Re: UPS signal status

I have a similar problem as Armand and I should probably submit a DCR to IBM because I really don't think it works in a way that is helpful. I think that if a "weak battery" condition is detected during a "power failure" there should be a delay, set by a system value, that allows the i to wait a user defined # of seconds before beginning the power down sequence. An immediate shutdown when a millisecond drop in power is detected just seems silly. Sure, a "weak battery" is unpredictable as a backup power source but when a transient power blip can bring down your system, *that* seems a little anal retentive to me. Give me the option of determining how many seconds the power has to be off when there is a "weak battery" before shutting down.
Pete

James F Hawkins wrote:

I know on that we get one message from our UPS to our "IBM i" 520 when there is any kind of a power issue. It could be a total or partial loss of power or any other function that forces the batteries to provide or supplement the power coming in from the power company. A second type of message is received when power resumes to normal.

I am curious why your system powered down instantly. I wrote our procedure (largely because we get a few blips) to notify me of a power issue, recheck in 30 seconds, then again in 5 minutes to determine if power has been restored. At the end of the 5 minutes with no power to the UPS is when we begin to the process to power down the system.

Armand Borick wrote:

We have a 515 with the ususal UPS conneced, but when a power hit

happens,

the CPF1816 message is logged to QHIST, and the system powers down instantly!