[TriLUG] remote power monitoring

Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Mon Jan 16 07:55:38 EST 2023


On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:21 AM Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a device, a bit like a kill-a-watt, that allows me to see
> how much power I'm using remotely (somewhere in the house), so I can plot
> it along with all my other graphs of things that are happening in the
> house and in my computers.
>
> It seems all the devices that do this, show the power on a cell phone app,
> or send the data to a server on the cloud (good luck when the company goes
> out of business), or to an Alexa. I want to be able to poll the device
> every 5 mins and ask for the data (current/power...) without using
> proprietary code.
>
> Thanks Joe
>
      I use UPS's that can be monitored on most of my stuff then apcupsd


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