README.md

Bioreactor data poller

This application requests data from Applikon bioreactors in the network and uploads it to an InfluxDB instance.

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 3.9 (earlier might work)

pip install -r requirements.txt

cp .env.example .env

And then update the secret keys within .env file.

Configuration

• Available bioreactors, their names and IP addresses can be configured in reactors.json.
• The environment can be configured in .env.

Starting manually

python3 poll.py

Starting automatically on boot

To setup the systemd daemon, do

sudo chmod 644 bioreactor.service

# Link the file so git repo updates get applied.
sudo systemctl link /home/pi/bioreactor/bioreactor.service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable bioreactor.service
sudo systemctl start bioreactor.service

Then, to view daemon logs (e.g. for debugging):

journalctl -u bioreactor.service

Development

1. Install pre-commit with pip install pre-commit.
2. Run pre-commit install.