Power Control Options ‐ Configuration
Warning: These options can violate utility agreements, alter your utility billing, may require special equipment, and overwrite provisioning by SolarEdge or your installer. Use at your own risk!
By enabling these functions the user agrees that if something bad happens, or a large bill is generated, or you change a setting required by local laws or utility agreements, it's your problem. Don't open an issue to complain about settings: power control functions are disabled by default for this reason. If you know what you are doing and you recorded the original settings in case there are problems so you can revert to the last known good configuration, then you should be relatively safe.
Before you can send commands to your inverters you will need to enable Power Control Options. Read the Integration Configuration Options section of the wiki.
Please note: after sending a command to your inverters it may take some time for them to process commands. During this time some inverters become unresponsive or return bad data, which can cause entities to become unavailable until the next successful update cycle. You can try to work around this by adjusting the value of the Inverter Command Delay option (default 0 seconds).
If you're upgrading from a different integration, be aware that many of the names used here are difference since this integration prefers names based on similar settings available in the SolarEdge portals and SetApp.
Disabled
Maximise Self Consumption
Time of Use
Backup Only
Remote Control
Solar Power Only (Off):
No battery charging/discharging; for using the system without storage capabilities.
Charge from Clipped Solar Power:
If PV production > inverter maximum production for self-consumption and grid export (up to the grid export limit and never more than inverter nameplate power), charge the battery.
Charge from Solar Power:
Charge battery from PV production until it is full, and only then use PV production for self-consumption and grid export.
Charge from Solar Power and Grid:
Charge battery from PV production and grid power (if needed) until it is full. Only then use PV production for self-consumption and grid export.
Discharge to Maximize Export:
If PV production < inverter maximum production (nameplate or limited power), discharge battery for self-consumption and grid export until the inverter reaches its power limit.
Discharge to Minimize Import:
If PV production < consumption, discharge battery only for self-consumption, not for grid export. Requires an external consumption/export meter.
Maximize self consumption:
Use PV production for self-consumption, then charge/discharge battery as needed to maximize self-consumption. Requires an external consumption/export meter.
Backup Reserve
Total
Limit Control is done as a total of all phases.
Per Phase
Limit Control is done on a per phase basis.
Disabled
Site Limit is not used to control export or production. i1_site_limit will be greyed out and in the entity-list it will be shown as unavailable until you select one of the values below for Limit Control Mode.
Export Control (Export/Import Meter)
The Site Limit is an export control using a Export/Import Meter for feedback. Requires an external export/import meter.
Export Control (Consumption Meter)
The Site Limit is an export control using a Consumption Meter for feedback. Requires an external consumption meter.
Production Control
The Site Limit is a PV production control.
External Production
Enable when there is an additional non-SolarEdge power source (such as a third-party inverter) in the system.
Calculated meters will only be sent if there is a production meter configured to measure the external power source.
Negative Site Limit
Site limit is used to set a minimum import power requirement.
The system will not start production until the minimum import requirement is met.
Grid Control
Refresh
Disabled
Always Allowed
Fixed Energy Limit
Percent of Production
