Duo V2 : Remote UPS monitoring:sorted v.5.3.7

+1. This is a feature I'd like to see added too. Might not make 5.3.5 though if they add it (there's a limit to how much can be added in a single firmware release) but hopefully a later release.

NetGear is well aware of this request. The more people that request this feature the more likely we are to see it.

+1 pls

+1 Though I do not own a V2 right now, remote UPS monitoring is something I use today. I wouldn't upgrade to a V2 unless it had this feature.

+1

Please staff, feed back us that is in progress.

Thank's.

Ludovic.

To workaround of lack of support for Remote UPS monitoring (in readynas Duo V2) follow this :

Connect to your readynas in SSH then :

- Modify file /etc/default/nut with vi to have :

# start upsd
START_UPSD=no
# start upsmon
START_UPSMON=yes


- Modify file /etc/nut/upsmon.conf with vi to have :
...
#MONITOR UPS@localhost 1 monuser pass master
MONITOR UPS@172.31.31.249 1 monuser pass slave
...

remark : 172.31.31.249 is the ip of the remote server, change it by yours.


- create a dummy file ups.log by :
touch /var/log/frontview/ups.log

- Start the deamon UPS
/etc/init.d/ups-monitor start


It is done !

To verify if it works :
cat /ramfs/ups.info

it will give you something like :
APC Smart-UPS 1000!!100.00!!52

Go to front view, the icon of ups is green, and mouse over give you the info.

Ludovic.

:D

thanks Ludovic for the tip :)

I tried the workaround, and all is well for a while - but there seems to be a problem when I reboot, the V2 seems to delete the ups.log file and the ups monitor on frontview is no longer green. Is this a limitation or should i try a reinstall from scratch incase i did anything wrong?


ps - i really do wish the Jedi would confirm a long term/built-in solution is going to be offered soon :(

Probably have to update the sqlite3 database for it to retain the settings. We'll need to keep on asking them to add features like this.

Hi rnas_newbie,
Yes i have see the problem with the lastest firmware (5.3.6) and i resolve it by :

vi /etc/init.d/ups-monitor

Replace :

...
start_stop_client () {
case "$START_UPSMON" in
y|Y|yes|YES|Yes)
case "$1" in
start)
start-stop-daemon -S -q -p $upsmon_pid -x $upsmon >/dev/null 2>&1
;;
stop)
start-stop-daemon -K -o -q -p $upsmon_pid -n upsmon >/dev/null 2>&1
;;
esac
;;
n|N|no|NO|No|*)
return 1
;;
esac
...

By :

...
start_stop_client () {
case "$START_UPSMON" in
y|Y|yes|YES|Yes)
case "$1" in
start)
touch /var/log/frontview/ups.log
start-stop-daemon -S -q -p $upsmon_pid -x $upsmon >/dev/null 2>&1
;;
stop)
start-stop-daemon -K -o -q -p $upsmon_pid -n upsmon >/dev/null 2>&1
;;
esac
;;
n|N|no|NO|No|*)
return 1
;;
esac
...


Ludo.

Thanks Ludo, for the above tip.

i've made the amendment but I'd like to confirm if I need to always run the following?

- Start the deamon UPS
/etc/init.d/ups-monitor start

or if there is a way to automate it...? As the setting within Frontview is not active until i run the command.

apologies if the questions seem basic, I can see the logic that it probably does need to be scheduled to start, but I'm unsure where to make the amendment..

thanks for everyones help.

There are multiple ways to automate something like this. One would be to do it like an add-on. Can't remember the other at the moment.