kronoterm2mqtt 0.1.7

Sends MQTT events from KRONOTERM device

kronoterm2mqtt

Get information from the Kronoterm heat pump connected to Modbus TEX interface.

While reading Modbus registers from the pump the kronoterm2mqtt sends MQTT discovery events from KRONOTERM to MQTT broker (Mosquito) that Home Assistant then reads and the sensor readings appear therein automatically.

Optionally, the MQTT loop can also control custom (DIY) IO expander to be added to heat pump controlling additional heating loops and pumps for solar DHW pre-heat boiler. This expander board is using Arduino nano MCU to provide serial (UART) interface for Raspberry Pi control. See Etera UART GPIO expander project for help on the protocol and interface. By default, this module functionality is disabled so that only Kronoterm Heat Pump MQTT can still be used without having this hardware module.

Bootstrap kronoterm2mqtt

Clone the sources and just call the CLI to create a Python Virtualenv, e.g.:

~$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/kosl/kronoterm2mqtt.git
~$ cd kronoterm2mqtt
~/kronoterm2mqtt$ ./cli.py --help

The output of ./cli.py --help looks like:

kronoterm2mqtt v0.1.6 bed9746 (/home/leon/kronoterm2mqtt)
                                                                                            
 Usage: ./cli.py [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...                                                
                                                                                            
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help      Show this message and exit.                                                  │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ edit-settings         Edit the settings file. On first call: Create the default one.     │
│ print-registers       Print RAW modbus register data                                     │
│ print-settings        Display (anonymized) MQTT server username and password             │
│ print-values          Print all values from the definition                               │
│ probe-usb-ports       Probe through the USB ports and print the values from definition   │
│ publish-loop          Publish KRONOTERM registers to Home Assistant MQTT                 │
│ systemd-debug         Print Systemd service template + context + rendered file content.  │
│ systemd-remove        Remove Systemd service file. (May need sudo)                       │
│ systemd-setup         Write Systemd service file, enable it and (re-)start the service.  │
│                       (May need sudo)                                                    │
│ systemd-status        Display status of systemd service. (May need sudo)                 │
│ systemd-stop          Stops the systemd service. (May need sudo)                         │
│ test-mqtt-connection  Test connection to MQTT Server                                     │
│ version               Print version and exit                                             │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
                                                                                            
 Project Homepage: https://github.com/kosl/kronoterm2mqtt

Setup

Once having hardware (Modbus wiring) correctly installed the steps to get running are:

1. ./cli-app.py edit-setting to configure MQTT host and credentials, heat pump model and RS485 port.
2. ./cli-app.py test-mqtt-connection to check that Mosquitto broker accepts connections.
3. ./cli-app.py print-values to see the actual registers from the heat pump converted to correct units.
4. Install and configure MQTT integration in Home assistant
5. ./cli-app.py publish-loop to see the heat pump under Home Assistant -> Settings -> Devices & Services -> MQTT.
6. sudo ./cli-app.py systemd-setup to create permanent service, and
7. sudo ./cli-app.py systemd-start to start the publish-loop service

There are some other useful commands to debug (-v switch) and develop it further. Unwanted registers can be commented out by changing kronoterm2mqtt/definitions/kronoterm_ksm.toml individual [[sensor]] entries to something like [[sensor_disabled]] so that it will be skipped during definitions scan. There are quite some number of disabled sensors that can be shown and the TOML file can get more sensors if required.

print-values

$ ./cli.py print-values

+ /home/leon/kronoterm2mqtt/.venv-app/bin/kronoterm2mqtt_app print-values

kronoterm2mqtt v0.1.6 42cf603 (/home/leon/kronoterm2mqtt)

Connect to /dev/ttyUSB0...
          HP inlet temperature 30.7 °C
               DHW temperature 48.1 °C
           Outside temperature 29.0 °C
         HP outlet temperature 30.9 °C
       Evaporating temperature 30.7 °C
        Compressor temperature 30.3 °C
     Current power consumption 0.0 W
            Loop 1 temperature 29.8 °C
            Loop 2 temperature 28.3 °C
 Loop 2 thermostat temperature 25.5 °C
       Heating system pressure 1.4 bar
               Source pressure 1.8 bar
                           COP 0.00 
                          SCOP 0.00 

Using PyPi repository

kronoterm2mqtt is released under PyPi so that it is easier to install it in a virtual environment such as:

python -m venv venv
venv/bin/pip install kronoterm2mqtt
venv/bin/kronoterm2mqtt_app edit-settings
venv/bin/kronoterm2mqtt_app print-values

Images

Modbus RTU connection within a Kronoterm ETERA heat pump from Raspberry Pi3B to TEX interface

Raspberry Pi3B (running Home Assistant) and a small 5-port ethernet switch below are powered by a buckle step down (12->5V) converters.

Home Assistant

Home Assistant -> Settings -> Devices & Services -> MQTT screenshot

TODO

• enum_sensor to convert status registers to more meaningfull text readings instead of float sensor
• switch to turn on at least DHW circulation pump manually in Home Assistant and then programatically since 6 transitions provided by the heat pump is too limited
• binary_sensor to show some two-state states
• binary_sensor to decode binary statuses in enum like manner combined. For example error messages or "additional activations".
• Upgrade ha-services with number component allowing change of some numeric parameters (set temperatures, etc.).

References

• Navodila za priklop in uporabo CNS sistema.pdf Kronoterm Modbus RTU description (in Slovene) obtained from Kronoterm support
• Installation and Operating Manual for BMS System.pdf Kronoterm Modbus V3.13-1 RTU description obtained from Kronoterm support