Connects to Domotics home automation software and controls a smartplug depending on current power usage. When power usage is low and solar power is being returned to the net, the smartplus get's activated and can turn on chargers or other equiptment to only use them while the sun is shining.

Install packages first: npm install

Then run npm run start

Install py packages:

pip install flask, requests

Set Py local env:

export FLASK_APP=app.py

flask run --host=0.0.0.0

sudo apt-get install python3-distutils

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

python3 get-pip.py

[Unit] Description=Solar charging service, requires Domoticz After=network.target

[Service] Environment="FLASK_APP=/home/pi/project_icarus/run.py" Type=simple ExecStart=/home/pi/.local/bin/flask run --host=0.0.0.0 Restart=on-failure SyslogIdentifier=solarcharging.log RestartSec=5 TimeoutStartSec=infinity

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

/etc/systemd/system/ -> nano solar.service

sudo systemd-analyze verify yourname.service

systemctl enable <service file name without .service extension>

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl start <service file name without .service extension>

nano ~/.bashrc

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH"

source ~/.bashrc

https://github.com/codetheweb/tuyapi https://github.com/codetheweb/tuyapi/blob/master/docs/SETUP.md