Wiren Board 6

This manual describes the step-by-step process of installing an agent to Wiren Board 6 automation controller.

Special thanks to svdu user from Wiren Board forum.

Installation

  1. Download the archive with the agent.

  2. Unpack it to the folder /opt/saymon-agent/.

  3. Download archive with JDK (site registration is required).

  4. Unpack the archive to the folder temp, copy the directory jre from there to /opt/saymon-agent/.

  5. Execute the following commands:

    $useradd -M -r -s /bin/false -K MAIL_DIR=/dev/null saymon
    $chown -R saymon:saymon /opt/saymon-agent
    $cp /opt/saymon-agent/systemd/* /etc/systemd/system
    $systemctl enable saymon-agent
    $service saymon-agent start

Agent configuration

If necessary, the agent configuration file /opt/saymon-agent/conf/agent.properties can be modified.

Log files

Agent logs are recorded to the directory /var/log/saymon.

Logs can be disabled with modifying the file /opt/saymon-agent/conf/logback-upstart.xml:

Logs enabled
<root level="INFO">
<appender-ref ref="FILE-INFO"/>
<!--<appender-ref ref="FILE-DEBUG"/>-->
<!--<appender-ref ref="SYSLOG"/>-->
</root>
Logs disabled
<root level="INFO">
<!--<appender-ref ref="FILE-INFO"/>-->
<!--<appender-ref ref="FILE-DEBUG"/>-->
<!--<appender-ref ref="SYSLOG"/>-->
</root>

Agent service

It is possible to check agent status, start, restart or stop it with the following commands respectively:

$service saymon-agent status
$service saymon-agent start
$service saymon-agent restart
$service saymon-agent stop