eioo / smartonoff

Can turn relays on / off based on current electricity prices, temperature or many other options. Works with Raspberry Pi!

Smart On/Off

Can turn relays on / off based on current electricity prices. Works with Raspberry Pi!

Currently only Fortum.fi electricity prices are supported.

Requirements

Required packages:

• node.js and npm
• xvkbd unix package
• chromium-browser

Installing & Running

You need to be connected to internet. Ethernet and wireless both work.

First of all, start by going to src/config.ts and modify it up to your needs.

Building

If you use npm, run these commands:

npm install
npm run build

If you use yarn, run these commands:

yarn install
yarn build

Running the application

Running:

npm run server OR yarn server

Build and run:

npm start OR yarn start

Development environment:

npm run dev or yarn dev

Setupping LCD Display (optional)

The screen I'm using: RB-LCD-7-2

Add text below to /boot/config.txt to set display mode correctly.

max_usb_current=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 1024 600 60 6 0 0 0
hdmi_drive=1

I use addon called Virtual Keyboard to enable touch keyboard on Chromium. Recommended zoom level with my displays resolution is 120%.

Start on boot (optional)

To autostart the script on boot, add following command to ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

@lxterminal -e "/PATH/TO/smartonoff/scripts/start.sh"

Run these commands to make node available for root if getting error when using NVM installation of node:

n=$(which node)
n=${n%/bin/node}
chmod -R 755 $n/bin/*
sudo cp -r $n/{bin,lib,s

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details