I have noticed that there doesnt seem to be any Flukso for sale any more. I know there are 100's out there probably closer to 1000's more .
Hopefully there will be another run of FL2's for all the new people who use Solar generation systems.
This is in my opinion the best and simplest unit on the market.
If not what is the longevity of the reporting of current units from here and to data sites like PVOutput?
Baz
This is the reason why IoT sucks. The devices work exactly as long as the manufacturer feels like supporting them.
@FLUC I get data on EnergieID but the values are around 4 times too low for a normal daily use on both power and water. Haven't checked gas.
My Flukso’s with Home Assistant ( thanks @vk2him ) are working just fine.
@WIZZOPA, i made a test with a raspberry-pi, Node Red +Influx BD + Grafana. It works too with my Flukso. I have to look for it to continue use this and make further setting to see totals. It is not running anymore at this moment, but i'am thinking to continue the setup it further. A bit of work ...
@NDUPONT, the history values were coming in on EnergieIE but stopped this morning at around 5.
My solar never worked, sensor and token where alright.
If EnergieID was working, this could be a good replacement for Flukso.net and PVoutput, but now, not with Flukso anymore. I can only put values manually every month, ... not ideal.
@FLUC data from pvoutput today, upload Flukso ( Yingli …..) upload Home assistant ( Test ….) thats consumption and generation.
https://pvoutput.org/comparelive.jsp?sid=21873&sid1=95518&dt=20240523&gs...
Total upload 8 separate measurements.
System is running on a laptop with adobe VM.
This was to be expected after all these years without support from the owner..
I am satisfied with HA and my my FL1
VK2HIM made a post a year or so ago on how to use the Flukso to still work with Home Assistant and pvoutput.
I read thru it but have no idea what it means. I had a look at HA but its beyond my scope of understanding.
If someone could write up a step by step process to make it work it would be very much appreciated.
fluksobaz2024@gmail.com
I'd also be grateful if anyone has alternatives. If need be, I can write some code for the Flukso but, TBH, would prefer not to. In theory, it should be possible to make the Flukes upload directly to PVOutput, but I've never looked at the code and have no idea how intrusive that would be.
Does anyone have contact details for @icarus75 ? It would be nice if he could at least let us know what's going on. This forum doesn't have a private messaging feature, and I don't know how to get in touch,
I will try to setup Home Assistant on my Synology NAS. Will it see the fluksometer? Or do I have to make changes in there too?
Can someone post a link how to setup flukes for home assistant?
Thank You!
I mean setup Flukso for Home Assistant.
C3POpower and Michi , go back to 1st page . See VK2HIM post 1/2 way down the page.
If its makes sense to you?
Hmmm… I've never tinkered with HA, or with the Flukso for that matter. I'll have a look during the week and see what I can learn. But, from a casual glance at the HA documentation, I strongly suspect that this will not be something that a non-expert could set up, even if I manage to get it to work. In addition, I can't provide assistance for Windows. (There are some things I simply won't do, such as torture animals, eat babies, or use Windows.)
I have an old Raspberry Pi kicking around with a broken network interface. I might be able to use that. If so, if people are willing to purchase the hardware, a flash card image could be used to allow people to set it up.
I'l do a bit of tinkering during the week, but don't hold your breath…
Using HA to read your flukso is not that difficult
RPI 3B with 8 gig card is sufficient.
MQTT on it and the flukso intrihation.
Just Google it!
you then have real-time readout of the flukso
@Bazzle: I am not familiar with programming like described above. I did program a few lines from a terminal program into my Flukso, years ago, when my ISP upgraded the wifi encryption. Later it was implemented in a software update.
Setting up HA should be no problem for me. I shall take a look at the suggestion by PVCASTAERT.
Next year I am obliged to take the digital power and gas meter.
Sounds good. Purchasing an Rasp PI is the least of it.
Thanks in advance from all of us who are now stuck.
Yesterday I did setup HA in my Synology. A new world opened to me! I now get realtime readout from y smart plugs (which the Tapo app didd't) Also my weather station, airco etc.. I can now freely program anything a want, and monitor my drain pumps better than in Flukso. also get messages on events.
I still would like the Flukso in HA for solar production and overall consumption. I got a new hobby :-)
@bazzle
I tried getting HA running on my pi2b that I use for hot water recording and a corsproxy server but being unsupported and the device being so old it was hard to find what to do. Especially since I'm trying to install it to raspbian rather than running the HA OS.
Ended up breaking it
On the other hand, my Pi v2b is running flawlessly with Pi-hole, and could also run Mqtt > Node Red > InfluxDB > Grafana on it.
All of the above makes no sense to me.
What device can just be purchased to get Flusko working or is there a device that replaces it.
@C3POPOWER: Very good. I tried but on my ds216j I could not. Do you have any suggestions for me? Do you have a web page to direct me to?thanks
The API website certificate has expired on the 21st, just like in 2020.
@bazzle
I have given up trying to get Home Assistant on the pi v2b as it's unsupported I haven't found a way.
The only way is to install the Home Assistant OS image but that would mean I lose all my other scripts the pi runs.
Good news is I have got data getting sent from the flukso to the pi and uploaded to pvoutput using python.
It's definately messy code and needs a bit of work but it is working!
So either running Home Assistant on a supported pi or a python script on a pi are 2 ways of keeping the flukso going.
Viewing Flukso data in HA is not that difficult:
1: Add an MQTT integration and connect directly to the local IP of your flukso, port 1883.
2: Configure your sensors in configuration.yaml
Thanks BramCloet
Unfortunately I (and probably we) have no idea where to start.
Even terms like MQTT integration don not mean anything.
A configuration yaml??
Would you be able to guide a complete novice(s) ?
It would be very helpful :)
Hey guys,
I have created a script so the flukso can be used again! hopefully those with fluksos see this before binning them!
Script – https://github.com/B-Mqn/FluksoToPVoutput/
Discussion Forum – https://forum.pvoutput.org/t/flukso-to-pvoutput-script-discussion/7405
with the site back up maybe the devices will be back up?
oh well the massive amount of hours I have done to create the script will be useful if it goes down again
This page may help to setup the MQTT connection in Home Assistant:
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/
And the reward will be energy charts: https://www.home-assistant.io/dashboards/energy/
Thanks chaps..
Im hoping I can make some sense of what you have both supplied.
Back to Primary school me thinks :)
Baz