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Fix RS485 requests to target configured slave IDs - #522

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What was wrong

On serial (RS485) connections, ModbusController set client.slave = device_id and then called read_input_registers / read_holding_registers / write_register / write_registers without device_id. pymodbus 3.12 takes the unit as a request kwarg (default 1) and AsyncModbusSerialClient never reads a slave attribute. So every serial request went to unit 1, whatever slave ID was configured. The TCP branch has always passed device_id. The split dates from fe8851a ("RS485 fixes after rebase"). The config-flow probe had the same bug and was fixed in f5eea4d. This PR fixes the runtime path.

Who it affected:

  • Several inverters on one RS485 bus: every entry read and wrote unit 1, so they all showed the same inverter, and service and entity writes went to unit 1.
  • One inverter at an address other than 1: it never answered.

Change

  • All four request methods now pass device_id=self.device_id for both TCP and serial. The client.slave assignments and the TCP/serial branching are removed.
  • Upgrade hint (repair issue + log warning): some entries have a slave ID other than 1 while the inverter is really at 1. They only worked because of this bug and will stop getting data after the upgrade. While such a serial entry has never answered, DataRetrieval probes unit 1 on each connection check (every 2 min, starting a minute after startup) by reading the model's probe register. If unit 1 answers, it logs a warning and raises a serial_slave_id repair issue telling the user to reconfigure the entry with slave ID 1. Translated in all 8 languages.
    • Skipped when another configured entry on the same serial port already uses slave ID 1. Then an answer from unit 1 proves nothing.
    • The probe goes through a separate ModbusController.async_unit_answers(), so an answer from unit 1 never counts as the configured inverter answering. A new has_answered flag tracks that. last_modbus_success can't be used because it starts at "now".
    • The issue clears once the configured slave answers, or after the entry is reconfigured to slave ID 1 or TCP. If nothing answers at unit 1 either (inverter asleep, wiring), it retries on the next check.
    • Limitation: if a different, unconfigured Solis device sits at unit 1 while the configured inverter is offline from startup, the issue can fire. The wording says "if that is this inverter" for this reason.
  • The probe register (3041 for string/grid, 35000 for hybrid) moved to InverterConfig.probe_register, shared by the config flow and the new check.

Interaction with #521 (Connect AUX-2)

#521 has landed and is merged into this branch. The controller now passes device_id on every request, so SerialProxyClient takes the unit from device_id only. Its slave fallback, which nothing read any more, is removed, and device_id defaults to 1 as in pymodbus (1c2dd23).

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RS485 users: slave ID is now honoured. Serial (RS485) connections used to talk to Modbus slave ID 1 whatever slave ID was configured. They now use the configured ID, so several inverters on one bus work and an inverter at another address is reachable. If your entry has a slave ID other than 1 but the inverter is actually at 1, it worked before by accident and will stop getting data after this update. Home Assistant will show a repair issue ("Solis inverter not answering at slave ID …"). Fix it with Settings → Devices & services → Solis Modbus → ⋮ → Reconfigure and set the slave ID to 1. TCP connections are unaffected.

Testing

  • tests/test_modbus_controller.py: the serial read tests now expect device_id. New TestModbusControllerSerialSlave runs a serial controller at slave 7 (client mocked with spec=AsyncModbusSerialClient) and checks that reads and both write paths send device_id=7. These tests fail on master and pass here. The class also covers async_unit_answers and has_answered.
  • tests/test_serial_slave_id_issue.py: when the issue is raised, retried, cleared and skipped (TCP, slave 1, slave answered, unit 1 configured on the same or another port, too early after startup).
  • ruff check and ruff format --check are clean. Full suite: 892 passed, 8 skipped (after merging master).
  • Not tested on real RS485 hardware.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added diagnostics for serial connections when the configured slave ID does not respond but a device answers at ID 1. The issue identifies the affected connection and configured ID, and provides guidance for correcting the setting.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Serial Modbus requests now target the configured slave ID for reads and writes.
    • Configuration checks now use the appropriate probe register for the selected inverter type.

The serial path set `client.slave = device_id` and sent reads and writes
without a device_id. pymodbus takes the unit as a request kwarg (default 1)
and AsyncModbusSerialClient never reads `slave`, so every serial request
went to unit 1 whatever slave ID was configured: several inverters on one
bus all read and wrote unit 1, and an inverter at another address never
answered. Pass device_id on every request for both TCP and serial, as the
config flow probe already does.

Entries whose slave ID is wrong but which worked because of the bug now get
no data. While a serial entry with slave ID other than 1 has never answered,
probe unit 1 every connection check (from a minute after startup); if it
answers, log a warning and raise a repair issue telling the user to
reconfigure the entry with slave ID 1. Skipped when unit 1 is another
configured inverter on the same port; cleared once the configured slave
answers or the entry no longer applies.
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The change centralizes inverter probe-register selection, passes configured unit IDs in Modbus requests, and adds delayed detection for serial controllers that may respond at unit 1 instead of their configured ID.

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Serial slave-ID detection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure and perform Modbus probes
custom_components/solis_modbus/data/solis_config.py, custom_components/solis_modbus/config_flow.py, custom_components/solis_modbus/modbus_controller.py, custom_components/solis_modbus/serial_proxy.py, tests/test_modbus_controller.py, tests/test_serial_proxy.py
InverterConfig selects the probe register, and config validation uses it. Reads and writes pass the configured device ID. Serial proxy requests default to unit 1 when no device ID is provided. The controller can test whether a supplied unit answers without marking the controller as having answered a regular read.
Detect and report serial ID mismatches
custom_components/solis_modbus/data_retrieval.py, custom_components/solis_modbus/translations/*.json, tests/test_serial_slave_id_issue.py
After polling has run for one minute, connection checks probe unit 1 for eligible serial controllers. The check retries if unit 1 does not answer, and creates or clears the issue under the specified conditions. Translations and tests cover the issue and detection behavior.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DataRetrieval
  participant ModbusController
  participant SerialBus
  DataRetrieval->>ModbusController: Probe unit 1 after polling delay
  ModbusController->>SerialBus: Read probe register at unit 1
  SerialBus-->>ModbusController: Return response or error
  ModbusController-->>DataRetrieval: Return whether unit 1 answered
  DataRetrieval->>DataRetrieval: Create issue if unit 1 answers
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- Line 313: Separate the unit-1 probe state from the settled-check state in
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Comment thread custom_components/solis_modbus/data_retrieval.py Outdated
Raising the issue settled the check, so the clear conditions were never
evaluated again and an issue raised while the inverter was asleep at
startup stayed until the entry reloaded. Track the raised issue on its own:
stop probing, but keep checking whether to clear it.
The controller now passes device_id on every request, so the client's
slave attribute was never read. Default device_id to 1, as pymodbus does.

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- Line 309: In the unit-1-occupied branch of the slave-ID check, keep the check
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Don't settle the check while another entry on the port uses slave ID 1:
that entry may be removed later. Delete the issue when the entry stops,
like the datalogger issue; a reload raises it again if it still applies.
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