Possible Missing Solis Data Value

[J14111]

on the Solis official portal it shows you the power going to the battery in watts/kw but I cant find this parameter exposed, its possible its missing or they calculate the value from the volts/amps?

[wills106]

You have "Battery Power" which is two way.

You also have "Battery Charge Today" & "Battery Discharge Today"

[J14111]

Thanks I will look at that

[J14111]

As its two way and it doesnt seem to be + or - do you know how I can differentiate as its messing my graphs up

There must be seperate values available for charging/discharging?

[wills106]

Does 2022.12.7b1 have Battery Input / Output Energy the correct way round?

[J14111]

I will test thanks

[wills106]

add '_charge' to the end of it.

Do you see battery_input_energy and battery_output_energy though?

[J14111]

Seems good so far will have to check once the sun goes down :)

[J14111]

It does not work correctly, Battry Input energy works the same as "Battery Power" used to, it shows both in and out. Battery Output Enegry shows nothing at all

[wills106]

it doesnt seem to be + or -

Doesn't already provide that you want though? "Battery Charge Today" & "Battery Discharge Today"

Edit: I guess that will only be total increasing though.

[wills106]

There is a register that tells you if the battery is charging or discharging. I guess you could try and build that into a template sensor so you know if "Battery Power" should be positive or negative.

[J14111]

that would be perfect do you know what its presented as in HA or do you need to add it first?

[wills106]

I don't know if it will work or not? But try 2022.12.7b2

I have renamed battery_power_charge back to the original battery_power. It this works I'll set "battery_power" & "battery_charge_direction" both to hidden / disabled by default.

"battery_charge_direction" should be 0 when charging and 1 when discharging

[J14111]

Thanks it shows as a 1% now and the battery is currently discharging, is that what you expect?

[wills106]

Well, it's not meant to be 1% (only 1). That's because I copied and pasted without checking 🤣 But other than that yes.

So "Battery Output Energy" should display a value and "Battery Input Energy" should be 0. Is that correct?

[wills106]

2022.12.7b3 corrects the % and the incorrect 'DEVICE_CLASS_BATTERY'

[J14111]

Well, it's not meant to be 1% (only 1). That's because I copied and pasted without checking 🤣 But other than that yes.

So "Battery Output Energy" should display a value and "Battery Input Energy" should be 0. Is that correct?

Yes that appears to be working now but I wont know for sure until I see sun tomorrow and the batteries charge, thanks so much for all your help. I will let you know how it goes.

[wills106]

If it works fine I'll release it as a proper release and I'll also disable the view of "battery_power" & "battery_charge_direction" as they don't need to be visible.

[J14111]

The sun has come up and it works like a charm thanks so much!

So Charge Direction 1 = battery discharging and 0 = battery charging?

[wills106]

Yes that matches what I said here https://github.com/wills106/homeassistant-solax-modbus/issues/238#issuecomment-1351581196