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SMA Smart Energy Hybrid Inverter

When using active battery control by evcc, the 'Forecast-based Charging' function in the SMA portal must not be active. Otherwise, conflicts may arise when controlling the battery.

Supported features

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

Usage areas

  • Grid meter
  • Solar production
  • Battery

Parameters

NameDescriptionValueLevel
idModbus ID
Default: 1
intrequired
hostIP address or hostname
Example: 192.0.2.2
required
portPort
Default: 502
intrequired
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
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.

Default: 4200
advanced
maxdischargepower [W]Maximum discharge power

Maximum discharge power of the storage.

Default: 4200
advanced
watchdogWatchdog
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.

meters:
- name: my_pv
type: template
template: sma-hybrid
usage: pv
# Modbus TCP
modbus: tcpip
id: 3
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port
maxacpower: 0 # Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter (W), optional
meters:
- name: my_battery
type: template
template: sma-hybrid
usage: battery
# Modbus TCP
modbus: tcpip
id: 3
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # 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)
maxchargepower: 4200 # Maximum charge power (W), For forced charging of the battery. (optional)
maxdischargepower: 4200 # Maximum discharge power (W), Maximum discharge power of the storage. (optional)
watchdog: 60s # Watchdog, optional
meters:
- name: my_grid
type: template
template: sma-hybrid
usage: grid
# Modbus TCP
modbus: tcpip
id: 3
host: # Hostname
port: 502 # Port