Kostal Plenticore don't work with energy usage

[DMDatak]

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The problem

Kostal Plenticore don't work with energy usage.

That’s caused by a bug in the integration providing the entity. Integrations need to configure their entities correctly so Home Assistant knows that we need to track statistics for it and how. https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/core/entity/sensor#long-term-statistics.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2022.2.8

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Supervised

Integration causing the issue

kostal_plenticore

Link to integration documentation on our website

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Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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[cgmainer]

Same here Would be really great to see the implementation for the Energy Usage - would make really sense

Thanks in advance and for your WORK

[TobiasMunich]

Same here Would be really great to see the implementation for the Energy Usage - would make really sense

Thanks in advance and for your WORK

Hi cgmaier, it works correctly. You must activate the required sensors in the kostal intergration. just activate it and have fun.

[cgmainer]

Hello Tobias

I had a look on the Sensors. I don't know, what would make more sense than "AC Power" and/or "Grid Power" - but those Entities are not able to be used for the Energy Usage

What entity do you use?

THX Christoph

Am Mi., 30. März 2022 um 16:32 Uhr schrieb TobiasMunich < @.***>:

Same here Would be really great to see the implementation for the Energy Usage - would make really sense

Thanks in advance and for your WORK

Hi cgmaier, it works correctly. You must activate the required sensors in the kostal intergration.

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[TobiasMunich]

you must go to the kostal integration, in the integration you must activate the relevant and deactivated sensors.

for grid usage ###_Home consumption from grid total ###_Energy Discharge to grid total

for battery usage (if you have a battery) ###_battery charge from pv total ###_home consumption from battery total

for solar production (depends on how many strings you are using) ###_energy pv1 total ###_energy pv2 total

[DMDatak]

Like that ? May be you can add screenshot for help ?

[cgmainer]

thx for your feeeeedback

I now have the values for my Solar panel

Maybe you could add this in your description to help all other Kostal users

THX for your response!!!

Am Do., 31. März 2022 um 11:14 Uhr schrieb David @.***>:

Like that ? May be you can add screenshot for help ? [image: Capture d’écran 2022-03-31 à 11 11 10] http://url

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[DMDatak]

Hello @cgmainer,

It work for you ? I don't have the same value

[cgmainer]

As I have no battery I only see the SolarPower actually

Don’t forget that you see kWh in HA and not the actual W

David @.***> schrieb am Do. 31. März 2022 um 11:26:

Hello @cgmainer https://github.com/cgmainer,

It work for you ? I don't have the same value [image: Capture d’écran 2022-03-31 à 11 24 17] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/99891554/161023129-2ee3442b-4855-4f85-82ac-60692729fcc7.png [image: Capture d’écran 2022-03-31 à 11 24 32] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/99891554/161023136-7e44134e-1bb0-4bb3-bc91-6b912bd28315.png

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[DMDatak]

Ok and it's a cumulative vs live mesure ?

[TobiasMunich]

yes that’s the way. it will take some time to see the first data. the data you will see are not the real-time data these data’s are history data. so therefore don’t compare them with the real time data from kostal

[TobiasMunich]

Ok and it's a cumulative vs live mesure ?

yes

[TobiasMunich]

if you like to see the real time data, just add these sensors to a dashboard.

[TobiasMunich]

[TobiasMunich]

thx for your feeeeedback I now have the values for my Solar panel Maybe you could add this in your description to help all other Kostal users THX for your response!!! Am Do., 31. März 2022 um 11:14 Uhr schrieb David @.***>: …

I am not the developer of this integration. But I had the same challenge like you guys.

[fabsenet]

I thought all the time, I want to see current power in W thats why I never imagined to enable the totals! I now enabled them and the energy dashboard is working. Except sensor.scb_energy_discharge_to_grid_total. It has a value of only 0.4 kwh but I already discharged 5.6 kwh. Any ideas where the problem might be?

[fabsenet]

actually it looks like all values are way off?!

[TobiasMunich]

don’t know what do you mean??

the home assistant energy management is using exactly the same data. But the energy management integration is not real time. it updates his values every xxx minutes. (don’t now how often… 15 or 30 minutes) AND logging is starting at point in time when you defined the sensors in the integration. means you cannot compare the data from today.

you should compare the data tomorrow and after 24 hours.

[lelei33]

Hello All,

Which value is the top left one? If I pick "Photovoltaic Solar Power" I get what is used by the house (lower right)...

[Samoangtagey]

Hey guys, could someone please tell me where to find these Values "Energy Discharge to grid total"??? Is it within the integration of Home Assistant or is it somwhere else? I am using latest Home Assistant Version (2022.4.1), but can't find these values ... they would be VERY helpful for me.

