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I used a plain Raspberry Pi 3 connected to my home network to monitor some network devices and servers I am running in my lab.
Monitoring Statistics
I used Node-Red to create a flow per monitored device, at the moment, but this needs to be improved so the flow only needs to be created once and reads the monitored devices from a list.
Example flow for a switch device
The flow checks whether the device answers to ping. If it does not, it will send an e-mail containing the server name and display a toast on the monitoring website.
If it does answer, the flow will graph the response time in the UI.
All flow possibilities in one overview. You should place them on different tabs according to type.
I want to be able to monitor Windows servers internally, using WMIC or PowerShell. The Flows will need to be run on a Windows device for that. Have not yet had any success implementing this on Windows 10 IoT on a Raspberry Pi :(
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
El Condor
Example Flow for Node-Red
JavaScriptImport this into Node-Red. The Ping checks, PingChart and Ping Value nodes will need to be replicated for each monitored device. The IsAlive, SendEmail and Notification Nodes can be reused. I would recommend to place them on a separate flow and use link nodes to interconnect them between the various flows in your set up.
Don't forget to define a mail user. The Ping checks will need the host to be an IP address or FQDN.
For this basic flow you can implement a specific Device Type Tab on which you can display ping statistics and service states per Device. I will release two additional nodes that implement a Dashboard with just the host states aggregated on one Dashboard Tab.
Don't forget to define a mail user. The Ping checks will need the host to be an IP address or FQDN.
For this basic flow you can implement a specific Device Type Tab on which you can display ping statistics and service states per Device. I will release two additional nodes that implement a Dashboard with just the host states aggregated on one Dashboard Tab.
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"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Which Server?",
"func": "switch (msg.topic){\n case 'SWITCH01.de-baay.nl':\n return [ msg,null ];\n case 'SWITCH02.de-baay.nl':\n return [ null,msg ];\n}\n",
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"noerr": 0,
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"height": 0,
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"wires": []
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"name": "",
"links": [],
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"wires": []
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"id": "ecaa4ccc.03f37",
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"wires": []
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"id": "801dd9da.323f78",
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"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
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"id": "b1196181.a36c9",
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"wires": []
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"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "FormatCommonEMail",
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"y": 941,
"wires": [
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"x": 1388,
"y": 1004,
"wires": [
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"id": "4725fbd9.731704",
"type": "e-mail",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"server": "smtp.gmail.com",
"port": "465",
"secure": true,
"name": "administrator@domain.com",
"dname": "Send Email Server Down",
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"y": 940,
"wires": []
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"id": "c7751bdf.137298",
"type": "ui_toast",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"position": "top right",
"displayTime": "3",
"highlight": "",
"outputs": 0,
"ok": "OK",
"cancel": "",
"topic": "",
"name": "Down notification",
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"y": 1003,
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"id": "624ead05.4ac084",
"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
"name": "Device Demo",
"tab": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"order": 2,
"disp": true,
"width": "6"
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"id": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
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Example code for monitoring HTTP
JavaScriptBasically this is the same code that is used to monitor SMTP, but it checks for a valid HTTP response. Based on that the status switch is set to 'true' (online) or 'false' (offline).
Some servers require another type of request than others (I found that using HTTP/1.0 in stead of 1.1 sometimes works better.
Also the status codes returned by some servers may not always be what you expect. Ideally you should expect a 200 OK code. This is what my code checks for, but if you find another HTTP status (like 301 or Permission Denied) then you may want to change your error conditions.
Some servers require another type of request than others (I found that using HTTP/1.0 in stead of 1.1 sometimes works better.
Also the status codes returned by some servers may not always be what you expect. Ideally you should expect a 200 OK code. This is what my code checks for, but if you find another HTTP status (like 301 or Permission Denied) then you may want to change your error conditions.
