README.md

Pownal Solar

Introduction

This software runs on a raspberry pi and toggles up to eight relays.

Setup

Begin by cloning the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/oppenheimj/pownal-solar.git

Modify the contents of data/*. Add up to eight relay names in relayNames.txt and specify schedules within times.csv. For example, if relayNames.txt looks like

Outside lights
Modem
Kitchen lights

and times.csv looks like

1,0600,2100
3,0200,0500

then the outside lights will be toggled at 6am and 9pm and the Kitchen lights at 2am and 5am. Finally, run both

$ python scheduler.py 

and

$ python menu.py

as different processes.

Next steps

• Schedule strict turn-on or turn-off commands, rather than simply toggling
• Add a simple API to allow the relays to be controlled over HTTP on the local network