Energenie USB

Information

EG-PM2 / EG-PMS2 is a power outlet strip with advanced power management features. It is possible to individually switch 4 sockets on or off manually via your PC, by timer schedule, or by programmable special events (eg: switch on my scanner whenever I start Photoshop, or have my printer switched on only when I really print)

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Outdated software

This is included in the Docker image.

In order to support newer devices you need to upgrade the software package sispmctl. The current version on the Raspberry PI is unfortunately outdated. Upgrading is a manual action, which will install a second sispmctl on your system on the location /usr/local/bin/ which my software will automatically detect. So after upgrading sispmctl and restarting TerrariumPI, you should be good to go.

Go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/sispmctl/files/sispmctl/ and enter the folder with the highest version number. At time of writing that is 4.9

1. Install needed libraries: sudo apt install libusb-dev
2. Install sispmctl:

   wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/sispmctl/files/sispmctl/sispmctl-4.9/sispmctl-4.9.tar.gz/download -O sispmctl-4.9.tar.gz
   tar zxvf sispmctl-4.9.tar.gz
   cd sispmctl-4.9/
   ./configure
   make
   sudo make install
   sudo ldconfig
   

3. Restart TerrariumPI service (FAQ)

The needed permissions to connect to the device through USB are already set.

Setup

Auto detect

This relay will be auto detected during startup or added by ‘Scan relays’ in the menu.

In order to use the Energenie USB use the following settings:

Mandatory

Hardware

Energenie USB

Address

Enter the relay number from 1 - 4. Optional you can enter the Serial address of the board if you have multiple relay boards like: 1,0035685

Other settings can be found at the relay setup information