Local GivEnergy control, refined for Apple Home

Yes. GivHome runs on Homebridge and connects compatible GivEnergy systems to Apple Home using HomeKit. See battery and solar readings and use supported controls from the Home app. Read the GivEnergy and Apple Home setup guide.

With Intelligent Octopus Go configured, GivHome follows Octopus smart EV charging slots and can protect your house battery during those periods. Protection depends on your inverter's supported controls and the selected settings; it is not a promise for every EV charging session. Read about smart EV charging and battery protection.

Battery Care can plan a gentler charge rate during your main cheap overnight period when there is enough time to reach your target. It is optional and does not apply to extra smart EV slots or manual charging.

Explore GivHome for iPhone and iPad. This page covers GivHome for Homebridge, which runs on your Homebridge host and brings compatible GivEnergy systems into Apple Home.

The published plugin includes local monitoring and supported battery controls, Charge Target, Intelligent Octopus Go protection, Cheap Overnight, export planning, Eve history and Predicted Solar. Choose the optional features you want in settings. Tariff and forecast features need their relevant services; available controls depend on your inverter.

In your Homebridge dashboard, open Plugins, search for GivHome and click Install. Homebridge installs the complete plugin. Open its settings, enter your inverter details, then enable the Child Bridge and pair it with Apple Home. Existing users can update from the GivHome plugin card.

No. GivHome connects directly to your inverter over your home network for monitoring and supported controls. Those functions do not need GivTCP, MQTT or the GivEnergy cloud.

Older setups used GivTCP and MQTT. The current plugin connects directly to the inverter instead, so you will need its local IP address and serial number. Back up Homebridge and read the migration guide linked from the plugin documentation before upgrading.

Your GivEnergy system needs to be reachable over local Modbus TCP. Monitoring and control support vary by inverter model and firmware. GivHome checks the configured serial number and supported capabilities before allowing controls. Check the plugin documentation for your system; if you are unsure, get in touch with your model and firmware details.

If your GivGateway presents the batteries as one combined system, use its serial number rather than an individual AIO serial. Support depends on the Gateway and firmware; not every combination has been tested. Confirm the combined readings and available controls before enabling automation.

For a single AIO or inverter, use the serial shown for that device in the GivEnergy app. For a Gateway-presented multi-AIO system, use the GivGateway serial. The serial is also a safety check: GivHome rejects a Modbus responder that does not match the configured serial.

Charge Target is a percentage selector in Apple Home. It saves the battery level that Cheap Overnight, IOG charge-mode protection and timed Charge tiles should work towards. It does not start charging, change overnight times, disable automations or represent the current battery level.

The tile represents a saved setting, not a charging-status indicator. Off requests are refused because Off does not mean 0%, stop charging or disable an automation. Apple Home presents the setting using its standard dimmer-style interface.

Some CH/AIO systems have a separate limit on their scheduled AC charging. GivHome reads and reports this limit but does not change it automatically. If that limit is 80%, choosing 100% in Charge Target may still leave the battery at 80%. The release documentation calls this setting HR242.

Your configured Cheap Overnight period takes priority while it is running. When it ends, GivHome can hand over to IOG protection if a suitable smart charging window is still active.

Evening Excess Export is optional local evening export management. It can sell spare battery energy later in the evening while keeping a reserve for the home and the next cheap overnight window. It is not Agile price chasing.

Flux Export plans short runs within your eligible peak period, keeping a battery reserve and a safety margin. Some CH/AIO systems can discharge faster than a requested power setting suggests, so GivHome takes observed or effective discharge into account when planning.

Agile Outgoing uses half-hour export prices to plan around spare energy, your reserve and permitted export times. Start in preview mode, which does not control the inverter. Live export is an optional setting that requires acknowledgement; review the plans before enabling it.

Predicted Solar is optional and read-only. It uses Open-Meteo irradiance data plus your PV array details to estimate tomorrow's generation and show it in Apple Home as Solar 2mrw. Forecast failure does not stop local inverter control.

Very little. The existing estimate remains less than 40 MB for five years of solar, import and export history. Totals are stored locally and survive restarts.

Child Bridge mode usually gives the cleanest Apple Home experience. It keeps GivHome separate inside Homebridge, makes pairing easier, and helps preserve stable HomeKit accessories during plugin updates.

Apple Home does not offer native tile types for every battery concept. GivHome uses reliable HomeKit accessory types so battery level, solar generation, charge target, smart windows, grid import/export and manual controls remain visible, automatable and Siri-friendly.

Yes. Install GivHome through your existing Homebridge dashboard. If you are new to Homebridge, follow the official Homebridge setup guide for your chosen host, then install GivHome from the Plugins page.

Save a Homebridge backup and keep a copy of your Eve history and any useful diagnostics. Check how to return to your previous plugin version before updating a system that controls your battery.