Is it day or night when your tried adding the sensor?
Did you try to read data using python?
sudo pip3 install huawei-solar==1.1.0
python3
import huawei_solar
inverter = huawei_solar.HuaweiSolar('192.168.200.1')
inverter.get("model_name")
If it will work then maybe there are missing some dependency in HA if not, then I think could be problem with communication.
Why add # sign before slave :0?
I did as you wrote.
result:
Result(value='SUN2000-8KTL-M1', unit=None)
a little test (Rafał suggested me)
It means that communication is OK, but I think there is something wrong with this integration. I can also suggest you to try modbus integration:
modbus:
- name: Solar
type: tcp
host: 192.168.200.1
port: 502
sensors:
- name: Solar SunPower
address: 32080
unit_of_measurement: W
data_type: int
count: 2
scale: 1
precision: 1
scan_interval: 30
But don’t add both integration at the same time.
modbus worked, but I would like to know why it doesn’t work in the first configuration.
I don’t know modbus…
Can you now disable modbus and try again the first integration? I know peolpe that sometimes after adding modbus integration, the first integration also start working. I think that after adding modbus integration are also installed missing dependency. i personally never had this problem.
sensor:
- platform: huawei_solar
host: '192.168.200.1'
I disable modbus and enable first integration, unfortunately the sensor didn’t show up.
maybe I will restart the inverter?
Of course you can restart inverter and HA once more time. And while using this integration there must be nothing connected to inverter AP.
I don’t have any more ideas, you can use modbus integration and read the same data.
Just remember that connecting to inverter AP should be with deleted slave: 1.
ok, thank you Rafał for your help.
I wonder if this new firmware can do something wrong? Probably not…
Still struggeling to re-connect to the internal AP with my rpi4. I can see the AP on my iPhone, and on my PC, but scanning available networks with my Raspberry doesn’t show it. Any idea what could be wrong?
I also use this firmware and I’m connecting to internal AP and everything works OK.
I uninstalled the huawei_solar integration and installed a new one. When checking the configuration, shows a message appeared to me:
Platform error sensor.huawei_solar - Integration ‘huawei_solar’ not found.
It’s normal. Usually if you add integration it is active after you restart HA, so if you add in config integration, HA didn’t know if it’s correct because this integration is not active until HA restart…
Sorry for my bad English, I hope you understand what I have on mind.
Just restart docker or from command line.
thank you for the information, i’m new here and still learning…
“#” is used in yaml to add comments. YAML/ Homeassistant will disregard any line starting with #
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Add ping 192.168.200.1 to lovelace dashboard too. So that you can get a visual representation of your connection (stable or unstable)
Does someone know if the inverter’s AP uses something like MAC blacklisting or such? Once I try to connect to the AP and something goes wrong (password?), I can’t see the AP anymore in the list of available APs.
