initial attempt at supporting core 2025.2 till 2025.6 and 2025.7

custom_components/victron/hub.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import logging
 import threading
 
+from packaging import version
+import pymodbus
 from pymodbus.client import ModbusTcpClient
 
 from homeassistant.exceptions import HomeAssistantError
@@ -37,8 +39,12 @@ def is_still_connected(self):
 
     def convert_string_from_register(self, segment, string_encoding="ascii"):
         """Convert from registers to the appropriate data type."""
+        if version.parse("3.8.0") <= version.parse(pymodbus.__version__) <= version.parse("3.8.4"):
+            return self._client.convert_from_registers(
+                segment, self._client.DATATYPE.STRING
+            ).split("\x00")[0]
         return self._client.convert_from_registers(
-            segment, self._client.DATATYPE.STRING, string_encoding="ascii"
+            segment, self._client.DATATYPE.STRING, string_encoding=string_encoding
         ).split("\x00")[0]
 
     def convert_number_from_register(self, segment, dataType):

custom_components/victron/manifest.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "iot_class": "local_polling",
   "issue_tracker": "https://github.com/sfstar/hass-victron/issues",
   "requirements": [
-    "pymodbus>=3.7.4"
+    "pymodbus>=3.8.0"
   ],
   "ssdp": [],
   "version": "v0.0.0",

hacs.json

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     "zip_release": true,
     "filename": "victron.zip",
     "hide_default_branch": false,
-    "homeassistant": "2025.1",
+    "homeassistant": "2025.2",
     "hacs": "1.28.4"
   }