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      xantonin
      last edited by

      I have a UPS connected to my pfSense box via USB and i want to have it go into a very conservative power saving mode during a power outage on UPS power only. It seems the best way to do this is with PowerD since it has options for battery. I can't find anything similar for Speed Shift.

      I guess I'm just looking for confirmation on this. Speed Shift sounds better for performance overall but if I can't get it to be dynamic during a power outage, maybe PowerD is better?

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      • stephenw10S Offline
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Hmm, I'm not sure powerd can 'see' the UPS power source. The battery there is usually for laptops where you might want a different power setting when it's unplugged.

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        • provelsP Offline
          provels
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          Probably a moot point. Pretty sure powerd should drop the CPU to a minimum freq no matter the power, battery or line, if it's not under load. My 2.4 GHz system sits at 400MHz at idle. Try monitoring the Dashboard stats on/off battery.

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            xantonin @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 Oh, that changes everything. I always thought it was for UPS power when on battery backup.

            I need to see what it recognizes the current status as, any ideas? I'll try digging around a bit...

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Pretty sure it's this:

              [24.03-RELEASE][admin@4200.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl hw.acpi.acline
hw.acpi.acline: 0

              Though that has to be supported by the BIOS.That should indicate that 4200 is running on battery which clearly isn't true!

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                xantonin @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 said in UPS with Speed Shift, or PowerD:

                sysctl hw.acpi.acline

                Hm that didn't work for me.

                [24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/root: sysctl hw.acpi
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._TSP: -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._TC2: -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._TC1: -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._ACx: 71.1C 55.1C 50.1C 45.1C 40.1C -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._CRT: 119.1C
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._HOT: -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._CR3: -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0._PSV: -1
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.thermal_flags: 0
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.passive_cooling: 0
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.active: 2
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 52.1C
hw.acpi.thermal.user_override: 0
hw.acpi.thermal.polling_rate: 10
hw.acpi.thermal.min_runtime: 0
hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1
hw.acpi.cpu.cppc_notify: 1
hw.acpi.reset_video: 0
hw.acpi.handle_reboot: 1
hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.verbose: 0
hw.acpi.s4bios: 0
hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1
hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3
hw.acpi.standby_state: NONE
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S3
hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S3 S4 S5
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                  xantonin
                  last edited by

                  Bummer, I found my own answer:

                  [24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.asevigny.net]/root: powerd -v
powerd: unable to determine AC line status
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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Yes, I only found one system here that reports that sysctl. And it probably shouldn't!

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