Sorrythat's why I have not bought it yet.
Damnit. I need to scratch an itch and I ended scratching off a scab it seems.
Solar Assistant is in my future though. Let me first see if I get bored of the constant monitoring and reporting.
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Damnit. I need to scratch an itch and I ended scratching off a scab it seems.
Solar Assistant is in my future though. Let me first see if I get bored of the constant monitoring and reporting.
JurieVorster
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Solar Assistant registered me as an Organisation ... meaning I install SA on solar systems we install and also anyone asking me to monitor their systems on their behalf. What I love is that SA has a built-in MQTT Broker ... using some NAT - Virtual Server - Port Forwading, I am able to pull the info over the internet into among other of my monitoring platforms in Home Assistant, node-Red and ESPHome etc.
At a glance I can see vital stats nearly live / instantly of remote site / client and my own systems. Bits of setup and click on a card pops up more detail up to a point where it will open SA's site pointing to the actual SA dashboard.
Thus my vote is Solar Assistant.
At a glance I can see vital stats nearly live / instantly of remote site / client and my own systems. Bits of setup and click on a card pops up more detail up to a point where it will open SA's site pointing to the actual SA dashboard.
Thus my vote is Solar Assistant.
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I have used solar assistant/old dongle/new dongle on my sunsynk. The only thing I miss from SA is integration to home assistant. The new dongle allows online changing of settings. That is a big plus for meI plan to get solar assistant sometime next week, sunsynk dongle is literally just rebranded solarman with a 60ms integer for the update timer
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What sort of changes ? Can you screenshot the config of what changes can be made ?
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What sort of changes ? Can you screenshot the config of what changes can be made ?
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What sort of changes ? Can you screenshot the config of what changes can be made ?
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Anyone lose data in HA recently with Solar Assistant. Only notice a few days ago all date before Feb is not pulling through into HA but shows up on SA?
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Mine is showing up BUT i only installed mine on the 27th / 28th so i didn't have much data anyways
ADrunkTeddyBear
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My batteries are correctly configured (different shutdown % though)
I meant in Solar Assistant, which connection mode should be selected. Looks like USB to Serial RS232/RS485 but the site doesn’t stipulate Hubble AM2.
ADrunkTeddyBear
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Ahhhh okay. I have no idea then. Might be worth it to email their support?
Jeez they reply fast. Confirmed the setting and will update their website.
ADrunkTeddyBear
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Would you mind sharing the settings?
For the Hubble AM2 you need the Hubble specific cable and then set the battery config to use USB to Serial RS232/RS485 as the connection.