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You write about the colors your cable black, purple etc. but the colors of the 8 RJ45 cables are white-red, red, white-green, blue, white-blue, green, white-brown and brown. What do your colors mean then?

Awesome video.

Great vid👍

I have a doubt here I have set to record only when a person is detected. But when I scrub the timeline, I am able to review all the footage? So why is frigate storing/recording all the time?

Great video. would be great if you did go through your configuration and demonstrated your camera settings and why you chose them.

Great video and thanks for sharing with everyone that for some its quite complicated and many resort to ask for a quote and with respect ending being ripped off... Thanks for Pylontech firmware upgrade also. Question: any progress with ATS scheme please? I have been through the same journey starting with Multiplus II 48V/3000 2x 400 panels and 3x US3000C and have upgraded to Multiplus 49/5000 and 2xUS5000 + 3x US3000C and more panels...

Great video Rod - it's really helpful to see a task being done before attempting yourself. Similarly, we have limited underfloor voids which is prompting a similar underfloor build-up to yours. Many thanks

Hi, I appreciate you doing this demo of the software. It being open source and the community adding features is so amazing. Wondering if Frigate will have camera optical zoom functionality over ONVIF? The camera I'm getting has 6x optical zoom and being able to use it by scrolling in frigate would be amazing. Also, have you tried any integration with facial recognition? I specifically was looking for a way to get notifications when a unknown face is detected. With a custom database I can make of faces I already know. If you have experience in this, I'd appreciate some incite on my camera decision. I want to buy this one: (Ctronics 4K 8MP + 8MP Dual Lens 360 10X Auto Zoom Tracking Security Camera) Specs: Dual Lens: 8MP primary lens + 8MP secondary lens Resolution: 4K Sony "CMOS" sensor Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ): 360° Motion Tracking: Auto-tracking to follow detected motion. Video Compression: H.264/H.265 formats Night Vision: Infrared and color night vision WiFi Support: 2.4G and 5G SD Card Slot: Supports up to 256GB Priced at: $96

For some reason I can read and write into the holding/input register but I cannot use the Coil Register? I.e I cannot turn on/off the heating for instance. I get error Invalid Register.

good day when updating the solinteg inverter, myPylontech BMS was blocked. Could you give me some advice? Do you have any contact?

Thank you for the comprehensive overview! Very informative.

I did start to install the same heat pump model to my House. I will definitely use your tutorial to integrate it in my home assistant. I did already buy the waveshare modul. But I'm really interested to know if your are satisfied with the pump in terms of performance and noise? We will heat a 2200 Square Feet house from 1925 with the 14kw version. The house has got major renovations (things like new windows, roof insulation, etc.). We only will use the heat pump with a 300l buffer tank for heating, not for warm water. I think I will be done with the pipe work and electric in the next days. But it would be great to hear your experience. Greetings from Germany and thanks for the tutorial 👍

Is it still worth the extra cash to get some pretty little lights?

Interesting video. I'm looking to integrate my Aira heatpump into HA if possible. There's no Aira API and even their app is quite limited. They've installed a modbus power meter which has an RJ45 port, so that might be a starting point to monitor power consumption but I'd like to automate setting the target temperature ideally for an overnight reduced temperature. Suggestions welcome!

Hi Rod, thanks very much for sharing your instruction video on the LG HP and found it very interesting. I have an Phnix GreenTherm Series HP and find it very difficult to integrate it into HA. I cant even get the 485 data to talk. Here is an extract from the installation manual for the MODBUS RTU Communication Protocol: 1. Transmission Format Baud Rate : 9600bps Start bit: 1 Byte width: 8 Parity: N Stop bits: 1 Slave address: H10 2. Packet Format Address: 16bits Function: 16bits: - 03: Function of reading multi registers 16: Function of presenting multi registers Data: N*16bits CRC checksum: 16bits Any help would be very much apricated.

How are you finding the BFT kit? Any issues?

Very helpful, Rod. Thanks a bunch.

Hi! for anyone that may need... it is needed to go to installation settingsand change in the settings menu the modbus to 0 -1 .....

That is a proper review, thank you Rod. I have been stuck just trying to install Frigate - I am totally frustrated... Linux, Docker, Coral T. P. U., Frigate > Uggh!!!! I've let it go for a month now. After watching you show this beta update I R E A L L Y want to get this running. Yes I smashed the subscribe button 😎

You will want to make sure the room the batteries are storied in does not get to cold or too hot as it will effect the efficiency.

How many days work was this EWI project? Been thinking of doing my house which is about 40sq/m

does frigate have an email to speak to them?

Thank you! 1st attempt, and it works! I used a simple RS485 serial to USB Adapter

you should look into nodred(added as an addon in HomeAssistant), there you can do it much simpler and visualized

Thanks Rod for this video. I'll just add that in order to get things working I had to change the Modbus address in room controler to 01. It took me hours of reading internet to figure this out. Thanks Rod!

Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge! And the foxes were hilarious! :D

Hi mate great job.. has it made a big difference in terms of temperature and heating bills?

ive just been quoted £650 from the solicitor for two hours advice, so think yourself lucky !!

