OpenADRVen Agent

OpenADR (Automated Demand Response) is a standard for alerting and responding to the need to adjust electric power consumption in response to fluctuations in grid demand.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8

Installation

1. Create and activate a virtual environment.

   python -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate
   

2. Install volttron and start the platform.

   pip install volttron
   
   
   # Start platform with output going to volttron.log
   volttron -vv -l volttron.log &
   

3. Install and start the Volttron OpenADRVen Agent.

   vctl install volttron-openadr-ven --agent-config <path to agent config> \
   --vip-identity openadr.ven \
   --start
   

4. View the status of the installed agent

   vctl status
   

5. Observe Data

   The OpenADR publishes events on the message bus. To see these events in the Volttron log file, install a Listener Agent:

   vctl install volttron-listener --start
   

   Once installed, you should see the data being published by viewing the Volttron logs file that was created in step 2.

   To watch the logs, open a separate terminal and run the following command:

   tail -f <path to folder containing volttron.log>/volttron.log
   

Agent Configuration

The required parameters for this agent are "ven_name" and "vtn_url". Below is an example of a correct configuration with optional parameters added.

    {
        "ven_name": "PNNLVEN",
        "vtn_url": "https://eiss2demo.ipkeys.com/oadr2/OpenADR2/Simple/2.0b",
        "cert_path": "~/.ssh/secret/TEST_RSA_VEN_210923215148_cert.pem",
        "key_path": "~/.ssh/secret/TEST_RSA_VEN_210923215148_privkey.pem",
        "debug": true,
        "disable_signature": true
    }

Save this configuration in a JSON file in your preferred location. An example of such a configuration is saved in the root of this repository; the file is named config_example1.json

Testing

If you don't have a dedicated VTN to test the VolttronOpenADR against, you can setup a local VTN instead. This VTN will be hosted at localhost on port 8080 (i.e. 127.0.0.1:8080). This VTN will accept registrations from a VEN named 'ven123', requests all reports that the VEN offers, and create an Event for the VEN. After setting up a local VTN, configure an VolttronOpenADRVen Agent against that local VTN and then install the agent on your VOLTTRON instance. Ensure that the VOLTTRON instance is running on the same host that the VTN is running on.

To setup a local VTN, we have provided a script and a custom agent configuration for convenience. Follow the steps below to setup a local VTN and corresponding Volttron OpenADRVen Agent:

Setup VTN

Setup a dedicated environment for the VTN.

1. Clone this repo.

2. Create a dedicated virtual environment for the VTN:

   python -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate
   

3. Install openleadr:

   pip install openleadr
   

4. At the top level of this repo, run the VTN server in the foreground so that we can observe logs:

   python utils/vtn.py
   

   This VTN uses port 8080 by default. If you want to use a custom port, set the environment variable "VTN_PORT" to your desired port and start the VTN. For example:

   VTN_PORT=8081 python utils/vtn.py
   

   After you start the VTN, you should see the following logs:

   If you provide a 'ven_lookup' to your OpenADRServer() init, OpenLEADR can automatically issue ReregistrationRequests for VENs that don't exist in your system.
   
   Please see https://openleadr.org/docs/server.html#things-you-should-implement.
   
   ************************************************************************
           Your VTN Server is now running at
       http://127.0.0.1:8080/OpenADR2/Simple/2.0b
   ************************************************************************
   

Setup VolttronOpenADR Ven

Setup a dedicated environment for the Volttron platform and VolttronOpenADRVen Agent.

1. Open up another terminal, create a folder called temp, and create another virtual environment:

   mkdir temp
   cd temp
   python -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate
   

2. Install volttron:

   pip install volttron
   

3. Run volttron in the background:

   volttron -vv -l volttron.log &
   

4. Install the VolttronOpenADRVEN Agent using the configuration provided under utils:

   vctl install volttron-openadr-ven --agent-config utils/config_toy_ven.json --tag openadr --start
   

5. Observe the logs to verify that the Event from the local VTN was received by the VolttronOpenADRVEN agent. The topic follows this format "openadr/event/<event_id>/".

   tail -f volttron.log
   

   You should expect to see the following in the logs:

       2023-01-12 12:01:36,222 (volttron-listener-0.2.0rc0 31258) listener.agent(104) INFO: Peer: pubsub, Sender: volttron-openadr-ven-1.0.1a1_1:, Bus: ,
       Topic: openadr/event/2ab3526f-235b-4c66-8b31-e04a95406913/ven123, Headers: {'TimeStamp': '2023-01-12T20:01:36.215472+00:00', 'min_compatible_version': '3.0', 'max_compatible_version': ''
       }, Message:
       {'active_period': {'dtstart': '2023-01-12T20:05:47.204310+00:00',
                       'duration': 3600},
       'event_descriptor': {'created_date_time': '2023-01-12T20:00:47.204940+00:00',
                           'event_id': '2ab3526f-235b-4c66-8b31-e04a95406913',
                           'event_status': 'far',
                           'market_context': 'oadr://unknown.context',
                           'modification_date_time': '2023-01-12T20:00:47.204950+00:00',
                           'modification_number': 0,
                           'priority': 0,
                           'test_event': False},
       'event_signals': [{'intervals': [{'dtstart': '2023-01-12T20:05:47.204310+00:00',
                                       'duration': 3600,
                                       'signal_payload': 100.0,
                                       'uid': 0}],
                           'signal_id': '9e3cda6b-9d09-4f5a-99e5-00b41e480d2f',
                           'signal_name': 'simple',
                           'signal_type': 'level'}],
       'response_required': 'always',
       'targets': [{'ven_id': 'ven_id_123'}],
       'targets_by_type': {'ven_id': ['ven_id_123']}}
   

Development

Please see the following for contributing guidelines contributing.

Please see the following helpful guide about developing modular VOLTTRON agents

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