What is the point of this repo?

This is a set of scripts for storing the metrics from the Nextys dcw20 in a timescale database

Installation guide

1. clone the repo

• git clone https://github.com/titus672/nextys_monitoring.git

2. update and install prereqs

• sudo apt update && sudo apt install python3.11-venv python3-dev libpq-dev

3. move into the repo and create the python virtual environment

• cd nextys_monitoring
• python3 -m venv venv

4. activate the virtual environment and install python prereqs

. venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration guide

1. cd into the src dir and configure the program

cd src
cp config_example.json config.json
vim config.json
python lib/psql_functions.py -v

2. copy the nextys_monitor.service file and enable it

sudo cp nextys_monitor.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable --now nextys_monitor

Notes

If the device is in the db but hasn't been deployed yet, ie the bogus alerts are annoying, the fix for now is UPDATE sensor_metadata SET batt_low = 0, ac_down = 0 WHERE id = 7;