I expected the DNO to charge more tbh, especially considering the specialist tools and training required to deal with those old lead cables not to mention the risk of working live, and working with toxic fumes. great work all round! Still impresses me that those old bitumen / Hessian / lead cables are working just as well the day they were put in, some 100+ years ago. Fantastic design.

Great video! I've been stuck bouncing between Pylontech and SoFarSolar for ages ... cable ordered and I'll start on Friday. Thanks!

Awesome video. Ditch the music please when you're talking tho

Is it only me or there is an issue with frigate.record.maintainer on 14.0 ? Since updating to 14.0 I get huge IO's on proxmox .. running only frigate in an LXC ..

This is a great video - very comprehensive. Two issues though ... my is finding the BatteryView application so difficult and where the heck do you get the official firmware downloads from? I only seem to be able to find .bin files in forums which you warn against. Do you know the latest firmware versions for the US2000C?

I just started playing with it the other day, it looks promissing but I hate the config.yml nonesense. It is a pain, especially when the gui settings breaks your config file and then frigate refuses to do anything, even load the config editor page, so I need to edit the config file manually. I am also having an issue getting PTZ controls to work, i have onvif capable amcrest cameras, and it just refuses to connect. I also feel like docker is a real limitiation. I would much rather just run it on bare metal.

dab and level you mean.....

! IMPORTANT ! TP-Link have recently made a change that's affecting the HA integrations ability to interact with the cameras, you can find more detail on the issue here: github.com/JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control/issues/551

Great video overview- I've just upgraded my docker container. A few breaking change but boy is 0.14 superb!

All thanks to this video, I’m starting to take control of my SPRSUN heat pump, (got the modbus registry from the manufacturer). I’m hoping to start calculating my COP soon.

Don't attempt work you are unqualified for?

Hello Rod, I have an HM163MR.U34. I have done the jumper settings SW2. But what have you set on the display of the system, there is also a setting for Modbus where you have to set the hex address? I think I have set everything else like you, but I don't get any values in HA

Sorry for your troubles, mate. We also have Topens (brand new) and are about to throw ours in the trash to get a product that works. The photocells, as with you, do the exact same thing. It's like it's working backward. Also, Topens has ZERO support. This was one of the most horrendous service experiences I've encountered in my life. Buyer beware.

can you please share your frigate.yml config file? i have no good example to follow along. my yml is not correct or something so i get nothing.

Dear Rod, it looks cool for me!! What field should I study to learn this? or what training course should I take. really appreciate your help.

rarely seen a pure battery system without any solar. Hats off to start such adventure without any solar and at those high prices back then. Here the prices have stalled. LFP 15 kWh cells (EVE MB31 or LF280K) have stalled to 1200€ here plus EEL case for 500€. Far less than what you had to invest. We have fixed rates for 1 year or dynamic prices like tibber and awatar and now even octopus is offering, but at the end the savings are very very limited by shifiting cause we have to pay the Leipzig energy stock market day ahead prices usually between 0 and 30 cents but then on top the grid fees which are roughly 20 cents on top. Even with 0€ for the production of 1 kWh the grid fees mean a price of 20 Cents. I can tell you that while measuring the 16 eve cells each 10 times that the losses from charging and discharging are about 3,3 to 3,5% in average over 16x 10 = 160 charging cycles. But if you have to add 2 times the inverter losses from each time roughly 3,5% again, then you would have way around losses of 2x 3,5 % + 4% at least and in the optimal load. 11% is the highest efficient system but I bet you are running the discharging based on real consumption (compared to the higher efficient charging from the grid during off peak times). I use 20% as a pessimistic calculation and 15% for a most likely evalluation and 12% for the best possible. The truth is in between, but for sure above 11% cause the DC AC conversion is following the demand and adapting permanently which means not the best performance. 12% might be the best possible, but I doubt victron is able to achieve that. Usually for fast calculation or rule by thumb I use the 20% for losses and if I need a more realistic figure I go for 15%. I have seen 12% , but also 16% in real world cause I usually discharge my batter fully and charge it again fully every single week at least once, usually daily.

what's the model of the Tplink Tapo camera?

appreciate if you can share the yaml for the automations u created in HA+frigate

thanks, i purchased tapo 210 after watching your video. I used HACS Tapo camera control integration and added the camera successfully. I will ultimate move this camera to frigate . how you figured out to have call from the camera?

Tried it multiple times and reverted to old version. It is game changer, but in bad meaning.

Great video. Cheers 👍🇦🇺

This is exciting!! I've watched Frigate for several years now, and I think with this release, its finally achieved a state that I can begin to seriously work toward replacing my crappy Blue Iris system. I was happy to hear you mention that you have some Reolink and Wyse cameras. I have both but was concerned about their compatibility with Frigate. I have some Amcrest cameras, too, and they seem to be a preferred brand. Thanks for the great video, and I'll check out more! Time to get busy ordering some hardware for a Frigate test bed!! ~Frank