software for demand energy equality's solar tree

http://www.demandenergyequality.org/

gets modbus charge controller data (morning star tristar) via usb RS232 and pymodbus. Uploads data to cosm: https://cosm.com/feeds/75479

• sudo apt-get install python-lxml
• sudo apt-get install python-pymodbus
• sudo pip install mechanize

port forwards (using twisted) http or modbus so that an ssh tunnel can connect from the outside.

• twisted (comes with pymodbus)

• sudo apt-get install autossh

• ssh tunnel setup for modbus like so:

  ssh matt@mattvenn.net -Rmattvenn.net:10000:localhost:8080

sudo apt-get install libusb-dev sudo apt-get install ppp sakis3g recompile sudo cp sakis3g /usr/bin

cp netchecker /usr/sbin/ sudo update-rc.d netchecker defaults

• setup reader -> xively - done
• read only filesystem - done
• ssh tunnel