volttron-platform-driver 0.1.1a1

The Platform Driver agent is a special purpose agent that manages communication between the Volttron platform and devices. The Platform driver features a number of endpoints for collecting data and sending control signals using the message bus and automatically publishes data to the bus on a specified interval.

Platform Driver Agent

The Platform Driver agent is a special purpose agent a user can install on the platform to manage communication of the platform with devices. The Platform driver features a number of endpoints for collecting data and sending control signals using the message bus and automatically publishes data to the bus on a specified interval.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8

Python

To install Python 3.8, we recommend using pyenv.

# install pyenv
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv ~/.pyenv

# setup pyenv (you should also put these three lines in .bashrc or similar)
export PATH="${HOME}/.pyenv/bin:${PATH}"
export PYENV_ROOT="${HOME}/.pyenv"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"

# install Python 3.8
pyenv install 3.8.10

# make it available globally
pyenv global system 3.8.10

Installation

Create and activate a virtual environment.

python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

Installing volttron-platform-driver requires a running volttron instance.

pip install volttron

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

Install and start the volttron-platform-driver.

vctl install volttron-platform-driver --vip-identity platform.driver --start

View the status of the installed agent

vctl status

Development

Please see the following for contributing guidelines contributing.

Please see the following helpful guide about developing modular VOLTTRON agents

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