8 hours ago, francoisj1 said:

 

hi there

 

attached. i tried with create request inverter list enabled and disabled, same result. 

 

 

I can see from the screenshot you do not have the latest flows I uploaded into the development branch so it would not have worked. 

Did you use the e-linter version from the development branch ? 

Regards

Ithink I've also just been migrated...My sunsynk connect app has also just started showing all zeroes for the flow card but if i go into equipment i can see all the loads etc but something funky is busy going on

You can try the region 2 flows. But try log into Region 2 in the app 1st 

But I have seen where their "flow" calculations just go MIA in the past. One reason I dont like using them

Edited May 16, 20233 yr by Gary Waterworth

4 hours ago, Gary Waterworth said:

I can see from the screenshot you do not have the latest flows I uploaded into the development branch so it would not have worked. 

Did you use the e-linter version from the development branch ? 

Regards

 

developer branch copied in and magic happened, I might have copied from the mainstream branch. Can now see Inverter 1 and 2 with information. Will share the new dashboard and card information and config soonest I have completed. 

 

thanks a mil.

 

4 hours ago, SteveRCT said:

Ithink I've also just been migrated...My sunsynk connect app has also just started showing all zeroes for the flow card but if i go into equipment i can see all the loads etc but something funky is busy going on

I was down since 12'o clock yesterday with that and if you tried to logon to the site you would sometimes get a network exception error which usually mean they are tinkering under the hood and things will be up and running in a couple of hours.  I was back to full working status around 4am this morning, still on region 1 😉

Edited May 16, 20233 yr by -cK-

@Gary Waterworth - see attached flows updated for 2 inverter. normalised the information extracted from inverter 2 - this now shows inverter 1 and 2 information that is aligned with API parameters from the e-liner doc. still working on the cards to match PV1 and PV2 will for 2nd inverter.

working on the bindings to get relevant information that is relevant and "matching" to the mappings on https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/wiki/Sensor-Mappings. will share when done with mappings and cards for 2nd inverter.

this JSON can be imported into nodered and will work for sunsynk data extracts from inverter 1 and 2 from multiple plants and a single account.

2nd inverter - flows.json

Edited May 17, 20233 yr by francoisj1

Hello everyone,

Thank you for this thread as this solution is a much needed one. However I'm reaching out seeking guidance and assistance and I'm hoping someone with experience in this area can lend a hand.

To provide some context, I'm fairly new to Home Assistant but have managed to set up a virtual machine (VM) running Home Assistant for my home automation endeavors. While I'm eager to learn and improve my setup, I have to admit that I'm not strong in coding or programming, despite being in the IT industry.

Currently, I've connected Home Assistant to my Paradox Alarm system (which took a while - like 5 months), making use of PIR sensors for automation purposes. However, I've not yet mastered the creation of automation rules, and I'd greatly appreciate some assistance in that regard (as well).

But to the main request: I have two SunSynk inverters for my home automation project. One is a 5kW inverter without panels, while the other is an 8kW inverter paired with 12 panels (two different houses). Being located in South Africa, I'm particularly interested in integrating SunSynk into my existing smart home infrastructure, to manage load shedding effectively.

If any of you are willing to assist integrating my SunSynk inverters with Home Assistant (and teaching me), I kindly ask for your help.

I value the spirit of this forum and the willingness of its members to help each other out, and I truly appreciate any assistance you can offer. Your expertise and insights would not only benefit me but also contribute to the community's collective knowledge but I know your time is valuable. Therefore I'm willing to pay for the learning experience. 

Thank you for taking the time to read my request.

 

5 hours ago, sikhogantsho said:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for this thread as this solution is a much needed one. However I'm reaching out seeking guidance and assistance and I'm hoping someone with experience in this area can lend a hand.

To provide some context, I'm fairly new to Home Assistant but have managed to set up a virtual machine (VM) running Home Assistant for my home automation endeavors. While I'm eager to learn and improve my setup, I have to admit that I'm not strong in coding or programming, despite being in the IT industry.

Currently, I've connected Home Assistant to my Paradox Alarm system (which took a while - like 5 months), making use of PIR sensors for automation purposes. However, I've not yet mastered the creation of automation rules, and I'd greatly appreciate some assistance in that regard (as well).

But to the main request: I have two SunSynk inverters for my home automation project. One is a 5kW inverter without panels, while the other is an 8kW inverter paired with 12 panels (two different houses). Being located in South Africa, I'm particularly interested in integrating SunSynk into my existing smart home infrastructure, to manage load shedding effectively.

