Configuring config.dat

Table of Contents config.dat config.dat Column Descriptions config.dat Example Test config.dat Configuration

config.dat

config.dat Column Descriptions

Name	Sample value	Data Type	Note
Id	Door-115	String	Unique value
Sensor Type	Door	String
Location	115	String	campus / building / room
GPIO Pin	4	Integer
Validation Type	R	String	R/A/N (Range/Alway/Never)
Valid Value	0	Integer	0/1 (electrically off or on)
Valid Start Time	08:00:00	String	works with 'Range' type
Valid End Time	17:00:00	String	works with 'Range' type
Settings	open	String array	"|" Delimiter
Notification	0	Integer	0/1 (0=false / 1=true) (if true use check_state_statusjson.sh custom Nagios check script)

config.dat Example

id,type,room,gpio,valtyp,vadval,start,end,settings,notification
door-115,Door,115,4,R,0,08:00:00,17:00:00,closed|open,0
light-115,Light,115,18,R,0,08:00:00,17:00:00,off|on,0
door-116,Door,116,17,A,0,00:00:00,23:59:59,closed|open,0
refrig-116,Refrig,116,22,N,0,00:00:00,23:59:59,ok|alarm,1

Test config.dat Configuration

Test your configuration by navigating to the folder containing the test copy of py-logger with console logging an execute the following command:

  cd ./py-logger-master/py-logger/.
  sudo python3 py-logger.py

Also verify it is working with Nagios

http://<r-pi ip address>/nagios/

Verify by selecting the Services, Notifications and Event Logs. The Services and Notifications are dynamic and the Event Logs are a static understanding of what happens.