February 18, 20233 yr Author On 2023/02/02 at 9:43 PM, antarya said: Hi, To those who concerned, for the growatt grid tied inverter you can get the access to the data at "https://server.growatt.com/plant.do" Login with the credentials. In the page, click on "Device List" tab then on "MIN/MIC/MOD/NEO", which shows a table of devices connected. Double click on the device you wish to query the data, a pop window appears with history. There is search button and export button. Export will give the excel tabulated data for the current day. In the search tab you can download the data for any day, I could go upto 4 months of data at max. At a time you can download data for 4 days in a single excel, though the website says maximum 7 days it prints "Too large file" if you select more than 4 or 5 days at a time. Attaching the screenshots for the reference. Regards, antarya Hi @Antarya There are no devices under the MIN/MIC/MOD/NEO option 🤷🏼♂️
February 19, 20233 yr 11 hours ago, L_D said: Hi @Antarya There are no devices under the MIN/MIC/MOD/NEO option 🤷🏼♂️ @L_D What type of inverter are you using? Depending on the model on-grid, off-grid, hybird etc you can check the following tabs "Inverter", "MAX/MID/MAC", "Storage", "Hybrid Inverter"
February 19, 20233 yr Hi All, @zsde @Mike_C@L_D@Graham_S and other growatt users, I have a request. We are using Growatt MIN5000TL-X on-grid inverter without battery system. Lately, our inverter is going to standby mode/ offline as inverter voltage rises above 255-260V which is not safe for many appliances in the house. Growatt engineers claimed it is due to high grid voltage first, then they blamed on Earthing, later the thin cables and now they said maybe due to home UPS. We have checked for all the other issues in the plant and it is all normal. My doubt is their inverter is faulty but they are not just agreeing. It is just 4 months old. I wanted a few datasheets from other Growatt users where I can compare to check the AC output voltage of other inverters. The datasheet particularly for the days where sunlight is bright. Only those days we see the inverter issue rest of the days quite less if not zero. In 4 months, our inverter has gone to standby mode/offline more than 150 times and it is not a healthy sign. I'm attaching a sample excel file which one can download from the Growatt website, like that I need for a few inverters for 2-3 days. This would be very helpful to appeal my case. Thanks, antarya growatt_.3KW.xls Edited February 19, 20233 yr by antarya
February 19, 20233 yr Author 2 hours ago, antarya said: @L_D What type of inverter are you using? Depending on the model on-grid, off-grid, hybird etc you can check the following tabs "Inverter", "MAX/MID/MAC", "Storage", "Hybrid Inverter" Off-Grid However, my system is connected to Eskom to load my lithium battery and seamlessly switches over when Eskom is down. I dont have PV's installed as yet. This is used to stomach load shedding currently. Edited February 19, 20233 yr by L_D
February 19, 20233 yr 50 minutes ago, L_D said: Off-Grid However, my system is connected to Eskom to load my lithium battery and seamlessly switches over when Eskom is down. I dont have PV's installed as yet. This is used to stomach load shedding currently. If "storage" / "Hybrid" tab is empty then I am not sure where else to find the data. Just try checking all the tabs in that page and also checkout "More" section further. If it is on-grid usually inverter has to have a slightly higher voltage than the utility to send the power to the grid. So, if it is off grid that issue won't be there regardless the inverter AC output should be monitored (learnt the hard way). Does the app show those data?
February 19, 20233 yr Author 18 minutes ago, antarya said: If "storage" / "Hybrid" tab is empty then I am not sure where else to find the data. Just try checking all the tabs in that page and also checkout "More" section further. If it is on-grid usually inverter has to have a slightly higher voltage than the utility to send the power to the grid. So, if it is off grid that issue won't be there regardless the inverter AC output should be monitored (learnt the hard way). Does the app show those data? This is what the app shows HomeAssistant's Growatt add-in pulls in most of this data but cannot be downloaded like you showed it.
February 19, 20233 yr 4 hours ago, antarya said: I have a request. We are using Growatt MIN5000TL-X on-grid inverter without battery system My Inverter is totally off Grid, so the conditions are different. Attached my output voltage for today as provided by Solar Assistant. SPF 5000 ES Output Voltage.xlsx Edited February 19, 20233 yr by zsde Fixed the spreadsheet
February 19, 20233 yr Author 54 minutes ago, zsde said: My Inverter is totally off Grid, so the conditions are different. Attached my output voltage for today as provided by Solar Assistant. SPF 5000 ES Output Voltage.xlsx 30.83 kB · 2 downloads Yes but this is via dedicated device like a Pi that captures data and subscription to Solar Assistant.
February 19, 20233 yr 18 minutes ago, L_D said: Yes but this is via dedicated device like a Pi that captures data and subscription to Solar Assistant. Correct, one dedicated link to inverter and one to the battery.
February 19, 20233 yr Author 28 minutes ago, zsde said: Correct, one dedicated link to inverter and one to the battery. we are trying to get access to the data without a dedicated device. Some of it was possible at some stage.
February 19, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, L_D said: we are trying to get access to the data without a dedicated device Not quite sure why you believe the raw data that either goes to the Growatt server or the raw data read by the Pi would be any different. But here is the exported data from Growatt.The output voltages are still 230V. NYH5CGF0AU storage data - 2023-02-19_2023-02-19.xls
February 20, 20233 yr @zsde@L_D Thank you for sharing the data. Anyway to know at what power these voltages are given?
