rcitton / rpi-powerwalker-plus

PowerMaster+ as a Docker container for x86_64

PowerMaster+ Docker container

Runs PowerMaster+ UPS management software from a Docker container. Original idea from Reddit and Fredrik Jönsson (see https://github.com/fjollberg/rpi-powerwalker-plus)

PowerMaster+

PowerMaster is the controller software for BlueWalker/PowerWalker UPS devices.

The software is organised in a "Local" component, typically run on a computer with a USB-connection with the UPS device, and a "Remote" component, run on all other hosts which listens to UPS events "Local" broadcasts.

This container provides the "Local" service.

Makefile Usage

Before to start check and in case change the "env.mk" entry:

PMASTERP_URL="https://powerwalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pmp122_linux64.zip"

The Makefile is offering following entrypoints:

all      ✅  Build&Setup  Powerwalker+  
build    🏗️  Build        Powerwalker+  image&container
connect  🖧  Connect      Powerwalker+  container
cleanup  🧹  Cleanup      Powerwalker+  container&image
setup    🔧  Setup        Powerwalker+  container
start    🚀  Start        Powerwalker+  container
status   🔎  Status       Powerwalker+  container
stop     🛑  Stop         Powerwalker+  container
debug    🐞  Debug        Powerwalker+  (debug-purpose)
logs     📜  Logs         Powerwalker+  container

Setup and usage

PowerMaster+ Docker container setup is done issuing:

make all

or

make build

make setup

later you can browse to http://localhost:3052/local

Stop PowerMaster+ Docker container

You can stop PowerMaster+ Docker container issuing:

make stop

Start PowerMaster+ Docker container

Once built You can start PowerMaster+ Docker container issuing:

make start

Cleanup PowerMaster+ Docker image & container

You can cleanup PowerMaster+ Docker image & container issuing:

make cleanup

"Development" and Testing

Connecting to the container

make connect

Running the service manually.

Connecting to the container with another shell makes it possible to kill the java process and start a new manually in order to catch output.

./jre/bin/java -classpath lib/Startup.jar -Xmx256m -Xms128m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.library.path=./bin -Djava.ext.dirs=./jre/lib/ext com.cyberpowersystems.ppbe.startup.Startup start

Assuming you use the provided jre and that /opt/pmasterp/data is the current working directory.