1 hour ago, Jako said:

Upgraded at last, when I upgrade through the app, my ICC always stops working & throws some error in the terminal window. So I always re-flash the SD then upgrade with no problem. (I also loose my old data )

I like the graph in dashboard 2

it stops, but you can restart it again..nothing to reinstall...the errors? there are always errors in there.but it works...

try to start it again...

in your install dir = #sudo ./ICC#

Ok I have upgraded. Icc automatically shuts down & I get this. I have tried the sudo ./ICC but does not work

 

 

14 hours ago, kg666 said:

it stops, but you can restart it again..nothing to reinstall...the errors? there are always errors in there.but it works...

try to start it again...

in your install dir = #sudo ./ICC#

 

The sysadmin in me is already a little horrified that instead of fixing the problem, people just throw "sudo" in front... :-)

I am verry new to PI & linux so I might not understand what you said 

I used the PI image on ICC website.

It looks to me that the install is done on the desktop, is this correct ?

Can one download the newest version & paste it into the same folder ?

it doesnt mather where you installed it...

you can and must doe the command in the install dir where ICC is in to...without the #-signs lol

 

but indeed i dont see ICC in your install folder...

and i see ICC.bak and ICC.Upgrade

you can rename that to ICC and start that..see what version it is...

sorry plonkster... i run it that way

Thank you kg666

I renamed it to ICC then had to change permissions (As sidewinder suggested on page 5)

#cd home/pi/Desktop/ICC#
#chmod 755 ICC#

Then it worked

no problem Jako, here to help and think

 

i have 2 questions for manie too( when there is time)

in the new update can there be 2 more things for the pip4048msd version?

in qpigs  there is are the last 3 numbers , in picture now its "010" and it can change to "110"

so the first "1" can be "0", when its "1" it means its floating, when its "0" its not,

can you just readout that number and push it to emoncms (not in your program)

 

second question, ( and i think more people will want to see this)

is the real " offgrid time"

now we see with bmv700 the "time since last full charge" thats ok, but not real offgridtime...if the battery is fully charged by solar that value resets (when its full charged by griddpower, it resets), so thats no good indication.

 

full offgrid time = all the time the inverter (system) didnt use gridpower (in days-hours-min)

even when the battery is full charge with solar ( what is the meaning for the system ofcourse ) , this value doesnot reset, ONLY when gridwatts are used, than it must be resetted to 0

if its possible to think about it and maybe add it in next update?

 

ooo p.s. maybe a thread notification for mqtt server?

and the / a list of the mqtt strings (because its wonderfull to use !!!!!!!)

i know manie you are busy, but just wanted to put it on the forum 

you made we "warm" with the last update!!!!

 

grtz from belgium 

 

Hello everyone,

I joined up to the forum specifically for the ICC software, but I have also been reading alot of other threads.

I have a pip4048 based inverter (4kw), we  are full off grid just starting out. (no power to our site)

I installed ICC on my existing raspbian install that I have weewx already running on for my weather station uploading to wunderground, ICC seems to be working well apart from not showing the PV watts on the dial on dashboard 2, it shows up on dashboard graph however.

 

Since I did my own install of ICC I don't think the emoncms is running? also what do I do with the mosquitto server?

I would like to be able to load up a dashboard on a web browser on various devices on my LAN, I think emoncms allows me to do this?

Also can I put an argument in the autostart script for ICC that 'starts' ICC once it is started instead of having to press the start button in ICC? so I don't have to vnc into my rpi3 to do it everytime I have to reboot.

 

Thank you everyone for any answers, sorry for all the questions.  

Welcome @kiwibrick,

I will try and answer some of your q's.

MQTT - a server that acts as a broker to send and receive messages. Your (remote) devices publish info, e.g. temp's, status etc. and then one can subscribe to the same feeds, in order to receive specific messages/info. Work almost like Twitter, except it's private. Manie's ICC Image has MQTT, Emoncms & Node-Red also installed and setup, and works out the box, once you know your way around them all.

Yes, with emoncms you build your own dashboards, not easy in the beginning, but with patience and lots of reading, and testing, a lot is possible. Below my humble effort to integrate external sensors with my emoncms, using a ESP8266 and DS18B20 sensors to read the temp's of my geysers (HWH - Hot Water Heaters!)

 

For SAffers, Please no, EFF jokes!!

With Node-Red and MQTT, one can publish the result of "uptime" command from the RPi, without having to log/VNC into it. And i can receive result on my smartphone with MQTT client.

Many very complex functions can be constructed using node-red, hope to get running with this in future, but baby steps for me now.

I'm sure with a bit of googling, you will be able to get everything working nicely, just takes a bit of effort and a lot of reading!

If you follow Manie's ICC startup script creation, it should work out the box, and restarts flawlessly after reboots, even if I close the ICC window.

Good luck and be sure to let us know how you progress.

 

 

 

 

Here's what the MQTT client looks like:

On 8/5/2017 at 8:34 AM, kg666 said:

in picture now its "010" and it can change to "110"

so the first "1" can be "0", when its "1" it means its floating, when its "0" its not,

can you just readout that number and push it to emoncms (not in your program)

That little figure , a check sum value I believe , has been a pain in my "backside" for a while. The value itself is showing if the inverter is in Bulk , Flout or no Charge (12 , 13 , 10). The best way I could get around the extra character was to set emon to disregard values > 13 as this is the biggest that that value will ever go. 

