From 44dc93d5da339dd6cdd5749762a30d7624880433 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Powell Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:24:44 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Update solax.markdown (#11696) * Update solax.markdown * grammar and simplify * Apply suggestions from code review Co-Authored-By: Franck Nijhof Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- source/_integrations/solax.markdown | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_integrations/solax.markdown b/source/_integrations/solax.markdown index 7e75822cfef..f122f96974e 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/solax.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/solax.markdown @@ -56,3 +56,16 @@ sensors: value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.power_now') | float) - (states('sensor.exported_power') | float) }}" ``` {% endraw %} + +### Note + +Inverter models with newer firmware (and also those using devices like PocketWifi) no longer expose an API when connected to your wireless network, they do however continue to expose it on their own broadcasted SSID. To use this sensor in this case it is necessary to set up a reverse proxy with something like Nginx and use a raspberry pi (or similar) with two network connections (one being wifi that connects to the inverters SSID). + + +Example Nginx configuration + +```text +location / { + proxy_pass http://5.8.8.8; +} +```