next]

Trigger: “When a specific event is logged” [next]

When an event is logged:

LOG: Application

SOURCE: APC UPS SERVICE

EVENT ID: 174

[next]

ACTION: “Start a program” [next]

START A PROGRAM

c:\scripts\upsshutdown.bat [next]

[finish]

TO CANCEL SHUTDOWN OF ALL NOMINATED MACHINES

CREATE BASIC TASK

Give the TASK a NAME and a DESCRIPTION [next]

Trigger: “When a specific event is logged” [next]

When an event is logged:

LOG: Application

SOURCE: APC UPS SERVICE

EVENT ID: 61455

[next]

ACTION: “Start a program” [next]

START A PROGRAM

c:\scripts\upscancelshutdown.bat [next]

[finish]

BATCH FILES (to be added to c:\scripts\)

upsshutdown.bat

shutdown /s /m \\computer_name /t 120 /c “AC BLACKOUT - ORDERED SHUTDOWN IN PROGRESS”

add one line per PC you want to shutdown.

upscancelshutdown.bat

shutdown /a /m \\computer_name

add one line per PC you want to cancel the shutdown process

END OF PC METHOD

To remotely shutdown any MAC on the same network

Make sure the mac is visible on the PC with the UPS attached to it and the MAC user area is shared.

edit the ups shutdown.bat file and add the following lines for each MAC you want to shut down.

net use x: \\MAC-NAME\username

del x:\shutdown.txt

echo shutdown > x:\shutdown.txt

net use x: /delete

On each MAC

Open Automator (applications -> automator)

Choose “Folder Action” and click  “choose”

Click the “Choose folder” dialog box, select “other” and select the default user folder that corresponds to \\MAC-NAME\username and click “choose”

In “Library -> utilities” select “Run AppleScript” and drag the action into the right hand panel

replace the default AppleScript with the following:

on run {input, parameters}

 tell application "Finder"

   if exists POSIX file "/users/timstevenson/shutdown.txt" then

     say "There has been a power cut. I'm going to shutdown in one minute."

     delay 60

     tell application "System Events"

       set ProcNm_ to name of every application process whose visible is true

       repeat with i_ from 1 to count items of ProcNm_

         set TarProc_ to item i_ of ProcNm_

         try

           tell application TarProc_ to quit

         end try

       end repeat

       repeat with i_ from 1 to count items of ProcNm_

         set TarProc_ to item i_ of ProcNm_

         try

           if TarProc_ does not equal "Finder" then set app_name to TarProc_

           set the_pid to (do shell script "ps ax | grep " & (quoted form of app_name) & " | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'")

           if the_pid is not "" then do shell script ("kill -9 " & the_pid)

         end try

       end repeat

       tell application "finder" to shut down

     end tell

   end if

 end tell

return input

end run

SAVE the Automator file as UPSShutdown

END OF MAC METHOD

[voidstar_apc]

Rather than quitting all apps, it might be more convenient to hibernate / safe sleep the macs:

pmset -a hibernatemode 25 force
shutdown -s now

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Thank voidstar. I'll test this out and report back.

T