Small fixes

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ I wrote this script for myself. I'm not responsible, if you damage something usi
 
 ### Purpose
 
-The script emulates a physical Grid Meter in Venus OS. It gets the MQTT data from a subscribed topic and publishes the information on the dbus as the service `com.victronenergy.grid.mqtt_grid` with the VRM instance `30`.
+The script emulates a physical Grid Meter in Venus OS. It gets the MQTT data from a subscribed topic and publishes the information on the dbus as the service `com.victronenergy.grid.mqtt_grid` with the VRM instance `31`.
 
 
 ### Config
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ This will output somethink like `/service/dbus-mqtt-grid: up (pid 5845) 185 seco
 
 If the seconds are under 5 then the service crashes and gets restarted all the time. If you do not see anything in the logs you can increase the log level in `/data/etc/dbus-mqtt-grid/dbus-mqtt-grid.py` by changing `level=logging.WARNING` to `level=logging.INFO` or `level=logging.DEBUG`
 
-If the script stops with the message `dbus.exceptions.NameExistsException: Bus name already exists: com.victronenergy.pvinverter.enphase_envoy"` it means that the service is still running or another service is using that bus name.
+If the script stops with the message `dbus.exceptions.NameExistsException: Bus name already exists: com.victronenergy.grid.mqtt_grid"` it means that the service is still running or another service is using that bus name.
 
 ### Compatibility
 

dbus-mqtt-grid/config.sample.ini

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ; used when no voltage is received
 voltage = 230
 
+
 [MQTT]
 ; IP addess or FQDN from MQTT server
 broker_address = IP_ADDR_OR_FQDN

dbus-mqtt-grid/dbus-mqtt-grid.py

@@ -153,12 +153,11 @@ def __init__(
 
         # Create the mandatory objects
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/DeviceInstance', deviceinstance)
-        self._dbusservice.add_path('/ProductId', 0xFFFF) # value used in ac_sensor_bridge.cpp of dbus-cgwacs
-        self._dbusservice.add_path('/Serial', 30000) # value used in ac_sensor_bridge.cpp of dbus-cgwacs
+        self._dbusservice.add_path('/ProductId', 0xFFFF)
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/ProductName', productname)
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/CustomName', productname)
-        self._dbusservice.add_path('/FirmwareVersion', 0.1)
-        self._dbusservice.add_path('/HardwareVersion', 0.1)
+        self._dbusservice.add_path('/FirmwareVersion', '0.0.1')
+        self._dbusservice.add_path('/HardwareVersion', '0.0.1')
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/Connected', 1)
 
         self._dbusservice.add_path('/Latency', None)
@@ -234,6 +233,7 @@ def main():
     # Have a mainloop, so we can send/receive asynchronous calls to and from dbus
     DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
 
+
     # MQTT setup
     client = mqtt.Client("MqttGrid")
     client.on_disconnect = on_disconnect
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ def main():
         logging.info("Waiting 5 seconds for receiving first data...")
         time.sleep(5)
 
+
     #formatting
     _kwh = lambda p, v: (str(round(v, 2)) + 'kWh')
     _a = lambda p, v: (str(round(v, 2)) + 'A')
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ def main():
 
     pvac_output = DbusMqttGridService(
         servicename='com.victronenergy.grid.mqtt_grid',
-        deviceinstance=30,
+        deviceinstance=31,
         paths=paths_dbus
         )