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Hey hey, I’ve got this sorted, was abit of a ballache but works nicely. I’ll explain it for one switch and then you can obviously expand it to as many as you want. (note: typing this on my mobile phone, so if you have queries or want screenshots I’ll do it from my pc later) So you have switch.geyser and I’m assuming the loadshedding integration which gives you the sensor for this. Then I added a schedule helper and set my times I wanted it on / off (I.e. geyser 9am-5pm). Then lastly I made an automation (using the front end) that will run every 5 minutes (rather primitive) that will turn the geyser off if there is load shedding, and if there isn’t load shedding it will check the geyser schedule and turn it on IF needed Let me know if that helps

Wow epic that is super cool. Am currently using a Pi and a super old version of your Node Red flows, but have decided to change to Solar Assistant (have ordered the configured Pi). Will definitely be implementing this. I've never really knows how scene's work or what they do.

Wow this is cool, I usually see dashboards with too much information on and think "that piece of information is actually useless on the screen", but this is really great how it puts all the information you have on the screen but in a convenient location. Can you shell out some code for some of this, specifically the SOLAR / BATTERY / AC round graphs at the top, and then the Sunsynk replica image below them?

Hey guys, Hope you're all well. I've had an account here for ages but haven't really posted much. I see there are some Home Assistant warriors in here so thought I'd add myself to the fight. I recently (like 5 days ago) had an issue with my network and HA and long story short I ended up losing *ALL* my work over the last 3 years (don't ask, backups were corrupt), and it gave me a nice fresh start to re-create everything again from scratch. It was pretty easy getting everything reconnected, just a ball ache re-doing the dashboards and automations. Also gave me the opportunity to re-do my interfaces using the UI-Minimalist (fsking cool addon). Okay, I'm rambling... The reason for this post was that I was watching the "Everything Smart Home" Youtube guy awhile back and he put up a video where he was talking about the OpenAI ChatGPT bot thing, and one of the topics that came out of it was the difference between a Connected Home and a Smart Home. I've always told people I have a Smart Home, but the reality is that it's just a Connected Home. I'm looking to change that. Text from OpenAI "A connected home is a home with connected devices that communicate with each other and the internet. A smart home is a connected home with added technology and automation for a better living experience." I'm looking for some input or rubber ducking or showcase of what everyone else has done in this space to get your HA server to act more like a Smart Home instead of just a Connected Home (specifically in the areas of energy management, but open to being side tracked a little if someone has something cool on offer). What I currently have (in the energy management space) Sunsynk Inverter with a RPi running @Bloubul7Node Red to get the data (considering changing to @kellerzaHA plugin). Point is I can read the inverter 2x 8KVA Inverters 15/12 Freedom Won Battery 25x 540W Panels (roof is angled badly, so panels all over the show). Neighbour also has super tall trees so only get sunlight late Sonoff switches controlling Geyser - 3Kw Borehole - 1Kw Pool Pump - 1Kw Guest Geyser - 3Kw Water Tank Pump (for Irrigation) - 1.5Kw Load shedding schedule - Cant recall whose HA plugin this was and it's connected to EskomSePush Garden Irrigation - 6 zones on smart switches Water Tank Level - To tell how much water is in the JoJo tank Weather - Default HA weather Solar Forecast - Default HA solar forecast I operate all of the above basically on HA timer automations. i.e. Turn the Borehole on at 10:00 and off at 18:00, which are just times that I've selected by eye balling my usage stats. I was trying to write a Python pyscript (but lost it in the HA death) and although I'm super nerdy I don't think I could make a HA integration (yet), so would stick with a Python script. I'm wanting some ideas and input around: Maximizing my solar usage (i.e. if there is excess solar then turn stuff on) Minimizing my grid usage (i.e. if there is no solar then turn stuff off) - Currently using about 5-10kwh from Eskom per day Also would be cool to take load shedding into account And take into account the weather And the solar forecast Take in a priority of appliances The end result would be that this pyscript / integration would be able to "magically" turn things on / off based on looking at all the available information that it has. Has anyone done something like this? Thanks Crash

Hey @kellerza I've been pondering switching over to your HA addon, currently I'm using the Node Red flows (for reading) and have finally become brave enough to get the Node Red UI to write settings back to the inverter. I'm wanting to "upgrade" to the HA addon so that I can use HA to easily send settings back to my inverter. My question: I've got 2 inverters in parallel, how does the HA addon handle this? Currently I've got 2 USB cables (1 from each inverter) going to the RPi and I duplicated the flows.

