Does anyone possibly have any info on when Solar Assistant's support of Luxpower inverters will improve? At the moment it is very limited. I am still learning so I am playing around with settings often and I have to switch to the Luxpower Device monitor software everytime I want to chance anything. It works well for monitoring though. I am on the latest firmware - 2023-08-16.

4 minutes ago, eugenedp said:

Does anyone possibly have any info on when Solar Assistant's support of Luxpower inverters will improve? At the moment it is very limited. I am still learning so I am playing around with settings often and I have to switch to the Luxpower Device monitor software everytime I want to chance anything. It works well for monitoring though. I am on the latest firmware - 2023-08-16.

Best would be to message the SolarAssistant dev and hear from them what their roadmap looks like - they can sometimes be very quick to respond

Thanks, I did not know how to get a hold of them but I just checked again and found the "contact us" link at the bottom of their website.

 

5 hours ago, eugenedp said:

Thanks, I did not know how to get a hold of them but I just checked again and found the "contact us" link at the bottom of their website.

 

Just saw this in the latest change log

Yes, they replied to me and suggested that I join the beta program, and I did. Lots of new things in the pipeline. I have not tested yet, will do soon and report back.

After updating to the latest beta version of the software, I am now seeing a lot of the settings that were previously missing - thanks devs. Not all settings yet, but at least enough to keep me busy and it feels like we are getting somewhere.

 

Finally, after 8 months I have my panels up. And of course, just as I was finishing the connections it started raining.  And yes, it took me 8 months to build the rack - I work slowly😁

26 minutes ago, eugenedp said:

Finally, after 8 months I have my panels up. And of course, just as I was finishing the connections it started raining.  And yes, it took me 8 months to build the rack - I work slowly😁

Good for you very neatly done after connection to inverter you will see the magic.

Thank you - and I have seen the magic already. Even during the thunderstorm - only a little magic, but something happened. Hope for some sunshine tomorrow. Merry Christmas.

 

 

Just noticed this feature in Solar Assistant - never knew about it. It can show when the next loadshedding is scheduled

 

15 hours ago, eugenedp said:

Just noticed this feature in Solar Assistant - never knew about it. It can show when the next loadshedding is scheduled

 

Have you seen the automation functionality?

11 minutes ago, mzezman said:

Have you seen the automation functionality?

I have seen the Automation functionality but am too "scared" to try it out 🙂

I would like to see feedback from others first as to how they try to use this feature.

MdF

3 hours ago, mzezman said:

Have you seen the automation functionality?

Just looking at it now, thanks.

47 minutes ago, eugenedp said:

Just looking at it now, thanks.

Nope. I am on the latest beta(yesterday) but it must not be available for Luxpower inverters yet. Not a trainsmash - looks like some settings to play with, but nothing I desperately need right now.

does anyone have feedback regarding the automation on the Luxpower units using Solar Assistant as yet? im looking at upgrading my inverter to a Luxpower unit. but is essential to my system that the automation still works

Yes, I am using the automation settings. Not much, I am running off Eskom power from 17:00 to 21:00 every day and  I have set up an automation to charge the battery off Eskom if it should go below 30% SOC(has not happened yet). Seems to work. I must add that I am running the latest beta version of SA.

Edited May 13, 20242 yr by eugenedp
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@Flouw  I was on SA with my previous inverter. I then moved to a LuxPower LXP5K with a PowerGem battery (specifically for the tightly coupled inverter and battery management in a single interface, including firmware updates etc.).

Initially I was dissapointed with the low level of functionality / integration of SA with the Lux inverter, but as I got to know the LuxPower management interface, I realised it had everything I needed and some things that SA still doesn't offer (Email and mobile app event notifications).

If you want to stick with SA as your base platform, I would recommend looking at a Deye inverter. A work colleague has a Deye with SA and flip it has fantastic integration and advanced automation. Real "if this" then "that" type of logic.

I've included some screen shots below that show that you can set multiple time slots for different functions to give you a level of automation (Depends on what you are looking for).

The time and effort that LuxPower put into developing their mangement platform is one of their differentiators in my opinion.

 

 

Just an update - I tested the automations to charge the battery when it drops to a certain level yesterday. No luck. I could not get the inverter to charge the battery at all. I do not know if I am just stupid or maybe the automations do not work yet. Grid first settings work, but not the charge settings.