Disable and enable POE-port on specific times

[joppez]

I have been looking for running a script to disable and enable a POE-port at night and in the morning (during sleeptime).

I found the "update_switch_poe-mode.php" example, but I'm lost as to where I need to start get the script running and how I can set the times.

I have the api browser running on my Raspberry Pi and that works. But any help as where to start now to get the script running would be very helpfull.

[malle-pietje]

I suggest starting to get one or more copies of that script running from the command line.

php update_switch_poe-mode.php off

or

php update_switch_poe-mode.php on

Make sure to configure the correct MAC address for the switch/IW-device as well as the switch ports:
https://github.com/Art-of-WiFi/UniFi-API-client/blob/master/examples/update_switch_poe-mode.php#L32
https://github.com/Art-of-WiFi/UniFi-API-client/blob/master/examples/update_switch_poe-mode.php#L37

Then create a cron job that kicks off your command. This is out of the scope of the support I provide here but maybe others can pitch in with suggestions and or tips.

[joppez]

Thanks for the reply. I put the php file into the /var/www/html folder. Next I have updated the MAC address and the number of the port.

When I execute the php file ony my raspberry, it says:

PHP Warning: require_once(config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/update_switch_poe-mode.php on line 11
PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/html/UniFi-API-browser/update_switch_poe-mode.php on line 11

What I don't understand: where do I need to put the php file and how does the php-file connect to the Unifi Api? I'm sorry if this are really basic questions.

[joppez]

Any help would be welcome :)

[thib3113]

Ok, so basically :

• first maybe create a subfolder insteed of directly using the html folder ( like /var/www/html/unifi ) .
• in the example folder, take the config.template.php, fill the values (that will tell how to connect to your unifi), and rename the file config.php
• in the same folder, put your update_switch_poe-mode.php .

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the line in https://github.com/Art-of-WiFi/UniFi-API-client/blob/master/examples/update_switch_poe-mode.php#L22 tell to require (require and require_once are nearly the same) the file config.php, it's a relative path, to 'config.php' (so in the same folder as the other php) .

ALso reading the comment just before the require, it tell you :

 * include the config file (place your credentials etc. there if not already present)
 * see the config.template.php file for an example

so :

• you need to place your credential in a config.php file
• you can take the file config.template.php for the example of "how to write your credentials"

For the question how does the php-file connect to the Unifi Api ?, on line 65, it will pass
$controlleruser, $controllerpassword, $controllerurl, $site_id, and $controllerversion, all of this variables come from the config.php .