alpha-ess-web_mqtt

This service gets the webdata from the alphaess.com and publishes it via MQTT. It runs on a Raspberry Pi.

Install python modules

The following python3 modules are needed:

$ sudo pip3 install simplejson paho-mqtt

Install the Chrome driver

$ sudo apt install chromium-chromedriver
$ sudo pip3 install selenium

Settings

Rename the settings.py.example file into setting.py file and adapt the settings.

MQTT output

The service will produce the following MQTT JSON message based on the data of the AlphaEss.com website:

huis/AlphaESS/AlphaESS/solar {'pv': 0.0, 'load': 3.2, 'battery': 54.8, 'feed-in': 0.0, 'grid-consumption': 0.0}

Thanks

Thanks to DasLezteEinhorn for the AlphaEssMonitor.py file