dbus-mutliplus-emulator - Emulates a MultiPlus II 48/5000/70-50

GitHub repository: mr-manuel/venus-os_dbus-multiplus-emulator

Purpose

The script emulates a MultiPlus II in Venus OS. This allows to show the correct values in the overview.

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Config

There is nothing specific to configure and it should work out of the box. If you have multiple grid meters, batteries or phases, then a configuration is maybe needed. In this case edit the dbus-multiplus-emulator.py and search for the USER CHANGABLE VALUES | START section.

Install

1. Login to your Venus OS device via SSH. See Venus OS:Root Access for more details.

2. Execute this commands to download and extract the files:

   # change to temp folder
   cd /tmp
   
   # download driver
   wget -O /tmp/venus-os_dbus-multiplus-emulator.zip https://github.com/mr-manuel/venus-os_dbus-multiplus-emulator/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
   
   # If updating: cleanup old folder
   rm -rf /tmp/venus-os_dbus-multiplus-emulator-master
   
   # unzip folder
   unzip venus-os_dbus-multiplus-emulator.zip
   
   # If updating: cleanup existing driver
   rm -rf /data/etc/dbus-multiplus-emulator
   
   # copy files
   cp -R /tmp/venus-os_dbus-multiplus-emulator-master/dbus-multiplus-emulator/ /data/etc/

3. Run bash /data/etc/dbus-multiplus-emulator/install.sh to install the driver as service.

   The daemon-tools should start this service automatically within seconds.

Uninstall

Run /data/etc/dbus-multiplus-emulator/uninstall.sh

Restart

Run /data/etc/dbus-multiplus-emulator/restart.sh

Debugging

The logs can be checked with tail -n 100 -f /data/log/dbus-multiplus-emulator/current | tai64nlocal