dlipower 0.2.40

Control digital loggers web power switch

DESCRIPTION
This is a python module and a script to mange the
Digital Loggers Web Power switch.

The module provides a python class named
powerswitch that allows managing the web power
switch from python programs.

When run as a script this acts as a command
line utility to manage the DLI Power switch.

SUPPORTED DEVICES
This module has been tested against the following
Digital Loggers Power network power switches:
WebPowerSwitch II
WebPowerSwitch III
WebPowerSwitch IV
WebPowerSwitch V
Ethernet Power Controller III

COMMAND LINE USAGE
Usage: dlipower.py [options] [status|on|off|cycle|get_outlet_name|set_outlet_name] [range] [newname]

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--hostname=HOSTNAME hostname/ip of the power switch (default none)
--timeout=TIMEOUT Timeout for value for power switch communication
(default none)
--cycletime=CYCLETIME
Delay betwween off/on states for power cycle
operations (default none)
--user=USER userid to connect with (default none)
--password=PASSWORD password (default none)
--save_settings Save the settings to the configuration file
--quiet Suppress error output

Arguments:
range - One or more ports seperated by commas
Example:
1,3,5-9 (Refers to outlets 1,3,5,6,7,8,9)
newname - The name to rename the outlet to

PYTHON USAGE
NAME
dlipower

FILE
dlipower/dlipower.py

DESCRIPTION
###############################################################
Digital Loggers Web Power Switch management
###############################################################
Description: This is both a module and a script

The module provides a python class named
powerswitch that allows managing the web power
switch from python programs.

When run as a script this acts as a command
line utility to manage the DLI Power switch.

This module has been tested against the following
Digital Loggers Power network power switches:
WebPowerSwitch II
WebPowerSwitch III
WebPowerSwitch IV
WebPowerSwitch V
Ethernet Power Controller III

Author: Dwight Hubbard [e-mail]

CLASSES
powerswitch

class powerswitch
| Powerswitch class to manage the Digital Loggers Web power switch
|
| Methods defined here:
|
| __init__(self, userid=None, password=None, hostname=None, timeout=None, cycletime=None)
|
| command_on_outlets(self, command, outlets)
| If a single outlet is passed, handle it as a single outlet and
| pass back the return code. Otherwise run the operation on multiple
| outlets in parallel the return code will be failure if any operation
| fails. Operations that return a string will return a list of strings.
|
| cycle(self, outlet=0)
| Cycle power to an outlet
| False = Power off Success
| True = Power off Fail
| Note, does not return any status info about the power on part of the operation by design
|
| determine_outlet(self, outlet=None)
| Get the correct outlet number from the outlet passed in, this
| allows specifying the outlet by the name and making sure the
| returned outlet is an int
|
| get_outlet_name(self, outlet=0)
| Return the name of the outlet
|
| geturl(self, url='index.htm')
| Get a URL from the userid/password protected powerswitch page
| Return None on failure
|
| load_configuration(self)
| Return a configuration dictionary
|
| off(self, outlet=0)
| Turn off a power to an outlet
| False = Success
| True = Fail
|
| on(self, outlet=0)
| Turn on power to an outlet
| False = Success
| True = Fail
|
| printstatus(self)
| Print the status off all the outlets as a table to stdout
|
| save_configuration(self)
| Update the configuration file with the object's settings
|
| set_outlet_name(self, outlet=0, name='Unknown')
| Set the name of an outlet
|
| status(self, outlet=1)
| Return the status of an outlet, returned value will be one of: ON, OFF, Unknown
|
| statuslist(self)
| Return the status of all outlets in a list,
| each item will contain 3 items plugnumber, hostname and state
|
| verify(self)
| Verify we can reach the switch, returns true if ok

DATA
CONFIG_DEFAULTS = {'cycletime': 3, 'hostname': '192.168.0.100', 'passw...
CONFIG_FILE = '~/.dlipower.conf'
CYCLETIME = 3
TIMEOUT = 30

PYTHON EXAMPLE
Note, see the example script scripts/example.py for a more detailed example

#!/usr/bin/env python
import dlipower

powerswitch=dlipower.powerswitch(hostname="lpc.digital-loggers.com",userid="admin")

# Print the status of the outlets on the powerswitch
print powerswitch.status()

# Turn off outlet one
powerswitch.off(1)

# Turn on outlet 2
powerswitch.on(2)

# Rename outlet 1
powerswitch.set_outlet_name(1,'Traffic light')