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FoxESS Avocado

Supported features

  • Battery control: External control of home battery charging and discharging via evcc.

Usage areas

  • Grid meter
  • Solar production
  • Battery

Parameters

Modbus
NameDescriptionValueLevel
idModbus ID
Default: 1
intrequired
deviceDevice name

USB-RS485 adapter

Example: /dev/ttyUSB0
required
baudrateBaudrate
Default: 9600
required
comsetComSet

Communication parameter for the adapter

Default: 8N1
required
hostIP address or hostname
Example: 192.0.2.2
required
portPort
Default: 502
intrequired
minsoc [%]Minimum charge

Lower limit when discharging the battery in normal operation

Default: 10
Example: 25
optional
maxsoc [%]Maximum charge

Upper limit when charging the battery from the grid

Default: 100
Example: 95
optional
maxchargepower [W]Maximum charge power

For forced charging of the battery.

Default: 1200
optional
capacity [kWh]Battery capacity
Default: 2.11
Example: 50
optional
maxacpower [W]Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter
Default: 800
Example: 5000
advanced
maxdischargepower [W]Maximum discharge power

Maximum discharge power of the storage.

advanced
Configuration example for evcc.yaml

If you don't want to configure via the UI, you can alternatively use this YAML block.

meters:
- name: my_grid
type: template
template: fox-ess-avocado
usage: grid
# RS485 via adapter (Modbus RTU)
modbus: rs485serial
id: 1
device: /dev/ttyUSB0 # USB-RS485 Adapter Adresse
baudrate: 9600 # Prüfe die Geräteeinstellungen, typische Werte sind 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200
comset: "8N1" # Kommunikationsparameter für den Adapter
# RS485 via TCP/IP (Modbus RTU)
modbus: rs485tcpip
id: 1
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
# Modbus TCP
modbus: tcpip
id: 1
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
meters:
- name: my_pv
type: template
template: fox-ess-avocado
usage: pv
# RS485 via adapter (Modbus RTU)
modbus: rs485serial
id: 1
device: /dev/ttyUSB0 # USB-RS485 Adapter Adresse
baudrate: 9600 # Prüfe die Geräteeinstellungen, typische Werte sind 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200
comset: "8N1" # Kommunikationsparameter für den Adapter
# RS485 via TCP/IP (Modbus RTU)
modbus: rs485tcpip
id: 1
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
# Modbus TCP
modbus: tcpip
id: 1
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
maxacpower: 800 # Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter (W), optional
meters:
- name: my_battery
type: template
template: fox-ess-avocado
usage: battery
# RS485 via adapter (Modbus RTU)
modbus: rs485serial
id: 1
device: /dev/ttyUSB0 # USB-RS485 Adapter Adresse
baudrate: 9600 # Prüfe die Geräteeinstellungen, typische Werte sind 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200
comset: "8N1" # Kommunikationsparameter für den Adapter
# RS485 via TCP/IP (Modbus RTU)
modbus: rs485tcpip
id: 1
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
# Modbus TCP
modbus: tcpip
id: 1
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
minsoc: 10 # Minimum charge (%), Lower limit when discharging the battery in normal operation
maxsoc: 100 # Maximum charge (%), Upper limit when charging the battery from the grid
maxchargepower: 1200 # Maximum charge power (W), For forced charging of the battery.
capacity: 2.11 # Battery capacity (kWh), optional
maxdischargepower: # Maximum discharge power (W), Maximum discharge power of the storage. (optional)