Power management

Accessing the power management section

To open the power management section of your device, select the tab as displayed in the screenshot below.

Inverter power management settings

The inverter decides how to utilize solar, grid and battery based on the charge settings as described in the manual. This remains the primary way of controlling how your inverter manages power. For advanced users that would like to have more detailed control, SolarAssistant has automations available which can set inverter settings based on various conditions.

Otherwise, you can force charge the system. This feature works the same way you would in the native software, and can be found on the power management page as shown below:

Timer Schedule

There are also Timer Schedule tables available on the power management page. This also works the same way it would in the native software.

If you click "edit" above the table you are able to change the time for each of the 3 timer slots.

Automation example

In some solar installations, the inverter cannot communicate directly with a lithium battery via a communication cable. This means the inverter cannot determine the battery’s state of charge. SolarAssistant bridges this gap by reading the battery state of charge itself and then automatically adjusting the inverter’s output source priority based on both the time of day and the battery’s charge level. The result is that the system functions as if the inverter had direct battery communication, even though it does not.