Generator alternative to Grid

[tiaanv]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Card does not cater for generator input

Expected behaviour

My system is completely off-grid. Instead, I have a generator connected to my inverters. Would be great to be able to either add generator support, or simply for now make the Grid options cater for a different icon on the grid side.

Possible Solutions

Changeable Grid Icon. Separate settings for Generator input.

Mode

Both

Context / Reason

This is probably only applicable to a very small subset of people, so not expecting too much effort/support for this. I could fork, and dive into this myself, but then it becomes a pain to maintain, if this does gain some favour, I am happy to do some potential dev as a starting point for a PR.

[slipx06]

Hi. The card does support generator input. You should use the aux input.

[tiaanv]

Thx, for the feedback.
Yes, I know.
I really did not state my requirement well enough.

I prefer the "Lite" option for an overview, and in that mode the AUX is not shown. Grid however is.

Interestingly, I have come across an off-grid install, where the Grid input was used for the Generator, and the AUX/GEN input was used in smartload config.

I still appreciate, that this could be a silly requirement, but all it really boils down to, is being able to change the icon of the Grid.

[slipx06]

Hi. Ok I understand the request. I'll take a look.

[slipx06]

@tiaanv Added to the latest release. Please test

grid:
  import_icon: mdi:generator-mobile
  export_icon: mdi:generator-mobile
  disconnected_icon: mdi:generator-mobile

[tiaanv]

I updated, it worked. Could even set the icons from the frontend, but then for some reason today, even though I have the yaml in there, it does not work, and the front-end options are reverted to the old one... Not sure if this has to do with HA updating...

Either way, It did work, and perfectly addressed my requirement. I really appreciate the change... Wanted to post some screenshots, but now it doesn't work. Will fiddle and report back when I can.

As a side note, but I could log another issue for that separately, the NAME is static, so when I enable Daily Import, it would say "Daily Grid Buy". Ideally this should use the NAME as provided in the Grid name?

[slipx06]

Ok thanks for the feedback. It might be a caching issue. Not sure. Try clear your browser cache or incognito mode. Might be better to just change that to "Daily Import" and "Daily Export"

[tiaanv]

Got to be a caching issue. the "Daily Import" option is perfect.

[slipx06]

@tiaanv You can set custom labels in https://github.com/slipx06/sunsynk-power-flow-card/releases/tag/v4.43.0

[tiaanv]

Everything 100% I hoped for. Thank you!!! Enjoy the coffee! ;)

[slipx06]

Thanks for the coffee 😄