RCT Power

Supported features

Battery control: External control of home battery charging and discharging via evcc.
Curtailable: Inverter production can be reduced (e.g. § 9 EEG). See External Limit.

Usage areas

Grid meter
Solar production
Battery

Parameters

Name	Description	Level
`host`	IP address or hostname Example: `192.0.2.2`	optional
`port`	Port Default: `8899`	optional
`capacity` [kWh]	Battery capacity Example: `50`	optional
`minsoc` [%]	Minimum charge Lower limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer. Default: `7` Example: `25`	optional
`maxsoc` [%]	Maximum charge Upper limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer and, on some devices, for grid charging. Default: `97` Example: `95`	optional
`capacity2` [kWh]	Battery capacity of the second battery Example: `50`	optional
`maxacpower` [W]	Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter Default: `0` Example: `5000`	advanced
`externalpower`	External power Query external power of all devices connected to S0	advanced
`maxchargepower` [W]	Maximum charge power Highest power the battery system can charge with. The optimizer plans with charging up to this power. Some devices also use it as grid charging power.	advanced
`maxdischargepower` [W]	Maximum discharge power Highest power the battery system can discharge with. The optimizer plans with discharging up to this power. Smart mode assumes the battery supplies at most this power to vehicle charging.	advanced
`cache`	Cache Time interval for data refresh Default: `30s` Example: `5m`	advanced

Configuration example for evcc.yaml

If you don't want to configure via the UI, you can alternatively use this YAML block.

Grid meterSolar productionBattery

meters:
    - name: my_grid
      type: template
      template: rct-power
      usage: grid
      host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
      port: 8899 # Port
      cache: 30s # Cache, Time interval for data refresh (optional)

meters:
    - name: my_pv
      type: template
      template: rct-power
      usage: pv
      host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
      port: 8899 # Port
      maxacpower: 0 # Maximum AC power of the hybrid inverter (W), optional
      externalpower: # External power, Query external power of all devices connected to S0 (optional)
      cache: 30s # Cache, Time interval for data refresh (optional)

meters:
    - name: my_battery
      type: template
      template: rct-power
      usage: battery
      host: 192.0.2.2 # IP address or hostname
      port: 8899 # Port
      capacity: 50 # Battery capacity (kWh), optional
      minsoc: 7 # Minimum charge (%), Lower limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer. (optional)
      maxsoc: 97 # Maximum charge (%), Upper limit as configured on the battery system. Used by optimizer and, on some devices, for grid charging. (optional)
      capacity2: 50 # Battery capacity of the second battery (kWh), optional
      maxchargepower: # Maximum charge power (W), Highest power the battery system can charge with. The optimizer plans with charging up to this power. Some devices also use it as grid charging power. (optional)
      maxdischargepower: # Maximum discharge power (W), Highest power the battery system can discharge with. The optimizer plans with discharging up to this power. Smart mode assumes the battery supplies at most this power to vehicle charging. (optional)
      cache: 30s # Cache, Time interval for data refresh (optional)