Carel_Rossouw 0 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hi How do I connect a Sonoff rely on to my icc software? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gerrie 113 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Why do you want to connect a sonoff to the software? Is it to switch the inverter on /off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carel_Rossouw 0 Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 I want to switch some devices off when the Eskom power is off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gerrie 113 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Carel_Rossouw said: I want to switch some devices off when the Eskom power is off. I know you can connect the sonoff directly to the circuit you want to switch, but I don’t know if it can be used with software. Maybe there is someone who done it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulF007 400 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 You can but it does take a little bit of a fiddle. Option one would be to load Tasmota FW on the Sonoff then you have quite a lot op options. I recently saw that SonOff brought a new api to its FW so it could be possible to use thier API as well but I havent played with that , yet. For a rules engine I would recommend something like Node Red. The options is endless and fairly easy to do once you got the hang of it. 100% of all my rules run on it and I love it. Rpi is obviously the way to go then.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Centurionsolar 49 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 HI Carel, If you are willing to do add a little bit of Python, I can share some code with you that I wrote to talk to the built-in MQTT server running inside of ICC already..It's based on the paho MQTT library, and I made it so that it gets installed on the pi automatically the first time you run it. Once installed, you will be able to query all the values from your inverter like SOC, grid watts, grid volts, etc etc. By default the code already looks at a crapload of information coming from MQTT, so you just need to filter out the ones you don't want. From there (and this is the code you need to add, which is already in the bottom of the program but commented out) it's simply a matter of publishing to the correct topic (you configure it on the Sonoff when you load tasmota) based on whatever condition you like (read multiple IF statements ) and violla, relay on or relay off. Credit to this post for an example of how to talk to MQTT through Python. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wolfandy 91 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi Carel I was in a similar situation to you when I recently installed my PV system and wanted to automate when my pool pump is running. ICC Software actually offers another application called Advance Power Management that is tied into their main ICC software (https://iccsoftware.co.za/product/icc-advance-power-management-application-only/). With it, you can control Sonoff's that have been flashed with Tasmota (which is really easy to do with the new Sonoff R3's). Works like a charm for me and can highly recommend. Cheers Clovie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sc00bs 14 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Does anyone know if there is an easy way to do this with a Sunsynk inverter (I know it is possible, I would rather just not be reinventing the wheel)? I assume that I would be connecting the Raspberry Pi to the CanBus or RS 485 ports on the Inverter using an interface of some sorts. I know that the ICC software is not compatible as it only seesm to work with the AXPert inverters. I am looking for a way to switch on/off certain devices on my power network when certain conditions happen on the inverter, Pool on when there is excess power, Borehole off when there is load shedding etc. I already have 8 Sonoff's installed so am reasonably familiar with them and happy to reflash them to Tasmota. JohnB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sc00bs 14 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Was thinking of using https://esphome.io/ to manage the connection to the Inverter and switching on/off of the Sonoff's with Tasmota on them., Anyone had any experience or any other suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flamegrilled 25 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 30 minutes ago, Sc00bs said: Sonoff's with Tasmota @vlan_one shows you how to connect the HA to ICC to use the stats to automate a Sonoff device Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sc00bs 14 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Seems that this topic has already been covered in some depth, found the post by Bloubul7 looks like he is doing pretty much what I would like to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schnavel 0 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 @wolfandy, I came across your post and I'm looking at the idea of purchasing the ICC software you mention. Is it still working well for you? I recently purchased a house and looking to install a solar system when I move in. The house presently has electric geysers and after looking around, I have found that it is pretty expensive to upgrade to a solar version. I would rather save some money and add a few additional PV panels on my roof for my entire system. The question then came along, pertaining to management of the geysers and how not to kill my batteries if there is no solar etc. Your solution seems to be perfect, as I already have several Sonoff switches that I can use for this purpose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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