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APC Rack Power Distribution Unit

Manifacturer: Schneider Electric

Description

It is a Rack power plug with monitoring/automation capabilities This implementation will put in place a Telnet connection and send/receive commands.

What is implemented:

  • switch on and off of a power outlet

YAML Configuration example

plugin: bliss
module: apc
class: APC
name: apc
host: apchostname
debug: True  # will print to stdout telnet handshake
user: apc
password: apc
timeout: 1
channels:
  - laser
  - led

For every given channel two methods will be added to the instance ending with on and off.

In the given case we will have:

  • laseron
  • laseroff
  • ledon
  • ledoff