Octopus Direct, GECloud Direct, Standalone Predbat, REST API

What's Changed

Features

Predbat now supports the new Ohme/HA integration, see the documentation for how to configure this

• Attempt to support new Ohme integration by @springfall2008 in #2051
• New Ohme support by @springfall2008 in #2052

Predbat now is able to talk to GivEnergy Cloud service directly and also auto-configure itself for most standard GE Setup's

• Fixes to wait for API start by @springfall2008 in #2045
• Show GE Cloud entities on web dashboard by @springfall2008 in #2046
• Fixes for gecloud and octopus direct by @springfall2008 in #2050

Predbat now is able to talk to Octopus Energy directly, avoiding the need for the Octopus Integration.

• Octopus API direct by @springfall2008 in #2028
• Fix crash with debug yaml and octopus by @springfall2008 in #2047
• Web interface and octopus API direct fixes by @springfall2008 in #2053
• Octopus direct updates by @springfall2008 in #2056

Predbat can now run standalone without Home Assistant using its own database (for GE Cloud integration only)

• Predbat standalone tweaks by @springfall2008 in #2039
• Suppress auto-update when compiled by @mgazza in #2048
• Refactor the database methods into a database manager by @mgazza in #2059
• Adding db_manager.py by @springfall2008 in #2063

Predbat can not restart itself after losing communication with Home Assistant (required the latest Predbat add on)

Predbat now has a REST API for direct access to its controls/data

• Service JSON API by @springfall2008 in #2040

Bug fixes

• Catch template config differently by @springfall2008 in #2022
• Catch REST crash by @springfall2008 in #2029
• Fix issue with daily no car not going negative by @springfall2008 in #2065
• Reset charge window to 0 when charge is disabled by @springfall2008 in #2031
• Update ginlong_solis.yaml by @springfall2008 in #2055
• Update apps-yaml.md by @springfall2008 in #2064

New Contributors

• @mgazza made their first contribution in #2048

Full Changelog: v8.15.1...v8.16.0