Re: [Apcupsd-users] APCUPSD: Windows Task Scheduler Stop on Switch to Battery Power

[Glenn F. <gfo...@ou...>]

Hi Pete,

You can react to running on batteries in the batch file  onbattery.bat
located in C:\apcupsd\etc\apcupsd
In that folder you'll also see the config, offbattery.bat , etc.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 6:21 AM Pete Berry <Pet...@gr...>
wrote:

> Hello - I am new to APC UPS and APCUPSD!
>
> I have an APC BR1500GI (Backup Pro) device, connected via USB to a PC
> running Windows 10 x64. All configured, tested and working fine. I also
> have slave W10x64 devices powered from the same UPS and talking correctly
> to the Master APCUPSD. So everything working fine!
>
> The issue I need help with is getting the Windows Task Scheduler to react
> to 'running on batteries' with the apcusbd battery device driver.
>
> The PCs are running CPU intensive tasks triggered by the Windows Task
> Scheduler. Each task monitors a directory and processes a workload when a
> new file is detected - they fire repeatedly looking for work. If the UPS
> switches to battery, I want all running tasks to end immediately until
> mains power returns.
>
> The task power options are correctly set on the tasks - 'Start the task
> only if the computer is on AC power' and 'Stop if the computer switches to
> battery power'.
>
> If I plug in the APC UPS and let the standard Windows drivers load, the
> Task Scheduler behaves as expected.
>
> When I install APCUPSD and the battery driver is replaced with the
> "American Power Conversion USB UPS (Apcupsd)" driver (v1.0.0.1 Jemej
> Simoncic 19 Jan 2015), Windows Task Scheduler no longer detects this switch
> to battery power.
>
> Everything is working as expected with APCUPSD - the APC tray icon
> changes, the correct events are detected etc. It seems that this driver
> does not fully emulate the 'battery' role to the OS - or have I missed a
> configuration option?
>
> I could develop a workaround using scripts triggered via apccontrol, but
> this would required something like powershell to 'end' and 'disable' named
> tasks and to reenable them.
>
> From my internet search, I have not found a method to signal 'on battery'
> to the Windows OS - this seems to have to come from ACPI/BIOS? As such
> there does not seem to be a way to manually set the power mode from a
> script.
>
> Is there a configuration option I have missed, or a more obvious solution?
> Or is this an enhancement?
>
> APCUPSD does exactly what I want from a Master/Slave and Device Management
> perspective - Thank You to the developers - and documentation writers!
>
> Your guidance appreciated
> Pete
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