Cheshire Cat Computing

As has been mentioned, the gauge.swf file previously available from http://www.maani.us/ has been replaced with slickboard.swf, and this is not compatible with the gaugexml.cgi script.

However, I now have v3.0 of gaugexml.cgi, and this is compatible with both versions! In order to make it work with slickboard, though, you need to use the Javascript provided by the maani people.

So, here are the instructions:

1. Obtain slickboard from http://www.maani.us/slickboard/index.php?menu=Download or from the attachment below.

2. Install the slickboard.swf and AC_RunActiveContent.js into your web server directory root. Also put the gaugexml3.js file attached below in there.

3. Install the new gaugexml3.cgi into your cgi-bin. Edit the parameters at the start of the script for CFGDIR, ROUTERSCGI and so on as required. You may need to use gaugexml3.pl or gaugexml3.cgi, depending on your web server.

4. Place this Javascript at the beginning of your web page:


5. Where you want the gauge to appear, insert the following code. You will also need to use the appropriate MRTG config file name for mrtg.cfg, and the appropriate Target name for targetname.


The gauge should now display, if you've done it correctly. Note that this is a BETA! If it doesn't work, here are some things to check:
1. Check the file is using the correct extension (.pl or .cgi) and has execute permission.
2. Check you've set the correct parameters in the gaugexml3.cgi script
3. In the Javascript, make sure you've specified the correct CFG file location and target name.
4. Try it all in HTTP (not HTTPS first)

Also, note that the clickable links (you can click on a gauge and it should take you to the corresponding Routers2 graph) will not work unless you have a registered version of slickboard. which costs US$59.

If you want to display more than one gauge, you can use the gauge() line in step 5 above multiple times.

You can see a demo of this at https://monitor.auckland.ac.nz/swfdemo.html

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

A new version (3.2) is currently in beta which will have the correct links, custom right-click menu, popup tooltips howing target information and actual values, and corrects some of the labelling.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

Wow! You are fast. Great work Steve!

Take a look at https://monitor.auckland.ac.nz/wlan3.html if you'd like to see what the latest version can do.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

Version 3.3 (and the whold dashboard code) has been added to the links in the first post.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

Thank you for this. I will send this to my programmer. He will do the dirty job.

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Living la vida loca!