[Bug]: Connection drops about huawei_solar HOT 6 CLOSED

This is an issue of the SDongle firmware and not of the integration. I don't get a timely response, so the integration retries the request.

I'm planning on adding support for the direct RS485_1 port in the long term, which hopefully does not have this problem, but will require a wired connection between the HA-device and the inverter.

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I think it should not be related to the dongle as I’m connected to the internal inverter’s wifi…

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Anyway, is it possible to close and reconnect in that case?
In the logs you can see that after the connection was lost and re-established it works again.

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I said SDongle because I read reports from other owners that said that it behaves even more poorly than the built-in WiFi. But in any case: it's more of a bug on the inverter side.

You're welcome to contribute a "service call" which forces a reconnect. However, as this would not be allowed in an official HA integration (even setting a custom refresh interval configuration option is not allowed), I'm not going to develop it myself.

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You're welcome to contribute a "service call" which forces a reconnect. However, as this would not be allowed in an official HA integration (even setting a custom refresh interval configuration option is not allowed), I'm not going to develop it myself.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how this can be done. If you can point me in the right direction...
Can I do it via an automation checking the status and in case data is not available do something (reconnect modbus)?

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@wlcrs, thanks for your tip. I was able to solve the problem by myself. I've implemented a rest call as a shell command that reloads the integration. This shell command is executed via an automation when a one of the Huawei sensors is unavailable for some time.

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