X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3d478971029c0030820b02a86fcf1acb12e05ebb;hb=793bec1c1dc3e6bb9479ed5be3c37d58119778dd;hp=04e87abfb5edc5a15b5e311c8d8d53ab72028149;hpb=94a1816eb0fe9291ccfb966d15eb646e93086368;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 04e87abf..3d478971 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ Features - serial RX and TX of serial interfaces. Linux only; needs root privileges. + - sigrok + Uses libsigrok as a backend, allowing any sigrok-supported device + to have its measurements fed to collectd. This includes multimeters, + sound level meters, thermometers, and much more. + - snmp Read values from SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) enabled network devices such as switches, routers, thermometers, rack monitoring @@ -387,7 +392,9 @@ Features done. - write_graphite - Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite. + Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite using TCP or UDP. It + can be configured to avoid logging send errors (especially useful when + using UDP). - write_http Sends the values collected by collectd to a web-server using HTTP POST @@ -616,6 +623,10 @@ Prerequisites Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon. + * libmnl (optional) + Used by the `netlink' plugin. + + * libmodbus (optional) Used by the “modbus” plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. The “modbus” plugin works with version 2.0.3 of the library – due to frequent @@ -630,10 +641,6 @@ Prerequisites Required for the “netapp” plugin. This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. - * libnetlink (optional) - Used, obviously, for the `netlink' plugin. - - * libnetsnmp (optional) For the `snmp' plugin.