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[RandomMike360]

Hi, the orginal issue I had with the plugin was the corsair psu was automatically replacing my cpu cooler on startup.

I have found a work around and have this sorted to bypass the corsair psu fan.

The plugin loads on startup but does not control anything untill I press the start button on each one.

Is there a command that can be used to automate the start button press for each?

FanCtrl PlusStatus: Running

CPU_Cooler 32 °C (CPU) 703 / 43% Active
Rear_Bottom_Exhaust 30 °C (Disk) 558 / 37% Active
Hot_Swap30 °C (Disk) 819 / 40% Active
LSi_9211_8i32 °C (CPU) 3609 / 70% Active
Front_Intake30 °C (Disk) 679 / 40% Active

[HarryF2]

Hello, I think I have the same problem.
my Unraid goes into sleep mode (S3) overnight. When it wakes up, FanCTRL Plus continues to run, but no fan control is taking place. If I stop and then restart the plugin manually, everything works again.
I'd also like to know if there's a command to automate stopping and starting the plugin? Will this be fixed in the next updates? Many thanks for the great plugin.

[RandomMike360]

I created a userscript to fix my issue my particuar issue, but im sure this could hekp -

#!/bin/bash

fanctrlplus_update.sh

Update fanctrlplus config files, back up old files, log progress, and restart the plugin.

Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status, and treat unset variables as an error.

set -eu

--- Variables ---

readonly SOURCE_DIR="/mnt/user/temp/fanctrlplus"
readonly TARGET_DIR="/boot/config/plugins/fanctrlplus"
readonly LOG_FILE="/var/log/fanctrlplus_update.log"
readonly BACKUP_DIR="${TARGET_DIR}/backup_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
readonly FILES=("fanctrlplus_CPU_Cooler.cfg" "pwm_labels.cfg")
readonly PLUGIN_RESTART_CMD="/etc/rc.d/rc.fanctrlplus restart"

Function to log messages with timestamp

log() {
echo "[$(date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S)] $1" >> "$LOG_FILE"
}

--- Execution Start ---

log "Starting fanctrlplus config file update process."

1. Check if source directory exists

if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ]; then
log "ERROR: Source directory $SOURCE_DIR not found. Aborting."
echo "ERROR: Source directory $SOURCE_DIR not found. Check the path."
exit 1
fi

2. Create backup

log "Creating backup directory: $BACKUP_DIR"
mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"

log "Starting file backup..."
for FILE in "${FILES[@]}"; do
if [ -f "$TARGET_DIR/$FILE" ]; then
cp -v "$TARGET_DIR/$FILE" "$BACKUP_DIR/" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
log "Backed up $FILE to $BACKUP_DIR"
else
log "WARNING: Target file $TARGET_DIR/$FILE not found. Skipping backup for this file."
fi
done

3. Replace files

log "Starting file replacement..."
for FILE in "${FILES[@]}"; do
SOURCE_PATH="$SOURCE_DIR/$FILE"
TARGET_PATH="$TARGET_DIR/$FILE"
if [ -f "$SOURCE_PATH" ]; then
cp -v "$SOURCE_PATH" "$TARGET_PATH" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
log "Replaced $FILE from $SOURCE_DIR. New permissions/owner:"
ls -l "$TARGET_PATH" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
else
log "ERROR: Source file $SOURCE_PATH not found. Skipping replacement for this file."
fi
done

log "fanctrlplus config file update complete."

4. Restart plugin

log "Restarting FanCtrl Plus plugin using command: $PLUGIN_RESTART_CMD"

Execute the restart command and direct all output (stdout and stderr) to the log file

$PLUGIN_RESTART_CMD >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
log "FanCtrl Plus restarted successfully."
COMPLETION_MESSAGE="✅ SUCCESS: fanctrlplus update and restart finished."
else
log "ERROR: Failed to restart FanCtrl Plus (exit code: $?). Check system logs."
COMPLETION_MESSAGE="⚠️ WARNING: Config files updated, but FanCtrl Plus restart failed."
fi

5. Final summary

log "Script completion. Final status reported."

Display a completion visual to the user in the console

echo "--------------------------------------------------------"
echo "$COMPLETION_MESSAGE"
echo "Backup saved to: $BACKUP_DIR"
echo "Full log: $LOG_FILE"
echo "--------------------------------------------------------"

[HarryF2]

Many thanks to RandomMike360, you were a great help. Thank you.

To the developer, it's a fantastic plugin, I hope you can fix the bug. Thanks!

[shiftylilbastrd]

Hi, the orginal issue I had with the plugin was the corsair psu was automatically replacing my cpu cooler on startup.

I have found a work around and have this sorted to bypass the corsair psu fan.

How did you fix this? I have the same issue.