Pi as a UPS monitor
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@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
So ordering this one today.
Why a 32GB card? Just because the cost is like - nothing?
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@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
So ordering this one today.
Why a 32GB card? Just because the cost is like - nothing?
Because Amazon recommended it and I did not want to spend even 5 seconds finding my own card.
Also This one will be used for a few more things than just the UPS monitor after I work out that process and figure our what device to buy multiples of.
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@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Why a 32GB card? Just because the cost is like - nothing?
Because Amazon recommended it and I did not want to spend even 5 seconds finding my own card.
Also This one will be used for a few more things than just the UPS monitor after I work out that process and figure our what device to buy multiples of.
understandable.
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Now to see if I can get time to work on this before next week.
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@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Now to see if I can get time to work on this before next week.
We are waiting with baited breath....
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@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
@JaredBusch said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
Now to see if I can get time to work on this before next week.
We are waiting with baited breath....
I sense doubt, doubt leads to the dark side. Do or do not, @JaredBusch does not try.
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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo upsc jaredoffice@localhost Init SSL without certificate database battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 10 battery.charge.warning: 50 battery.date: 2001/09/25 battery.mfr.date: 2010/12/15 battery.runtime: 1580 battery.runtime.low: 120 battery.type: PbAc battery.voltage: 27.2 battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0 device.mfr: American Power Conversion device.model: Back-UPS BR1000G device.serial: 3B1051X20329 device.type: ups driver.name: usbhid-ups driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30 driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2 driver.parameter.port: auto driver.version: 2.7.2 driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95 driver.version.internal: 0.38 input.sensitivity: medium input.transfer.high: 147 input.transfer.low: 88 input.voltage: 126.0 input.voltage.nominal: 120 ups.beeper.status: enabled ups.delay.shutdown: 20 ups.firmware: 868.L1 .D ups.firmware.aux: L1 ups.load: 18 ups.mfr: American Power Conversion ups.mfr.date: 2010/12/15 ups.model: Back-UPS BR1000G ups.productid: 0002 ups.realpower.nominal: 600 ups.serial: 3B1051X20329 ups.status: OL ups.test.result: No test initiated ups.timer.reboot: 0 ups.timer.shutdown: -1 ups.vendorid: 051d pi@raspberrypi:~ $
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Hopefully I can get it to do something tomorrow. no more time tonight.
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Instructions assuming a Pi3
- Install NOOBS to the SD Card.
- Boot the Pi to NOOBS
- Connect to wifi
- Once it sees internet you can choose to install a minimal version of raspbian with no GUI
- wait
- login with default creds pi/raspberry
- run
sudo raspi-config
to enable SSH and optionally set other options you want. - edit the wifi config file
sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="yourssid"
psk="ssidpassword"
} - reboot the Pi3
- update raspian
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
- Install
nut
sudo apt-get install nut
- Edit
sudo nano /etc/nut/nut.conf
- change
MODE=standalone
- change
- Edit
sudo nano /etc/nut/ups.conf
- add a block at the end of the file.
- a default example
[somenameforups]
driver = usbhid-ups
port = auto
desc = "Some descriptive name for UPS" - what mine is
[jaredoffice]
driver = usbhid-ups
port = auto
desc = "Jared's Desk"
- a default example
- Test the conf file is right
sudo upsdrvctl start
- Launch the UPS daemon
sudo upsd
- see if it is talking
sudo upsc somenameforups@localhost
- or my real one
sudo upsc jaredoffice@localhost
- or my real one
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Interesting that the last two of the last three messages seem out of order. But - great information.
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Well - while I don't have a Pi yet, I do happen to have a LM 17.x system running as my Pandora Music box (Pithos). It's within reach of one of the several UPS units I have (I have like nine) so I used your process and got one set up:
sudo upsc pandora : Init SSL without certificate database battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 10 battery.charge.warning: 50 battery.date: not set battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22 battery.runtime: 3336 battery.runtime.low: 120 battery.type: PbAc battery.voltage: 13.5 battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0 device.mfr: APC device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G device.serial: 4B1425P54201 device.type: ups driver.name: usbhid-ups driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30 driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2 driver.parameter.port: auto driver.version: 2.7.1 driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95 driver.version.internal: 0.38 input.sensitivity: medium input.transfer.high: 139 input.transfer.low: 92 input.voltage: 125.0 input.voltage.nominal: 120 ups.beeper.status: enabled ups.delay.shutdown: 20 ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D ups.firmware.aux: W1 ups.load: 12 ups.mfr: APC ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22 ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G ups.productid: 0002 ups.serial: 4B1425P54201 ups.status: OL ups.timer.reboot: 0 ups.timer.shutdown: -1 ups.vendorid: 051d
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Today will be tinkering with notification options.
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Just got this:
Init SSL without certificate database Error: Data stale
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Went back through the commands above to validation / confirmation:
$ sudo nano /etc/nut/nut.conf
no changes - the same.
