Thanks Gordon for your video, I am a real beginner and only recently purchased home assistant green. I have been able to get all my solis inverter data into HA so I really benefitted from your suggestion to use Glow so I signed up for that data aswell and have added the config to my HA. I am having real trouble with my Octopus smart meter readings at the moment so hopefully it will get resolved soon. Overall I really appreciate you taking the time to post this video. All the best
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad the video has been of use. I also had various 'challenges' getting my smart meter/in home display working and had several engineer visits before it eventually got sorted.
@@gordonmarkus Morning, sorry to trouble you and fully understand if you cannot help me. My data from yesterdays Hildebrand download has not came through, I can see all the gas info on my bright app but when I look at the energy configuration screen on HA there are error messages - statistics not defined for sensor.dcc_sourced_smart_gas_meter_usage_today and Entity unavailable - the state of these configured entities are currently not available - Ensor.dcc_sourced_smart_gas_meter_usage_today (unknown). The rate and standing charge info have a status of disabled. All the best
No problem. I had something similar after the BST change a couple of weeks ago. My fix was this github.com/HandyHat/ha-hildebrandglow-dcc/issues/337#issuecomment-1535479784 which basically involves replacing the sensor.py file. Might be worth giving that a go. Once I'd done that it took a good few hours, or even a day for my energy dashboard to sort itself out@@jamesgordon4218
@@gordonmarkus Hi Gordon, thanks again for taking the time to reply, I am sorry but I am a real novice when it comes to HA, only recently getting the HA green. I have downloaded the file editor and I reviewed the bug fix instructions but I got stuck at no 6!! It says "navigate to /custom_components/...., I don't know how to do this on file editor!! I come from a background of no IT coding skills so I am struggling, I am the type of user who loves simple instructions but HA is brand new to me!
Hold the bus!!! After some persistent tinkering!! I think I have solved my issue, I was able to delete and re-instate the new code so will watch the energy monitor over the day to see if has worked, thanks again!!
Hi Gordon, nice informative video. I have been using the Hildebrand Glow integration for about a year, and it's not bad for free, but on occasion there have been issues with it. At one point the Glow servers handling the API responses stopped working, and then there were some issues with the integration, not uncommon that an update breaks something and you have to wait for the developer of the integration to catch up. I think it's fair to point out as well that you are giving Hildebrand Glow permission to access your smart meter data from the DCC in the same way your energy supplier does. A lot of people don't realise there is a middle man with meters (the DCC). Hildebrand also do their own IHD (in home display), which supports wifi and MQTT. This would give you even more near real time info and avoid using the API. Also keep in mind electric is updated from the meter to the IHD every 10 seconds and gas about once per hour as it has a battery for it's power source and is for energy efficiency purposes.
Hi Chris, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I was aware of the smart meter update periods, but generally by the end of any 24hr period it's pretty much correct. For electric I actually use a shelley clamp meter (that's in another video) and that does give real time info. The friend that told me about this did buy the Hildebrand IHD and does use it with wifi and MQTT, but then told me I'd be able to get gas consumption into the energy dashboard for free. Personally I'm ok with Glow having access to my smart meter data, as that seems a reasonable 'price' to pay for the free functionality that I'm now getting.
@@gordonmarkus Good idea to use the Shelly for power monitoring. I actually use the data from my Solax inverter which compared to what Octopus says is pretty accurate. I started using the Glow integration before I had solar installed and it was great to see the charts in HA and it gives a very good idea of gas usage, which there seems little other option for in HA other than the afore mentioned Hidebrand IHD or an Octopus Home Mini👍
Thanks Gordon for your video, I am a real beginner and only recently purchased home assistant green. I have been able to get all my solis inverter data into HA so I really benefitted from your suggestion to use Glow so I signed up for that data aswell and have added the config to my HA. I am having real trouble with my Octopus smart meter readings at the moment so hopefully it will get resolved soon. Overall I really appreciate you taking the time to post this video. All the best
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad the video has been of use. I also had various 'challenges' getting my smart meter/in home display working and had several engineer visits before it eventually got sorted.
@@gordonmarkus Morning, sorry to trouble you and fully understand if you cannot help me. My data from yesterdays Hildebrand download has not came through, I can see all the gas info on my bright app but when I look at the energy configuration screen on HA there are error messages - statistics not defined for sensor.dcc_sourced_smart_gas_meter_usage_today and Entity unavailable - the state of these configured entities are currently not available - Ensor.dcc_sourced_smart_gas_meter_usage_today (unknown). The rate and standing charge info have a status of disabled. All the best
No problem. I had something similar after the BST change a couple of weeks ago. My fix was this github.com/HandyHat/ha-hildebrandglow-dcc/issues/337#issuecomment-1535479784 which basically involves replacing the sensor.py file. Might be worth giving that a go. Once I'd done that it took a good few hours, or even a day for my energy dashboard to sort itself out@@jamesgordon4218
@@gordonmarkus Hi Gordon, thanks again for taking the time to reply, I am sorry but I am a real novice when it comes to HA, only recently getting the HA green. I have downloaded the file editor and I reviewed the bug fix instructions but I got stuck at no 6!! It says "navigate to /custom_components/...., I don't know how to do this on file editor!! I come from a background of no IT coding skills so I am struggling, I am the type of user who loves simple instructions but HA is brand new to me!
Hold the bus!!! After some persistent tinkering!! I think I have solved my issue, I was able to delete and re-instate the new code so will watch the energy monitor over the day to see if has worked, thanks again!!
Thanks for this tutorial, followed it and connected my meters
Hi Gordon, nice informative video. I have been using the Hildebrand Glow integration for about a year, and it's not bad for free, but on occasion there have been issues with it. At one point the Glow servers handling the API responses stopped working, and then there were some issues with the integration, not uncommon that an update breaks something and you have to wait for the developer of the integration to catch up.
I think it's fair to point out as well that you are giving Hildebrand Glow permission to access your smart meter data from the DCC in the same way your energy supplier does. A lot of people don't realise there is a middle man with meters (the DCC). Hildebrand also do their own IHD (in home display), which supports wifi and MQTT. This would give you even more near real time info and avoid using the API. Also keep in mind electric is updated from the meter to the IHD every 10 seconds and gas about once per hour as it has a battery for it's power source and is for energy efficiency purposes.
Hi Chris, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I was aware of the smart meter update periods, but generally by the end of any 24hr period it's pretty much correct. For electric I actually use a shelley clamp meter (that's in another video) and that does give real time info. The friend that told me about this did buy the Hildebrand IHD and does use it with wifi and MQTT, but then told me I'd be able to get gas consumption into the energy dashboard for free. Personally I'm ok with Glow having access to my smart meter data, as that seems a reasonable 'price' to pay for the free functionality that I'm now getting.
@@gordonmarkus Good idea to use the Shelly for power monitoring. I actually use the data from my Solax inverter which compared to what Octopus says is pretty accurate. I started using the Glow integration before I had solar installed and it was great to see the charts in HA and it gives a very good idea of gas usage, which there seems little other option for in HA other than the afore mentioned Hidebrand IHD or an Octopus Home Mini👍
Is that for the UK market only?
Nice work matey thanks for sharing doing mine now !