kylebotha Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to solar systems and even IoT but I want to help my dad with his solar system, I basically just want to setup something that can read some parameters from the inverter such as Battery Voltage, Amperage, Wattage from panels etc... and then send that to a computer where I can put the data in a application and display it. I'm thinking of using a Raspberry Pi or an Adruino, can anybody link some good documentation on how I would be able to accomplish this since I am new to IoT and even using things such as a Adriuno or Raspberry Pi. I have programming knowledge in quite a few languages, I just don't understand how to read the parameters from the inverter to the Pi or Adruino and then send it to a computer so if anyone could perhaps explain or link me some documentation that would be great. Edit: Sorry I forgot to mention The inverter my dad is using is some sort of clone of the Axpert(4000W 48V) Edited July 21, 2020 by kylebotha forgot to mention details Quote
Youda Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Do not reinvent the wheel again. Search for ICC or SolPIPlog. Quote
kylebotha Posted July 21, 2020 Author Posted July 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Youda said: Do not reinvent the wheel again. Search for ICC or SolPIPlog. I'm still a student and I'm interested in learning how to do this kind of thing so it would be beneficial for me Quote
Youda Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Okay then search this forum for a PDF with this keyword: QPIGS Good luck student. kylebotha 1 Quote
JacquesVDM Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Also in this forum some nice info: https://forums.aeva.asn.au/viewtopic.php?title=pip4048ms-inverter&t=4332 kylebotha 1 Quote
Gnome Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 3 hours ago, kylebotha said: I'm still a student and I'm interested in learning how to do this kind of thing so it would be beneficial for me https://github.com/jvandervyver/libvoltronic Youda and kylebotha 2 Quote
Coulomb Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Youda said: search this forum for a PDF with this keyword: QPIGS I was surprised to see that I haven't uploaded a protocol document to this forum. I have now: https://powerforum.co.za/files/file/54-axpert-rs-232usb-protocol-manual/ Edited July 22, 2020 by Coulomb Jaco De Jongh 1 Quote
Gnome Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Gnome said: https://github.com/jvandervyver/libvoltronic 13 hours ago, kylebotha said: Just what I needed I was planning on adding an implementation specifically for Arduino, just haven't had the time. Right now it is using libserialport (RS232) & HIDAPI (USB). The lib itself uses an adapter over those two libraries, so it is pretty straightforward to swap out the implementation. IE> you would implement a Arduino version of the RS-232 c file Alternatively use it as a guide on how to implement it. But I did do quite a bit of testing and fixing of bugs which you would get that for free by only creating a Arduino adapter. Also if you do that let me know, I can add it (ie. pull request). Edited July 22, 2020 by Gnome Quote
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