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+[Unit]
+Description=Daemon for bridging a Serial SRNE MPPT charge controller to MQTT
+
+[Service]
+Type=exec
+Restart=on-failure
+StandardOutput=append:/home/pi/z_solar_systemd.log
+StandardError=append:/home/pi/z_solar_systemd.log
+WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/
+Environment=PYTHONPATH=/home/pi/ble/
+ExecStart=/home/pi/ble-venv/bin/python -m srnemqtt
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target