Way to customize solar energy pannel

I’v found a way to customize my solar energy pannel in Openhab3,I’d like to share it with you.

I’m using this folked version:GitHub - lewei50/habpanel-powerflow-widget: SVG based widget to display power flow

Step1:get all data from your device,I am using IamMeter Three Phase Wi-Fi Energy Meter

it provides data from http GET method.

we can get data using “HTTP Binding” or “IamMeter Binding” in Openhab,just follow instructions from iammeter website

I am using HTTP Binding as example,using these codes below to fetch data to items:

UID: http:url:cd4259d574

label: solarurl

thingTypeUID: http:url

configuration:

 authMode: BASIC

 ignoreSSLErrors: false

 baseURL: https://www.iammeter.com/api/v1/site/meterdata/YOUR_SN?token=your_token_on_web_site

 delay: 0

 stateMethod: GET

 refresh: 30

 commandMethod: GET

 contentType: application/json

 timeout: 3000

 bufferSize: 2048

channels:

 \- id: solar_voltage_a

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Voltage

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[0][0]

   unit: V

 \- id: solar_current_a

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Current

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[0][1]

   unit: A

 \- id: solar_power_a

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Power

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[0][2]

   unit: W

 \- id: solar_importenergy_a

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Importenergy

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[0][3]

   unit: kWh

 \- id: solar_exportgrid_a

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Exportgrid

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[0][4]

   unit: kWh

 \- id: solar_voltage_b

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Voltage

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[1][0]

   unit: V

 \- id: solar_current_b

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Current

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[1][1]

   unit: A

 \- id: solar_power_b

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Power

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[1][2]

   unit: W

 \- id: solar_importenergy_b

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Importenergy

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[1][3]

   unit: kWh

 \- id: solar_exportgrid_b

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Exportgrid

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[1][4]

   unit: kWh

 \- id: solar_voltage_c

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Voltage

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[2][0]

   unit: V

 \- id: solar_current_c

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Current

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[2][1]

   unit: A

 \- id: solar_power_c

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Power

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[2][2]

   unit: W

 \- id: solar_importenergy_c

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Importenergy

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[2][3]

   unit: kWh

 \- id: solar_exportgrid_c

  channelTypeUID: http:number

  label: Exportgrid

  description: null

  configuration:

   mode: READONLY

   stateTransformation: JSONPATH:$.data.values[2][4]

   unit: kWh

Step2:Calculate data from raw data.

all data above were raw data,and can’t be displayed in Pannel directly.we use RULES in Openhab system to calculate them.

rule "Update Energy Usage"

when

  Time cron "0 0 0 * * ? *" 

then

end

rule "Update Solar Energy Today"

when

​      //Item solar_power_a changed

​      Time cron "0 * * * * ?" //for debug

then

​      //var Number feedin_power_tmp           = (solar_power_b.state as Number) * (-1|W)

​      var load_power_tmp           = ( (solar_power_a.state as Number) + (solar_power_b.state as Number) )* (1|W)

​      inverter_power.postUpdate(solar_power_a.state)

​      feedin_power.postUpdate( (solar_power_b.state as Number) * (-1|W) )

​      load_power.postUpdate( load_power_tmp )

​      grid_consumption_energy.postUpdate(solar_importenergy_b.state)

​      exported_energy.postUpdate(solar_exportgrid_b.state)

​      yield_energy.postUpdate(solar_importenergy_a.state)

​      var selfuse_energy_tmp  = ((yield_energy.state as Number).floatValue - (exported_energy.state as Number).floatValue)*(1|kWh)

​      var load_energy_tmp          = ((grid_consumption_energy.state as Number).floatValue + (yield_energy.state as Number).floatValue - (exported_energy.state as Number).floatValue)*(1|kWh)

​      selfuse_energy.postUpdate( selfuse_energy_tmp )

​      load_energy.postUpdate( load_energy_tmp )

​      var Number self_consumption_rate_daily_tmp

​      var Number self_consumption_rate_monthly_tmp

​      var grid_consumption_energy_now = ((grid_consumption_energy.state as Number).floatValue)*(1|kWh)

​      var grid_consumption_energy_daily_min = (grid_consumption_energy.minimumSince(now.with(LocalTime.of(0,0,0,0)),"rrd4j").state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      grid_consumption_energy_daily.postUpdate((grid_consumption_energy_now - grid_consumption_energy_daily_min))

​      var exported_energy_now = (exported_energy.state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      var exported_energy_daily_min = (exported_energy.minimumSince(now.with(LocalTime.of(0,0,0,0)),"rrd4j").state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      exported_energy_daily.postUpdate((exported_energy_now - exported_energy_daily_min))

​      var yield_energy_now = (yield_energy.state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      var yield_energy_daily_min = (yield_energy.minimumSince( now.with(LocalTime.of(0,0,0,0)),"rrd4j").state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      yield_energy_daily.postUpdate((yield_energy_now - yield_energy_daily_min))

​      var selfuse_energy_daily_min = (selfuse_energy.minimumSince( now.with(LocalTime.of(0,0,0,0)),"rrd4j").state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      selfuse_energy_daily.postUpdate((selfuse_energy_tmp - selfuse_energy_daily_min))

​      var load_energy_daily_min = (load_energy.minimumSince(now.with(LocalTime.of(0,0,0,0)),"rrd4j").state as Number)*(1|kWh)

​      load_energy_daily.postUpdate((load_energy_tmp - load_energy_daily_min))

end

Step3:Configuation pannel

git clone GitHub - lewei50/habpanel-powerflow-widget: SVG based widget to display power flow

Add widget in Page configuation of Openhab,import from file “power-flow.widget.json” that we cloned just now.

copy directory “powerFlow” to your Openhab(openhab\conf\html)

after that,you can add this widget “Power Flow”.

config it with:

House power usage->#load_power
Battery capacity->#invert_power
Grid power->#feedin_power
Solar power->#invert_power
Battery power->#selfuse_energy_daily

All done,you can see your Solar Pannel on Openhab pages now!
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Hey there, i am trying to get this to work too. I don’t find any way to get that thing to displaying units. At you it says Watt, the description says values in kW, but neither work. Where’s the place i can make shure it will be displayed? It doesnt work if i have the items as number:power nor as string with the unit attached.

Ah, and if i don’t do the /1000 thing with 650Watts being 0.650, i get crazy fast animation speed.