Anyone else having issues with latest version of Solcast integration and HA? I updated everything last week and it doesn’t appear to be pulling any data. I have checked the log but I can’t see anything obvious (now looking for the not so obvious). Any help or guidance appreciated.
The forecast_today entity stopped listing values, so there is nothing to show but from tomorrow and the following 6 days. If it’s Solcast limiting the API, this graph thing won’t work.
You now need to setup an automation to call the update data service call. This integration no longer automatically downloads the data from SolCast.
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Thanks for the information. Clearly I hadn’t read the change log correctly 🤦
hello
Have you an example for this automation to update data service?
Nbr? hours? from to?
Thank’s for your help
I have 50 api cals - so every 15 minutes the api refresh is requested
so check your account for the API limit otherwise set it to hourly
alias: Solcast_update
description: New API call Solcast
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: /15
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunset
after: sunrise
action:
- service: solcast_solar.update_forecasts
data: {}
mode: single
Thanks for the new dampening settings. I have a few panels that catch shade after 13:00 so this is very useful. The question I have is - what is the effect on the total day prognoses in the energy dashboard? I now have a generic dampening in Solcast itself that is about right, so the hourly is often underestimated and the afternoon overestimated. Overall it is fine.
Should I decrease the dampening for solcast itself and just dampen the afternoon myself (but that would likely overestimate each daytotal) or should I leave solcast alone, have >1 dampening in the morning and < 1 in the afternoon?
Hi team!
The dampening settings are great! I’ve got tall neighbours so we’re not able to get the earliest morning sun or the latest afternoon sun.
But it would be nice to be able to increase the forecast if possible (dampening > 1) as we seem to get more afternoon sun than forecast.
You can increase your panels’ max kWp instead.
Yes, I suggested that. But I’m worried that that way the hourly graphs look perfect, while the daily/weekly yield prediction is too high. That is because this dampening seems to be done in HA, not by solcast.
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I’m not getting any data since a power outage 2 days ago.
My automation is as below and is unchanged.
alias: Solcast Update forcast
description: New API call Solcast
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
hours: /1
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunset
after: sunrise
action:
- service: solcast_solar.update_forecasts
data: {}
mode: single
EDIT: reloading the integration worked. I had already tried restarting the whole of HA but for some reason it was still not working until i reloaded the integration and reran the automation
This does not give me anything in the graph. How to setup this sensor?
Just use
sensor.solcast_forecast_remaining_today
There were some changes to the Solcast integration so you should double check your sensor names. The graph needs the detailedForecast attributes for each of the days.
This config is working for me
- type: custom:apexcharts-card
view_layout:
grid-area: solar
header:
show: true
standard_format: true
show_states: true
colorize_states: true
apex_config:
chart:
height: 350px
tooltip:
enabled: true
shared: true
followCursor: true
graph_span: 4d
now:
show: true
label: Now
span:
start: day
offset: '-1day'
all_series_config:
type: area
opacity: 0.3
stroke_width: 1
series:
- entity: sensor.sunsynk_battery_soc
name: Battery
float_precision: 0
type: line
color: '#f06292'
opacity: 0.6
yaxis_id: capacity
extend_to: now
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: false
group_by:
func: last
duration: 5m
- entity: sensor.sunsynk_solar_power
name: Solar Power
float_precision: 3
color: '#ff9800'
yaxis_id: kWh
unit: kW
transform: return x/1000;
extend_to: now
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: false
group_by:
func: avg
duration: 5m
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_today
name: Solar Forecast (D1)
extend_to: false
color: grey
opacity: 0.3
stroke_width: 0
yaxis_id: kWh
show:
legend_value: false
in_header: false
data_generator: |
return entity.attributes.detailedForecast.map((entry) => {
return [new Date(entry.period_start), entry.pv_estimate];
});
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_tomorrow
name: Solar Forecast (D2)
float_precision: 3
extend_to: false
color: grey
opacity: 0.3
stroke_width: 0
yaxis_id: kWh
show:
legend_value: false
in_header: false
data_generator: |
return entity.attributes.detailedForecast.map((entry) => {
return [new Date(entry.period_start), entry.pv_estimate];
});
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_day_3
name: Solar Forecast (D3)
float_precision: 3
extend_to: false
color: grey
opacity: 0.3
stroke_width: 0
yaxis_id: kWh
show:
legend_value: false
in_header: false
data_generator: |
return entity.attributes.detailedForecast.map((entry) => {
return [new Date(entry.period_start), entry.pv_estimate];
});
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_today
yaxis_id: header_only
name: Solar Forecast (D1)
color: grey
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: true
in_chart: false
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_remaining_today
yaxis_id: header_only
name: Forecast (D1 Remaining)
color: grey
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: true
in_chart: false
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_tomorrow
yaxis_id: header_only
name: Forecast (D2)
color: grey
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: true
in_chart: false
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_forecast_day_3
yaxis_id: header_only
name: Solar Forecast (D3)
color: grey
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: true
in_chart: false
- entity: sensor.solcast_pv_forecast_api_last_polled
yaxis_id: header_only
name: Forecast (Last Update)
color: grey
unit: ' min.'
transform: return ((Date.now()) - (new Date(x).getTime())) / 60 / 60 / 24
show:
legend_value: true
in_header: true
in_chart: false
yaxis:
- id: capacity
show: true
opposite: true
decimals: 0
max: 100
min: 0
apex_config:
tickAmount: 5
- id: kWh
show: true
min: 0
apex_config:
tickAmount: 5
- id: header_only
show: false
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These are mine. I only have 10 API calls so I check at sunrise and sunset and then every 1.5 hours in between
alias: API Solcast on Sunrise and Sunset
description: New API call Solcast
trigger:
- platform: sun
event: sunrise
offset: 0
- platform: sun
event: sunset
offset: 0
condition: []
action:
- service: solcast_solar.update_forecasts
data: {}
mode: single
alias: Solcast_update
description: New API call Solcast
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: /30
condition:
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: sun
before: sunset
after: sunrise
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ (now().hour*60+now().minute)%90==0 }}"
action:
- service: solcast_solar.update_forecasts
data: {}
mode: single
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Is anyone else getting this error from today?
Logger: custom_components.solcast_solar.sensor
Source: custom_components/solcast_solar/sensor.py:297
Integration: Solcast PV Forecast (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 5:18:23 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 5:18:23 PM
SOLCAST - unable to get sensor value tuple index out of range Traceback (most recent call last): File "/config/custom_components/solcast_solar/sensor.py", line 293, in extra_state_attributes return self.coordinator.get_sensor_extra_attributes( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/config/custom_components/solcast_solar/coordinator.py", line 123, in get_sensor_extra_attributes return self.solcast.get_forecast_day(0) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/config/custom_components/solcast_solar/solcastapi.py", line 303, in get_forecast_day x1 = round((tup[index]["pv_estimate"] + tup[index+1]["pv_estimate"]) /2, 4) ~~~^^^^^^^^^ IndexError: tuple index out of range
I had a random key error on the site ID today and all my sensors were 0.0. I reloaded the integration and all good again.
Yes I’m getting the same error. No amount of reloads fixes it