February 20, 20233 yr 3 minutes ago, antarya said: Anyway to know at what power these voltages are given? column AE in this last file contains the respective output power.
February 21, 20233 yr Author On 2023/02/19 at 4:37 PM, zsde said: Not quite sure why you believe the raw data that either goes to the Growatt server or the raw data read by the Pi would be any different. But here is the exported data from Growatt.The output voltages are still 230V. NYH5CGF0AU storage data - 2023-02-19_2023-02-19.xls 730 kB · 2 downloads This is the data that Home Assistant Displays for my Growatt EFS5000. It basically grabs the data, in this case the "Import from Grid" metric. However, I cannot export this data to Excel. On a sidenote, why would the import from grid sometimes be a negative value if I have an Off-Grid inverter type that does not have the ability to push back into the grid? Edited February 21, 20233 yr by L_D
February 22, 20233 yr 8 hours ago, L_D said: not have the ability to push back into the grid? That may well be a software issue where certain triggers are erroneously interpreted as negative grid data. My system is completely off grid and when I first got Solar Assistant I had Grid feed data being presented. The developer corrected this after I reported it.
March 2, 20233 yr On 2023/02/18 at 7:35 AM, antarya said: Mike, What was the API key? Did you get it from the Growatt by writing to them or is it available anywhere in public fourm? Thanks I had my installer obtain the token from Growatt. Had to put a request through OSS. I have the token in my profile now and showing Authorised, but still get the same HTTPError 403 that Otto originally reported. I have an SPH6000 Inverter. I do wonder if the code in https://pypi.org/project/growatt/ is updated to cater for this inverter model.
March 11, 20233 yr the growatt data on my laptop show a daily number of KWh import from the grid. Is that number i get billed on
March 11, 20233 yr 12 minutes ago, devinder said: Is that number i get billed on No, you get billed for what is reflected on the Municipal meter. Your Growatt data is just an indication what it measured as having been used from the grid. These two values in the ideal world would be the same but chances are they never will be due to numerous factors, including calibration.
March 11, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, zsde said: No, you get billed for what is reflected on the Municipal meter. Your Growatt data is just an indication what it measured as having been used from the grid. These two values in the ideal world would be the same but chances are they never will be due to numerous factors, including calibration. Herewith dashboard of my two Growatt custom made monitoring system for this month, as @zsde explains there is a slight discrepancy in the measurements maybe due to calibration and small losses, in my case is less than 0,5% almost negligible, as I take a reading of my pay meter and compare it on a daily basis. If you add the solar power +grid power = home use + battery power Edited March 11, 20233 yr by Antonio de Sa
March 13, 20233 yr Author On 2023/03/11 at 2:39 PM, Antonio de Sa said: Herewith dashboard of my two Growatt custom made monitoring system for this month, as @zsde explains there is a slight discrepancy in the measurements maybe due to calibration and small losses, in my case is less than 0,5% almost negligible, as I take a reading of my pay meter and compare it on a daily basis. If you add the solar power +grid power = home use + battery power Hi Antonio - can one make use of your dashboard?
March 26, 20233 yr I cannot add the datalogger on the ShinePhone app on my IPhone. What can I do fix this?
March 26, 20233 yr On 2023/02/19 at 2:37 PM, zsde said: Not quite sure why you believe the raw data that either goes to the Growatt server or the raw data read by the Pi would be any different. But here is the exported data from Growatt.The output voltages are still 230V. NYH5CGF0AU storage data - 2023-02-19_2023-02-19.xls 730 kB · 6 downloads How did you get this downloaded to excel?
March 26, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, sparkesp said: How did you get this downloaded to excel? @antarya explained it on page 2 of this thread You export the data from the Growatt Device list tab. Edited March 26, 20233 yr by zsde
June 25, 20233 yr Hi, I’ve a Growatt Inverter 3,5Kw (I don’t know the exact model) and I can’t see the same dashboard you’re sharing: when I’m connecting to https://server.growatt.com/plant.do I only see the graph, but no the data table or the export button. What I’m doing wrong ? Tx
July 30, 20232 yr Hello from Australia, This thread has been very useful, so I thought I would share something i just discovered. I have also had the issues with exporting data from the growatt web page, and I have resorted to installing homeassistant and letting it use the required API calls to sort me out, which works ok. The trick of using the 'older/alternative' URL with plant.do in it works .. sometimes.. as soon as it works out you aren't 'new' it puts you back to the new site. I found that you can generate a URL to 'share' your dashboard with others. It looks very similar to the 'owner' dashboard in most respects, BUT, has the 'History Data' enabled. From the main dashboard -> Energy Button Choose 'Plant Management' On the far right column, I see 'Operating Tools' and one icon is for 'Share Plant' On the new window, put in your email address, how long it is effective, and press 'yes' to send yourself the email. When you get the email, open the link in a different browser, or an incognito window. It shouldn't need to be logged in. Then on the dashboard, when you scroll down to the 'My Photovoltaic Devices' you have the button 'History Data' instead of 'Setting' that you can usually see. From here you can export a day of data at a time to an excel file (not great, but, better then nothing.) Hope this helps someone! (tested on a SPH5000)
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