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DougL
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RE: EG4 Web API and Home Assistant

@lemming regarding getting the Update Time data from Python Protocol Gateway, I didn't find it in the spec( EG4-18KPV-12LV-Modbus-Protocol ) for thing...

1 month ago
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RE: EG4 Web API and Home Assistant

@lemming I've been using Python protocol Gateway(PPG) to talk to my EG4 18kPV and since it exports MQTT I'm pulling in the data to Home Assistant from...

1 month ago
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RE: EG4 website - Missing Battery Detail Data

Never mind, I now see that to see the battery data on the front monitoring page we need a 'premium' account to see that battery data. It is available ...

1 month ago
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RE: EG4 website - Missing Battery Detail Data

@jared Since the LuxPower battery protocol included battery voltage, amperage, temp, max/min cell V. , cell Temperature, and battery capacity should ...

1 month ago
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RE: EG4 Web API and Home Assistant

Nice work! You might take a look at Python Protocol Gateway() to see if there's anything missing in your implementation. I'm using PPG with my EG4 18...

1 month ago
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RE: EG4 6000XP W028 - Battery 100% PV output limited as batteries are fully charged

@eg4eric, the detail of his system's solarPV input being curtailed down to only support the load is likely an issue since there's no way the MPPTs ca...

2 months ago
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RE: Adding the daily temp curve

And the human brain can work with trends and generalizations very well. We will know what the previous day's weather was like, what the current weathe...

2 months ago
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RE: Adding the daily temp curve

Here's an idea which might help make the prediction data useful, add Yesterday's actual data curve. We see "Today Solar Energy" prediction getting up...

2 months ago
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RE: Adding the daily temp curve

@dfwtinker well they do store lots of stuff from our inverter and details about the wifi, network, etc. They render the curve in the browser(Javascrip...

2 months ago
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RE: Adding the daily temp curve

@dfwtinker I agree but the number of kWh they are predicting has to be estimated by a guess of what size our arrays are. I would think they could l...

2 months ago
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RE: Adding the daily temp curve

How do they even get those estimations without any input as to what solar PV inputs we have? Seems like that data would be helpful in a more accurate...

2 months ago
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RE: Give full permissions to end user?

Or at the very least a warranty expiration timer which then provides full user access once warranty expires. Unless EG4 is willing to do remote supp...

2 months ago
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RE: Roge Devices found in Chinese Inverters and batteries

From what I saw there was no proof they found anything. There were claims but no facts so without facts and verification it's just a boogeyman story ...

2 months ago
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