Kasa-Linux-Powermon

Linux daemon to monitor battery system battery, and toggle Kasa WIFI Smart Plug on and off

Prerequisites

All commands are run on the Kasa-Linux-Powermon directory

1. Create a virtual environment python -m virtualenv .
2. Activate the environment source ./bin/activate
3. Install requirements (tzdata and python-kasa) pip install -r ./requirements.txt

Installation

All commands are run on the Kasa-Linux-Powermon directory

1. Modify pwmon_conf with the path to your battery .
2. Run bash install -g to generate a sample config file, edit accordingly.
3. Install and start the daemon bash install.sh
4. View help interface bash install.sh -h

Config file

1. Config file is located in /etc/pwmon/pwmon_conf
2. Edit this file and restart daemon with systemctl restart pwmon.service to apply changes.

Useful commands

1. You can view daemon state with
   sudo systemctl status pwmon.service
2. Or view trailing logs with
   sudo journalctl -u pwmon.service -f