18 minutes ago, Sidewinder said:

Here's what the MQTT client looks like:

I used MQTT dash in Android for a while and that also seems to be working ok .Also another option is to forward the values to a public mqtt server with node red and the subscribe to the server with mqtt dash. That way you would not need to port forward and even if someone would subscribe to your topics the data is pretty useless..

8 hours ago, kiwibrick said:

Hello everyone,

I joined up to the forum specifically for the ICC software, but I have also been reading alot of other threads.

I have a pip4048 based inverter (4kw), we  are full off grid just starting out. (no power to our site)

=> i have a pip4048MSD version , for now its working perfect for me...

I installed ICC on my existing raspbian install that I have weewx already running on for my weather station uploading to wunderground, ICC seems to be working well apart from not showing the PV watts on the dial on dashboard 2, it shows up on dashboard graph however.

 

Since I did my own install of ICC I don't think the emoncms is running? also what do I do with the mosquitto server?

=> you have to install emoncms local on the PI (https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/lamp-web-server-with-wordpress/worksheet/  but not the wordpress , instead use emoncms)

or go to the website of emoncms and register

mqtt server will be used later (more user friendly , talked to manie about that)

 

I would like to be able to load up a dashboard on a web browser on various devices on my LAN, I think emoncms allows me to do this?

=> when you install the local emoncms , you can access it in you LAN (and when directed to the router outside too ;-) i do that....

 

Also can I put an argument in the autostart script for ICC that 'starts' ICC once it is started instead of having to press the start button in ICC? so I don't have to vnc into my rpi3 to do it everytime I have to reboot.

=> autostart is a selectbox in the program ...go to Settings - Auto start comms

Thank you everyone for any answers, sorry for all the questions.  

 

5 hours ago, PaulF007 said:

That little figure , a check sum value I believe , has been a pain in my "backside" for a while. The value itself is showing if the inverter is in Bulk , Flout or no Charge (12 , 13 , 10). The best way I could get around the extra character was to set emon to disregard values > 13 as this is the biggest that that value will ever go. 

yes and no Paul, 

 

i think i only need the first "0" or "1"  (B104 value), how did yo get it in emoncms? i dont see it for my inverter...

9 hours ago, kg666 said:

how did yo get it in emoncms?

Oh sorry @kg666 I am not running ICC i have a little python program that gets the information from the inverter and post it directly to Emon without any graphical interfaces. 

4 hours ago, PaulF007 said:

without any graphical interfaces.

GUIs are for windows users... pfffft :-)

Could anyone possibly copy/paste the text in the mosquitto.conf from the ICC Pi IMG and post it here for me?, I have mqtt running but I don't have any topics in it and I can't for the life of me mount the img in windows to extract them, I don't have a spare USB drive that I can boot a live linux install from to mount it either unfortunately.

I managed to subscribe to all topics in a terminal but couldn't make head nor tails of the output, well apart from 'pip4048' that is so I guessed thats coming from ICC 

OK so I managed to see the ICC mqtt output, but I 've not figured out how to separate the string of values being output, if I even can separate them.

Next mission of discovery is emoncms!

Otherwise seems to be going quite well apart from the PV watts not showing up on the dial, I just updated to the latest version this morning, PV dial wasn't working in the last version either.

 

 

@kiwibrick , can you post threads info page here?

 

is it a pip4048 ms or msd or tripple?

 

 

Its a single MPPT charger so MS I guess

 

Here is my threads page, also my dashboard which shows the PV watts, not a very sunny day today!

 

its wierd you see something in the pvwatts page and not on the threads,

please see if date changes for the values i show you in pic. below.

and if you can post screenshot when all the values change from "0" to something...

it can be that you dont have a pip4048MS (i think i read something about Axpert.) maybe try that in the settings...

 

13 hours ago, kg666 said:

its wierd you see something in the pvwatts page and not on the threads,

please see if date changes for the values i show you in pic. below.

and if you can post screenshot when all the values change from "0" to something...

it can be that you dont have a pip4048MS (i think i read something about Axpert.) maybe try that in the settings...

I changed my settings to Axpert 5kVa single on manie's advice and the PV watts gauge is working perfect now.

 

Thanks for the help guys!

Well I got the local emoncms up and running, logged into it from my laptop on the LAN, but I cannot enable 'Post emoncms' checkbox in ICC settings page, I have put in ttp://localhost/emoncms and the write key that my local emoncms gave me but the checkbox is greyed out.

Is it maybe because I am using a trial key?

http://192.168.0.250/emoncms/

 

and stop ICC before doing and save than start again

13 hours ago, kg666 said:

http://192.168.0.250/emoncms/

 

and stop ICC before doing and save than start again

Thats got the the emoncms thread in the thread page saying something now "before sending 'the_time'" 

Nothing showing up on my local emoncms input webpage, I think I might have to fiddle with usernames in the emoncms setup, I followed the setup page from emoncms page here

https://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/blob/master/docs/RaspberryPi/readme.md

I didn't however install the last step which is emonhub, I think thats for the emoncms hardware?

 

Again thanks for all the help!