Day one of a four day weekend and I got two peg boards and another storage thing hung on the wall in my spouse's art studio, and I got the outside cable run for my #GenMon installation.

Didn't actually get it into the generator before it started raining, but I feel like that's a pretty good day.

First real test of the standby generator happened tonight. Had a brownout for a couple minutes and the generator kicked on after about 20 seconds, exactly as it should have.

Now I just need to get #genmon set up because the built in wifi is terrible.

Two basic options:

1. Run RS232 from the generator to the computer that's already in the shed, run genmon there.

2. Convert RS232 to Ethernet and run genmon on one of the machines in the house.

#HomeLab #HomeNetworking

So we ordered a generator and I'm all excited to install #Genmon. I was going through some tutorials on building an esp32-based adapter but then it struck me that serial to Wi-Fi has to already be a thing.

Turns out you can get a semi-ruggedized serial to Wi-Fi server for $50 off Amazon that works seamlessly with Genmon, and even cheaper if you're willing to wait for it to ship from China.

Late stage capitalism is deeply flawed but it does occasionally have charms.

#HomeLab

Power is out today due to a storm, absolute love being able to get alerts and monitor thru #HomeAssistant and #GenMon (from jgyates) connected via #MQTT without paying any monthly fees using all DIY components.

Also invaluable when I need to do generator maintenance.

#HomeAutomation

How much more do you want to add to your panel?
Yes!!
#linuxmint #xfce #genmon (to display the command outputs)
#showyourdesktop

Playing around with some styling in the gtk.css for my #xfce panel widget scripts (via #genmon)
Aaargh, css has a weird syntax though!
But happy to see that the switch from #mate to xfce was worth it. The latter I find much easier to configure more individually.
And so the saga continues to more and more turn a DE into a #twm look alike.... 😅
#linuxmint #ricing #panel #lmfanboy