Cannot Create Sensors

[DavidqStokes]

I think I confused things yesterday by posting in a different issue - my apologies

My issue is that although I can successfully install the integration and set it up using my SolarEdge credentials (site ID, user name and password), I have no sensors being created. I am getting the following Home Assistant error log entry:

    Logger: homeassistant.components.sensor
    Source: custom_components/solaredgeoptimizers/sensor.py:97
    Integration: Sensor (documentation, issues)
    First occurred: 10:40:41 (1 occurrences)
    Last logged: 10:40:41

    Error while setting up solaredgeoptimizers platform for sensor
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py", line 293, in _async_setup_platform
        await asyncio.shield(task)
      File "/config/custom_components/solaredgeoptimizers/sensor.py", line 97, in async_setup_entry
        info = await hass.async_add_executor_job(
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
        result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/solaredgeoptimizers/solaredgeoptimizers.py", line 70, in requestSystemData
        raise Exception
    Exception

My HomeAssistant versions are as follows: Home Assistant 2023.2.5 Supervisor 2023.01.1 Operating System 9.5 Frontend 20230202.0 - latest

I am in the UK

When I am logged in to the SolarEdge portal via Chrome browser (on the same network as my HA instance), if I try the following URL (https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites//layout/logical) with my site ID I receive what I assume the JSON string with what I assume is the correct information (it makes sense with respect to my site).

If I try (https://monitoringpublic.solaredge.com/solaredge-web/p/publicSystemData?reporterId=PANEL_ID>&type=panel&activeTab=0&fieldId=&isPublic=true&locale=en) with my site ID and one of the panel IDs I receive a separate formatted string containing lots of information which appears to be correct (i.e. panel number, manufacturer, voltage, last reading date/time etc)

If useful, I can forward the strings that are returned

Thanks again for the work on this integration

David

[ProudElm]

yes, if you can, that should be helpful. The error it self is not forwarded to HA, my mistake. But i can debug the error and hopefully i can see what the real problem is.

[DavidqStokes]

I've just logged in to the SolarEdge portal and they are reporting performance issues via a pop-up. The requests I tried earlier are not working reliably.

I will therefore wait a while before trying again and providing the responses

[DavidqStokes]

I restarted the integration and my 16 sensors with 96 entities have just shown up. I wonder if this is linked to issues at SolarEdge?

[ProudElm]

Ah yes, that could be.. I noticed that sometimes it takes a very long time while other times its really fast. It could well be that they restrict access to their portal site with a max bandwidth or something.

It is now working OK?

[DavidqStokes]

Currently the entities are showing as Unavailable, but I'll give it a while

[ProudElm]

All off them? They should update every 15 min.

[DavidqStokes]

I restarted the integration and 15 of the 16 entities now have values. Looking at the 'last measurement' entity shows that the data from each panel was received (by SolarEdge?) at a different time

[ProudElm]

Yes that's correct. It's really stupid but it looks either the reporting from inverter to portal site is irregular or the portal is not updated at any regular interval. It is really lame and stupid that one cannot gather the information from the optimizers via modbus like we can with the current power etc.

[DavidqStokes]

SolarEdge's implementation might be somewhat poor, but your integration is now working well. For the first time since they were installed, I can estimate how much additional generation my optimisers are providing.

Thanks for all the work on this

[ProudElm]

This method relais heavenly on the portal of SolarEdge, i notice a lot of downtime or errors from their website.. Not much we can do about it unfortunate.

Your welcome!