SmaApi

This gem provides an API for the web interface of SMA inverters.

The gem is not under active development but I will maintain it.

Supported inverters

This gem has been developed using a SMA Sunny Boy 3.0 (SB3.0-1AV-41). Firmware version is 4.0.55.R

It will probably work with other SMA products that have a recent firmware. But it has not been tested.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sma_api'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install sma_api

Usage

The web interface of the inverter does not allow an unlimited number of sessions. There seems to be a limit of 4 sessions. Another attempt to login will result into an error message from the web interface, which is turned into a SmaApi::Error that has the Creating session failed message. The software in the inverter will free up a session after 5 minutes of inactivity.

There are different ways of handling the session:

• Create the SmaApi::Client instance just once and use it multiple times
• Create the SmaApi::Client instance using the session id from a cache (Redis, a file)
• Use client.destroy_session to explicitly remove the session

Create client once

require 'sma_api'

client = SmaApi::Client.new(host: 'inverter address', password: 'password')

while true do
  # Current production
  puts client.get_values(['6100_40263F00'])
  sleep 5
end

Use the session id when creating the client

In case the sid is not valid anymore, the client will try to create a new session.

require 'sma_api'

# Cache the sid in this file
sid_file = '/tmp/sma_sid.txt'

sid = File.read(sid_file).chop rescue ''

client = SmaApi::Client.new(host: ENV['SMA_API_HOST'], password: ENV['SMA_API_WEB_PASSWORD'], sid: sid)

while true do
  current_yield = client.get_values(['6100_40263F00'])

  # If sid has been changed, save it to the sid file
  if client.sid != sid
    File.open(sid_file, 'w') { |f| f.puts client.sid }
  end

  puts "#{Time.now}\tCurrent yield: #{current_yield}"

  sleep 2
end

Use destroy_session

This is the same as logging out from the web interface.

require 'sma_api'

client = SmaApi::Client.new(host: 'inverter address', password: 'password', sid: sid)

# Current production
puts client.get_values(['6100_40263F00'])

client.destroy_session

# or:
at_exit { client.destroy_session }

How to get the keys for get_values method

The get_values method accepts an array of keys. These keys can be found using the SMA web interface. Use the browser Developer Tools to find the keys. In the example below, the key for "Power" (Dutch: "Vermogen") is 6100_40263F00

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/rutgerw/sma_api.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.