If any of you are willing to assist integrating my SunSynk inverters with Home Assistant (and teaching me), I kindly ask for your help.

I value the spirit of this forum and the willingness of its members to help each other out, and I truly appreciate any assistance you can offer. Your expertise and insights would not only benefit me but also contribute to the community's collective knowledge but I know your time is valuable. Therefore I'm willing to pay for the learning experience. 

Thank you for taking the time to read my request.

 

 

 

To be honest, these node red flows are not the easiest method to implement, esp for someone with no knowledge in HA/Node Red. 

Also once they are in there is a lot of tweaking to get your dashboard the way you want it. This comes back to time. I have stopped doing major changes for now till this ,...... region change is done. 

I suggest spending time in HA and node red, playing and learning.

HA can be quite involved an intricate.

I can answer questions now and again as work levels dictate. 

Edited May 18, 20233 yr by Gary Waterworth

Hi Gary,

I have very limited HA experience and I'm using the sensors for my Sunsynk in HA pulled from the e-linter dongle using your integration method.

I use the export to essential load feature, but I cannot find the right sensor or attribute that will help me calculate the inverter_load_grid_169 entity for slipx06's power flow card. I have tried looking at all the available data to manually calculate this, but it seems like there is 1 piece of data missing to actually do the calc.

Is this not possible with the wifi data logger, or is there some way to get that info from the inverter via the logger?

21 minutes ago, HardeHout said:

Hi Gary,

I have very limited HA experience and I'm using the sensors for my Sunsynk in HA pulled from the e-linter dongle using your integration method.

I use the export to essential load feature, but I cannot find the right sensor or attribute that will help me calculate the inverter_load_grid_169 entity for slipx06's power flow card. I have tried looking at all the available data to manually calculate this, but it seems like there is 1 piece of data missing to actually do the calc.

Is this not possible with the wifi data logger, or is there some way to get that info from the inverter via the logger?

Essential load is a problem. There is not a direct sensor value that I have found for it yet

I dont have my system setup for essesntial/non essential so I havent been able to try see how to calculate it.

This int is to talk to teh website and everything available is in the sensors created 

There are otehr integrations to talk direct to teh modbus. I have yet to find any way to talk direct to the dongle

Edited May 18, 20233 yr by Gary Waterworth

@Gary Waterworth   Did a quick YouTube video on how to install your software and to get the data into HASS, no cards or anything so very basic. 

Please let me know what you guys think of my first attempt. 🙂 

Will probably get a license for the software so can get rid of the watermark with some time, will also work on the production side a bit to make it slicker but thought I had to start somewhere

 

 

5 hours ago, Sc00bs said:

@Gary Waterworth   Did a quick YouTube video on how to install your software and to get the data into HASS, no cards or anything so very basic. 

Please let me know what you guys think of my first attempt. 🙂 

Will probably get a license for the software so can get rid of the watermark with some time, will also work on the production side a bit to make it slicker but thought I had to start somewhere

 

 

Just a friendly suggestion for future videos to cover yourself I would suggest you advise people to first check the yaml config file before they restart just in case something went wrong with the editing of the config file so to not brick their installation of HA.

Rather save than have people blaming you (I see this in most of the tutorial videos I watch) 😉

 

 

Edited May 18, 20233 yr by -cK-

2 minutes ago, -cK- said:

Just a friendly suggestion for future videos to cover yourself I would suggest you advise people to first check the yaml config file before they restart just in case something went wrong with the editing of the config file so to not brick their installation of HA.

Rather save than have people blaming you 😉

 

 

One reason I don't accept money or do paid work on this. There can't be any expectations. Also someone who plays and doesn't keep offline backups is a .....

Jip modus operanti when doing any tinkering

Dump a full copy of my VM to a backup drive first then go fiddle with it, also have a daily backup that gets made each night just incase I forget should I need to rollback... It is just good practice 👍

Good day everyone,

Has anyone managed to make a powerflow with 2 inverters shown in the flow?(in one plant)

1 hour ago, -cK- said:

Jip modus operanti when doing any tinkering

Dump a full copy of my VM to a backup drive first then go fiddle with it, also have a daily backup that gets made each night just incase I forget should I need to rollback... It is just good practice 👍

Google drive backups work grat - add the google drive back to the add-ins. great way to recover you home assist core. just write down your passwords so you remember it when re-doing the system 

 

25 minutes ago, SteveRCT said:

Good day everyone,

Has anyone managed to make a powerflow with 2 inverters shown in the flow?(in one plant)

are you referring to a card - based off slipx06 that gary mentioned earlier in his thread?

