Battery state not working with SolaX hybrid inverter

[Cardo1]

Describe the bug Not sure if a bug or an improvement / supporting more devices.

My inverter provides all the values for the battery in the data string. As follows:

"method":"uploadsn","version":"Solax_SI_CH_2nd_20160912_DE02","type":"AL_SE","SN":"serialnumber","Data":[6.1,6.4,212.0,178.9,0.9,245.6,97,37,2.2,8319.2,-48,1293,1144,54.78,41.19,2259,26,67,0.0,2823.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,0.00,0.00,,,,,,,,50.03,,,0.0,0.0,0,0.00,0,0,0,0.00,0,9,0,0,0.00,0,9],"Status":"2"}

The “67” value above is the current battery %. The “2259” figure is the current watts going into the battery.

At the moment, the plugin shows 0% for my battery (says not supported in the Home app, but I get 0% on others).

To Reproduce N/A

Expected behavior The battery accessory to show the battery % from the above string, maybe a further accessory to show the battery input/output.

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Additional context

Thanks for your work!

[troygNZ]

Thanks, I'll have a look at reproducing the issue this evening, and doing a possible fix.. It's been tough to do the battery stuff since I don't have one, but now have some test-data, thanks to you. Cheers

[troygNZ]

@Cardo1 based on your example data, I believe I've fixed the issue in reading battery percentage and charging state. I can't do anything about the Home app display issue until the officially support it, but Home+ is looking good.

If you update to version 1.3.1 when you get a chance, and let me know how it goes.

[Cardo1]

Working now. Thanks!

[troygNZ]

Cool thanks for confirming @Cardo1 - let me know how the charging state behaves when you get observe it draining, or becoming full etc. Once again I had to code it in theory, with no clear docs for their JSON payload.

[Cardo1]

Cool thanks for confirming @Cardo1 - let me know how the charging state behaves when you get observe it draining, or becoming full etc. Once again I had to code it in theory, with no clear docs for their JSON payload.

I don’t seem to have any accessories showing battery charging state. Where am I meant to be looking?

[troygNZ]

Cool thanks for confirming @Cardo1 - let me know how the charging state behaves when you get observe it draining, or becoming full etc. Once again I had to code it in theory, with no clear docs for their JSON payload.

I don’t seem to have any accessories showing battery charging state. Where am I meant to be looking?

When using Home+ (paid product, don't worry about it if you don't have it already) - if you click on the battery, you can get details. May be able to get it with some of the other free alternatives live Eve?

[Cardo1]

I have Home+, however the Apple Home app also shows “Charging”. I’ll check tomorrow when the sun’s out. I thought I was looking for charge rate!

[troygNZ]

Sorry for the confusion, yeah was simply referring to the "Charging" field. The only test input I've got so far is the sample you've given which has helped immensely.

[Cardo1]

I can confirm the “Charging” field changes to “Yes” in the Home app and “Charging” in Home+ when the battery is charging.