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node red and ESS inverter limits

I have been fiddling with logic to adjust the ESS inverter limit.

The setting in the node allows a value of 0 to any value you like, but there does not seem to be a way to pass a value to disable the limit.

If inverter limits are disabled, the value read back from the node is by default 0 which means no inverting.

Any ideas how this parameter can actually be disabled instead of being left on and configured with a high value?

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russ avatar image russ commented ·
Which node are you referring to?
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nickdb avatar image nickdb ♦♦ russ commented ·

@Russ as you can see on the GX inverter power limits are disabled:

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If you query this value in node red:

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It returns 0.

If you set the parameter to 0 then ESS enables limiting and sets it 0W, so no inverting ESS#7

There doesn't seem to be a way to set a disable flag via the same node, you can only set a high enough limit to simulate it being unlimited.

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russ avatar image russ nickdb ♦♦ commented ·
Ah, i haven't used the victron node. Since 2.9 should be available soon, i figure I'll wait till 'large' with node red is released rather than configure dbus over tcp. Pity it can't use mqtt, but I"m not really comfortable running 'mission critical' stuff on a 240v powered pi.

As to the original question, it is a mystery.

I was wondering if the disable flag was actually setting a high value but that wouldn't explain the zero value on read.

There must be some other register. Perhaps settable by mqtt?

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mr-manuel answered ·

To disable it just set it to -1. This works with all values that can be disabled.

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nickdb avatar image nickdb ♦♦ commented ·
Indeed, worked that out a while ago and it is working well in my flows.

Iirc at the time, pulling the value from the node used to show a 0, on current nodes it now reports -1 as expected, which is where the confusion originated.

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richie-gorrod avatar image richie-gorrod nickdb ♦♦ commented ·
many thanks - this forum is fantastic for this.


Now to get state of charge out of the car into node red. :-)

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