Newbie questions about modifying config.yaml

Configuration
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Hi, this is my first post so please be gentle! Also let me know if i’ve posted in the wrong place.

I’m running Core2023.12.4 with Frontend20231208.2 on a windows PC and I have a few simple integrations running nicely and so far I’m pretty pleased with myself as I’ve virtually no programming skills.

I found an integration on github for my Renac solar inverter (which isn’t listed within HACS) which I imported using HACS custom repositories and the github URL and it now appears in HACS.

The readme file says:

Place the custom_components folder in your configuration directory

which I do (the folder name is renac);and

Add to your Home-Assistant config:

renac:
  username: <username>
  password: <password>
  equipment_serial: <inverter serial number>

which I also do, using quotes for each of the 3 values (and being mindful of the indents).

I have a couple of questions :

  1. Is it a good idea to be adding lines to the config file like this, and
  2. What could I be missing/doing wrong/misunderstanding because when I restart HA the following error log is generated:

Log Details (ERROR)

Logger: homeassistant.components.sensor
Source: C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\Home Assistant stuff\HassWP_2023.12.4\python-3.11.6.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\helpers\entity_platform.py:419
Integration: Sensor (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 22 January 2024 at 8:57:26 pm (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 22 January 2024 at 8:57:26 pm

Error while setting up renac platform for sensor

Traceback (most recent call last): File “C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\Home Assistant stuff\HassWP_2023.12.4\python-3.11.6.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\helpers\entity_platform.py”, line 361, in _async_setup_platform await asyncio.shield(task) File “C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\Home Assistant stuff\HassWP_2023.12.4\python-3.11.6.amd64\Lib\concurrent\futures\thread.py”, line 58, in run result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\Home Assistant stuff\HassWP_2023.12.4\config\custom_components\renac\sensor.py”, line 57, in setup_platform emailSn = login(conf.get(CONF_USERNAME), conf.get(CONF_PASSWORD)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\Home Assistant stuff\HassWP_2023.12.4\config\custom_components\renac\sensor.py”, line 85, in login _LOGGER.info(“Got email id :” + str(r.json()[‘email’])) ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^ KeyError: ‘email’

Any help would be greatly appreciated especially as I can’t see any way to contact the repository owner on github.

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Can you link to the Renac integration github page. I can’t find it.

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wow - that was quick - thanks for taking the time to respond.

this is the page:
https://github.com/gastush/ha-renac/tree/main/custom_components/renac

4

The documentation doe not mention anything about supplying an email address. So you can open a new issue here:

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Thank you - I will do that

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Just in case anyone else is interested :
it seems that the problem was with the API URL which had been changed by Renac. The dev has issued an updated release which resolves this.
I have the integration fully up & running now.
Also it seems that it’s only been tested on 3-phase inverters - but would be interesting to know if it runs on single-phase as well.

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