Recent content by cmack

Thanks! I will give this a shot, if all is good I'll pass along the info to SA to update their webpage. I think the thread title is confusing, sorry about that. I got control over my data by switching away from the default logger for my Sol Ark which is PV Pro. That system relies on an...

Might have to, although I'm in touch with them so I'll see if it's possible to add a user-defined setting to control logging interval.

I have a rack of Jakiper batteries, the manual is a little unclear how to set this up. When plugged into RS485A, I get "no response". With RS485B I get "invalid data". According to the SA battery config page, I should be using "Jakiper RS485 port" Any ideas based on this photo?

Is your battery connected to Solar Assistant logger AND to your inverter? I just tried that, but it didn't work (connection failed). I am now reading that it may not be possible. Is anyone aware of a workaround?

Such a constructive response, thanks bud! I spent the money so I don't need to build it myself. This is directly from their website, and it's the main reason I purchased the license.

Interesting! This will only tell us how often it's writing to disk though. We would need a different method to determine how often it's polling the inverter / updating the UI. If this is happening over a web socket we could monitor that? Those timestamps are not exactly 10 seconds apart, I...

I think this comment is the real reason SA has value. Unless someone has already done this from Sol Ark into Home Assistant, it would likely be very time consuming / complicated to do. I'm plugging this into the Pi today so SA can get more details about my batteries. I hope it's the right...

This is a good point. Without this, you would need to give techs access to your SA dashboard, and they may not want to use a different interface to help diagnose problems. They would, however, have access to higher resolution data. Last I heard, they are targeting 30 second data points (big...

With solar assistant I see no need for the app. What benefit would it provide? Yes, exactly. Again, this is not the job of the Pi. This is handled on the client - your computer, phone, tablet, whatever.

The historical data provides the real insight into your system. Unless you're staring at the dashboard all day, the charts hold the real value. From their website, very misleading: It is already being polled every second by the logger. The issue is that SA is not writing those values to the...

The dashboard values are updated every 1-2 seconds, so SA is definitely receiving this data. This includes AC load, battery load, PV, and SOC. The charts for these values only offer data points every 10 seconds. No mystery here!

My inverter shows all values update at once, and I would assume it's sending those same values to the logger, just looks like an implementation issue. The dashboard does not update all values at the same time, making them appear to be incorrect. Why would you want 10 second logging? Why not...

I finally made the switch to Solar Assistant from the default logger (PV pro) for my Sol-Ark. Now that I have it running, I wanted to share my experience and pose a question. Good things: Easy setup I have control over my data I do not rely on an internet connection to log data Logging...

I have 2 identical PV arrays connected to 2 different inputs on my SA 15k. Both arrays are connected to the same RSD transmitter. This morning array 1 stayed at 6v while array 2 climbed quickly to 280v (as expected). This is the 2nd time this has happened in about 2 weeks. A quick reset of...

I've called 15+ electrical companies and nobody is able to help. Some get scared off when I mention solar, others have no idea what hardware would be code compliant aside from expensive auto transfer switches. Regarding the interlock option, I am not able to find something off the shelf, nor...