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Hello sir,

Please I have purchased a Kincony Server 16 (Rasberry Pi4 IoT gateway) and set it up with Home Assistant. I want to connect an energy meter via the RS485 modbus serial port of the Kincony Server 16 so that I can monitor the meter values on my Home Assistant Dashboard. How do I go about this? I have checked your YouTube website and the only video concerning an energy meter was setup with ESPHome but this server does not have an ESP device so I want to be able to do this without ESP.

do you using KinCony RS485 energy meter? if YES, you can integrate by modbus.
actually it's same code, just you modify the configure.yaml for home assistant.

# I have put my comments next to the parameters I need clarity on. 
My main issue is the PIN numbers and the esphome references.
I need clarity on its server 16 equivalent. Thank you.


# yaml details below

esphome:   # This shouldn't be ESPHome right?
  name: a8s  # This should be the server 16 board right?
  platform: ESP32   # This should be raspberry pi?
  board: esp32dev    # Kindly advice on the board name?

wifi:
  ssid: "KinCony"   
  password: "a12345678"

captive_portal:


uart:
  id: mod_bus  # Can this be the same?
  tx_pin: 33  # Should this be the same since its not an ESP32 or 14 
  rx_pin: 32   #  # Should this be the same since its not an ESP32 or 15
  baud_rate: 9600   # No comment
  stop_bits: 1   # No comment
  parity: EVEN   # No comment

modbus:
  id: modbus1
  uart_id: mod_bus

modbus_controller:
  - id: a8s
    address: 0x01
    modbus_id: modbus1
    setup_priority: -10
    update_interval: 5s


sensor:
  - platform: modbus_controller
    modbus_controller_id: a8s
    name: "Voltage"
    id: modbus_voltage
    register_type: holding
    address: 0x64
    unit_of_measurement: "V"
    value_type: FP32
    accuracy_decimals: 2

id: mod_bus # Can this be the same? Yes
tx_pin: 33 # Should this be the same since its not an ESP32 or 14
rx_pin: 32 # # Should this be the same since its not an ESP32 or 15

just set rx,tx pin with KinCony Server16 board's RS485 rx, tx pin define.