1 minute ago, francoisj1 said:

are you referring to a card - based off slipx06 that gary mentioned earlier in his thread?

Omw completely missed it! Thank you for pointing it out! Feeling daft...

11 hours ago, Sc00bs said:

@Gary Waterworth   Did a quick YouTube video on how to install your software and to get the data into HASS, no cards or anything so very basic. 

Please let me know what you guys think of my first attempt. 🙂 

Will probably get a license for the software so can get rid of the watermark with some time, will also work on the production side a bit to make it slicker but thought I had to start somewhere

 

 

Hey Sc00bs,

Thanks for sharing your YouTube video! I just wanted to drop a quick note to say that your video was incredibly helpful. After watching it, I decided to give the integration between Home Assistant and SunSynk a try.

I must admit, I encountered a few hiccups along the way. In fact, I had to restore from a VM snapshot once due to some issues. But I persevered, and now my Home Assistant is successfully reading the data from my SunSynk inverter.

My next step is to back up the data and verify that it's coming from my inverter located at my HA setup and not from the second property. Once I've got that sorted out, the real fun can begin!

Thanks again for sharing your expertise through your video. It made a significant difference in getting me started on this integration journey.

13 hours ago, -cK- said:

Just a friendly suggestion for future videos to cover yourself I would suggest you advise people to first check the yaml config file before they restart just in case something went wrong with the editing of the config file so to not brick their installation of HA.

Rather save than have people blaming you (I see this in most of the tutorial videos I watch) 😉

 

 

Thanks CK, good idea 🙂 

7 hours ago, sikhogantsho said:

Hey Sc00bs,

Thanks for sharing your YouTube video! I just wanted to drop a quick note to say that your video was incredibly helpful. After watching it, I decided to give the integration between Home Assistant and SunSynk a try.

I must admit, I encountered a few hiccups along the way. In fact, I had to restore from a VM snapshot once due to some issues. But I persevered, and now my Home Assistant is successfully reading the data from my SunSynk inverter.

My next step is to back up the data and verify that it's coming from my inverter located at my HA setup and not from the second property. Once I've got that sorted out, the real fun can begin!

Thanks again for sharing your expertise through your video. It made a significant difference in getting me started on this integration journey.

I am very happy that it helped you. 

I am still learning and am definitely no coder 🙂 

Am going to work on some video's for Dashboards once I have finished the one for the the Solarman dongle

Added your video with credit to the top of the readme on github

I know there is a lot more work to cater for scenarios of essential/non , 2 invertor plants and 2 plants with invertors. 

It is a pity that the api docs are pretty bad and out of date. May need to do a teams session with people with those builds so they can put a passwd in on my test env so I can see what the app shows at the exact same time as data requested by the app. 

The problem is the way I look at the raw data means I cannot ask people to send me in captured https traffic. And I need to see exactly what the app is showing and the data it requested. 

2 hours ago, Gary Waterworth said:

I know there is a lot more work to cater for scenarios of essential/non , 2 invertor plants and 2 plants with invertors. 

It is a pity that the api docs are pretty bad and out of date. May need to do a teams session with people with those builds so they can put a passwd in on my test env so I can see what the app shows at the exact same time as data requested by the app. 

The problem is the way I look at the raw data means I cannot ask people to send me in captured https traffic. And I need to see exactly what the app is showing and the data it requested. 

I'd be happy to assist you with this, and just give you remote desktop control. If you agree to help me make my energy dash look sexy with 2 inverters 😆, and talk me through your process while you fiddle... I'm just waiting for the regions to fully migrate I'm still using the installers login details until the region migration is finalised. After that I'll be able to assist when i have my own login details. 

52 minutes ago, SteveRCT said:

I'd be happy to assist you with this, and just give you remote desktop control. If you agree to help me make my energy dash look sexy with 2 inverters 😆, and talk me through your process while you fiddle... I'm just waiting for the regions to fully migrate I'm still using the installers login details until the region migration is finalised. After that I'll be able to assist when i have my own login details. 

That is teh problem. I will need to use your login details on my server. I need to be able to intercept the web traffic to the app. Can only do that by running on my machine that is setup for it. 

 

The dual invertors I am not so worried about. They are fairly straight forward. I just need to do the coding.

The essential/non essential are more the pita atm

Edited May 19, 20233 yr by Gary Waterworth