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patience4711 / read-APSystems-YC600-QS1-DS3

Software for an esp8266 nodemcu to read data from APS inverters.
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Alternative firmware for ECU-B? #111

Closed narc-Ontakac2 closed 1 year ago

narc-Ontakac2 commented 1 year ago

This might (I am not good with hardware) be used to create an alternative firmware (no cloud, no mobile app, no registration) for the ECU-B. If this is doable I would very much appreciate it. I own one and can look into it if that helps.

patience4711 commented 1 year ago

What you suggest is that this software could run on an ECU-B? If there is an ESP present (which is not impossible), yes. Indeed you should have to look in it, and also find out is there ater terminals where you can connect the wires to program the ESP. It would be a lot cheaper to buy the ESP-ECU hardware,

I don't know the capabilities of an ECU-B, maybe it can update formware on the inverter or throttle power. Currently the ESP can't do that.

narc-Ontakac2 commented 1 year ago

I already have an ECU-B and a DS3. When I started to set it up, which is a quite annoying process, I found out that it will give me power readings every 5 minutes. That is as useful to me as once a day, so I stopped and started looking for alternatives. One is yours, so I did this wishlist request. I can send a photo and would appreciate a comment on the hardware.

The actual problem I am trying to solve is that I get data from my power meter every 2 seconds. This was quite interesting but is now totally clobbered by the power produced by my DS3. To subtract that I need a resolution that is better than a minute. The likely solution is an smart plug with tasmoga.

patience4711 commented 1 year ago

@narc-Ontakac2 This software has a data resolution of 5 minutes, a higher resolution causes stability troubles so i can't help you with this.

narc-Ontakac2 commented 1 year ago

Thanks, that is really useful information.