Installing on Linux

Pre-requisites

Get software

• Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit): https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
• Anaconda: https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual

Create a new python environment

conda create -n SmartPlugAutomate python=3.8

Activate the environment

conda activate SmartPlugAutomate

Clone the environment (replace home directory)

cd /home/david

git clone https://github.com/niftimus/SmartPlugAutomate.git

Install libraries

cd /home/david/SmartPlugAutomate

pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Edit configuration

Edit the file config/smartplug-car.json

• Ensure plug_address points to the IP of the TP-Link smartplug (e.g. 10.1.2.13)
• Ensure solar_monitor_url points to the URL of the Enphase monitor endpoint (e.g. http://10.1.2.3/production.json)
• Set min_power is set to the expected energy consumption of the connected device
• Set min_off to the minimum number of seconds to remain off (grace period)
• Set min_on to the minimum number of seconds to remain on (grace period)
• Set check_interval to the number of seconds for each check interval
• Set web_port to the port number of the UI interface

Create service

Create a file as root /etc/systemd/system/smartplug-car.service (replace home directory as required):

[Unit]
Description=SmartPlug charger (car) service

[Service]
User=david

# Set the working directory
WorkingDirectory=/home/david/SmartPlugAutomate

# Set the path to the script
ExecStart=/home/david/SmartPlugAutomate/go.sh --config config/smartplug-car.json
SuccessExitStatus=143
TimeoutStopSec=10
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Set the service to run automatically on startup:

sudo systemctl enable smartplug-car.service

Running

Start the service:

sudo service smartplug-car start

Check that the service is running:

sudo service smartplug-car status

 smartplug-car.service - Smartplug charger (car) service
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/smartplug-car.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-09-24 20:44:39 AEST; 3 weeks 3 days ago
 Main PID: 935 (go.sh)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 4573)
   CGroup: /system.slice/smartplug-car.service
           ├─ 935 /bin/bash /home/david/SmartPlugAutomate/go.sh --config config/smartplug-car.jso
           └─1235 python smartcontrol.py --config config/smartplug-car.json

Usage

Log in to the web UI:

http://0.0.0.0:8001

The web UI should display with the latest plug status. Note: This UI will be available to other devices on the network.