X1Boost and X1MiniV34 inverters are confused with each other

[squishykid]

There are a number of issues related to this. Discovery can confuse the X1Boost (and X1BoostG3) and X1MiniV34 inverters.

• Discovery non deterministic results #143
• X1 Boost Gen 3 incorrectly identified #155
• Solax X1 boost does not provide identity id sensor.solax_swxxxxxxxx_exported_power in Home assistant anymore #169

I am creating this issue as a catch-all for these issues, then we can figure out a solution.

[squishykid]

I have raised a PR here (#187) to try and address this issue.

[japeral]

I think each user would know pretty certainly which inverter they have installed... wouldn´t be more easy to allow the user to determine the Inverter model with a home assistant configuration ?
thanks.

[kdehairy]

The schemas are a bit more permissive in general currently. some schemas can actually match 5 different inverters (the X1LiteLV can match 14!!!)

Although this PR is not solving for this specific case, but it introduces a preference by discovery to prefer the least permissive schemas to be picked among "valid" matches.

As for the X1MiniV34 and the X1Boost, I tried to find a discriminator between both, but failed. I Even ventured into trying to heuristically pick one based on the data array values returned, but the overlap is too wide to be of enough confidence.

What I would propose
Please attach here as much sample responses as possible (one per inverter is enough, no need for multiple reads from same inverter).

That would help me spot any promising discriminator, with enough confidence

[kdehairy]

I believe @squishykid is may be overloaded (given the queue of issues/PRs). So I think it will take time until he review/approve fixes.

So, I created this custom integration as a drop in replacement for Solax official one.

I installed it on my HA using HACS. And all is working again.

What it does is it gives you a manual way to select the inverter model (by passing the auto discovery).

May be you want to give it a shot, until the fixes required land in releases.