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# Kostal inverter Binding

![LIFX E27](doc/kostalpico.jpg)

Scrapes the web interface of the inverter for the metrics of the supported channels below.

## Supported Things

Tested with Kostal Inverter Pico but might work with other inverters from kostal too.

## Discovery

None

## Channels

acPower
totalEnergy
dayEnergy
status

## Thing Configuration

demo.things

```
Thing kostalpico:kostalpico:inverter [ url="http://192.168.0.128" ]
```

If the thing goes online then the connection to the web interface is successful. In case
it is offline you should see an error message.

## Items

demo.items:

```
Number SolarPower "Solar power [%.2f Watt]" <energy> (gGF) { channel="kostalpico:kostalpico:inverter:acPower" }
Number SolarEnergyDay "Solar day energy[%.2f kwh]" <energy> (gGF)  { channel="kostalpico:kostalpico:inverter:dayEnergy" }
Number SolarTotalEnergy "Solar total energy[%.2f kwh]" <energy> (gGF) { channel="kostalpico:kostalpico:inverter:totalEnergy" }
String SolarStatus "Solar status [%s]" <energy> (gGF) { channel="kostalpico:kostalpico:inverter:status" }
```

