/pv_simulator_app

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PV Energy Meter Simulator

Steps for running:

  1. Install RabbitMQ and start the server running. Since RabbitMQ was a requirement for the project, I will assume the user has it installed and running.
  2. Create a virtual environment with python -m venv venv and activate it with source venv/bin/activate
  3. Install the dependency (pika, a RabbitMQ python client) with pip install -r requirements.txt
  4. In a terminal window, run python pv_simulator.py. This will start the pv_simulator listening for messages.
  5. In a new terminal window, run python meter.py. This will start the meter simulation sending continuous random watt values between 0-9000 for the pv_simulator to receive. It will continue to send messages every 2 seconds for the length of one day.
  6. The watt measurement sent by the meter will be written into a csv file, along with a timestamp, the watt measurement converted into kilowatts, and the sum of the powers (meter watts + PV kilowatts).