Thanks. I think I've got it sorted (so far!) for the Reading part. I can now read my current settings onto the dashboard, save my default and load shedding settings on the dashboard. I've also got the load shedding check sorted so it polls the site to check the load shedding status. Next task to tackle is enabling the write flows and write back to the Inverter *gulp*

Hey @Bloubul7 Hope you're well. Thanks for all the work here (and @Sc00bs). I'm trying to get your UI all working but seem to be struggling, can you help me out please? #willsendbeer Here are a few things: 1. System Settings - I can't get the System Settings to "READ" when I click the button 2. Default Settings - This seems to work, I can READ \ SAVE (not sure where it's actually saving) 3. Load Shedding Settings - This seems to work, I can READ \ SAVE (not sure where it's actually saving) 4. Time Mode - This UI works, haven't used it So here are a few questions that I have: 1. In the "Solar - Time Zones" section, the Time_Zone 1-6, how does this translate to the actual time? 2. System Settings - I can't seem to read my existing values, any idea how to debug this? Might be a ton of questions after this TIA Crash

Hey hey, I have a Freedom Won 15/12 with my 2x Sunsynk Inverters. System Integration - I am still waiting for a cable from Inverter to Battery (for BMS), but currently Inverter does have percentage \ usage Product Quality - I quite like having the floor standing box (instead of the Hubbles mounted to the wall). Item looks well made After sales - Unsure, I just deal with my electrician, nothing has done wrong so far Both I think are good choices.

Hey @kellerza. Does this addon assume that the HA server is connected to the RS48? (I've got a Pi by the inverter dropping to my separate HA server)

Ah, read in the other post it needed this. It's now queueing and sending (so onto the next part I think) Serial Port set to /dev/ttyUSB0 on modbus-client

Hey @Sc00bs, I'm trying to do this but the Inverter wont initialize in NodeRed (just keeps retrying). In your pic above, do you have all of the jumpers on the adapter?

Hey guys, Hope you're all well. Almost done with my install, it was nearly completed on Thursday\Friday and today they're coming back to do the final bits of neatening up and configuring everything properly. This has definitely been a learning curve for me, and some of it still is a bit of a mystery but I'm sure that I'll figure it out in due time. My household is pretty heavy on electricity, and typically we're using 50Kwh per day (1500/ month). Definitely not great to get that bill from Eskom each month. I'm also working from home (and so is the wife) and loadshedding is causing massive hassles to our work so this also solves that problem. I have quite a few large trees around my house (some in my yard and some in the neighbours yard) and also my roof space to get the best sun is rather lacking so I've had to try and make the best of what I can. So the setup that I went for: 2x 8kw Sunsynk Inverters 1x 15/12kwh Freedom Won Lite Battery 25x 540W panels The panels are scattered all over the roof, so I have 8 in one area, 12 in the second area, and 5 in the last area. I'm hoping to change some of the household habits to that during the day we use mainly PV (grid if really high usage) and charge the battery all day and then run on the battery through the night (with some grid if required). Also a huge nerd here, and (slowly) doing my Home Assistant home automation which I'd like to get this all integrated into. Looking forward to being part of the community, pretty sure I've got thousands of questions.

Finally signed up to this PF! So technically first post. Hopefully getting my gear all installed this week, and going to probably be spending my weekend reading this thread 100x and bashing my head against the wall. Looks interesting! Bought a few goodies recommended in this thread too.