DanieVanZyl

I've only had the ES running 2 weeks but the impact that this software had on visualizing the power network is tremendous. I agree wholeheartedly with the realtime refresh rate, visually attractive and intuitive easy operation. Will study the data more closely over the next couple of weeks. Well done on a great 'piece of art' Cef

@curto,
😆😆😃, I get your point .
But you insist on a design philosophy that Python programmers and yours fans can see very well, but I am from another era and my philosophy is different.
If I am going to make a program just for me, obviously I would do it in the simplest way that is the solution you propose and what I did in the first version: static address and immediate connection, expanding that simple concept in addition to knowing all the IP addresses to decide which one to connect with.
But my intention is to share what I do with anyone who thinks they like and serve them like me, even if they don't have much notion of what a static or dynamic IP is delivered by a DHCP from a router, simply because an installer didn't just install your entire solar system and left your equipment set up on your LAN and you haven't taken any computer science courses, you don't understand or care.
I do not live from programming, it is my hobby and in that line I look for 4 objectives:
1.) That the system provide me information in real time with the lowest refresh rate (polling rate) that Goodwe's hardware inverter technology allows, in this case, so that the energy sum equations have the highest possible precision and having the data available to be able to use the full power of a PC to add many more functionalities.
2.) Use a platform that allows me to save my data locally, not depend on the web cloud and is reasonably protected against read / write failures.
3.) That it is as visually attractive as possible within my own limitations of graphic design concepts, having a Micro PC and a Monitor next to the Inverter and that my whole family understand what is happening and show it to my friends and people who want to get into Solar Energy, without being so aware of the additional consumption of  10 Wh more, since for an industrial micro PC it is not much greater than a Blackberry PHI 4.
4.) That it is intuitive, easy to use and therefore does not require more than a minimum of knowledge to install the program as anyone does and that it works for anyone, such as PVMaster / EzManager.
His intervention was useful when he told me that he has 3 (three) inverters connected to his LAN and that the PVMaster makes a kind of internal list for 10 seconds. I did not know that.
To avoid what the PVMaster does wrong, we just need to improve the search algorithm.
When I have time I will continue with this topic to automate the discovery of all Goodwe inverters automatically.
Regards.