SolarView

Datenlogger und webbasierende Auswertungssoftware für Solarmax S - Wechselrichter

Data logger and web based analysis software for Solarmax, SMA, Kaco, Fronius and Kostal inverters

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The latest Version 1.1.190 (14.01.2012) is here available.

Support up to 19 inverters (an example with three inverters can be found h ere.)
Inverters can be in a RS485 "chain" and only one is connected to the Ethernet or more/all of them can be connected to the Ethernet
Alerting via email
Daily report via email
Banner-Creation, for instance to add it to other web pages
Changing labels, for instance to translate it into other languages
Detailed diagramms for day, months, years and total.
Comparison of different days
Comparison of all relevant data for multiple inverters
Photovoltaik-Calender - All daily diagramms in one view
Export all relevant data (for instance Excel)
Data import of daily earnings.
High quality diagrams in compact png format
Sunrise and sunset calculation for own location
Automatic data export option towards a big european pv - database: Sonnenertrag
Open database: data can be reviewed/modified for instance with MS Access or MS Excel
Runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro and Windows 2003 Server and Windows 7
Data access via Internet
Low hardware requirements

Daily report:	Monthly report:	Yearly report:	Total:	Inverter comparison

The solution is build up with two components: a Data logger service and a web application to visualize the data. The whole application is running on a single fanless Alix.1C board. The Alix.1C is not available anymore but the successor Alix.1D is similar. You can get it for instance from NRG - Systems or as a complete bundle at shop.varia-store.com). The board consumes only 4-5 Watt ~ 10 Euro per year. Windows XP Professional is installed on a 4GB Sandisk Extreme III CF card. Total hardware costs is about 152 Euros, XP Pro can be bought for about 30-40 Euros already.
Alternativly it is of course possible to use an (old) existing Notebook or an home server. Some users are already doing it.

A sophisticated description in French about SolarView on an Alix PC can be found here: http://www.967.fr/archives/1830 The owner of this page provides as well a full translation of SolarView@Windows into French language.

Data logger software:

The data logger service is programmed with Visual Basic 6.0. The data logger does every 5 seconds query the inverter and does save every 5 minutes the values to the database.

Web-application SolarView:

As well programmed with Visual Basic 6.0 as a Server - ActiveX component. That's how ist looks like: SolarView. Optionally the web server can be published in the Internet by using for instance a DynDNS - name.
A test version (working 60 days) can be downloaded and installed, if you're interested please contact by email:

Major Version 1.1.186 (12.07.2011):

SolarView Setup program

Documentation (EN) - a PDF-Reader is required, for instance Acrobat Reader.

After the installation please apply the latest partial update in order to be on the latest version with the software.

Update 1.1.190 (14.01.2012): (Changelog):
Existing installations can be updated very easy, just download the Update Paket and follow the instructions in the readme.txt.

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