SolarEdge is an Israeli company that makes solar inverters, power optimizers, home batteries, backup interfaces and EV chargers, marketed together as SolarEdge Home. Owners monitor and control the system from the mySolarEdge app and the SolarEdge monitoring platform, while installers use separate tools such as SetApp and SolarEdge Go.
SolarEdge systems report to SolarEdge's cloud monitoring platform, and the inverter can also expose local Modbus (SunSpec) data over Ethernet or RS485 once an installer enables it. Home energy automation is mostly built around the mySolarEdge app and SolarEdge ONE, SolarEdge's own optimiser for batteries, tariffs and smart switches. We found no Matter support and no current voice assistant integration.
That suits owners who want solar and battery data in Home Assistant, openHAB or SmartThings, particularly through local Modbus, which avoids the cloud. It is weaker for anyone relying on SolarEdge's cloud API: its older Monitoring API V1 was reported retired on 3 November 2026, and third-party tools now need SolarEdge's newer OAuth-based V2 platform.
Connection
Ethernet or Wi-Fi to the cloud; local Modbus (SunSpec) once enabled
Voice assistants
None found (Google Assistant EV integration announced in 2019)
Matter
Not found
Open platforms
Home Assistant, openHAB, SmartThings, Homey and a developer API
What can be connected
Solar Inverters and power optimizers
Storage and backup Home batteries and the Backup Interface
EV charging SolarEdge EV chargers, managed from the app
Smart energy Smart Switches, Hot Water Controller, Home Load Controller and the ONE Controller
The homeowner app. It tracks solar production and home energy use in real time, manages the battery, EV charging and connected devices, and sets backup preferences. The App Store listing says monitoring permissions come from your installer and consumption monitoring needs a meter, and that inverter status and network setup are available for SetApp-enabled inverters. A third-party listing also mentions Wear OS support. SolarEdge pages refer to the system as SolarEdge Home; we found the app itself named mySolarEdge. Published by SolarEdge Technologies.
An installer app for commissioning, site and fleet management, firmware upgrades and remote services (Beta) on SolarEdge systems. Aimed at solar installers and service staff rather than homeowners. We found no Google Play link.
The installer configuration tool that SolarEdge documents for newer inverters, for example for enabling Modbus TCP under Site Communication. We did not find a store listing for it.
Compatibility, platform by platform
Official supported by the brandCommunity built by someone elseNot found searched, nothing foundUnconfirmed sources conflict or could not be opened
Platform
Status
What it means
Sources
Connection
Ethernet and Wi-Fi
Yes
Inverters connect to the monitoring platform over the home network, and the mySolarEdge listing mentions inverter network setup. Home Assistant's Modbus page recommends Ethernet and warns that SolarEdge may drop Modbus over Wi-Fi in future firmware. We did not find an official page that lists every supported connection type per model.
SolarEdge's SunSpec Logging technical note (version 3.2, June 2025) covers Modbus RTU over RS485 and Modbus TCP over Ethernet for all SetApp-configured inverters and for LCD inverters with firmware 3.xxxx or later. Modbus TCP is disabled by default, only one Modbus leader (RTU or TCP) is supported at a time, and the TCP server allows one connection and closes idle ones after 2 minutes.
SolarEdge's energy management page describes the Home Smart Switch as a wireless AC switch for loads up to 16 A and notes that network-based load control devices cannot be mixed with ZigBee-based ones on the same inverter or site. The page does not describe the radio further.
In January 2019 SolarEdge announced that its EV-charging solar inverter could be controlled through Google Assistant, apparently in the US. We found no current SolarEdge page confirming it, so its present status is unknown.
A community SmartThings Edge driver by an individual developer reads live inverter power, energy and meter data over local Modbus TCP through a SmartThings Hub, with no cloud or API key. Battery data is read-only, and since the inverter accepts one Modbus connection, other polling tools can conflict with it.
Two built-in integrations, neither maintained by SolarEdge. The cloud SolarEdge integration needs a site ID and API key, polls every 15 minutes and adds battery sensors. The newer SolarEdge Modbus integration (introduced in 2026.10, platinum quality scale) is local, polls every 10 seconds and can change settings such as export limits. A German article reports the cloud integration returned empty sensors after SolarEdge retired its V1 API on 3 November 2026 and that official V2 support was still unmerged on 5 November. A community custom component, solaredge-modbus-multi, is also widely used.