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"id": "880288a4.ac6048",
"type": "inject",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Start Polling HTTP",
"topic": "",
"payload": "",
"payloadType": "date",
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": true,
"x": 145,
"y": 392,
"wires": [
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"id": "58cd469.4e610b8",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "WWW.domain.com GET Request",
"func": "msg.payload = \"GET / HTTP/1.0\\r\\n\\r\\nHostname: www.domain.com\";\nmsg.topic = \"www.domain.com\";\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"x": 459,
"y": 392,
"wires": [
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]
]
},
{
"id": "feea1b04.50d9d8",
"type": "tcp request",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"server": "www.domain.com",
"port": "80",
"out": "time",
"splitc": "1000",
"name": "HTTP Tester",
"x": 724,
"y": 392,
"wires": [
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"id": "7ced1f03.8c15f",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Parse Response",
"func": "var serviceName = msg.topic;\nmsg.payload = msg.payload.toString('utf8');\nmsg.Service = true;\n//statuscodes may depend on the response of the server\nif (msg.payload.substring(0,12)=== \"HTTP/1.1 200\")\n{\n msg.payload = true;\n msg.service = \"HTTP\";\n if (msg.topic === context[serviceName])\n {\n context[serviceName] = false;\n }\n switch (msg.topic)\n {\n case \"www.domain.com\":\n return [msg, null];\n }\n}\nelse if (!context[serviceName])\n{\n msg.payload = false;\n msg.service = \"HTTP\";\n context[serviceName] = msg.topic;\n switch (msg.topic)\n {\n case \"www.domain.com\":\n return [msg, msg];\n }\n}",
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"noerr": 0,
"x": 1114,
"y": 392,
"wires": [
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[
"147d4da9.fd8042"
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"type": "ui_switch",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "HTTP Available",
"label": "Photo Website Available",
"group": "624ead05.4ac084",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"passthru": false,
"topic": "",
"style": "",
"onvalue": "true",
"onvalueType": "bool",
"onicon": "check_circle",
"oncolor": "green",
"offvalue": "false",
"offvalueType": "bool",
"officon": "check_circle",
"offcolor": "red",
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"y": 385,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
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"id": "147d4da9.fd8042",
"type": "link out",
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"name": "",
"links": [],
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"y": 452,
"wires": []
},
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"id": "a115f54b.19bd08",
"type": "comment",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "To Error Input",
"info": "",
"x": 1494,
"y": 450,
"wires": []
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{
"id": "624ead05.4ac084",
"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
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"order": 2,
"disp": true,
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"id": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
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Example code for monitoring HTTPS
JavaScriptThis is example code for testing HTTPS. The standard node for testing HTTP did not work because the first step that is taken when connecting to an HTTPS website is verifying the SSL certificate. A specific node, node-red-contrib-https, needed to be added to this Node-Red installation to facilitate this. Be sure to install this node before using this code snippet. Also, you may need to review the parse function to check for the expected response. As my SSL certificate is not trusted by my monitoring appliance, the response is a statuscode of 301. This is acceptable to me, as it means that the webserver is responding at least. When nor response is received, then the service is registered as being down. In your case, the expected response may be different and ideally the statuscode should always be 220 OK. If that is the case in your set-up, you can combine this snippet with the code used for standard HTTP monitoring.
