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# Documentation
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# Documentation
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NB: This documentation page is a work-in-progress and unfinished at the moment of writing. The ESPhome section still needs to be written. However, experienced ESPHome users should be able to figure the configuration out themselves using [the ESPhome configuration available in the P1 logger git repo](https://git.hollander.online/energy/p1-logger/src/branch/main/esphome) and the brief explanation below.
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NB: This documentation page is a work-in-progress at the moment of writing. The ESPhome section still needs to be written in a beginner-friendly way. However, experienced ESPHome users should be able to figure the configuration out themselves using [the ESPhome configuration available in the P1 logger git repo](https://git.hollander.online/energy/p1-logger/src/branch/main/esphome) and the details provided below.
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## Installation instructions
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## Installation instructions
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These instructions contain 5 steps:
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These instructions contain 5 steps:
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1. This add-on requires a PostgreSQL database, optionally with TimescaleDB support. In this example, we'll Expaso's TimescaleDB add-on in order to store data.
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1. This add-on requires a PostgreSQL database, optionally with TimescaleDB support. In this example, we'll Expaso's TimescaleDB add-on in order to store data.
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2. Install and setup the Mosquitto MQTT broker from the official add-ons repository.
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2. Secondly, we install and setup the Mosquitto MQTT broker from the official add-ons repository. MQTT is a standard used to exchange IoT data.
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3. Install and setup ESPhome to commission a P1 reader.
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3. Thirdly, we setup ESPhome to commission a P1 reader, which will send P1 meter messages to the MQTT Broker.
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4. Install P1 Logger to connect to a P1 reader through the MQTT broker and record data into the database.
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4. Then, we setup P1 Logger (this add-on) to monitor the MQTT broker for new messages and record data into the database.
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5. Finally, we setup Grafana to visualise the data recorded by P1 Logger.
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5. Finally, we setup Grafana to visualise the data recorded in the database.
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### Install Expaso's TimescaleDB add-on
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### Install Expaso's TimescaleDB add-on
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