KOSTAL¶

Requirements¶

This plugin is designed to retrieve data from a KOSTAL inverter module (e.g. PICO inverters).

Supported Hardware¶

Is currently working with the following KOSTA inverter modules:

KOSTAL PIKO 7.0

Configuration¶

plugin.conf¶

The plugin can be configured like this:

[KOSTAL]
   class_name = Kostal
   class_path = plugins.kostal
   ip = 10.10.10.10
#   user = pvserver
#   passwd = pvwr
#   cycle = 300

This plugin retrieves data from a KOSTAL inverter module of a solar energy plant.

The data retrieval is done by establishing a network connection to the inverter module and retrieving the status via a HTTP request.

You need to configure the host (or IP) address of the inverter module. Also the user and password attributes (user, passwd) can be overwritten, but defaults to the standard credentials.

The cycle parameter defines the update interval and defaults to 300 seconds.

items.conf¶

kostal¶

This attribute references the information to retrieve by the plugin. The following list of information can be specified:

power_current: The current power of the solar installation
power_total: The total amount of generated energy
power_day: The amount of generated energy for the current day
status: The textual status of the module (off, feeding, ...)
string1_volt ... string3_volt: The current voltage of string 1, 2, 3
string1_ampere ... string3_ampere: The current ampere of string 1, 2, 3
l1_volt ... l3_volt: The current voltage of L 1, 2, 3
l1_watt ... l3_watt: The current watt of L 1, 2, 3

Example¶

Example configuration which shows the current status and the current, total and daily power. Additionally it shows the volts and watts for the phases.

# items/my.conf
[solar]
    [[status]]
        type = str
        kostal = status
    [[current]]
        type = num
        kostal = power_current
    [[total]]
        type = num
        kostal = power_total
    [[day]]
        type = num
        kostal = power_day
    [[l1v]]
        type = num
        kostal = l1_watt
    [[l1w]]
        type = num
        kostal = l1_watt
    [[l2v]]
        type = num
        kostal = l2_watt
    [[l2w]]
        type = num
        kostal = l2_watt
    [[l3v]]
        type = num
        kostal = l3_watt
    [[l3w]]
        type = num
        kostal = l3_watt

logic.conf¶

No logic related stuff implemented.

Methods¶

No methods provided currently.