How to upgrade from an old version of MSR?

[wmarcolin]

Hi Patrick,

I have been using the integration of my UPS with MSR (NUTController-22283) for some months now, and it works very well.

I would like to evolve a little bit the usage, and I have, at the moment a difficulty, to take the data to influxDB.

I have also integrated influxDB 1.8 successfully with the MSR, I export the capabilities that I want to use, but the NUT data I have not succeeded, I made several attempts, and I can not send the data, below the configuration that I would like if possible.

        x_nut_ups:
          attributes:
            input_voltage:
              include: true
              type: number
            output_voltage:
              include: true
              type: number
            battery_charge:
              include: true
              type: number

And I don't succeed, consulting influxDB doesn't show the information:

> show measurements
name: measurements
name
----
battery_power
binary_sensor
humidity_sensor
motion_sensor
temperature_sensor
x_hubitat_extra_attributes

Could you please give me some guidance on what I am doing wrong?

I also want to comment if it should appear in the Controller Status widget panel when influxDB is activated.

Thanks.

[toggledbits]

There's not enough context in your example for me to definitively help you, but I can see that in all likelihood, your configuration for InfluxDB isn't as described in the documentation and required for InfluxDB to understand your intent.

[wmarcolin]

@toggledbits

Ok, let me put the complete configuration.

plugins:
  - id: influx
    implementation: InfluxFeed
    enabled: true
    name: InfluxDB Feed 1.8
    config:
      influx_url: http://192.168.50.8:8086
      influx_database: Reactor
      influx_username:
      influx_password:
      select_capabilities:
        power_switch: false
        dimming: false
        binary_sensor: true
        motion_sensor: true
        leak_detector: false
        temperature_sensor: true
        humidity_sensor: true
        light_sensor: true
        battery_power: true
        x_hubitat_extra_attributes: true
        x_nut_ups:
          attributes:
            input_voltage:
              include: true
              type: number
            output_voltage:
              include: true
              type: number
            battery_charge:
              include: true
              type: number

As I mentioned before, the MSR is connecting without any errors with influxDB.

root@main:/home/wilson/reactor/config# influx -precision rfc3339
Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.8.10
InfluxDB shell version: 1.8.10
> use Reactor
Using database Reactor
> show measurements
name: measurements
name
----
battery_power
binary_sensor
humidity_sensor
light_sensor
motion_sensor
temperature_sensor
x_hubitat_extra_attributes
x_nut_ups
>

> select * from x_nut_ups
name: x_nut_ups
time                     battery_charge controller entity        input_voltage name      output_voltage
----                     -------------- ---------- ------        ------------- ----      --------------
2022-10-13T00:04:17.939Z 100            nut        nut>TrippLite 122.3         TrippLite 122.9
2022-10-13T00:04:47.984Z 100            nut        nut>TrippLite 122.3         TrippLite 122.9
2022-10-13T00:05:38.176Z 100            nut        nut>TrippLite 121.4         TrippLite 122.9
2022-10-13T00:05:38.177Z 100            nut        nut>TrippLite 121.4         TrippLite 122.9
2022-10-13T00:06:18.263Z 100            nut        nut>TrippLite 122.3         TrippLite 122.9
>

Well, just because I was complaining to the Creator, now it worked without a problem.

Well, sorry, case closed, but I can assure you that I did several tests. Now an important detail, today I updated the drive from version 22152 to 22283, and I think I had not tested yet with this update.

[wmarcolin]

@toggledbits

@toggledbits

Sorry, for an additional query, is it possible to stipulate a condition for saving the data to the database, either by time interval or by changing the attribute's content?

And sorry if I did not make clear the suggestion that the Controller Status could not appear as the status of activated influxDB.

Thanks!

[toggledbits]

The InfluxFeed plugin is not a Controller, so it won't appear on the Controller Status widget.

It is possible to modify the value being sent to influxdb by adding an expr: key followed by a quoted string containing an expression (shown in the docs). The result of the expression is what will be logged. The current value is available in expression context as the value variable, so expr: "value * value" would send the measurement value as the square of the entity attribute value. However, I personally don't recommend using it. Having a long history with data logging and databases, it has become my preference to always put raw data into the database, as you got it from whatever source, and then use database queries to modify the data. influxdb is capable of doing any kind of transformation in the query from the raw data, and can also build a time series using a specified interval, interpolating as needed (you're probably already doing this by using the mean() function in your queries for graphs, which is an influxdb/grafana default). Also, the expression cannot be used to suppress a value (i.e. prevent it from being sent to influxdb).

It is not possible to change the InfluxFeed time interval for sending data on the Reactor side, because there isn't one. InfluxFeed sends data whenever the entity is modified. It does not send data at regular timed intervals, and it's not possible to define an interval for sending data. Again, influxdb itself has mechanisms for dealing with this.

Also, I note in your config that you are logging the entire x_hubitat_extra_attributes capability. This has the potential to send huge amounts of data, and I recommend you use the extended syntax to only log the specific attributes you want.

[wmarcolin]

@toggledbits

Thanks boss for the master class!! I will change x_hubitat_extra_attributes, you are right, many information I will not use.

Thanks.