Monitor temp with temper usb and utac

[willdej]

I have a USB device that monitors temperature and would like to graph the output to cacti. I am not a programmer and no nothing about php. The program I use right now is called utac
This was the original site http://www.n4rf.net/solutions/utac?lang=en
And I think it has been picked up again here http://www.alsgh.com/utac/

The utac program can upload data as a xml file a web server and ftp. Is it possible to create a device in cacti and have the utac program send the data it needs. I have the weatherbug plugin working so I was thinking maybe something like this. These are nice little devices that are pretty accurate and inexpensive so if I can get them to work with cacti that would be awesome as I think I paid 10 dollars US for 4 of them.

The 2nd link has source code which is jibberish to me but may make sense to someone who programs

[BSOD2600]

Cacti's scripts pull information, instead of accepting it. Have the xml files stored to some central location, write a script to access the xml data and parse it out, and then create the required templates in cacti to accept the data.

http://docs.cacti.net/ has the basics covered.

[HaIrLeSsHoBo]

I know this is a really old post, but if you are still interested in graphing the output from the TEMPer USB device in cacti, I might be able to help. First, what OS are you running? If it happens to be Linux, then I have already setup and am currently using exactly what you are looking for. I am working on creating a template file and associated scripts to query a reading from TEMPer over SNMP by extending Net-SNMP functionality.

[willdej]

I have windows boxes right now. I upgraded to windows 7 and have not checked if the Temperusb works with it. I could install it on a Linux box if need. I have a few SLES boxes I could try it on. I have never installed it on linux but I would be willing to try

[rangerdth]

I know this is a really old post, but if you are still interested in graphing the output from the TEMPer USB device in cacti, I might be able to help. First, what OS are you running? If it happens to be Linux, then I have already setup and am currently using exactly what you are looking for. I am working on creating a template file and associated scripts to query a reading from TEMPer over SNMP by extending Net-SNMP functionality.

I would really like to see what you've put together. I have two of these and can't seem to get them to work on centos5.

[HaIrLeSsHoBo]

rangerdth,

Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. Currently I have the TEMPer setup to run on my linux server to measure ambient room temperate in the server closet. As of right now the data is not transmitted over SNMP, but the existing software could easily be ported to do so (I'm no SNMP expert and honestly I was not able to figure out how to run commands through SNMP with the little time I have free). If you are ok with using the software to poll for the temperatures locally then this should work great. Basically I have mine setup so that it runs a small app (actually a modified version of the linux TEMPer drivers that I found online) and then just plots the temperature that is returned from it.

I am currently at work so I don't have access to the software and/or templates that I am running, but I will try to remember to post what I have on here in the next couple days.

[rjldev]

Here's a link to a site that has details on getting cacti to work with TEMPer USB thermometers - http://www.rjl.com.au/marketplace/Artic ... w.asp?a=47