InfluxDB 2 support

Omnikdatalogger v1.11.1 now has native support for InfluxDB v2 authentication. It is no longer needed to supply v1 authentication support. To enable it you need to configure the config parameters org, bucket, and token. If you use HACS via AppDaemon, make sure you add influxdb-client to the python packages. Additional you now can use an …

Omnikdatalogger now supports new http method

Omnikatalogger’s tcpclient suports direct connection over port 8899 to fetch the data using Wouter van der Zwan’s library. Not all inverters support this way of connecting. Some inverters support collecting the inverter data over HTTP. With the new release the tcpclient will fallback to this http method when it fails to fetch the data over …

MQTT TLS support – new Solarman API

The last release of Omnikdatalogger will have MQTT TLS support and implements the new Solarman API. MQTT TLS support The MQTT output client and mqtt_proxy plugin for the localproxy client now can use TLS. The use of client certificates and the use of an alternative ca is supported now. Example of the new settings: output.mqtt: …

`solarmanpv` client discontinued – new API

Omnikdataloggers solarmanpv client does not longer seem to work. Users have received mails indication the service is to be discontinued. The portal functionality has been moved to https://home.solarmanpv.com/. I was successful in enabling the new UI by requesting a new password where I used the same email address I used before. While writing this my …

New gas monitoring feature

The latest version of Omnik Data Logger now supports the monitoring of gas consumption (using MQTT). Update your Home Assistant 2021.9.x before you update Omnik Data Logger, for else MQTT will not work with Home Assistant. The unit of measurement for gas consumption has changed from m3 to m³ to be compliant with Home Assistant. …

More energy coming soon: Gas!

With the latest beta release of Home Assistant 2021.9 the monitoring of gas consumption will come available. The current version of Omnikdatalogger (1.6.x) does nog support this feature yet, but you can test it already with the latest beta version. Be aware that this beta changes the unit off measurement of the gas entity. This …