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# solar_bot
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## Description
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Small python script that reads a V.E Direct data stream (over usb/serial) and composes a mastodon post and then sends it every hour.
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## Hardware
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* Linux System (currently used on a OrangePi5 which hosts the solarcene.community Mastodon instance)
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* Victron Energy VE.Direct to USB interface
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* Victron MPPT Charge Controller
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## Software
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* Python3
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* vedirect - https://github.com/karioja/vedirect
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* mastdon.py - https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py
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* apscheduler - https://github.com/agronholm/apscheduler
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* redis.py - https://github.com/redis/redis-py
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* Redis
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## Demo
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* https://solarcene.community/@solar_bot |