Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Kiosk

2019-02-13 Thread Andrew Truitt 
Locus (now part of Also) has a pretty nice kiosk view
,
though you'd need to install a Locus meter.



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On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 3:40 PM Sam Haraldson 
wrote:

> We have a couple Sunny Portal kiosks out in the world.  It's quite easy to
> set up, but the downside to it is how lackluster the information displayed
> looks on a screen.  Especially considering how nice these kiosks look when
> using a Solaredge or Fronius inverter.  Here are examples of what each
> manufacturer's "kiosk" display looks like:
>
> SMA:
>
> https://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPage.aspx?page=0d53e0d8-e5ff-4ad8-8267-a3363b9485e9
>
> Fronius:
>
> https://www.solarweb.com/PvSystems/PvSystem?pvSystemId=fc073f0c-ce57-4cbf-9678-a576013cd6a8
>
> Solaredge:
>
> https://monitoringpublic.solaredge.com/solaredge-web/p/kiosk?guid=0cd30edc-039b-48aa-9a3f-e3a295ce9d47
>
> I have reached out to SMA inquiring whether they had any suggestions or
> whether that was something they were working on improving but I didn't
> really get anywhere in that discussion.
>
> - Sam
>
> --
> OnSite Energy
> Bozeman, MT
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Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Kiosk

2019-02-13 Thread Harry Mahon 
William –
Likely the easiest way to do this is to get a Speedwire module for each 
inverter (SWDM-US-10). You can daisy chain the two inverters together with 
Ethernet cable once the modules are installed, and one output cable will come 
to a router/hub.

A windows based laptop/PC running the free Sunny Explorer software on the same 
local area network as the inverters can view the data locally.  This may be 
enough information for what you envision. More info here: 
https://www.sma-america.com/products/monitoring-control/sunny-explorer.html

If you have internet access from the router, you can also register the system 
on Sunny Portal.

Depending on the “kiosk” setup, you can do several things.  If no one can 
adjust the computer settings, you could just leave the display on the home 
screen of this plant on Sunny portal.  Also, the System overview page (or 
Energy and Power page) has a hyperlink that you can then embed in another 
webpage, so you could construct a Kiosk page as desired and embed the link as a 
image element.  This is a static image representation of the portal page when 
the request is sent, so you would want the page to re-load automatically at 
fixed intervals.

Feel free to contact me for more info.

Best regards –
Mike

SMA America
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From: RE-wrenches  On Behalf Of 
William Miller
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 1:42 PM
To: RE-wrenches 
Subject: [RE-wrenches] SMA Kiosk

Friends:

I am in need of providing a public “kiosk”  to display the output of two SMA 
TL-22 inverters in a lobby.  I believe I need a web connect box, a data card in 
each inverter and that the system works through Sunny Portal.  I am reading up 
on the literature.

Sometimes the literature does not include the whole picture.  Does anyone have 
any experience with setting up a system like this?  Any words of advice?

Thanks in advance.

William Miller

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Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Kiosk

2019-02-13 Thread Sam Haraldson 
We have a couple Sunny Portal kiosks out in the world.  It's quite easy to
set up, but the downside to it is how lackluster the information displayed
looks on a screen.  Especially considering how nice these kiosks look when
using a Solaredge or Fronius inverter.  Here are examples of what each
manufacturer's "kiosk" display looks like:

SMA:
https://www.sunnyportal.com/Templates/PublicPage.aspx?page=0d53e0d8-e5ff-4ad8-8267-a3363b9485e9

Fronius:
https://www.solarweb.com/PvSystems/PvSystem?pvSystemId=fc073f0c-ce57-4cbf-9678-a576013cd6a8

Solaredge:
https://monitoringpublic.solaredge.com/solaredge-web/p/kiosk?guid=0cd30edc-039b-48aa-9a3f-e3a295ce9d47

I have reached out to SMA inquiring whether they had any suggestions or
whether that was something they were working on improving but I didn't
really get anywhere in that discussion.

- Sam

--
OnSite Energy
Bozeman, MT
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