Growatt Solar

The Growatt Inverter sensor platform allows you to use growatt inverter data reading on modbus with ESPHome.

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The communication with this component is done over a UART bus using Modbus. You must therefore have a uart: and modbus: entry in your configuration with both the TX and RX pins set to some pins on your board and the baud rate set to 9600.

# Example configuration
sensor:
  - platform: growatt_solar
    protocol_version: RTU

    inverter_status:
      name: "Growatt Status Code"

    phase_a:
      voltage:
          name: "Growatt Voltage Phase A"
      current:
          name: "Growatt Current Phase A"
      active_power:
          name: "Growatt Power Phase A"
    phase_b:
      voltage:
          name: "Growatt Voltage Phase B"
      current:
          name: "Growatt Current Phase B"
      active_power:
          name: "Growatt Power Phase B"
    phase_c:
      voltage:
          name: "Growatt Voltage Phase C"
      current:
          name: "Growatt Current Phase C"
      active_power:
          name: "Growatt Power Phase C"

    pv1:
      voltage:
          name: "Growatt PV1 Voltage"
      current:
          name: "Growatt PV1 Current"
      active_power:
          name: "Growatt PV1 Active Power"

    pv2:
      voltage:
          name: "Growatt PV2 Voltage"
      current:
          name: "Growatt PV2 Current"
      active_power:
          name: "Growatt PV2 Active Power"

    active_power:
      name: "Growatt Grid Active Power"

    pv_active_power:
      name: "Growatt PV Active Power"

    frequency:
      name: "Growatt Frequency"

    energy_production_day:
      name: "Growatt Today's Generation"

    total_energy_production:
      name: "Growatt Total Energy Production"

    inverter_module_temp:
      name: "Growatt Inverter Module Temp"

Configuration variables:

  • inverter_status (Optional): Status code of the inverter (0: waiting, 1: normal, 3:fault)

  • protocol_version (Optional): Version of the protocol used by your inverter. Old inverters use RTU (default). Newer ones use RTU2 (e.g. MIC, MIN, MAX series)

  • phase_a (Optional): The group of exposed sensors for Phase A/1.

    • current (Optional): Use the current value of the sensor in amperes. All options from Sensor.

    • voltage (Optional): Use the voltage value of the sensor in volts. All options from Sensor.

    • active_power (Optional): Use the (active) power value of the sensor in watts. All options from Sensor.

  • phase_b (Optional): The group of exposed sensors for Phase B/2 on applicable inverters.

    • All options from phase_a

  • phase_c (Optional): The group of exposed sensors for Phase C/3 on applicable inverters.

    • All options from phase_a

  • pv1 (Optional): The group of exposed sensors for Photo Voltaic 1.

    • current (Optional): Use the current value of the sensor in amperes. All options from Sensor.

    • voltage (Optional): Use the voltage value of the sensor in volts. All options from Sensor.

    • active_power (Optional): Use the (active) power value of the sensor in watts. All options from Sensor.

  • pv2 (Optional): The group of exposed sensors for Photo Voltaic 2.

    • All options from pv1

  • active_power (Optional): Use the (active) power value for the Grid in watts. All options from Sensor.

  • pv_active_power (Optional): Use the (active) power value of PVs in total in watts. All options from Sensor.

  • frequency (Optional): Use the frequency value of the sensor in hertz. All options from Sensor.

  • energy_production_day (Optional): Use the export active energy value for same day of the sensor in kilo watt hours. All options from Sensor.

  • total_energy_production (Optional): Use the total exported energy value of the sensor in kilo watt hours. All options from Sensor.

  • inverter_module_temp (Optional): Use the inverter module temperature value of the sensor in degree celsius. All options from Sensor.

  • update_interval (Optional, Time): The interval to check the sensor. Defaults to 10s.

  • address (Optional, int): The address of the sensor if multiple sensors are attached to the same UART bus. You will need to set the address of each device manually. Defaults to 1.

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