# \[APP\]\[PRO&CLOUD\]\[OFFICIAL\] PVOutput **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, homey-pro, homey-bridge\ **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648 "2025-04-14T11:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/21 "2025-04-29T12:05:48Z")
Hi. I have installed two devices using the same API key. The output device and the upload device. For the upload device I created this flow: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/3/4358a75a15aa10e92159d89b5ce84a8091668ead.png) Is the ‘new upload interval begins’ running every 2 minutes. Or do I misunderstand the previous posts? Twan ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/22 "2025-04-29T12:43:43Z")
> [@Twan\_Veugelers](#): > > new upload interval begins’ running every 2 minutes. It is triggered every 5 minutes now, since PVOutput doesnt handle anything faster than that. ---
**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/23 "2025-04-29T14:12:08Z")
Hi Robin. When looking at the manual ‘add output’; ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/4/049a0bfda0b68eeea4c4885014a5aa6038fe4282.png) It has the ability to add the Energy Exported, Temperature, Energy Used values. Is the a way to also upload these values? I know I can pick up the Temperature from one of the outdoor temp sensors. And the Energy Exported and Energy Used should be able to be picked up from the P1 Sensor. ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/24 "2025-04-29T14:28:23Z")
I decided not to include those values in the flow card, since it would make the card too complex for a lot of users. I will think about it some more. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_van\_Liempt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ad_van_liempt/32/71177_2.png) [@Ad\_van\_Liempt](https://community.homey.app/u/Ad_van_Liempt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/25 "2025-04-30T05:39:46Z")
Uploading temperature would be nice too! ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_van\_Liempt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ad_van_liempt/32/71177_2.png) [@Ad\_van\_Liempt](https://community.homey.app/u/Ad_van_Liempt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/26 "2025-05-04T06:32:00Z")
I find this reasoning an underestimation of the user. Of course you can make multiple buttons for the upload parameters. So one as it is now, one with an extension of e.g. the temperature etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/27 "2025-05-04T06:44:18Z")
Yeah I will probably implement it one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/28 "2025-05-13T08:45:07Z")
> [@Twan\_Veugelers](#): > > And the Energy Exported and Energy Used should be able to be picked up from the P1 Sensor. From the available API this would lead to mixing P1 export with Solar export data, thus leading to errors in the calculated logs. I can however add uploading P1 Power import/export (watts) to a separate flow card. ---
**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/29 "2025-05-13T09:39:49Z")
> From the available API this would lead to mixing P1 export with Solar export data, thus leading to errors in the calculated logs. I can however add uploading P1 Power import/export (watts) to a separate flow card. It was more mend that I can use these values from my P1 sensor to be added as a value in the upload flow card. (probably using Better Logic to calculate the exact values) ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/30 "2025-05-13T11:39:12Z")
> [@Twan\_Veugelers](#): > > It was more mend that I can use these values from my P1 sensor to be added as a value in the upload flow card. The Add Output tab where you see the Energy Exported is intended for end-of-day numbers only. So I cannot upload it with the ‘live’ (5 minute interval) data. > **[API Specification — PVOutput documentation](https://pvoutput.org/help/api_specification.html#add-output-service)** ---
**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/31 "2025-05-13T12:37:14Z")
so it would need a separate upload card that can only be used once per day, probably at 23:55 local time?! ---
**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/32 "2025-05-13T14:06:51Z")
looking a bit further into it, I assume that for every upload (ie every 5 minutes) you can add the energy used. And at the end of the day, PVoutput calculates the Power Exported. Would that be a correct statement? ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/33 "2025-05-13T14:11:36Z")
Im not sure. On every status update you can add a ‘Energy Consumed’. But the definition of that value is unclear to me. But you can test yourself with the upcoming test release of the app 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/34 "2025-05-13T14:42:46Z")
v1.0.5 is ready for testing: [PVOutput | Homey](https://homey.app/a/org.pvoutput/test/) - Added consumed energy, cumulative meter, temperature and voltage to Uploader. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/35 "2025-05-13T17:03:05Z")
Hi Robin, JFYI After I installed v1.0.5: The app doesn’t seem to update the “solar energy today” value anylonger. As a test I added voltage to see if that works and it does ![1000048682](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/4/b428e12fc2e38e6075d7582ecbf6903717ee4cdc.jpeg) The tag increases @ Homey: ![1000048680](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/0/908d45df8ce5b459e4c5eb77da1cd1f6a79c1253.jpeg) “Energy” stopped increasing: ![1000048690](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/a/4a25a0081c0ac4c1c91b52189b5862190f679cda.jpeg) Diag: 7cdb291e-968b-4c60-a01b-491658500a2e No hurries of course. ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/36 "2025-05-13T17:09:33Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > The app doesn’t seem to update the “solar energy today” value anylonger. I think it takes a while for the kWh to update again. Give it another day. Did you only add voltage and not change anything else? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/37 "2025-05-13T19:00:37Z")
I _think_ didn’t change anything else 🤣 I now did, and entered the other fields, temp and real energy consumption. ![1000048692](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/4/d444e80e12e89c07e9df67195393a0a820ea54f1.jpeg) It seems only both kWh values aren’t sent or accepted: ![1000048694](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/d/8d2f4b894fe0236cce47dfcfab8792a99bd2306c.jpeg) But let’s see what happens tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/38 "2025-05-14T10:22:37Z")
🎉 ![Screenshot_20250514_115049_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/2/f20fffd324b8aaedd40afaef9cd7c5e306dbe173.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20250514_115133_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/9/b944698f994cc8f3564ed2367ba79f0edeb05749.jpeg) Only the “Energy used” doesn’t update yet. > [@Gruijter](#): > > ‘Energy Consumed’. But the definition of that value is unclear to me I think it should be the energy a home is using, regardless of the source. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/39 "2025-05-15T01:07:50Z")
Robin, When I’m right, atm there’s a 2 minute minimum interval; just fyi: it seems [sending data](https://pvoutput.org/help/api_specification.html#rate-limits) is allowed with a 1 minute minimum interval, only _fetching_ data has a 5 minute minimum interval. ![Screenshot_20250513_203129_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/e/ce31ca07c912e7bb5a074993a886b92bdf0d2a00.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648/40 "2025-05-15T06:57:46Z")
But I believe it adds to the total of 60 calls per hour. And uploading more then once per 5 minutes doesnt help, since the server only stores data on 5 minute interval. At least that is what I understand from reading the api documentation. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-cloud-official-pvoutput/134648.md?page=3)