config within separate file + example

.gitignore

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ bin/
 lib/
 lib64
 pyvenv.cfg
+perla.cfg

README.md

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 Read throughput and volume of BWT Perla water softening system (new VNC based firmware!)
 Original code by [d3m0nxxl](https://github.com/d3m0nxxl/bwt_perla_smartmeter), but somehow my BWT Perla has a fully different resolution so I changed most of the mouse and capture coordinates.
 
+
 ## improvements
 * Reusable method for capturing
 * Also including NaCl (Regeneriermittel)
 * mqtt with username/password
+* config on own perla.cfg file
 
 ## requirements
 
@@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ source bin/activate
 pip3 install pytesseract paho-mqtt vncdotool
 python3 bwt_perla_smartmeter.py
 ```
+create your own `pera.cfg` from the `pera.cfg-EXAMPLE` in the same folder.

bwt_perla_smartmeter.py

@@ -10,13 +10,20 @@
 import pytesseract
 import re
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
+import configparser
 
-bwt_ipaddress="192.168.0.mmm"
-bwt_password="passwd"
-mqtt_address="192.168.0.nnn"
-mqtt_user="mqttuser"
-mqtt_pass="mqttpass"
-mqtt_topic="water/bwt/"
+configParser = configparser.RawConfigParser()   
+configFilePath = r'./perla.cfg'
+configParser.read(configFilePath)
+
+#print('from config: '+configParser.get('bwt','bwt_ipaddress'))
+
+bwt_ipaddress=configParser.get('bwt','bwt_ipaddress')
+bwt_password=configParser.get('bwt','bwt_password')
+mqtt_address=configParser.get('mqtt','mqtt_address')
+mqtt_user=configParser.get('mqtt','mqtt_user')
+mqtt_pass=configParser.get('mqtt','mqtt_pass')
+mqtt_topic=configParser.get('mqtt','mqtt_topic')
 
 #def bwt_connect():
 vncclient = api.connect(bwt_ipaddress, password=None)

perla.cfg-EXAMPLE

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[bwt]
+bwt_ipaddress=192.168.0.mmm
+bwt_password=passwd
+
+[mqtt]
+mqtt_address=192.168.0.nnn
+mqtt_topic=water/bwt/
+mqtt_auth=true
+mqtt_user=mqttuser
+mqtt_pass=mqttpass