Dual parallel inverters

[saxon-viking]

Hi Dante,

I've finally got your cards working, very nice! Thanks for the good work mate.

I'm not good with YAML, I'm slow, but it's hard for me currently.

I have dual ACS inverters that are in parallel. I currently have to have 2 power cards. Is there a way to combine both into one? I have tried just adding the code for inverter 2 but it's complaining about duplicate keys, so I'm unable to combine them as per LUX app.

Thanks

[DanteWinters]

Currently the card doesn't allow multiple inverters. It really won't be hard to allow for 2 different inverters, only issue is to make sure the current config is still compatible. Text will need to be adjust to cater for different states.
Will update you when I have it implemented. I only have 1 inverter, so testing will be a bit of a shot in the dark.

[KeithL52]

I also would be happy to test a dual inverter card.

[saxon-viking]

No problem, I'm happy to test it for you.     Sent: Friday, July 21, 2023 at 8:04 PM From: "Dante Winters" ***@***.***> To: "DanteWinters/lux-power-distribution-card" ***@***.***> Cc: "saxon-viking" ***@***.***>, "Author" ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [DanteWinters/lux-power-distribution-card] Dual parallel inverters (Discussion #28)   Currently the card doesn't allow multiple inverters. It really won't be hard to allow for 2 different inverters, only issue is to make sure the current config is still compatible. Text will need to be adjust to cater for different states. Will update you when I have it implemented. I only have 1 inverter, so testing will be a bit of a shot in the dark. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[KeithL52]

I also have dual inverters two hybrid 5kW in my case.

I have done the same with one card for each inverter.

But I also have a card for the combined as per the Lux one.

I used the "dualinverters_template.yaml" which is on "https://github.com/guybw/LuxPython_DEV" this aggregates the values from the 2 inverters into new sensors, the names match the default names in the card setup.

I opened the yaml file using Notepad and changed the inverter serial numbers to my own using "find and replace" then I copied the contents of the file into my "configuration.yaml" maybe need to restart HA.

I also had to add a new section to the yaml for the "sensor.lux_power_to_eps_live" by just copying another one and editing the names, if you dont need this I think you could just set it to "null" in the card config.

You cant aggregate the "sensor.lux_data_received_time" so I just used my master inverters sensor, also for the "lux_status_codes" I set it to "null", "lux_status_codes" to "null" and "refresh_button_location" to "none".

This works well, I have the combined one at the top and the individual ones below.

I also made a refresh button to refresh both of the inverters data with one click using a button card to run a script which runs the "luxpower.luxpower_refresh_registers" service twice, once for each inverter, script below.

alias: Lux_refresh_both
sequence:
  - service: luxpower.luxpower_refresh_registers
    data:
      dongle: BA............
  - service: luxpower.luxpower_refresh_registers
    data:
      dongle: BA...........
mode: single

[DanteWinters]

Good news everyone! (and if you read that in Professor Farnsworth's voice, nice)
v1.0.0 is now live and it supports multiple inverters. BUT BE WARNED THAT IT DOES BREAK THE CARD UNTIL YOU FIX THE CONFIG. I reworked the config quite a bit to allow for more flexibility in the future and ease of use on the backend. If you use the example config that I had on the README, feel free to use the new one.

There are currently 2 issues with the parallel system. First is that the refresh button only works for the first listed item. This should be a relatively easy fix but I didn't want to cram too much into this release since it's already bloated.
Second is that you can only view the 2 inverters separately. Select one from the drop down list, and you can see al it's info. This is not difficult to implement, but will take time that I don't have right now (hopefully soon).

The parallel system was tested in a vacuum as I only have one. Please provide feedback and report bugs and I'll tend to them as quick as I can (or feel free to make the fix and create a PR to merge the code in).

[KeithL52]

[KeithL52]

[KeithL52]

[DanteWinters]

Hi @KeithL52
Please update to v1.1.2. It should fix both of these issues. Please let me know if the issues persist

[KeithL52]

Dante

Thanks again for your hard work getting this working.

I have installed the latest version and it's working fine, I will monitor it over the coming days.

[saxon-viking]

Hi Dante,Thanks for your hard work. I’m on holiday but will have a go at implementing when I get home and let you know how it goes.CheersHoppySent using the mobile mail appOn 30/08/2023 at 16:15, Dante Winters wrote: From: "Dante Winters" ***@***.***>Date: 30 August 2023To: "DanteWinters/lux-power-distribution-card" ***@***.***>Cc: "saxon-viking" ***@***.***>,"Author" ***@***.***>Subject: Re: [DanteWinters/lux-power-distribution-card] Dual parallel inverters (Discussion #28) Good news everyone! (and if you read that in Professor Farnsworth's voice, nice) v1.0.0 is now live and it supports multiple inverters. BUT BE WARNED THAT IT DOES BREAK THE CARD UNTIL YOU FIX THE CONFIG. I reworked the config quite a bit to allow for more flexibility in the future and ease of use on the backend. If you use the example config that I had on the README, feel free to use the new one. There are currently 2 issues with the parallel system. First is that the refresh button only works for the first listed item. This should be a relatively easy fix but I didn't want to cram too much into this release since it's already bloated. Second is that you can only view the 2 inverters separately. Select one from the drop down list, and you can see al it's info. This is not difficult to implement, but will take time that I don't have right now (hopefully soon). The parallel system was tested in a vacuum as I only have one. Please provide feedback and report bugs and I'll tend to them as quick as I can (or feel free to make the fix and create a PR to merge the code in). —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[TGouws]

Hi everyone, I updated my custom-lux-power-distribution-card to version 1.1.1 and I get this error " cef.getEntitiesNumState is not a functionon " my card now after the update can anyone please give me advice with what may be the problem.

[DanteWinters]

Please take a look at this issue and let me know if the solution works.
Solution for cef.getEntitiesNumState is not a function

[TGouws]

Thank you Dante it worked for me :)