Home Assistant

I did the multiple DS18B20 temp sensors on the water tank via an esp8266 as my first introduction into a smart home and home assistant earlier this year. Sunk alot of time into it but eventually worked out how to do it, in all about a month on and off.

Also set up another board with a little LED screen to show the temps, use it daily.

I'm always dreading that a cable will get pulled out of the breadboard in the hot press and I'll have to learn it all again from scratch.

After that project I thought I had it all down pat so I tried a solar PV integration for a solis inverter but ended up losing another month there, no hardware this time just programming and finding the right integration.

If you need a hand with the temp sensors let me know.

Thanks - I'd the same concerns so I got the DS18B20s with 2m cable, so should be able to tidy it up and mount to the wall out the way... [in theory]

I can view the temps on a panel on the tank already, so no need to add another - currently looking to get several sensors into a custom card like this for HA

Just need to find time to do it now - along with everything else... until I drop it for the next new thing that catches my fancy!

Ahh I was looking for a graphic exactly like that earlier in the year but couldn't find one. Looks great

Haven't done a custom card before but looking at that link you posted and the HA custom cards wiki, it'll likely take me the whole Christmas break to get this sorted. Definitely worth it though 😜.

Cheers for the link

Ive installed some TADO TRV's myself. I currently have 2 zoned hive system but was going to change all radiator valves to TADO TRV's and just use there extension kit. (Completely rmeove the Hive system)

So any TRV valve in the house can turn heat on/off depending on setpoint. I wasnt going to install TADO thermostats as the TRV's measure temp (Although not 100% accurate, you can offset them)

And easily integrated into HA.

i am using xiaomi motion sensors with lumen option. for room temperature i use xiaomi ble temp and humidity sensors. working fine (touch wood) for few years now. had to change firmware on temp sensors for HA though. pretty easy.

I'm having a blonde moment trying to integrate this into HA. It's been so long since I touched the config page with any yaml, I'm not sure I'm filling in the details correctly.

This is what I've saved on the config file after saving the files from github to a custom components folder.

Q1. do I leave the "" around m.Ginlong.com?

Q2. It's the login details used for the portal, not the Solis app I need?

Q3. Will the login details work using !secret? If not, again, do I need the "" around them on the config page?

Q4. Once the details are setup correctly, the Solis entities should appear after a few hours, on the energy setup for grid/solar/battery and as entities in their own right?

sensor:
 - platform: solis
  name: "Solis Inverter"
  portal_domain: "m.ginlong.com"
  portal_username: !secret inverter_user
  portal_password: !secret inverter_pass
  portal_plant_id: 1234567

Cheers, I'll try then now.

No joy on that, not sure what the issue is.

Having messed with all of that in the past I can honestly say nabu casa is worth every cent for how easy it makes remote access, and supports the awesome developers behind it.

This is my config also:-

 - platform: solis

   name: "SolarPV"

   portal_domain: "home.solarman.cn"

   portal_username: !secret solis_username

   portal_password: !secret solis_password

   portal_plant_id: "xxxxxxxx"

   inverter_serial: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

The only thing that I can see and it might just be the way that it is pasted, is to make sure the formatting/spacing is correct. Looking at yours your name line onwards is a space back and the n should be lining up with the p of platform above, if that makes sense.

Is there a sensor that shows the actual kW that is flowing to or from the battery?

I know it shows it in the app and the online portal just not showing in home assistant and don't see it listed.

Thanks

Still no joy with this, 😫

Had the ginlong portal address in, going to try this one now.

Have double checked the plant id, inverter serial and login details.

I took a long time getting this working also (turned out I had an extra character in my password :-{ ). I think keep a close eye on the logs

Q1. do I leave the "" around m.Ginlong.com?

A: Yes

Q2. It's the login details used for the portal, not the Solis app I need?

A: Correct

Q3. Will the login details work using !secret? If not, again, do I need the "" around them on the config page?

Don't think so - I have quotes around the username and password and the details in the root configuration.yaml

Q4. Once the details are setup correctly, the Solis entities should appear after a few hours, on the energy setup for grid/solar/battery and as entities in their own right?

The entities appear fairly quickly. Entities appeared quickly, but it doesn't show as a device or integration. You just configure the energy dashboard as appropriate.

Oh yeah, since we're in the HA thread, the Ajax integration isn't great. I thought I'd be able to get the status of each sensor but looks like you can only get a single armed status of the system as a whole, which is a pity. I suppose it's understandable since it's security system and there could be potential risks with opening it up to HA.

You can go about using the Ajax UART bridge which will give you everything straight into HA but it requires programming the whole thing from scratch I believe and that's way above my pay grade.