Outlook to Version 0.12

[s-allius]

With the next version of the proxy, version 0.12, there will be a few interesting features.

1. The Proxy as a Home Assistant add-on
2. A new Emulator Mode for the Solarman Protocol
3. Inverter Events

Details of the features follow below.
The plan is to release the new version before Christmas. We still have a lot to do before then, but we are well on our way.

I am very pleased that Michael (@mime24) is supporting me with the new version. His first contribution was the prototype for the Home Assistan add-on. This is certainly a huge step towards making the proxy easier to use.

Best regards Stefan

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The Proxy as a Home Assistant add-on

I actually deliberately focussed on providing the proxy only as a Docker container in order to keep the support effort to a minimum and have more time to focus on the protocol between the inverter and TSUN/Solarman Cloud.

Then Michael came and asked if I wanted to provide the proxy as an add-on. I declined, as I had a clear focus.
But Michael was not to be deterred and worked on how to integrate the Proxy container into an HA add-on and came up with a first prototype a short time later.

We are now working on a complete integration of add-on support into the proxy. We are planning a repository with the release versions so that you can simply install the proxy after adding the repro to your HA installation.
This will make the installation and configuration of the proxy much easier and you only have the hurdle of looping the proxy into the connection between the inverter and TSUN Cloud

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A new Emulator Mode for the Solarman Protocol

The GEN3PLUS inverters have been using an encrypted connection to the cloud for some time now. This is good, but prevents the data from being used locally and also prevents commands from the cloud from being tracked or blocked.

Proxy users can access the inverter data using the polling mode. However, if you want to continue using the TSUN app, you must accept the encrypted connection to the TSUN Cloud and thus relinquish control over your inverters.
This is where emulation comes into play.

The emulator mode enables the proxy to establish a connection to the TSUN Cloud. To do this, it uses the access data of the inverter and forwards the data from polling mode to the cloud.
The advantage is that all commands now go from the TSUN Cloud to the proxy and no longer to the inverter. This gives us control over updates and configuration changes again.

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Inverter Events

From version 0.12, the proxy now also understands alarms and inverter notifications. These are forwarded via MQTT and can then be analysed with Home Assistant, for example.