The parse function takes multiple servers into account but for the sake of simplicity I have not included that code here
The parse function takes multiple servers into account but for the sake of simplicity I have not included that code here
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"type": "inject",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Start Polling HTTPS",
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"payload": "",
"payloadType": "date",
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": true,
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"type": "https-node",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "HTTPS GET Request",
"method": "GET",
"ret": "txt",
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"authorized": false,
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"name": "Parse Response",
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"outputs": "2",
"noerr": 0,
"x": 1111.9833984375,
"y": 487.0333251953125,
"wires": [
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"type": "ui_switch",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "HTTPS Available",
"label": "Webmail Available",
"group": "624ead05.4ac084",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"passthru": false,
"topic": "",
"style": "",
"onvalue": "true",
"onvalueType": "bool",
"onicon": "check_circle",
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"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
"icon": "dashboard",
"order": 6
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Example code for monitoring FTP
JavaScriptThis is example code for checking FTP. Basically it works the same as checking for HTTP, just with some minor differences in status results. Refer to the HTTP code snippet for more information. The parse function takes multiple servers into account but for the sake of simplicity I have not included that code here
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"id": "e45cb6a5.ceb038",
"type": "inject",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Start Polling FTP",
"topic": "",
"payload": "",
"payloadType": "date",
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": true,
"x": 150,
"y": 559,
"wires": [
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"id": "160d7d9.7a83c82",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "FTP.domain.com Request",
"func": "msg.topic = \"FTP.domain.com\";\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"x": 450,
"y": 560,
"wires": [
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"id": "84d3313a.b85cf",
"type": "tcp request",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"server": "FTP.domain.com",
"port": "21",
"out": "time",
"splitc": "1000",
"name": "FTP Tester",
"x": 745,
"y": 560,
"wires": [
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"id": "52ec8865.da4808",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Parse Response",
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"outputs": "2",
"noerr": 0,
"x": 1114,
"y": 561,
"wires": [
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"32cbe1bc.5b731e"
],
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"3b59d5aa.4700ea"
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"type": "ui_switch",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "FTP Available",
"label": "FTP Service Available",
"group": "624ead05.4ac084",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"passthru": false,
"topic": "",
"style": "",
"onvalue": "true",
"onvalueType": "bool",
"onicon": "check_circle",
"oncolor": "green",
"offvalue": "false",
"offvalueType": "bool",
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"x": 1450,
"y": 554,
"wires": [
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"id": "3b59d5aa.4700ea",
"type": "link out",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "",
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"y": 600,
"wires": []
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"id": "1403cdbd.d5a042",
"type": "comment",
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"info": "",
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"y": 600,
"wires": []
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"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
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"order": 2,
"disp": true,
"width": "6"
},
{
"id": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
"icon": "dashboard",
"order": 6
}
]
Example code for monitoring SMTP
JavaScriptAn example flow I created to monitor two SMTP servers in my network. The parse response checks whether the response is coming from the first or secondary SMPT server and sets the topic to the name in the response and then routes it to the appropriate exit node.
When a valid response is received, the switch will be green (true), indicating the service is up. When an invalid response is received the switch will be set to false and display a red icon. I changed this from the gauge that was used before. I discovered that the usage of a switch was possible. Even to customize it to my liking using Material Design Icons.
The output should be placed in the same UI group as the server/device the service is running on.
When a valid response is received, the switch will be green (true), indicating the service is up. When an invalid response is received the switch will be set to false and display a red icon. I changed this from the gauge that was used before. I discovered that the usage of a switch was possible. Even to customize it to my liking using Material Design Icons.
The output should be placed in the same UI group as the server/device the service is running on.
[
{
"id": "d56c3996.16ec98",
"type": "inject",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Start Polling SMTP",
