Sunsynk + Home Assistant

Speedster said:
Cable isn't always practical though.
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Potentially not possible either

I for e.g. can't get another cable through the conduits ( plural ) between my house and garage. I do however have an existing Ethernet cable connected to wireless AP/Ethernet switch in the garage. Enter a Pi or ESP. Initially I had a Pi hooked up using KellerZA's plugin. But it had to leave with my older Victron which found a new home. So I went ESP because it was cheap and a great learning experience....now I have several ESP's performing different roles. Rabbit hole !
 
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SauRoNZA said:
I'm assuming the two are connected in parallel here.

So yes you just connect to the Master unit which talks to the Slave unit and the Add-on in Home Assistant then gets the data from both.

Getting Started | Deye/Sunsynk

Take control of your inverter.
kellerza.github.io kellerza.github.io

I say this by massive assumption but I think @kellerza hangs out here so might be able to confirm directly.
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To report back in case anyone else is battling with multiple inverters. I got this working as follows:

Both inverters are connected to the RS485 bus. The parallel connection between the inverters does not allow reading the second inverter via RS485.
"Daisy chaining" the RS485 connection is better than running parallel cables.
I used https://www.takealot.com/network-cable-splitter-adapter-1-male-to-2-male-pack-of-2/PLID93167360 to split the bus to each inverter.
I had to use the modbus TCP - Modbus RTU gateway add-on provided by kellerza. so essentially only mbusd talks to my usb-serial converter and sunsynk add-on talks to mbusd. I was getting stuck values trying to communicate directly from the sunsynk add-on to the usb-serial converter regardless of which driver I was using.
I'm using the umodbus driver in the sunsynk add-on.
 
v4.8.0
Exciting New Features
- feat: new incremental battery icon to show SOC more accurately. Note that the battery `full_capacity` and `empty_capacity` attributes are now obsolete and can be removed from your config. Closes #192


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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/compare/v4.7.4...v4.8.0
 
Any idea how I can increase the width of the drop down menu when selecting an entity? I am not able to see the whole entity name.

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SauRoNZA said:
Why do you need to?

Just paste or type in the one you need.
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That is an option, but would that no defeat the purpose of having a visual editor for this card? I could then just switch to the code editor and paste it in there. Just a general question from my side.
 
DawieZA said:
That is an option, but would that no defeat the purpose of having a visual editor for this card? I could then just switch to the code editor and paste it in there. Just a general question from my side.
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True, I thought it was more an issue of your entities having names that are too long and being unable to do it once off as my screen looks very different from yours.

Visual Editor certainly makes it a lot simpler now.
 
My garage is proving a sauna and the inverter ( 5kW ) was hitting some real high temps as a result. So I built a fan tray based on the good work of the folks over at powerforum. Driven by an ESP32, PWM controlled and gets the temps from Home Assistant. So far this is good for around 10 - 15 degrees worth of cooling. And on a super hot Cape Town day like today it has proved well worth the effort.

Currently the inverter logger and fan controller ESP's are separate ( both using Slipx code ). Next step is to combine the code so that one ESP both logs and controls the fans, then clean up the cabling. It's a bit spaghetti factory right now as I wanted to test first before diving into the trunking.

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hilt_ctn said:
My garage is proving a sauna and the inverter ( 5kW ) was hitting some real high temps as a result. So I built a fan tray based on the good work of the folks over at powerforum. Driven by an ESP32, PWM controlled and gets the temps from Home Assistant. So far this is good for around 10 - 15 degrees worth of cooling. And on a super hot Cape Town day like today it has proved well worth the effort.

Currently the inverter logger and fan controller ESP's are separate ( both using Slipx code ). Next step is to combine the code so that one ESP both logs and controls the fans, then clean up the cabling. It's a bit spaghetti factory right now as I wanted to test first before diving into the trunking.

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What sort of temps would you consider as high for inverter? My 5kw unit has seen about 63degrees very briefly

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Iwojima said:
What sort of temps would you consider as high for inverter? My 5kw unit has seen about 63degrees very briefly
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Mine was clocking 68.1 deg but staying there for a few hours at a time while the the inverter did it's thing. With the fans running at around 90%, the max it is hitting now is 59 degrees. Super happy with that result
 
v4.12.0

Exciting New Features

feat: This release implements more linear scaling for `dynamic_line_width`. It also introduces a new attribute `max_line_width` for customisation of this visual affect. If you like thick lines and cannot lie, bump this number up. If you prefer a more subtle affect drop this below the default value of `4`. Don't forget to set your `max_power` values. Some examples below:

max_line_width = 10

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Max_line_width = 3

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## New Contributors
* @Roving-Ronin made their first contribution in https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/pull/228

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/compare/v4.11.2...v4.12.0
 
v4.15.0

Exciting New Features
  • feat: This release introduces `dynamic_colour` and `linear_gradient` options for the battery. These are two optional visual enhancements.
  • `dynamic_colour` changes the colour of the battery icon based on the % contribution of the power source (grid, solar). `priority_load_243` will determine whether the battery or the load is prioritized when generating solar power. By default the battery is prioritized.
  • If `linear_gradient: true` the blocks inside the battery icon that represent SOC will be coloured using a linear gradient that ranges from red to green
You can use these settings independently or in combination to achieve various affects. Some examples below​

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  • locale: add Brazilian Portuguese translation. closes #250 Thanks @R0DRIG0MEL0
  • chore: update copyright year. closes #251

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/compare/v4.14.0...v4.15.0
 
Slip said:
v4.15.0

Exciting New Features
  • feat: This release introduces `dynamic_colour` and `linear_gradient` options for the battery. These are two optional visual enhancements.
  • `dynamic_colour` changes the colour of the battery icon based on the % contribution of the power source (grid, solar). `priority_load_243` will determine whether the battery or the load is prioritized when generating solar power. By default the battery is prioritized.
  • If `linear_gradient: true` the blocks inside the battery icon that represent SOC will be coloured using a linear gradient that ranges from red to green
You can use these settings independently or in combination to achieve various affects. Some examples below​

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  • locale: add Brazilian Portuguese translation. closes #250 Thanks @R0DRIG0MEL0
  • chore: update copyright year. closes #251

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/compare/v4.14.0...v4.15.0
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Awesome work dude!

Every single person who sees the dashboard in my kitchen has commented on how cool your card is for offering so much info in one place.
 
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