Switched und outlet-metered 19" rack-mount PDU supported by Home Assistant?

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I am currently looking into a power supply for my 19" server rack that supports outlet-metered (measure power consumption on each port individually) and switchable (on/off control for each port) via IP and is easy to integrate into home assistant?

Hardware-wise I found GUDE products that support my needs … but I am not sure about how to integrate them into HA…

12-fold switched and outlet-metered PDU - GUDE Systems

[Chef-de-IT]

ATEN Rack PDU

I prefer CyberPower PDU’s, though, and if you want to integrate those, you may have to use SSH, perhaps via SSH Integration - Connect your servers to Home Assistant

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Managed to integrate the GUDE PDU … works with MQTT!

[vinc14 (vinc)]

i have a gude pdu too, how did you do it?

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GUDE PDU 8045-1 integration via MQTT

Power consumption via MQTT came with an update the GUDE team did specifically after my request. Basically you receive the values via MQTT. I have my mosquitto broker running as a docker container and hocked those credentials into the Gude frontend. Then you need to put those values into Homeassistant. My configuration looks something like this: sensor: #GUDE PDU: total system power consumption - unique_id: pdu_consumption name: "PDU Total Consumption" stat…

[vinc14 (vinc)]

thanks a lot for your feedback
i have got a older one
the Gude Expert Power Controll 8220

think i will have to go over snmp

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… or try contact GUDE support. They have been super helpful in my case.

[mf19862]

Did they sent you a new inoffical Firmware with MQTT Support for the 8220?
The last Firmware available for the 8220 on their Website is from 2017.

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No I have the Expert Power Control 8045-1 (v1.4.1-R2). I think they did send me a preview firmware but it is now public.

For older models maybe inquire them directly.