Fronius Power Monitor

fronius-power-monitor is a convenient tool for monitoring Fronius inverter-based photovoltaic (PV) systems. It extracts crucial performance data and stores it in InfluxDB, facilitating the creation of insightful dashboards for visualizing power generation, storage patterns, and overall system efficiency

Technologies Used

• Rust: A modern systems programming language focused on performance, reliability, and safety.
• Fronius REST API: Provides the interface to communicate with and collect data from your Fronius inverter system.
• InfluxDB: A time-series database optimized for storing and visualizing performance metrics like those from your PV system.

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Fronius PV System: An active Fronius inverter-based PV system accessible over your network.
• InfluxDB v2.x: A running InfluxDB v2.x instance with permissions to create a database (bucket) and write data.

Instructions:

1. Locate the config Directory: The configuration file needs to be placed in a directory named "config", located next to the fronius-power-monitor executable.
2. Create fronius-power-monitor.config: Within the "config" directory, create a file named fronius-power-monitor.config.
3. Replace the example config with the actual data for your setup.

Usage

• Prerequisites: Ensure you have a correctly configured fronius-power-monitor.config file in the "config" directory as detailed in the Installation section.

• Running the Tool: Simply execute the fronius-power-monitor binary. Once started, it will continuously collect data from your Fronius inverter and store it in your InfluxDB database.

• Automation (Optional): For automated start/stop control, you can create a systemd service (on Linux systems) or a similar service mechanism for Windows or macOS.

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/yourname/yourproject/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3). For the full license text, please see [LICENSE.md](link to your LICENSE.md file) or visit https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html

Release History

• 0.1.0
  • The first proper release