Kostal Plenticore Hybrid, incl. grid charging of the house battery

← PV, Battery, Grid, Meter

Only a single system may access the inverter! For active battery control, the feature external battery control via modbus must be activated using installer access. Can basically be used for various inverter generations (G1/G2/G3). The function for grid charging the battery is available using this template, but is currently incompatible with some older inverters - test carefully! see also https://github.com/evcc-io/evcc/wiki/Kostal-Plenticore

Supported features

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

Usage areas

Solar production
Battery

Parameters

Name	Description	Value	Level
`id`	Modbus ID Default: `1`	int	required
`host`	IP address or hostname Example: `192.0.2.2`		required
`port`	Port Default: `502`	int	required
`capacity` [kWh]	Battery capacity Example: `50`		optional
`minsoc` [%]	Minimum charge Lower limit when discharging the battery in normal operation Example: `25`		optional
`maxsoc` [%]	Maximum charge Upper limit when charging the battery from the grid Example: `95`		optional
`endianness`	Endianness (Little/Big) Default: `little`		advanced
`maxacpower` [W]	Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter Default: `0` Example: `5000`		advanced
`maxchargepower` [W]	Maximum charge power For forced charging of the battery.		advanced
`maxdischargepower` [W]	Maximum discharge power Maximum discharge power of the storage.		advanced
`watchdog`	Watchdog Default: `60s`		advanced

Configuration example for evcc.yaml

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

Solar production Battery

meters:
    - name: my_pv
      type: template
      template: kostal-plenticore-gen2
      usage: pv

      # Modbus TCP
      modbus: tcpip
      id: 71
      host:  # Hostname
      port: 1502 # Port
      endianness: little # Endianness (Little/Big), [little, big] (optional)
      maxacpower: 0 # Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter (W), optional
      watchdog: 60s # Watchdog, optional

meters:
    - name: my_battery
      type: template
      template: kostal-plenticore-gen2
      usage: battery

      # Modbus TCP
      modbus: tcpip
      id: 71
      host:  # Hostname
      port: 1502 # Port
      capacity: 50 # Battery capacity (kWh), optional
      minsoc: 25 # Minimum charge (%), Lower limit when discharging the battery in normal operation (optional)
      maxsoc: 95 # Maximum charge (%), Upper limit when charging the battery from the grid (optional)
      endianness: little # Endianness (Little/Big), [little, big] (optional)
      maxchargepower: # Maximum charge power (W), For forced charging of the battery. (optional)
      maxdischargepower: # Maximum discharge power (W), Maximum discharge power of the storage. (optional)
      watchdog: 60s # Watchdog, optional