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I'm really sorry @Luminous , but there's not much interesting to share. Just everyday's boring stuff.
For example, I had to clearly label the bays in my space-shuttle landing dock, as some (female) family members were not able to clearly understand where they should (NOT) park:

 
Based on the current situation in the world, I upgraded to the AirLock. You know, just in case something goes wrong:

 
And yes, I bought another rack cabinet, so if I will accidentally become a billionaire one day, I will not have a problem with storing some additional lithium for my LAB:

 

Hi guys,
so, if you want to check the status of your Pylontech Phantom-S, US2000 or US3000, there's a great diagnostic tool for this called BatteryView.
*DISCLAIMER:
*Please note that with the information written below, you can effectively destroy your batteries, or invalidate your warranty.
*Do what you like, but I take no responsibility for your actions and results.
 
First, you have to create a Serial Console cable, as no such cable comes in the box with the batteries. Here's the wiring:
Plug the RJ-11 connector of the cable into the CONSOLE PORT of the TOP BRICK of you battery stack. Just to be sure, the top brick is the one that have LinkPort0 EMPTY. Next, plug the cable into your laptop's serial port, or USB2Serial adapter. Launch the app and choose the serial port name according to your's laptop configuration. IE COM1, COM2, COM6... Baudrate is 115200. If you have more Pylon bricks stacked, then check the "Parallel" box and select the number of bricks that you have in a single stack. Click OK to connect to the BMS. If you did everything correctly, the app will scan all the bricks and will show you the operational parameters, like cell voltages, current, temperature, SoC... There's a couple more charts available under the "Windows" menu, like Voltage/Amps curve, etc.
Be carefull, as this tool is used also for updating firmware. So, don't screw up your battery...  
For the experts, there's even a possibility to open a CLI, where you can query much more detailed info.
You can SET the values, test the circuits, perform shutdown, etc.
This CLI is so powerfull, that it's actually scary.

Well, if you're not a certified Pylontech expert, don't touch it, please!
 
ATTACHMENT:
BatteryView.zip
 

Hi Elbow,
skilled - not at all.
Having a lots of fun - yes
My automation is Fibaro HC2 which is a home automation gateway. It's running a wireless communication (zwave) with switches, relays, dimmers, electricity meters, etc. The wireless part is really cool. You just drop a tiny module in a lightswitch wallbox and now you have a remotely controlled lights. And it even measures the acutal power and the total consumption over time. There's a lot of modules from various vendors which are compatible: Fibaro, Qubino, Aeotec, MCO, HeatIt...
Initially, I purchased this because I needed a central management of my electric floor heating and for irrigation too. Then, I gradually added tons of other modules, smartplugs and meters. When I built my solar, it was a logic step to include it too.
3 positive bullets on Fibaro:
wirelles very easy to work with smartphone APP working without any VPN, nor firewall opening, nor subscription service But there are some negatives too:
It's pricey. It's a home automation, but not a telemetry. It's not an industrial-grade product. For home automation it's okay, but I would definitely not use this for life-supporting systems, for example. There are nice charts in the GUI, but the depth of history is limited. Because of the last bullet, I'm storing some of values in the EmonCMS (a part of openenergy monitor that you already know).
I wanted my system to be simple and contain as few layers as possible. Therefore, I'm using the native zwave modules for everything where they are a good fit. For example, I have a plenty of 1-phase and 3-phase electricity meters in the house. All of them talking natively to Fibaro via zwave. Same with floor heating Thermostats. A simple addition was integration of Washing machine - once the laundry is done, it send's me a notification to my smartphone....so I can go and put another batch of dirty laundry in
Another example - just by using a simple smart plug, you can monitor daily consumption of your fridge:

The only thing where wireless protocol was not performing well was the solar integration. So after some failures, I went for industrial PLC which talks to Inverter via RS232 and to Fibaro via JSON over ethernet. I'm trying to stay away from Arduino, Raspberry etc. (There are 3 or 4 Arduinos that I use for some specific tasks, but I'm not planning to add more of them.)
Looking at the HomeAssistant, I would say that it's capabilites would be the more or less the same, but with a more freedom for customization. On the other hand, I can imagine that HomeAssistant is struggling a bit when you are trying to read values from electricity meters for example. I would bet that it needs modbus and some coding, or using the EmonPI and the current transformers. Am I right?
Here is a sample of the stuff that I use as the wireless endpoints:
Qubino, DIN rail 3-phase meter with LCD, 1-phase meter:

HeatIt, Floor heating thermostat:

Fibaro, Smart Plugs:

Fibaro, Tiny wirelles module for mounting into a wallbox, under existing switch:

Sensative, Wireless door/window sensor:

MCO, CO2 monitor:

 
If you have some specific questions, feel free to ask....
Regs,
Youda