A SolarEdge app is listed on the Homey store, where the developer is shown as RM de Gruijter and marked Official. Nothing we read says SolarEdge or Athom publishes it, and the Homey forum shows an independent maintainer taking it over in October 2026. The store page lists cloud drivers for inverter, meter, battery, EV charger and Home Load Controller, and Modbus drivers that need Homey Pro. It also lists Homey Bridge as required for every driver, while the forum thread says local Modbus drivers are not yet included, so the two sources conflict. Cloud login does not work with two-factor or single sign-on accounts.
The SolarEdge binding is in openHAB's official add-on list and is not maintained by SolarEdge. It is read-only and uses SolarEdge's cloud web API, with an API key and site ID, limited to 300 queries a day. An optional private-API mode uses a browser cookie and is described as less stable. We could not confirm how the binding is handling the V1 API retirement.
No dedicated node was confirmed. A community flow on the Node-RED library polls the SolarEdge web API and the inverter's local Modbus TCP and publishes to MQTT and InfluxDB. It was created about six years ago.
SolarEdge runs a developer portal. The older V1 API used a site API key and was retired on 3 November 2026 according to a message SolarEdge sent to installers, quoted in a Home Assistant community post. Third-party apps must move to the V2 platform and homeowners authorise them directly, with no new key needed in most cases. A third-party article describes V2 as OAuth 2.0 with a registered app and a monthly credit quota, with a reported free tier that it could not confirm on a SolarEdge page.
SolarEdge documents local Modbus access in its SunSpec technical note. It is off by default and an installer can enable it in SetApp (Site Communication > Modbus TCP, default port 1502). The Home Assistant, SmartThings and Node-RED options above all use it.
Checked 11 November 2026 against the brand's own pages, app store listings and each project's own page. “Not found” means we searched and found nothing, not that it is impossible. Compatibility changes often. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Common questions about SolarEdge
Does SolarEdge support Matter?
Not that we could find. No SolarEdge Matter announcement or product found when we searched.
Does SolarEdge work with Alexa?
Not that we could find. No Alexa skill found. The mySolarEdge listing and SolarEdge Home pages we read do not mention voice assistants.
Does SolarEdge work with Google Home?
Unconfirmed. In January 2019 SolarEdge announced that its EV-charging solar inverter could be controlled through Google Assistant, apparently in the US. We found no current SolarEdge page confirming it, so its present status is unknown.
Does SolarEdge work with Apple Home (HomeKit)?
Not that we could find. No HomeKit support found when we searched.
Does SolarEdge work with Home Assistant?
Yes. Two built-in integrations, neither maintained by SolarEdge. The cloud SolarEdge integration needs a site ID and API key, polls every 15 minutes and adds battery sensors. The newer SolarEdge Modbus integration (introduced in 2026.10, platinum quality scale) is local, polls every 10 seconds and can change settings such as export limits. A German article reports the cloud integration returned empty sensors after SolarEdge retired its V1 API on 3 November 2026 and that official V2 support was still unmerged on 5 November. A community custom component, solaredge-modbus-multi, is also widely used.
Does SolarEdge work with SmartThings?
Yes, through a community-built integration. A community SmartThings Edge driver by an individual developer reads live inverter power, energy and meter data over local Modbus TCP through a SmartThings Hub, with no cloud or API key. Battery data is read-only, and since the inverter accepts one Modbus connection, other polling tools can conflict with it.
Does SolarEdge work with Homey?
Yes, through a community-built integration. A SolarEdge app is listed on the Homey store, where the developer is shown as RM de Gruijter and marked Official. Nothing we read says SolarEdge or Athom publishes it, and the Homey forum shows an independent maintainer taking it over in October 2026. The store page lists cloud drivers for inverter, meter, battery, EV charger and Home Load Controller, and Modbus drivers that need Homey Pro. It also lists Homey Bridge as required for every driver, while the forum thread says local Modbus drivers are not yet included, so the two sources conflict. Cloud login does not work with two-factor or single sign-on accounts.
Does SolarEdge work with Hubitat?
Not that we could find. No driver found when we searched.
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