Thanks in advance

[Samoangtagey]

you must go to the kostal integration, in the integration you must activate the relevant and deactivated sensors.

for grid usage ###_Home consumption from grid total <-- This one I have ###_Energy Discharge to grid total <-- This one I can't find

for battery usage (if you have a battery) ###_battery charge from pv total <-- This one I can't find ###_home consumption from battery total <-- This one I have

for solar production (depends on how many strings you are using) ###_energy pv1 total <-- This one I have ###_energy pv2 total <-- This one I have

These are the values I cannot find ... I activated ALL possible values, but these above marked are not there. No clue why ... I just deleted and added the integration again in case i had an old version, but nothing changed :-/

[dealerch]

i can find ###_Energy Discharge to grid total, but no value is given at all.

[Samoangtagey]

Uhm ... maybe I am looking at the wrong place? Because none of the values I can see has any ### at the beginning... I'll put a screenshot.

[cgmainer]

Grid usage ###_Home consumption from grid total ###_Energy Discharge to grid total

Battery usage (if you have a battery) ###_battery charge from pv total ###_home consumption from battery total

solar production (depends on how many strings you are using) ###_energy pv1 total ###_energy pv2 total

Am So., 10. Apr. 2022 um 21:36 Uhr schrieb Thomas Krieger < @.***>:

Uhm ... maybe I am looking at the wrong place? Because none of the values I can see has any ### at the beginning... I'll put a screenshot.

[image: kostal integration] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14875846/162636613-5a0e2111-3ff8-4b3f-8267-c082bb26ed77.png

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[Samoangtagey]

@cgmainer : Well, where exactly can I find these values? You can see my screenshot, all values are listed in order, so if they were there, they would be shown there - as long as I am looking at the right place. So, if I want them to be visible, there must be another place to look for them. Where is that other place? Do I need to edit a file or something?

Thanks for your help :-)

/€: Just updated my docker Home-Assistant from 2022.4.1 to Version 2022.4.2 and these values are still missing. Since I have seen screenshots with these values visible, my guess is these values are not available in docker version... is this possible?

Grid usage ###_Home consumption from grid total ###_Energy Discharge to grid total Battery usage (if you have a battery) ###_battery charge from pv total ###_home consumption from battery total solar production (depends on how many strings you are using) ###_energy pv1 total ###_energy pv2 total Am So., 10. Apr. 2022 um 21:36 Uhr schrieb Thomas Krieger < @.>: … Uhm ... maybe I am looking at the wrong place? Because none of the values I can see has any ### at the beginning... I'll put a screenshot. [image: kostal integration] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14875846/162636613-5a0e2111-3ff8-4b3f-8267-c082bb26ed77.png — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#66747 (comment)>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQZWHIFMOCHZ2ZI7GS4R5HLVEMUR3ANCNFSM5OU3EYTQ . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: @.>

[dealerch]

@cgmainer : Well, where exactly can I find these values? You can see my screenshot, all values are listed in order, so if they were there, they would be shown there - as long as I am looking at the right place. So, if I want them to be visible, there must be another place to look for them. Where is that other place? Do I need to edit a file or something?

Thanks for your help :-)

/€: Just updated my docker Home-Assistant from 2022.4.1 to Version 2022.4.2 and these values are still missing. Since I have seen screenshots with these values visible, my guess is these values are not available in docker version... is this possible?

Grid usage ###_Home consumption from grid total ###_Energy Discharge to grid total Battery usage (if you have a battery) ###_battery charge from pv total ###home consumption from battery total solar production (depends on how many strings you are using) ###energy pv1 total ###energy pv2 total Am So., 10. Apr. 2022 um 21:36 Uhr schrieb Thomas Krieger < @.>: … Uhm ... maybe I am looking at the wrong place? Because none of the values I can see has any ### at the beginning... I'll put a screenshot. [image: kostal integration] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14875846/162636613-5a0e2111-3ff8-4b3f-8267-c082bb26ed77.png — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#66747 (comment)>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQZWHIFMOCHZ2ZI7GS4R5HLVEMUR3ANCNFSM5OU3EYTQ . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: _@**.**>

[markatk]

Hello there,

I have a plenticore 8.5 plus with a battery connected, new version of home assistant (2022.4.2) and I cannot find the missing values either. Of the mentioned sensors I have only Home consumption from grid total and Home consumption from battery total.

I have enabled all disabled sensors which brings me to a total of 51 sensors for this integration, most of them are different forms of consumption in day/month/year/total time frames.

If I can do anything to help debug this, let me know, I would be glad to help

[N3rdix]

Hello there,

I have a plenticore 8.5 plus with a battery connected, new version of home assistant (2022.4.2) and I cannot find the missing values either. Of the mentioned sensors I have only Home consumption from grid total and Home consumption from battery total.

I have enabled all disabled sensors which brings me to a total of 51 sensors for this integration, most of them are different forms of consumption in day/month/year/total time frames.

If I can do anything to help debug this, let me know, I would be glad to help

I have exactly the same inverter (since yesterday) and it shows those values. You might check if a firmware update of your Plenticore helps?

[Samoangtagey]

@N3rdix Thanks, that was the issue. After updating the firmware of the plenticore, I get 76 entities shown up at the integration. Now everything works as it should :-)