Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Jesse DuPont]

Yeah, this is cool stuff, thanks Forest. I like the idea of pulling the data stream directly from the controller. Jesse DuPont Network Architect email: jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net Celerity Networks LLC Celerity Broadband LLC Like us! facebook.com/celeritynetworksllc Like us! facebook.com/celeritybroadband On 5/9/16 11:09 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: In relation to monitoring various charge controllers.... We've also got a new unit coming, hopefully shipping in the next 2-3 months or so (we've ordered enclosures, which is a good sign).... Pictures are up on the web at http://monitoryourworld.com/.  It's the top product picture. It's essentially a sitemonitor and device interface in one.   The main advantage over the sitemonitor + expansion module product for SNMP-aware customers is that this is going to expose a lot more of the device information.  For everyone else, these units are intended more as a standalone monitoring and notification tool, which will include logging and graphing, along with threshold notifications via email and so on. The initial release will be for the Morningstar SunSunsaver MPPT, the Morningstar ProStar MPPT, and the SunSaver Duo.  Shortly thereafter will be hardware releases which will support a whole bunch of additional controllers.  The ones which come to me off the top of my head are the Morningstar TriStar controllers and the Midnite Solar Classic and Kid charge controllers. With that in mind, at a WISP Site, I'd probably still stick with the Sitemonitor + Expansion module just because you gain a lot more flexible monitoring of other parameters with this. On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module designed for the Morningstar controllers. -Sean On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet? Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV, current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice too. -- Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com