Hi!
I want to run mosquitto sub command in a python script instead of typing it in raspberry pi terminal but I don't know how to do it. I need your help please
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How I can run mosquitto_sub command from python script ?
Below is a python script that prints the battery voltage and exits. You need to change the mqtt_broker for your installation. See at the bottom of this page on how to find the correct one:
https://github.com/victronenergy/dbus-mqtt
from time import sleep
import ssl
import json
import os
from paho.mqtt.client import Client
username = "your VRM email"
password = "your VRM pasword"
portal_id = "your VRM portal ID"
mqtt_broker = "mqtt67.victronenergy.com"
def on_message(client, userdata, message):
val = json.loads(message.payload)
print(val["value"])
client.loop_stop()
client.disconnect()
os._exit(0)
def on_connect(client, userdata, rc, *args):
client.subscribe("N/%s/system/0/Dc/Battery/Voltage" % portal_id)
client = Client("P1")
client.tls_set(cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE)
client.tls_insecure_set(True)
client.username_pw_set(username, password=password)
client.connect(mqtt_broker, port=8883)
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.loop_start()
while True:
sleep(1)
When I run this with my credentials, nothing happens - the terminal window just has a square in.
Can anyone confirm if this works as intended?
I had to run the Remote VRM console at the same time to get data back to this script. I think this is because of required keep-alive function that I've seen mentioned somewhere. In this case, running the remote VRM console in another window or device "wakes" up the MQTT broker.
Here's a python script that creates the 'keepalive' message without using VRM...
