Python Xantrex Uploader for PVOutput.org
These scripts borrow heavily from PowerMon. I created this because I moved from a Windows laptop to the Raspberry PI and couldn't find any suitable programs / scripts to upload Xantrex Inverter data to PVOutput.org
##Requirements
Requires feedparser and pyserial. If your distro doesn't have any of the requirements installed, run the command:
apt-get install python python-serial python-feedparser curl
Also requires a free Open Weather Map account in order to utilise the API (http://openweathermap.org/)
##Usage
Clone to the desired path.
Edit pvoutput_config.py and set your APIKey and SystemID
Edit xantrex_data.py and change the Serial port if required. I am using a USB Serial adapter.
Edit weather.py and make the following changes:
owm_api = '######' to your Open Weather Map api key
owm_cityid = '######' to your Open Weather Map city. A list of cities and ID's can be found at the following link: http://openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt. ID is the first column
owm_unit - 'metric' to imperial if you want data displayed in Imperial (Farenheit, Miles, etc)
Setup a cron job to execute:
python run_me.py --live at the desired intervals (every 5, 10, 15 min).
Eg I have it running every 5 minutes between 6am & 6pm
*/5 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 * * * python /home/pi/solar/run_me.py --live > /home/pi/solar/errors.log 2>&1 0 18 * * * python /home/pi/solar/run_me.py --live > /home/pi/solar/errors.log 2>&1
python run_me.py --daily_summary at the desired time when inverter is offline. This will add the daily summary, update weather, etc
Eg I have it run the final daily upload after the inverter has shut off at 9.02pm
2 21 * * * python /home/pi/solar/run_me.py --daily_summary > /home/pi/solar/errors.log 2>&1
My PVOutPut page: http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?userid=6608
##To Do
Add MySql logging of data