$ sudo nano /etc/nut/ups.conf
no changes - the same
$ sudo upsdrvctl start Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.7.1 Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.38 (2.7.1) USB communication driver 0.32 Duplicate driver instance detected! Terminating other driver! Using subdriver: APC HID 0.95
Okay - seems 'ok'
$ sudo upsd Network UPS Tools upsd 2.7.1 fopen /var/run/nut/upsd.pid: No such file or directory not listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493 not listening on ::1 port 3493 no listening interface available
$ sudo upsc pandora Init SSL without certificate database Error: Data stale
curious.
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@gjacobse I do not get that. Mine has been untouched since last night.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo upsc jaredoffice Init SSL without certificate database battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 10 battery.charge.warning: 50 battery.date: 2001/09/25 battery.mfr.date: 2010/12/15 battery.runtime: 1472 battery.runtime.low: 120 battery.type: PbAc battery.voltage: 27.2 battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0 device.mfr: American Power Conversion device.model: Back-UPS BR1000G device.serial: 3B1051X20329 device.type: ups driver.name: usbhid-ups driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30 driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2 driver.parameter.port: auto driver.version: 2.7.2 driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95 driver.version.internal: 0.38 input.sensitivity: medium input.transfer.high: 147 input.transfer.low: 88 input.voltage: 124.0 input.voltage.nominal: 120 ups.beeper.status: enabled ups.delay.shutdown: 20 ups.firmware: 868.L1 .D ups.firmware.aux: L1 ups.load: 20 ups.mfr: American Power Conversion ups.mfr.date: 2010/12/15 ups.model: Back-UPS BR1000G ups.productid: 0002 ups.realpower.nominal: 600 ups.serial: 3B1051X20329 ups.status: OL ups.test.result: No test initiated ups.timer.reboot: 0 ups.timer.shutdown: -1 ups.vendorid: 051d pi@raspberrypi:~ $
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This is what I will be following to configure reporting/alerting.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/customize-ups-related-alerts-in-nut/ -
@JaredBusch
Well push comes to Meh -okay. I restarted the box and it's polls now.Won't do anything else with it for a spell to see if it retains it. It's been four days since I restarted it. Now - to reconnect to it as I had to pull the monitor off. X2Go works great,.. but only once I've signed in at the local. sure that is omething that can be changed.
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checking on my UPS this morning
~ $ uptime 09:59:20 up 6 days, 18:12, 2 users, load average: 0.19, 0.25, 0.25 ~ $ sudo upsc pandora Init SSL without certificate database battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 10 battery.charge.warning: 50 battery.date: not set battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22 battery.runtime: 3172 battery.runtime.low: 120 battery.type: PbAc battery.voltage: 13.6 battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0 device.mfr: APC device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G device.serial: 4B1425P54201 device.type: ups driver.name: usbhid-ups driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30 driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2 driver.parameter.port: auto driver.version: 2.7.1 driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95 driver.version.internal: 0.38 input.sensitivity: medium input.transfer.high: 139 input.transfer.low: 92 input.voltage: 126.0 input.voltage.nominal: 120 ups.beeper.status: enabled ups.delay.shutdown: 20 ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D ups.firmware.aux: W1 ups.load: 13 ups.mfr: APC ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22 ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G ups.productid: 0002 ups.serial: 4B1425P54201 ups.status: OL ups.timer.reboot: 0 ups.timer.shutdown: -1 ups.vendorid: 051d
Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.
As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.
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@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
checking on my UPS this morning
Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.
As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.
Maybe something similar to the UBNT controller software - central configuration ability.....
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@gjacobse said in Pi as a UPS monitor:
checking on my UPS this morning
~ $ uptime 09:59:20 up 6 days, 18:12, 2 users, load average: 0.19, 0.25, 0.25 ~ $ sudo upsc pandora Init SSL without certificate database battery.charge: 100 battery.charge.low: 10 battery.charge.warning: 50 battery.date: not set battery.mfr.date: 2014/06/22 battery.runtime: 3172 battery.runtime.low: 120 battery.type: PbAc battery.voltage: 13.6 battery.voltage.nominal: 12.0 device.mfr: APC device.model: Back-UPS ES 550G device.serial: 4B1425P54201 device.type: ups driver.name: usbhid-ups driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30 driver.parameter.pollinterval: 2 driver.parameter.port: auto driver.version: 2.7.1 driver.version.data: APC HID 0.95 driver.version.internal: 0.38 input.sensitivity: medium input.transfer.high: 139 input.transfer.low: 92 input.voltage: 126.0 input.voltage.nominal: 120 ups.beeper.status: enabled ups.delay.shutdown: 20 ups.firmware: 904.W1 .D ups.firmware.aux: W1 ups.load: 13 ups.mfr: APC ups.mfr.date: 2014/06/22 ups.model: Back-UPS ES 550G ups.productid: 0002 ups.serial: 4B1425P54201 ups.status: OL ups.timer.reboot: 0 ups.timer.shutdown: -1 ups.vendorid: 051d
Since reboot, the monitor has been running all the time. So it may have been simply that.
As for having multiple UPS monitoring, I was curious what you thought about having a central display which showed the status of each UPS monitored. That way you have one display to glance at for a health check.
Take the output of upsc and throw it up on a web page. Unless you want a local display, in which case it's actually more difficult.