librenms-librenms/doc/Developing/os/Wireless-Sensors.md

source: Developing/os/Wireless-Sensors.md

This document will guide you through adding wireless sensors for your new wireless device.

Currently we have support for the following wireless metrics along with the values we expect to see the data in:

Type	Measurement	Interface	Description
ap-count	%	WirelessApCountDiscovery	The number of APs attached to this controller
capacity	%	WirelessCapacityDiscovery	The % of operating rate vs theoretical max
ccq	%	WirelessCcqDiscovery	The Client Connection Quality
clients	count	WirelessClientsDiscovery	The number of clients connected to/managed by this device
distance	km	WirelessDistanceDiscovery	The distance of a radio link in Kilometers
error-ratio	%	WirelessErrorRatioDiscovery	The percent of errored packets or bits, etc
frequency	MHz	WirelessFrequencyDiscovery	The frequency of the radio in MHz, channels can be converted
noise-floor	dBm/Hz	WirelessNoiseFloorDiscovery	The amount of noise received by the radio
power	dBm	WirelessPowerDiscovery	The power of transmit or receive, including signal level
quality	%	WirelessQualityDiscovery	The % of quality of the link, 100% = perfect link
rate	bps	WirelessRateDiscovery	The negotiated rate of the connection (not data transfer)
rssi	dBm	WirelessRssiDiscovery	The Received Signal Strength Indicator
snr	dBm	WirelessSnrDiscovery	The Signal to Noise ratio, which is signal - noise floor
utilization	%	WirelessUtilizationDiscovery	The % of utilization compared to the current rate

You will need to create a new OS class for your os if one doen't exist under LibreNMS/OS. The name of this file should be the os name in camel case for example airos -> Airos, ios-wlc -> IosWlc.

Your new OS class should extend LibreNMS\OS and implement the interfaces for the sensors your os supports.

namespace LibreNMS\OS;

use LibreNMS\Device\WirelessSensor;
use LibreNMS\Interfaces\Discovery\Sensors\WirelessClientsDiscovery;
use LibreNMS\OS;

class Airos extends OS implements WirelessClientsDiscovery
{
    public function discoverWirelessClients()
    {
        $oid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.41112.1.4.5.1.15.1'; //UBNT-AirMAX-MIB::ubntWlStatStaCount.1
        return array(
            new WirelessSensor('clients', $this->getDeviceId(), $oid, 'airos', 1, 'Clients')
        );
    }
}

All discovery interfaces will require you to return an array of WirelessSensor objects.

new WirelessSensor() Accepts the following arguments:

• $type = Required. This is the sensor class from the table above (i.e humidity).
• $device_id = Required. You can get this value with $this->getDeviceId()
• $oids = Required. This must be the numerical OID for where the data can be found, i.e .1.2.3.4.5.6.7.0. If this is an array of oids, you should probably specify an $aggregator.
• $index = Required. This must be unique for this sensor type, device and subtype. Typically it's the index from the table being walked or it could be the name of the OID if it's a single value.
• $subtype = Required. This should be the OS name, i.e airos.
• $description = Required. This is a descriptive value for the sensor. Shown to the user, if this is a per-ssid statistic, using SSID: $ssid here is appropriate
• $current = Defaults to null. Can be used to set the current value on discovery. If this is null the values will be polled right away and if they do not return valid value(s), the sensor will not be discovered. Supplying a value here implies you have already verified this sensor is valid.
• $multiplier = Defaults to 1. This is used to multiply the returned value.
• $divisor = Defaults to 1. This is used to divided the returned value.
• $aggregator = Defaults to sum. Valid values: sum, avg. This will combine multiple values from multiple oids into one.
• $access_point_id = Defaults to null. If this is a wireless controller, you can link sensors to entries in the access_points table.
• $high_limit = Defaults to null. Sets the high limit for the sensor, used in alerting to report out range sensors.
• $low_limit = Defaults to null. Sets the low threshold limit for the sensor, used in alerting to report out range sensors.
• $high_warn = Defaults to null. Sets the high warning limit for the sensor, used in alerting to report near out of range sensors.
• $low_warn = Defaults to null. Sets the low warning limit for the sensor, used in alerting to report near out of range sensors.
• $entPhysicalIndex = Defaults to null. Sets the entPhysicalIndex to be used to look up further hardware if available.
• $entPhysicalIndexMeasured = Defaults to null. Sets the type of entPhysicalIndex used, i.e ports.

Polling is done automatically based on the discovered data. If for some reason you need to override polling, you can implement the required polling interface in LibreNMS/Interfaces/Polling/Sensors. Using the polling interfaces should be avoided if possible.

Graphing is performed automatically for wireless sensors, no custom graphing is required or supported.