- Buy Rapsberry PI 4 B like this one like this one, HDMI cable, Micro SD memory card and charger
- Folow this link https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/raspberrypi
- Download Raspberry Pi Imager on your computer as described under https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/.
WRITE THE IMAGE TO YOUR SD CARD
- Download and install the Raspberry Pi Imager on your computer as described under https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/.
- Open the Raspberry Pi Imager and select your Raspberry Pi device.
- Choose the operating system:
- Select Choose OS.
- Select Other specific-purpose OS > Home assistants and home automation > Home Assistant.
- Choose the Home Assistant OS that matches your hardware (RPi 3, RPi 4, or RPi 5).
- Choose the storage:
- Insert the SD card into the computer. Note: the contents of the card will be overwritten.
- Select your SD card.
- Write the installer onto the SD card:
- To start the process, select Next.
- Wait for the Home Assistant OS to be written to the SD card.
- Eject the SD card.
START UP YOUR RASPBERRY PI
- Insert the SD card into your Raspberry Pi.
- Plug in an Ethernet cable and make sure the Raspberry Pi is connected to the same network as your computer.
- Connect the power supply to start up the device.
ACCESS HOME ASSISTANT
Within a few minutes after connecting the Raspberry Pi, you will be able to reach your new Home Assistant.
- In the browser of your desktop system, enter homeassistant.local:8123.If you are running an older Windows version or have a stricter network configuration, you might need to access Home Assistant at homeassistant:8123 or `http://X.X.X.X:8123` (replace X.X.X.X with your Raspberry Pi’s IP address).
- The time it takes for this page to become available depends on your hardware. On a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5, this page should be available within a minute.
- If it does not show up after 5 minutes on a Pi 4 or 5, maybe the image was not written properly.
- Try to flash the SD card again, possibly even try a different SD card.
- If this did not help, view the console output on the Raspberry Pi.
- To do this, connect a monitor via HDMI.
- If it does not show up after 5 minutes on a Pi 4 or 5, maybe the image was not written properly.
Congratulations! You finished the Raspberry Pi setup!
- Access your Home Assistent page http://homeassistant.local:8123/
- Under Settings – Add integratinos GoodWe inverter package https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/goodwe/
![](https://4minutesago.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-27-1024x651.png)
Find IP of your invertor under your Router DHCP server Leased assigned IP like example from Mikrotik
![](https://4minutesago.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-29-1024x532.png)
Add IP address to inverter
![](https://4minutesago.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-28.png)
In my case it was shown as
![](https://4minutesago.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-31.png)
![](https://4minutesago.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-30.png)
You should see GoodWe status in your Dashboard
![](https://4minutesago.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-32-1024x418.png)