Wiki source code of Monitor Gateway

Version 1.2 by Xiaoling on 2022/05/12 15:13

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1 **Contents:**
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3 {{toc/}}
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6 = 1. Introduction =
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8 This introduction shows how to use a script to monitor the gateway. The video link for this instruction is: [[https:~~/~~/youtu.be/8PieIwfSF_g>>url:https://youtu.be/8PieIwfSF_g]]
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10 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/d/dc/Monitor_gateway.png/600px-Monitor_gateway.png||height="456" width="600"]]
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12 Monitor Gateway
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14 = 2. Steps =
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16 * Create account in ThingsSpeak and creat channel.
17 * Download script from dragino site and move it to properly directory
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19 {{{root@dragino-1baf44:~# wget
20 Downloading '
21 Connecting to 162.241.22.11:80
22 Writing to 'monitor_gateway.sh'
23 monitor_gateway.sh 100% |*******************************| 1860 0:00:00 ETA
24 Download completed (1860 bytes)
25 root@dragino-1baf44:~# chmod +x monitor_gateway.sh;mv monitor_gateway.sh /usr/bin/
26 root@dragino-1baf44:~#
27 root@dragino-1baf44:~#
28 }}}
29
30 * change the script monitor_gateway.sh with properly users setting:
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32 {{{USER='xxxxx' # user name in your thinkspeak --> Profile
33 PASS='xxxxx' #MQTT_API_KEY in your thinkspeak --> Profile
34 }}}
35
36 {{{CHAN_ID='xxxx' #Channel ID of the channel for this gateway
37 CHAN_KEY='xxxxx' #Channel Write API of the channel for this gateway
38 }}}
39
40 * run **/usr/bin/monitor_gateway.sh** to test if upload is good.
41
42 * Add monitor_gateway.sh to cron work **/etc/crontabs/root** to make this script runs perdiocally, below is an example to update every 20 minutes
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44 {{{ # For details see man 4 crontabs
45
46 # Example of job definition:
47 # .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
48 # | .------------- hour (0 - 23)
49 # | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
50 # | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
51 # | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
52 # | | | | |
53 # * * * * * user-name command to be executed
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55 #*/10 * * * * checklog
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57 * 23 * * * /etc/init.d/auto_update start
58 */20 * * * * /usr/bin/monitor_gateway.sh
59 }}}
60
61 * Reboot device.
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63
64 = 3. Monitor Public IP =
65
66 The monitor_gateway.sh has been updated to upload the public ip of the device as well.
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68 User can find the public ip in field7, the chart is not able to show the complete public ip, user can check that in the export.
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70 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/8/8f/Monitor_gateway_1.png/600px-Monitor_gateway_1.png||height="340" width="600"]]
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72 Find Public IP