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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Garrett,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I hope you’re not barking up the wrong tree because that’s exactly what I’m working toward. The web display was pretty straightforward. I haven’t worked out the email notification part yet but it seems like
it should be doable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Charles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Nut-upsuser [mailto:nut-upsuser-bounces+fairfaxc=missouri.edu@lists.alioth.debian.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Garrett Michael Hayes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 02, 2017 12:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nut-upsuser] NUT - General Concept Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been looking over the documentation and several installation guides for NUT, and I’m starting to get a little bit of a feel for what it is. But I’m still not clear whether what I’d *<b>like</b>* to accomplish is actually practical
using NUT. Perhaps someone here can tell me if they’ve done something similar, or if I’m way off base.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to set up a Linux host as a central monitoring system for UPSs throughout our network. I’d like that system to be able to see the various UPSs basically in one of two ways:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">1)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Tapping into a native network interface on the target UPS (such as some larger APC and Tripp-Lite UPSs we have)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">2)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Talking to a Raspberry Pi connected to the UPS via a USB or serial cable (for lower end UPSs that don’t have network capability)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m interested in monitoring and alerting, not so much in making changes to the UPS settings or shutting down computers, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My dream result at this point would be a central system that:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">A)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Gives me a single “pane of glass” to see the current status of my UPSs on a web page<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">B)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Sends me emails when power related events happen at a UPS (loss of utility power, low battery, etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Am I barking up the wrong tree? Or does this sound like something that NUT can provide?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro Smbd"">Garrett Michael Hayes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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