Heads up the built in speedtest integration doesn't return results as fast as the CLI/website due to a performance issue.
Tried that also and no luck. I do have it setup in HA which is nice. I'll call them on Monday I guess.
Not sure tbh. Add the S3 logger back again and then follow the replace logger procedure?
Or stick with the Solarman stick with HA for the weekend and contact Solis on Monday?
I did not :( I added the new stick, and then deleted the old one when I saw the stats were coming through. Then it all went pear-shaped. I'm not sure how to add my inverter again. Any ideas?
Did you follow the unbind/replace data logger steps?
thank you. I have already gone with monitoring from the installer, goodwe homekit. I have shellys for my central heating and will be adding another for controlling immersion soon. getting the goodwe device setup in home assistant now, I might ask to borrow some of your config soon if thats ok?
Ok guys. I got my solarman stick and somehow seem to have made an absolute mess. On solis cloud I now have a plant with no inverter and a stick that has a connection. Where is my inverter? 😭
How do I fix this? I have local access to the stick.
@Jonathan and @Gerry I have actually got 3 No. ordinary ShellyEM's where you can log 2 circuits on each one so I am monitoring 6 circuits. But you can use the 3EM's to log 3 individual circuits not just 3 Phase. There is a lad on here though (cant remember the name) who got the 3EM to log 3 circuits. I only ordered two of them but Shelly sent me an extra one by mistake 😎 They are great and they got picked up straight away on Home Assistant. Need to be careful when installing them as you have to wire them into the consumer board.
@td2008 I would look into Home Assistatant (HA) for you energy monitoring but it requires a bit of computer work of setting up a Raspberry PI (or other options..) so you have to bit a bit computer savy...YouTube will teach you everything. But all the graphs and dashboards below are from HA and there is LOADS more you can do with it later.... I am no way near a computer programmer or have any computer background but its fun working to get it set up.
yep I got that eventually after reading their docs :)
Thanks
Three phase, but you can also just monitor three individual circuits. @ECO_Mental has a pair of 3EMs monitoring six different circuits in his house, including PV.
Shelly 3EM is for 3 phase, I guess the idea is that you use one for PV output, one for load point, one for grid?
Why not let the battery run? You'll still have overnight baseload
What to do when going holidays with a hybrid system? turn off the battery and leave inverter cover base load and export?
I have one somewhere. Possibly over in my parents. Must dig it out. RS232 port was TTL levels iirc.
Does the CC128 handle export properly? The Geo Minim+ takes the absolute value of the CT reading, so it couldn't distinguish import from export.
The CurrentCost CC128 has an RS232 port, so I have that linked to my RPi if I want to be grabbing info from it
Using Micro-inverters per say doesn't rule out having telemetry. It can of course if the make/model doesn't support it, but many brand have excellent data logging, albeit you may have to purchase and additional data capture unit.
E.g. The Hoymiles and the enphase ones both have excellent logging.
(440) Enphase Review - Are Enphase microinverters any good? - YouTube (Skip 6 mins 50 sec out for an example)
Do you know the make/model of the micro-inverter ?
i am the installer, waiting for Solis to send and update on the fimware, let you know how it works out.
Shelly 3EM.
Few more for the list
Emonpi, owl energy monitor,
There's another one that a few people use here too with home assistant but the name is totally escaping me right now!
Look for a cheap CurrentCost CC128 type device. SSE Airtricity gave them away free of charge a few years ago. You might find one on Adverts or marketplace. Rebadged by many other power companies too
Hey Guys,
I bought a new build recently which came with solar pv panels - looking for a way to monitor them and track what they are generating.
At the moment there is just a single din meter in the fuse box that has a total display.
Can anyone recommend maybe a wifi enabled meter and software that could replace this?
I was looking at something like this:
https://www.iammeter.com/products/single-phase-meter
I spoke to the installer and they just said:
"We used micro inviter’s on this system rather than a string inverter so there isn’t a suitable monitoring system available for monitoring here."
Cheers,
Tony
Thanks, saw that alright but you're correct, too much bother, silly Solis not including a dongle, it's 2022!
I have no idea then! Did you contact your installer or Solis?
I think you can if you get a data logging box and set unique Modbus IDs for each inverter. Probably just easier to get another logging stick tbh.
https://www.ginlong.com/otherinverterthere/31697.html
Question
I am shortly adding a second Solid Inverter to my PV setup, it does not have a dongle whereas my first one does, is there a way to "slave" the second inverter so the first inverter will communicate the second Inverter readings on the solis app, no point buying a second dongle if this can be achieved.
hi, they are not in the same MPPT, here is the pic.
Per this datasheet, it looks like that inverter has 2 MPPTs but 4 string inputs. Any chance that both your strings are on the same MPPT? If it was, that would explain the overcurrent warnings.
Here it is.
Have you got exact model number so we can look at the datasheet? (Max MPPT voltage and current). The DC current is shown in graph as 15A (which seems high) before alarm triggered.
Here you go. its a Solis 5kw. it has 4 strings, but only using two. i have it with 6 pylontech batteries.
