I am finally going to upgrade my solar and add batteries and and make it a eps/offgrid capable.
As you all know it is a minefield of websites and systems.
I am interested in any information of the Solax x1 g4 series, specially in communicating and issuing commands to switch modes with this system, ideally using node-red.
I am interested in any feedback before I purchase the system. Interested in automating battery feedback and grid charging the battery at cheaper rate. Also any warranty/reliability issues you may have come across.
May I ask how you came to choose the solax? These are hybrid machines that use high-voltage batteries. I'd be interested to know your reasoning.
Concerning the possible dialogue with a solax, there are already many integrations in HAOS. I'm an absolute fan of node red, but when combined with home assistant, it really sparks things up. I wrote myself a module in node red which I then integrated as an add-on.
I hope I've made myself clear, I'm just giving you some feedback and I'm not saying that one is better than the other.
In my opinion, if you want to unravel the 150 or so parameters yourself, node red is simpler. But if you want to be able to use them directly, HAOS integrations are the way to go. You can even fork them from github to make your own home-made software
Battery management and balancing of individual cells, which will extend the batteries life.
High charge and discharge efficiency of solax battery system.
Scalability of the battery system.
High charge and discharge rate.
Ease of intergration.
EPS/offgrid capability of the system
As to HA i have seen a couple of integrations on github, and will be taking a look to reverse engineer the communication.
I do like to have all my integrations in one area, over the years I have slowly moved most of my home to node-red and am slowly removing the multiple servers/devices/cloud that i started with years ago.
