I have been an HA user since about three days ago. Just learning.
I carefully logged in at the SolarEdge monitor web site, and carefully copied the Site Name (three words) and the Site ID (seven numerical digits). The API was already turned on and I carefully copied the API key. I then went into “Integrations” and clicked on “+ add integration” and picked “SolarEdge”. This brought up two choices:
- SolarEdge with a globe, and
- SolarEdge local with two angle brackets <>.
I picked “SolarEdge with a globe”. What popped up is a window “Define the API parameters for this installation” asking me to complete three fields:
- The name of this installation
- The SolarEdge site ID
- API key
The first field (the name of this installation) was pre-populated with “SolarEdge”. I left that unchanged and pasted in the Site ID and API key and clicked “submit”. What then showed up was a red error message:
Could not connect to the SolarEdge API
So then I tried pasting my Site Name (the three words) into the first field. I tried once again to click “submit”. What then showed up again was the same red error message:
Could not connect to the SolarEdge API
What is unfortunate is that the integration fails to say whether the “failure to connect” was my fault or somebody else’s fault. Did it “fail to connect” because I entered one or more of the three fields incorrectly? Or did it “fail to connect” because there was something wrong with the Solaredge system?
Yes I know that another option for some HA users is to try to connect using “Solaredge local with two angle brackets”. I will also try that.
I welcome any help that anyone can offer.