"topic": "",
"payload": "",
"payloadType": "date",
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"x": 155,
"y": 265,
"wires": [
[
"f9ac1efa.5ea6b"
]
]
},
{
"id": "f9ac1efa.5ea6b",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "SMTP mail.de-baay.nl",
"func": "msg.topic = \"mail.domain.com\";\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"x": 466,
"y": 265,
"wires": [
[
"8303cb44.3f53f8"
]
]
},
{
"id": "8303cb44.3f53f8",
"type": "tcp request",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"server": "mail.domain.com",
"port": "25",
"out": "time",
"splitc": "1000",
"name": "SMTP Tester",
"x": 720,
"y": 265,
"wires": [
[
"e08be960.7ed068"
]
]
},
{
"id": "e08be960.7ed068",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Parse Response",
"func": "var serviceName = msg.topic;\nmsg.payload = msg.payload.toString('utf8');\nmsg.Service = true;\nif (msg.payload.substring(0,3)=== \"220\")\n{\n msg.payload = true;\n if (msg.topic === context[serviceName])\n {\n context[serviceName] = false;\n }\n switch (msg.topic)\n {\n case \"mail.domain.com\":\n return [msg,null];\n }\n}\nelse\n{\n msg.payload = false;\n if (!context[serviceName])\n {\n msg.service = \"SMTP\";\n context[serviceName] = msg.topic;\n switch (msg.topic)\n {\n case \"mail.domain.com\":\n return [msg,msg];\n }\n }\n}",
"outputs": "2",
"noerr": 0,
"x": 1099,
"y": 265,
"wires": [
[
"391c5cba.3142b4"
],
[
"feedd771.537d98"
]
]
},
{
"id": "391c5cba.3142b4",
"type": "ui_switch",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "SMTP Available",
"label": "SMTP Available (MAIL.DOMAIN.COM)",
"group": "624ead05.4ac084",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"passthru": false,
"topic": "",
"style": "",
"onvalue": "true",
"onvalueType": "bool",
"onicon": "check_circle",
"oncolor": "green",
"offvalue": "false",
"offvalueType": "bool",
"officon": "check_circle",
"offcolor": "red",
"x": 1441,
"y": 258,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
{
"id": "feedd771.537d98",
"type": "link out",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "",
"links": [],
"x": 1380,
"y": 325,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "888f767.5364f88",
"type": "comment",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "To Error Input",
"info": "",
"x": 1494,
"y": 322,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "624ead05.4ac084",
"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
"name": "Device Demo",
"tab": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"order": 2,
"disp": true,
"width": "6"
},
{
"id": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
"icon": "dashboard",
"order": 6
}
]
Example Nodes for Aggregated Overview
JavaScriptThese are two example nodes that can be used in combination with a new Dashboard Tab element to generate an aggregated overview of all monitored devices.
While the implementation is not the most user-friendly (it has to be repeated for every monitored device) the creation of an overview tab is a nice to have when monitoring a lot of devices and you want a quick status overview of the whole network.
The code generates a green or red checkbox depending on the ping of the server.
A ToDo might be that all monitored parts of one server (ping, services, etc) determine whether the checkbox is green yellow or red (red being, server is down, yellow being service is down, server responds, green being, well, all green :) )
I am inventing this as I am typing this, so may take a while before I will be able to implement this.
While the implementation is not the most user-friendly (it has to be repeated for every monitored device) the creation of an overview tab is a nice to have when monitoring a lot of devices and you want a quick status overview of the whole network.
The code generates a green or red checkbox depending on the ping of the server.
A ToDo might be that all monitored parts of one server (ping, services, etc) determine whether the checkbox is green yellow or red (red being, server is down, yellow being service is down, server responds, green being, well, all green :) )
I am inventing this as I am typing this, so may take a while before I will be able to implement this.
[
{
"id": "4adccf0d.5ddc6",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "PingToBoolean",
"func": "if (msg.payload)\n{\n msg.payload = true;\n}\nelse\n{\n msg.payload = false;\n}\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"x": 1577,
"y": 170,
"wires": [
[
"b548cf1b.8c126"
]
]
},
{
"id": "b548cf1b.8c126",
"type": "ui_switch",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Status (SWITCH01)",
"label": "SWITCH01 Online?",
"group": "affef727.453738",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"passthru": false,
"topic": "",
"style": "",
"onvalue": "true",
"onvalueType": "bool",
"onicon": "check_circle",
"oncolor": "green",
"offvalue": "false",
"offvalueType": "bool",
"officon": "check_circle",
"offcolor": "red",
"x": 1809,
"y": 170,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
{
"id": "affef727.453738",
"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
"name": "Dashboard Demo",
"tab": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"order": 1,
"disp": true,
"width": "6"
},
{
"id": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
"icon": "dashboard",
"order": 6
}
]
Example code for monitoring temperature
JavaScriptUsing a ds18b20 Temp sensor I was able to monitor the temperature of my server room. The alert value is set at 30 degrees centigrade. You may want to add a node to convert this to F.
The flow contains output nodes to the Dashboard and a device Tab. I was planning to use this as an Environment monitoring Tab on which more environment check may be displayed in the future.
