🔆 Custom Solax Solar Integration for Home Assistant

A custom Home Assistant integration for Solax solar inverters that provides real-time monitoring of your solar system's performance.

🌟 Features

• Real-time monitoring of solar production
• Battery status and performance tracking
• Grid import/export monitoring
• Temperature monitoring
• Energy production statistics
• Support for multiple inverter models
• Configurable update intervals
• Home Assistant Energy Dashboard integration

📊 Available Sensors

• PV Voltage and Current (both strings)
• Grid Voltage, Current, Power, and Frequency
• Inverter Temperature
• Today's and Total Energy Production
• Battery Voltage, Current, Power, Temperature, and State of Charge
• System Status and Information

🚀 Installation

Via HACS:

1. Open the HACS tab in Home Assistant
2. Click the "Three Dots" in the top Right Hand corner
3. Click "Custom repositories"
4. Choose Type: Integration
5. Copy in the link to this repository: https://github.com/BoringKraken/HA-Solax-Solar
6. Click "Add"
7. Find "Custom Solax" in the integrations list
8. Click "Install"

Manual Installation:

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Copy the custom-solax directory into the custom_components directory in your Home Assistant configuration directory
3. Restart Home Assistant

⚙️ Configuration

After installation, you can configure the integration through the Home Assistant UI:

1. Go to Settings -> Devices & Services
2. Click "Add Integration"
3. Search for "Custom Solax"
4. Enter your inverter's details:
   • Host/IP Address
   • Username
   • Password

🔧 Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues:

1. Check your inverter's network connectivity
2. Verify your credentials are correct
3. Check the Home Assistant logs for any error messages
4. Ensure your inverter's firmware is up to date

📝 Notes

• The integration polls the inverter every 30 seconds by default
• All sensors support long-term statistics for historical data
• The integration is designed to work with local network access to the inverter
• Some features may not be available depending on your inverter model

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This is a custom integration and is not officially supported by Solax. Use at your own risk.

Debugging

If you encounter issues with the integration, you can enable debug logging to get more detailed information. To do this:

1. Open your Home Assistant configuration file (configuration.yaml)
2. Add the following logger configuration:

   logger:
     default: info
     logs:
       custom_components.custom_solax: debug

3. Restart Home Assistant for the changes to take effect

This will enable detailed logging for the Custom Solax integration, which can help diagnose any issues you might encounter.