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Google "CHINA kills all non Sol-Ark branded DEYE unit in the USA" for the background story.

 

It would appear that someone, likely the manufacturer, is disabling certain solar inverters.

 

The actual reasoning isn't totally clear but it does open up the eyes to just how much of our technology (not just inverters) is open to attack.

 

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Remember those Russian EV chargers that went offline when the tanks rolled?

 

https://electrek.co/2022/02/28/hacked-electric-car-charging-stations-russia-displays-putin-dckhead-glory-to-ukraine/

 

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Whilst my Deye inverters are 100% legal here in Thailand I'm definitely considering moving to local monitoring (such as Solar Assistant) just in case the SHTF and China decides that turning off solar is advantageous to their plans for world domination!

 

Could be a few hundred bucks well spent.

 

Now, about that BYD Sealion EV ...

 

Thoughts??

 

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The world of IOT….what could possibly go wrong 😂

just remember, in the customer agreement papers, you bought a license to use the device and use their IP, software, etc. Brick-able at the whim of the manufacturer 🙀  or international politics, apparently.

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4 hours ago, Crossy said:

 I'm definitely considering moving to local monitoring (such as Solar Assistant

 

Definitely going the solar assistant route to integrate into my Home Assistant Dashboard. My Growatt app logs me out multiple times a day which is a real pain. 

 

I plan to buy the raspberry pi locally and simply download the software from the site. Will document my experience 

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Being an instant-gratification chap I've ordered a pre-configured Orange-pi from Solar Assistant.

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3 hours ago, Crossy said:

Being an instant-gratification chap I've ordered a pre-configured Orange-pi from Solar Assistant.

 

Do let us know how you get on with it

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4 hours ago, degrub said:

The world of IOT….what could possibly go wrong 😂

just remember, in the customer agreement papers, you bought a license to use the device and use their IP, software, etc. Brick-able at the whim of the manufacturer 🙀  or international politics, apparently.

Only brickable if you leave the data dongle connected!

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Just now, BritManToo said:

Only brickable if you leave the data dongle connected!

 

Indeed, pulling your dongle can lead to satisfaction :whistling:

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Deye seems to have taken a scatter-gun approach. Screenshot from a major solar forum.

 

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I have follow this topic some time on another forum. I seems to be related to regional exclusive sales rights for united States and some other places where some had ordered from others than the company who have have the exclusive rights to sell those inverters.

 

The fact that they have the possibility to harm customers in this way also open for other possible scenarios like some unhappy staff or some hacker or any who just want to harm the company and its users.

 

Pink

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11 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

Definitely going the solar assistant route to integrate into my Home Assistant Dashboard. My Growatt app logs me out multiple times a day which is a real pain. 

 

I plan to buy the raspberry pi locally and simply download the software from the site. Will document my experience 

Great..Im looking into same so i will check your updates on this.  The re login several times per day to Growatt is quite annoying. So the Rasberry Pi and Solar Assistant will collect data from the inverters and then data can be loaded via IP on a pc?

 

Pink

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20 minutes ago, Pink7 said:

So the Rasberry Pi and Solar Assistant will collect data from the inverters and then data can be loaded via IP on a pc?

 

Pretty much, yes. Have a look at the Solar Assistant website for full details.

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Just now, Crossy said:

 

Pretty much, yes. Have a look at the Solar Assistant website for full details.

yes im on it.  Any view on if it smartest to place the unit near my pc and screen and internet router ( means long usb cables to inverters) Or near inverters and long cables to screen and net) I guess 20m USB to long..

 

Where Solar Assistant shipping from?

 

Pink

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Definitely put the pi near your inverters, then WiFi or ethernet. Long USB cables can be problematic.

 

Pretty sure hardware will ship from the US, or get a pi locally and download the software.

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