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systemd configuration file for RFXcom to MQTT Perl script

First job of the evening (at least, first indoor job of the evening) was to come up with a unit file to start the Perl script that takes power consumption data from my RFXcom unit and publishes it to MQTT. … Continue reading

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Two steps forward, one step back

This evening I made rather better progress with emoncms than I did a couple of days ago. I decided to go all-in and set up supervisord to control the processes running in the Docker container and that seemed to work … Continue reading

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Publishing RFXmeter power sensor data to MQTT

More hunting around for helpful modules led me to believe that the easiest way to get data from my RFXmeter sensors into MQTT/mosquitto so it can be read by emoncms was to stick with Perl and use the Device::RFXCOM and … Continue reading

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Setting up emoncms in Docker

As I posted earlier, there’s a github project for setting up emoncms in Docker, but the configuration assumes that a MySQL instance will be set up in a second Docker image and everything built together with docker-compose, which wasn’t what … Continue reading

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The power monitoring plan is coming together

As I may want to use power consumption data (and other information, such as data from the weather station) in a number of different applications, I’ve come to the conclusion that MQTT may be a way forward, allowing those applications … Continue reading

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