new user - bunch of q and error with VW & Tesla

[stepir]

Hi

thanks a lot for this project it's a dream come true (no kidding)

I have some comments, ask and questions. Dropping here everything and then if reasonable I can open RFE/BUG accordingly

1. container friendly setup. At the moment the config file have to be in /etc but in contiainer environment this is not very handy. IMO the best would be using a dedicated path for it (say /config) so that it can be mapped to a persistent volume. The result is that such volume would be accessible outside of the container itself (e.g. on a NAS or shared drive) and edited without having to access the container.

2. I have setup my Tesla account as per the following

vehicles:
- name: elDiablo
  type: tesla
  title: Model X # display name for UI
  capacity: 100 # kWh
  user: my email
  password: my pwd
  vin: my VIN

However the UI display the status as 'getrennt' and keep popping up a message saying 'server unavailable'
No error messages are logged...

3. I have setup my VW account as per the following

vehicles:
- name: Ruga
  type: vw
  title: e-UP # display name for UI
  capacity: 32 # kWh
  user: # my email
  password: my pwd

However the following error is logged
cannot create vehicle 'Ruga': cannot create type 'vw': login failed: unexpected length
Note that the password is 20 character long...

4. I solved it already but there's something wrong (or hardcoded) with the port used for modbus. I had it, initially, configured on 1502 and despite having it properly configured in my config file I had the following error:
   [site  ] ERROR 2021/04/09 12:30:16 updating grid meter: read failed: modbus: exception '2' (illegal data address), function '131'
   Reverting the modbus config to default port (502) and updating the config file solved the issue.

5. the UI is in German or have some typos? is there a language option to set English or what is the way to do it? or what is the easiest to modify it?
   

6. What is the easiest way to integrate TUYA plugs as chargers? considering I'm planning to use EVCC in Home Assistant and those plus are already integrated there?

7. Wondering if there is anyone interested in having the TESLA UMC (mobile charger) being integrated as a charger? in reality I think with TESLA any charger can be integrated using TESAL APIs for start/stop?

Thanks!

[stepir]

@andig I'm posting here rather than in the Solaredge thread as it's the same issue I'm having for the missing PV meter being displayed. In this case relate to the vehicles.

I think my config is now correct as:

/evcc # evcc vehicle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
[main  ] INFO 2021/04/09 23:57:07 evcc 0.50 (1b3bf57)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
[main  ] INFO 2021/04/09 23:57:07 using config file /etc/evcc.yaml                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
elDiablo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
--------                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
SoC:           57%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Charge status: B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Charged:       0.0kWh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Capacity:      100kWh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Vehicle range: 141km                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Finish time:   2021-04-09 23:57:00 +0200 CEST                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Ruga                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
----                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
SoC:            80%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Charge status:  A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Capacity:       32kWh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Vehicle range:  244km                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Finish time:    2021-04-09 19:37:00 +0000 UTC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Climate active: false                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Outside temp:   12.5°C                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Target temp:    20.0°C      

However the webui still show only 1 vehicle and all the related information are missing:

I'm running 0.50 and pulled latest image from dockerhub.

Is there anything else I can check? I'm running debug but nothing is logged

[stepir]

so:

1. I'm using a symlink for the config file so that I can keep it in a persistent volume. I still think for plugins or other persistent stuff an external folder would be more handy. Particularly when refreshing the container to newer versions.

2. temporary issue probably with the API interface on Tesla servers. it just went away on its own

3. my bad it was misconfigured

As per the multiple vehicles not showing up in the GUI - the only workaround I found so far was implementing two charge points...