saj_output_collector not working anymore

[jwillemsen]

pvoutput made a change that addbatchoutput has been deprecated and replaced by addoutput but batching is only possible in donation mode, see https://forum.pvoutput.org/t/changes-in-addbatchoutput-jsp-related-to-donation-mode/4461 and https://pvoutput.org/help/api_specification.html#add-output-service

[borft]

hmm, good one, I'll take a look at solax-php, to fix it. Shouldn't be too hard to do client-side batching and use the addoutput endpoint

[Wiggum127]

Experiencing SAJ integration (wired connection) no longer working since upgrade to 2021.7.

[jwillemsen]

@Wiggum127 waiting on the merge of my PR for pvoutput and a new release, at that moment I can release a new saj_collector gem which fixes this.

[jwillemsen]

@Wiggum127 Updated gems are published, run gem update saj_collector to get the new releases, it should now work again.

[Wiggum127]

I've never used gem before. So before going down that path, for the sake of completeness, some additional info about my config:

Now running HA Docker 2021.7.1 on an up to date Raspbian (Debian Buster) and a wired SAJ converter.

relevant part of the configuration YAML looks like this:

Adding SAJ converter

sensor:

• platform: saj host: correctly populated

Given I'm using a docker installation, would the gem trick work? Or should I wait for your fix to be integrated into a next HA release?

[jwillemsen]

You are using home assistant, that has its own support for SAJ. This ruby gem is for uploading the data from the SAJ inverter to pvoutput, you can use this gem in parallel to HA, I have that setup at my side also.

I have homeassistant 2021.7.1 running with SAJ without problems, for problems with the SAJ HA support you have to contact the HA forums.

[Wiggum127]

Understood. Sorry for the confusion.

[jwillemsen]

No a problem @Wiggum127, do you have problems with showing the data of the SAJ inverter in HA itself, or the upload from HA to pvoutput?

[jwillemsen]

In my HA configuration.yml I only have this for the SAJ integration, where host is the IP address of the inverter, that works at my side

sensor:
  - platform: saj
    name: saj
    host: 192.168.1.24

[Wiggum127]

My problem is that the SAJ integration used to work (till 2021.6.2), but with the upgrade to 2021.7.0/1 the integration broke. Meaning: the entities are greyed out and don't get populated with actual values in HA. There are no errors logged.

I think the name is optional in the yml. The configuration.yml, which did not change in months, is valid.

Any pointers ?

[jwillemsen]

Yes, the name is optional (I have multiple sensors), no idea why that fails, it does seem to work in my setup without problems with 2021.7.0