I dont think it's a problem with SA but from EASUN n there cheap inverters. I am tring to change it using the USB B cable they have send me. I tried using the computer with solar power also but couldn't change any settings.
Is Solar Assistant-Raspberry PI a reliable remote monitoring/control solution
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sgtidaho
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I have bee using SA for a while, sourced a Pi 4 from here https://www.canakit.com/. Purchased the software, dowloaded and installed.
No issues works great, I two 2 LV6548 and 6 EG4 LIFEPOWER. sometimes i have to reboot the batteries.
Canakit has some kits, sadly hard to find just the boards. my get and Orange pi play with.
No issues works great, I two 2 LV6548 and 6 EG4 LIFEPOWER. sometimes i have to reboot the batteries.
Canakit has some kits, sadly hard to find just the boards. my get and Orange pi play with.
My issue don't seems to be from SA but EASUN. There inverters don't seem to allow to charge parameters from another form other than directly on the inverter.
SA n my inverters r showing different values when it comes to PV close to about 500W. This is what I asked them but there is no response from them.
wattmatters
Solar Wizard
I have an EASun 8kW inverter and have no issues with Solar Assistant making changes. Mine's all managed with Home Assistant automations interacting with Solar Assistant via the MQTT integration. Works really well. Controls the switching between output source priority, as well as the charger source priority and how much supplemental "grid" charging to use (it adjusts based on how much excess PV capacity my grid-tied PV system has available).
I've no idea how good or crap my inverter is but so far it's working well.
I've no idea how good or crap my inverter is but so far it's working well.
Does it work with solar assistant alone without home assistant. Bcz I hv not linked it with home Assistant.
wattmatters
Solar Wizard
Yes.
I don't use SA directly much though, I use SA more as a conduit to enable me to control the inverter with automations made to suit my specific use case.
Heck, wish I would known SA not supporting Orange. I bought it 2 months ago. Sigh1. It's about as reliable as your power supply and internet and local network connections. Where I've had trouble is my sometimes flakey local WiFi. So now I have it connected with an ethernet data cable. Don't skimp on the Pi power supply.
2. SA, at present (it may change in future), can only monitor one source of battery data, be that a BMS or a shunt or via an inverter. So if your battery's BMSs are connected to each other and one acts as the main comms connection to the SA Pi then yes it can report on each battery, provided it is a compatible BMS/comms. But if you are hoping to connect each battery BMS individually to the SA Pi then at present SA cannot do that. Having SA monitor more than one source of battery data is an oft requested feature and is on the long list of features to add. There is no time frame for this feature.
3. I bought mine direct from SA, it was just easier as it was my first Pi and I wanted to shorten the learning curve. It was a Pi 3b. SA has guidance on hardware requirements here:
Load SolarAssistant on Raspberry Pi
Flash SolarAssistant on to a Raspberry Pi in a few easy steps.solar-assistant.io
I would stay with the officially supported models as listed. Note that the Orange Pi is not supported. That doesn't mean it won't work but that SA has stated it's not going to provide support for it.
Tulex
Solar Wizard
I don't know how that can be true, they sell the installed version on an Orange.
Hardware support
| Device | Remarks | Video output |
| Raspberry PI 1, 2 Raspberry PI Zero | Not officially supported, but used by some users | None |
| Raspberry PI Zero W Raspberry PI 3A+ | Data is real-time within 2 - 4 seconds Historic metric every 30 seconds | None |
| Raspberry PI Zero 2 W Raspberry PI 3B, 3B+ Raspberry PI 4B | Data is real-time within 1 - 2 seconds Historic metric every 10 seconds | None |
| Orange PI 3 LTS (Must be LTS) | Data is real-time within 1 - 2 seconds Historic metric every 10 seconds | Full HD |
Thank you. I was reading above post. I have not used support. This is good news.
Kenny_
Solar Addict
Wish I could get mine to do this.
Sungold 10k48 Inverter and Sungold rack batteries.
Nothing I've tried works to allow viewing/details about the batteries (5 rack-mount).
Anyone using SA with Sungold 10k inverter?
