v1.3.0

Changes

• Recover from socket hang-up by re-authenticating after 3 consecutive network errors
• Rate-limit network error log to suppress intermittent socket hang-up spam
• Fix spurious backoff log and post-reauth error log spam
• Cache mDNS discovery result to skip rediscovery on restart

v1.2.0 — Home Consumption accessory

What's new

Home Consumption accessory (opt-in)

A new Home Consumption Eve Energy accessory shows the total real-time site load and derived lifetime home energy consumption. Enable it by adding accessories.homeConsumption: true to your config.

• Eve Watts — real-time site load in Watts (direct from site_load_p)
• Eve kWh — derived lifetime consumption: pv_en + imported − exported (exact without battery storage)
• Full fakegato history in the Eve app (up to 7 days)
• Configurable display name via homeConsumptionName (default: Home Consumption)

New config options

accessories.homeConsumption (boolean, default false) — enable the accessory

homeConsumptionName (string, default Home Consumption) — HomeKit display name

Changed files

• src/homeConsumptionAccessory.ts (new)
• pvs6Client.ts: siteLoadPowerW and homeConsumptionKWh added to PVS6Reading
• settings.ts: homeConsumption and homeConsumptionName config fields
• platform.ts: wires up HomeConsumptionAccessory when enabled
• config.schema.json: schema entries for new options
• README.md: updated docs, full config example, config table

v1.1.0

What's New

mDNS Auto-Discovery

The plugin can now automatically discover your PVS6 on the local network — no need to manually enter the host or serial number in the config.

• On startup, if Auto Discover is checked, the plugin scans for _pvs6._tcp via mDNS
• Host and serial number fields remain visible and editable in the config UI, but are only used when Auto Discover is unchecked
• If the PVS6 becomes unreachable for 2 hours, re-discovery runs automatically to pick up a changed IP

Other Changes

• Requires Homebridge 2.0 or later

v1.0.0 — Initial Release

v1.0.0 — Initial Release

Initial public release of homebridge-pvs6, a Homebridge plugin for the SunStrong PVS6 solar monitoring system.

Features

• Solar Production accessory — real-time PV output (W), lifetime generation (kWh), and line voltage; always registered
• Grid Import + Grid Export accessory pair — separate accessories for import and export power, each with its own Eve app history graph
• Up to 7 days of native power history in the Eve app via fakegato-history
• Exposes all accessories as Eve Energy smart plugs for full compatibility with the Eve app
• Polls the PVS6 local FCGI API — no SunStrong Connect, no cloud dependency
• Automatically identifies production and consumption CT meters from the PVS6 device list
• Resilient to transient PVS6 failures — retries auth, skips overlapping polls, freezes last-known values during outages

Requirements

• Homebridge v2.0 (tested); v1.6+ may work but is untested
• Node.js 18 or later
• SunStrong PVS6 on the same local network (firmware build 61840+)

Installation

Search for homebridge-pvs6 in the Homebridge UI, or:

npm install -g homebridge-pvs6