Refer to these links https://www.google.nl/search?q=check+ds18b20+functionality+raspberry+pi&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=nbH5WIiABpHSXoPtlfgN to find out how to set up temperature monitoring with the ds18b20.
The flow contains output nodes to the Dashboard and a device Tab. I was planning to use this as an Environment monitoring Tab on which more environment check may be displayed in the future.
Refer to these links https://www.google.nl/search?q=check+ds18b20+functionality+raspberry+pi&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=nbH5WIiABpHSXoPtlfgN to find out how to set up temperature monitoring with the ds18b20.
[
{
"id": "a5be657a.f641e8",
"type": "inject",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Trigger Temp Sensor",
"topic": "",
"payload": "",
"payloadType": "date",
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": true,
"x": 148,
"y": 765,
"wires": [
[
"22c83a4f.099406"
]
]
},
{
"id": "22c83a4f.099406",
"type": "rpi-ds18b20",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"topic": "",
"array": false,
"name": "Temp sensor",
"x": 434,
"y": 768,
"wires": [
[
"2321376c.6859c8",
"fe5f90ac.d02da",
"28e1929f.89f7ce",
"84e57eec.46eac"
]
]
},
{
"id": "2321376c.6859c8",
"type": "ui_gauge",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "",
"group": "624ead05.4ac084",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"gtype": "gage",
"title": "Temperature",
"label": "Temp in C°",
"format": "{{value}}",
"min": 0,
"max": "60",
"colors": [
"#00b500",
"#e6e600",
"#ca3838"
],
"x": 833,
"y": 728,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "84e57eec.46eac",
"type": "ui_gauge",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "",
"group": "affef727.453738",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"gtype": "gage",
"title": "Temperature Dashboard",
"label": "Temp in C°",
"format": "{{value}}",
"min": 0,
"max": "60",
"colors": [
"#00b500",
"#e6e600",
"#ca3838"
],
"x": 869,
"y": 773,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "fe5f90ac.d02da",
"type": "ui_chart",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "",
"group": "624ead05.4ac084",
"order": 0,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"label": "Temperature in C°",
"chartType": "line",
"legend": "false",
"xformat": "HH:mm:ss",
"interpolate": "linear",
"nodata": "",
"ymin": "0",
"ymax": "60",
"removeOlder": 1,
"removeOlderPoints": "",
"removeOlderUnit": "3600",
"cutout": 0,
"colors": [
"#1f77b4",
"#aec7e8",
"#ff7f0e",
"#2ca02c",
"#98df8a",
"#d62728",
"#ff9896",
"#9467bd",
"#c5b0d5"
],
"x": 808,
"y": 822,
"wires": [
[],
[]
]
},
{
"id": "28e1929f.89f7ce",
"type": "function",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "TempTooHigh?",
"func": "msg.Temp = true;\nif (msg.payload > 30 && !context.sentAlert) {\n context.sentAlert = msg.topic;\n return [ msg, null ];\n} else if (msg.payload < 30) {\n if (context.sentAlert === msg.topic)\n {\n context.sentAlert = false;\n }\n return [ null, msg ];\n}",
"outputs": "2",
"noerr": 0,
"x": 836.625,
"y": 870.75,
"wires": [
[
"ac17ff19.ebf58"
],
[]
]
},
{
"id": "ac17ff19.ebf58",
"type": "link out",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "Environment E-Mail",
"links": [],
"x": 1027,
"y": 864,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "84047541.b23e58",
"type": "comment",
"z": "44a9c552.ab298c",
"name": "To Error Input",
"info": "",
"x": 1159,
"y": 864,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "624ead05.4ac084",
"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
"name": "Device Demo",
"tab": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"order": 2,
"disp": true,
"width": "6"
},
{
"id": "affef727.453738",
"type": "ui_group",
"z": "",
"name": "Dashboard Demo",
"tab": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"order": 1,
"disp": true,
"width": "6"
},
{
"id": "5d4a8e6d.cdb3e",
"type": "ui_tab",
"z": "",
"name": "Code Demo",
"icon": "dashboard",
"order": 6
}
]
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