Juntek / Junctek KG-F - Publish MQTT from BT or RS$*%

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I have a Renogy Rover and a Juntek KG-F, but was not happy with the various solutions. I currently have a RPi reading the Renogy over BT, and the Junctek over RS485 (Wayyy more reliable, the USB to RS485 was cheap and 100% worth it).

I have created a Python script (heavily inspired from ard00d’s work on the Renogy Rover) that can read the Junctek data (over BT, not recommended, or RS-485), and publishes the data to MQTT for Home Assistant.

First time with Python and it’s a quick’n’dirty 11PM job, but it works fantastic. Feel free to edit/fork or whatever!

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How do I run this on HA? Thanks. Planning to use with BT.

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I am running it on a dedicated remote RPi, not on the same machine as HA. Follow hard00d’s steps to install it. However, I don’t know how to run this script on the same machine as HA, I heard it is to be avoided to run side code/script, HA machine (HAOS, Docker, VM) should not be used for sideloading code.

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