How idle are you?

Not a personal judgement.

The inverter status in the Portal, i.e. Active (Green) versus Idle (Yellow). When is yours idle?

Mine's idle a lot. Even when there's loads of battery and house demand.

Some background:

• Gen1.5 inverter
• Default settings, +Eco +Timed Charge (which never works, because it's always Idle overnight and never wakes up)

Things I'm logging into Home Assistant and are totally fine i.e. consistently varying readings within normal bounds:

• LoRa and CT
• Inverter measurements of Grid and Inverter voltages
• Inverter measurements of house load (compared against Glow IHD)
• Battery voltages and temps

This is in my ongoing saga to solve the "failure to charge" issue, and my recent realisation that excessive idleness is playing a part... Symptom or cause?

My inverter is never IDLE. It is usually NORMAL, although from 23:48 - 00:30 it was WAITING (light flashing green, not yellow) because the battery reached 4%.

Personally I am often IDLE 🙂

I’ve only really noticed mine idle when the batteries are empty (4%), but have never had this idleness result in not charging at the designated time at night, all running with the same settings as you.

Thanks all. Totally at end of tether.

Posting my "raw" output from GivTCP in case anyone can spot anything. Things I don't like: "p_grid_apparent" is totally different from "p_grid_out" - is this normal? Also, just today, the firmware version has gone screwry.

Anyone spot other anomalies compared to theirs? Apologies if spamming.

inverter_serial_number = <redacted>
device_type_code = 2003
inverter_module = 198692
dsp_firmware_version = 905
arm_firmware_version = 904
usb_device_inserted = 2
select_arm_chip = False
meter_type = 1
reverse_115_meter_direct = False
reverse_418_meter_direct = False
enable_drm_rj45_port = True
ct_adjust = 3
enable_buzzer = False
num_mppt = 0
num_phases = 0
enable_ammeter = True
p_grid_port_max_output = 6000
enable_60hz_freq_mode = False
inverter_modbus_address = 17
modbus_version = 1.4
pv1_voltage_adjust = 0
pv2_voltage_adjust = 0
grid_r_voltage_adjust = 0
grid_s_voltage_adjust = 0
grid_t_voltage_adjust = 0
grid_power_adjust = 0
battery_voltage_adjust = 0
pv1_power_adjust = 0
pv2_power_adjust = 0
system_time = 23-12-2022 17:28:44
active_power_rate = 100
reactive_power_rate = 0
power_factor = -1
inverter_state_0 = 0
inverter_state_1 = 1
inverter_start_time = 30
inverter_restart_delay_time = 30
dci_1_i = 0.0
dci_1_time = 0
dci_2_i = 0.0
dci_2_time = 0
f_ac_high_c = 51.9
f_ac_high_in = 52.0
f_ac_high_in_time = 25
f_ac_high_out = 52.0
f_ac_high_out_time = 25
f_ac_low_c = 47.6
f_ac_low_in = 47.5
f_ac_low_in_time = 1000
f_ac_low_out = 47.0
f_ac_low_out_time = 25
gfci_1_i = 12288.0
gfci_1_time = 0
gfci_2_i = 0.0
gfci_2_time = 0
v_ac_high_c = 258.0
v_ac_high_in = 262.2
v_ac_high_in_time = 50
v_ac_high_out = 273.0
v_ac_high_out_time = 25
v_ac_low_c = 188.0
v_ac_low_in = 184.0
v_ac_low_in_time = 125
v_ac_low_out = 180.0
v_ac_low_out_time = 122
first_battery_serial_number = <redacted>
first_battery_bms_firmware_version = 3009
enable_bms_read = True
battery_type = 1
battery_nominal_capacity = 102.0
enable_auto_judge_battery_type = True
v_pv_input_start = 150.0
v_battery_under_protection_limit = 43.2
v_battery_over_protection_limit = 58.5
enable_discharge = False
enable_charge = True
enable_charge_target = False
battery_power_mode = 1
soc_force_adjust = 0
charge_slot_1_start = 00:30
charge_slot_1_end = 04:30
charge_slot_2_start = 00:00
charge_slot_2_end = 00:04
discharge_slot_1_start = 00:00
discharge_slot_1_end = 00:00
discharge_slot_2_start = 00:00
discharge_slot_2_end = 00:00
charge_and_discharge_soc_0 = 0
charge_and_discharge_soc_1 = 0
battery_low_force_charge_time = 6
battery_soc_reserve = 4
battery_charge_limit = 50
battery_discharge_limit = 50
island_check_continue = 0
battery_discharge_min_power_reserve = 4
charge_target_soc = 100
charge_soc_stop_2 = 0
discharge_soc_stop_2 = 0
charge_soc_stop_1 = 0
discharge_soc_stop_1 = 0
inverter_status = 0
system_mode = 1
inverter_countdown = 30
charge_status = 2
battery_percent = 83
charger_warning_code = 0
work_time_total = 0
fault_code = 0
e_battery_charge_day = 0.0
e_battery_charge_day_2 = 0.0
e_battery_charge_total = 0.0
e_battery_discharge_day = 0.0
e_battery_discharge_day_2 = 0.0
e_battery_discharge_total = 0.0
e_battery_throughput_total = 0.0
e_discharge_year = 0.0
e_inverter_out_day = 0.0
e_inverter_out_total = 0.0
e_grid_out_day = 0.0
e_grid_in_day = 0.3
e_grid_in_total = 435.1
e_grid_out_total = 0.5
e_inverter_in_day = 0.0
e_inverter_in_total = 0.0
e_pv1_day = 0.0
e_pv2_day = 0.0
e_solar_diverter = 0.0
f_ac1 = 49.92
f_eps_backup = 49.93
i_ac1 = 0.01
i_battery = 0.0
i_grid_port = 3.82
i_pv1 = 0.0
i_pv2 = 0.0
p_battery = -6
p_eps_backup = 0
p_grid_apparent = 942
p_grid_out = -594
p_inverter_out = 0
p_load_demand = 594
p_pv1 = 0
p_pv2 = 0
e_pv_total = 0.0
pf_inverter_out = -0.648
temp_battery = 9.0
temp_charger = 22.1
temp_inverter_heatsink = 20.2
v_ac1 = 245.3
v_battery = 52.96
v_eps_backup = 262.0
v_highbrigh_bus = 2888
v_n_bus = 0.0
v_p_bus = 437.9
v_pv1 = 13.0
v_pv2 = 0.0
inverter_model = Gen2
firmware_version = D0.905-A0.904