Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi

2016-12-28 Thread MiJo Nels
I fully agree that some sort of display/interface is crucial to making our lives easier. We do many remote applications, as well as just having horrible internet service in our area and many installations have no---> internet, cell service, WiFi, etc.. it would be a shame to limit ourselves.. Joe

Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi

2016-12-19 Thread frenergy
I'll throw in a vote for keeping the display on the SMA inverters with a similar level of info provided by the -22's and the -40's. It's right there, reliable, simple though adequate info for both monitoring and troubleshooting, it would be a great loss. Not everybody wants to be "connected".

Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi

2016-12-19 Thread Matt Sherald
William, I would ditto your comment about customers who are not adept at computer/network/web being left out by a decision to remove the built-in display. Wireless and networked systems always add a layer of complexity to the installation and commissioning of a system. Setting this stuff up is

Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi

2016-12-17 Thread jerrysgarage01
6 5:40 AM (GMT-10:00) To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi In the Caribbean, the SMA displays all turn yellow and become opaque. I use the bluetooth feature for programming them.I won't miss the useless displays. On Thu, Dec 15, 20

Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi

2016-12-16 Thread Chris Mason
In the Caribbean, the SMA displays all turn yellow and become opaque. I use the bluetooth feature for programming them. I won't miss the useless displays. On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 3:39 PM, William Miller wrote: > Howie: > > > > I have not tried the Wi-Fi capabilities, so

Re: [RE-wrenches] SB -40 Wi-Fi

2016-12-15 Thread William Miller
Howie: I have not tried the Wi-Fi capabilities, so I cannot comment on that aspect. What is relevant, however, is the news I received from a reliable source that the 40 series inverter will be the last residential inverter manufactured by SMA that will have an on-board display. As evidence of