Use recorded installation date as start date

Author: CodeCasterNL

src/CodeCaster.PVBridge.GoodWe/GoodWeInputConfiguration.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public string? InverterSerialNumber
         [JsonIgnore]
         public DateTime? InstallDate
         {
-            get => Options.TryGetValue(nameof(InstallDate), out var s) && DateTime.TryParse(s, out var d) ? d : null;
+            get => base.GetOptionDateTime(nameof(InstallDate));
             set => Options[nameof(InstallDate)] = value?.ToString("O");
         }
     }

src/CodeCaster.PVBridge.Logic/InputToOutputLoopStatus.cs

@@ -231,10 +231,7 @@ public StateMachine UpdateState()
 
         private DateTime CalculateBacklogStart()
         {
-            // TODO: start from install date, save last synced day in JSON somewhere (not config), see #10
-            var minDate = _syncStart;
-
-            var backlogStart = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-13);
+            var backlogStart = _syncStart;
 
             var days = (int)Math.Ceiling((DateTime.Now - backlogStart).TotalDays) + 1;
 

src/CodeCaster.PVBridge.Service/PvBridgeService.cs

@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ private List<IInputToOutputLoop> GetNewTasks(BridgeConfiguration? configuration)
                     // TODO: further back, see #10
                     var syncStart = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-14);
 
+                    // TODO: partial quickfix for #23, don't sync before install date or it hangs until 14 days since have passed.
+                    var installDate = input.GetOptionDateTime("InstallDate");
+                    if (installDate > syncStart)
+                    {
+                        syncStart = installDate.Value.Date;
+                    }
+
                     var loop = new InputToOutputLoop(_loopLogger, _ioWriter, input, outputs, syncStart);
 
                     _messageBroker.StatusSyncRequested += loop.StatusSyncRequested;

src/CodeCaster.PVBridge/CachingSummaryProvider.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ namespace CodeCaster.PVBridge
     /// <summary>
     /// Caches day summaries per configuration.
     /// 
-    /// TODO: implement cache invalidation beyond retention limit (14 or 90 days).
+    /// TODO: implement cache invalidation beyond retention limit (14 or 90 days) for long uptimes.
+    /// TODO: save in JSON in AppData for all other occasions, see #10.
     /// </summary>
     public abstract class CachingSummaryProvider : IDataProvider
     {

src/CodeCaster.PVBridge/Configuration/DataProviderConfiguration.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using CodeCaster.PVBridge.Utils;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ public class DataProviderConfiguration
         /// </devdoc>
         public string Type { get; set; }
 
+        public DateTime? GetOptionDateTime(string key) => Options.TryGetValue(key, out var s) && DateTime.TryParse(s, out var d) ? d : null;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Either the name or the type.
         /// </summary>