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VOLTTRON is an open source agent development and deployment platform designed to enable researchers to interact with devices and appliances without having to write drivers themselves

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The main features of the VOLTTRON platform are:

  • Open, flexible and modular software platform
  • Ease of application development
  • Interoperable across vendors and applications
  • Isolates power and control system complexities from developers
  • Object oriented, modern software development environment
  • Language agnostic. Does not tie the applications to a specific language such as Java
  • Broad device and control systems protocols support built-in ModBUS, BACNet, and others
  • Multiple types of controllers and sensors
  • Low memory and storage footprint requirements
  • Supports non-Intel CPUs

GitHub link: https://github.com/VOLTTRON/volttron

Latest documentation can be found: http://volttron.readthedocs.io/en/develop/

Some questions that can be asked are about specific agents (e.g. volttron central, master driver, etc.), the VOLTTRON framework itself, where the project should focus it's future development and any other related work.

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VOLTTRON Csv Driver Agent scheduled task

Is there a way I could call an agent to start a certain time every day? For example I would like to create an agent that creates an API call at 4AM everyday (to openweathermap) to check the hourly forecast for the day. Basically if the hourly…
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volttron log file management best practices

Is there a way to limit the size of the volttron.log file? At the moment I can see that is a couple gigs in size and it makes less crash when trying to find something to troubleshoot. Is it possible to use like a CRON service or something that could…
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VOLTTRON reading data from multiple BACnet IP to MSTP Routers puts Building Management System down

I have a BACnet network where multiple BACnet IP to MSTP routers are used. The network configurations are as follows: Network Configuration sketch Now I am trying to read data from the network using Volttron. Previously no data was read, so I tried…
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Loading a config file into a script

In a Python volttron agent, I get an error on the function return when trying to load a config file through def ahutrimrespond(config_path, **kwargs). TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ** or pow(): 'int' and 'dict' def…
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volttron CSV Agent onstart add in time delay

On the CSV driver agent script how could I add in a 300 second delay to the onstart function? I was hoping to delay the self.actuate_point method/function only one time on startup by 300 seconds when the agent is installed. #csv driver…
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volttron csv driver agent troubleshoot

Could anyone give me a tip or two for a volttron 7.0 environment where I am having some trouble trying to get a my modified CSV driver agent script to work to adjust a BACnet setpoint up and down on a BACnet controller with an instance ID set at 29.…
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how to write name_mapping.csv file in volttron weather Agent ? or Syntax of name_mapping.csv. I'm trying to write name_mapping for OpenWeatherApi

What is syntax of name_mapping.csv file for OpenWeather Api. enter image description here
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VOLTTRON vctl status

I have a VOLTTRON edge device that I have been working on remotely through SSH and for some reason when I run a vctl status I get a: vctl status VOLTTRON is not running. This command requires VOLTTRON platform to be running But if I do a tail -f…
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Setting up actuator agent in volttron

I have read data from BACnet IP devices using Master Driver Agent. But now want to write back the set points using Volttron. What I understand from reading documentation and seeing videos/presentations on Volttron, I have to use actuator agent for…
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Volttron Crate Historian Error: Invalid data not saved

Hope you are doing great. The CrateHistorian is not working. I have installed it with the following configurations: { "connection": { "type": "crate", # Optional table prefix defaults to historian "schema":…
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volttron BACnet scan with virtual box ubuntu

I am running ubuntu 18.04 LTS on virtual box. Is it possible to scan for real (non virtual) BACnet devices on a LAN through the virtual box VM? How would I set the BACpypes.ini? My Windows 10 machine if I do a ipconfig/all this doesn't work with the…
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bacnet_scan output a csv file error TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

When running bacnet_scan.py it looks like this: (volttron) (base) bartlino@bartlino-Latitude-E5530-non-vPro:~/Desktop/volttron/scripts/bacnet$ python bacnet_scan.py Device Address =
Device Id =…
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volttron multiple platform connection tutorial

Hi I am trying to go through this tutorial getting one data collector instance of Volttron (rasp pi) integrated to a volttron central instance (Ubuntu) on a LAN using ZMQ. But the rasp pi doesnt appear to be talking to the volttron central…
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volttron read BACnet points to message bus

I am setting up a rasp pi on a test bench with a MSTP BACnet controller with 2 temp sensors. How can I continuously read/publish these sensor readings to the VOLTTRON message bus? RPi->ethernet->router->mstpdevice I think I am missing some initial…
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VOLTTRON startup failed/timed out

I am attempting to get Volttron configured on a rasp pi B+ This appears to install Ok: ./scripts/rabbit_dependencies.sh raspbian buster python3 bootstrap.py --drivers --force But trying to start the Volttron service I am having some…
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