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+#!/bin/sh
+# alertme_power relies on http://code.google.com/p/alertmepi/
+# to have been installed and working
+#
+# add to the plugins-conf.d/munin so that it can read the /etc/alertme files
+# [alertme_*]
+#	user root
+
+
+TMPFILE=/var/run/munin/alertme_power.dat
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ] ; then
+	if [ ! -f $TMPFILE ] ; then
+		# cache hub name and list of devices during config phase to speed up normal run time
+		/usr/local/bin/alertmepi.pl -a > $TMPFILE
+		/usr/local/bin/alertmepi.pl -d | egrep "is the power controller named|is the powerclamp named" >> $TMPFILE
+	fi
+
+	echo "graph_title Alertme Power"
+	echo "graph_category environmental"
+	echo -n "graph_info this graph shows alertme power measurements for "
+	head -1 $TMPFILE
+	echo "graph_vlabel power (W)"
+
+	tail +2 $TMPFILE | (
+	while read DEVICE OTHER
+	do
+		NAME=`echo $OTHER | awk -F\' '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/ /_/g' -e 's/-/_/g'`
+		echo "${NAME}_power.label $NAME "
+	done
+	)
+
+	exit
+fi
+
+tail +2 $TMPFILE | (
+while read DEVICE OTHER
+do
+	NAME=`echo $OTHER | awk -F\' '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/ /_/g' -e 's/-/_/g'`
+	echo -n "${NAME}_power.value "
+	/usr/local/bin/alertmepi.pl -e $DEVICE | sed -e 's/.* //' -e 's/W.//'
+done
+)
+
+#echo "ping_rtt.value $RTTAVG"
+#echo "ping_loss.value $PKTLOSS"
+