Samil PowerLake 7000TL-PM

[MichaelLurie]

I tried to make your script work. But I guess I need some help. Was waiting for monthes for a solution like you provide. Thanks very much. Can you mail or Skype me, please ?

Thans Michael Lurie

[zombiekipling]

Michael

Sorry for the late response. What seems to be the problem? Try looking in the following files for clues: /tmp/solriv.err /tmp/solriv.log /var/log/syslog

I've only ever tested my code on my own inverter, so it's possible that it won't work on your setup.

Regards zombiekipling

On 6 August 2015 at 11:34, MichaelLurie notifications@github.com wrote:

I tried to make your script work. But I guess I need some help. Was waiting for monthes for a solution like you provide. Thanks very much. Can you mail or Skype me, please ?

Thans Michael Lurie

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[FredBristol]

Trying to run solriv.py on Rasbian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 2 with a Samil Power Solar River 4500TL-D inverter. Checked that the script entered matches yours. Being a oldie newbie I'm probably doing something wrong. What values should I be entering for api key and system id?

Thanks Fred

[MichaelLurie]

Hi Fred

Not sure if I can help you. I have another model: Maybe the script I use will help you, but it's in php. Check this page: https://www.symcon.de/forum/threads/29223-Solaranlage-auslesen-SAMIL-Solarlake-SL-7000TL-PM

Hope this helps. If not I can give you the contact of the programmer who coded it while I analyzed the network traffic.

Regards Michael Lurie

Am 12.03.2016 um 20:47 schrieb FredBristol:

Trying to run solriv.py on Rasbian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 2 with a Samil Power Solar River 4500TL-D inverter. Checked that the script entered matches yours. Being a oldie newbie I'm probably doing something wrong. What values should I be entering for api key and system id?

Thanks Fred

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[FredBristol]

Thanks Michael.

I'm really struggling at present. Although I taught office IT for 20 years before I retired in 2010 and I haven't done any programming since my industry days pre-1990. The idea was to get my brain working as I approach 70 and boy does it hurt. I keep getting told its like riding a bike - you never forget! Well I have.

So I'm a bit reluctant to take on php of which I've no experience, but I will read it through and see if I can understand it.

Thanks again

Regards

Fred

On 12 March 2016 at 20:04 MichaelLurie notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Fred

Not sure if I can help you. I have another model: Maybe the script I use
will help you, but it's in php. Check this page:

https://www.symcon.de/forum/threads/29223-Solaranlage-auslesen-SAMIL-Solarlake-SL-7000TL-PM

Hope this helps. If not I can give you the contact of the programmer who
coded it while I analyzed the network traffic.

Regards
Michael Lurie

Am 12.03.2016 um 20:47 schrieb FredBristol:
>
> Trying to run solriv.py on Rasbian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 2 with a
> Samil Power Solar River 4500TL-D inverter. Checked that the script
> entered matches yours. Being a oldie newbie I'm probably doing
> something wrong. What values should I be entering for api key and
> system id?
>
> Thanks
> Fred
>
> —
> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
> <https://github.com/zombiekipling/solriv/issues/1#issuecomment-195796249>.
>

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https://github.com/zombiekipling/solriv/issues/1#issuecomment-195801036 .

[FredBristol]

I eventually found the "Mind the Thing" blog for solriv.py and that explained the Api Key and systemId was obtained from PVOutput.org with whom I am now registered. Progressing slowly. Now getting error line 131 in listensocket = SetUpConnection(20.0) NameError: name 'SetUpConnection' is not defined and the definition looks correct to the original, so the hunt goes on! Regards Fred

[zombiekipling]

I've committed a change to reset the connection if no data has been received for a while.

I don't know if the script works with Python3; maybe that's related to your problem Fred.