Congratulations on the purchase of a SolarEdge solar PV system. As award
winning certified installers of SolarEdge technology we have produced this
video to help you to understand and make best use of the SolarEdge monitoring
app for your smartphone or tablet. If you are planning to monitor your system
using the SolarEdge monitoring portal on your computer or laptop please refer
to the other video in this series. Ok so firstly you will need to download and
then log in to your SolarEdge app. Go to the App Store for iOS or Google Play
Store for Android and please enter your details as sent to you by SolarEdge.
The app will instantly display your dashboard which is an at-a-glance view
of all of the information collected by the portal about your PV system. At the
top it displays your site address, below there are two more summaries - the first
on the left displays the size of your system and on the right the current
weather conditions. Clicking the clouds icon will open another window displaying
more detail about the current weather conditions - this is provided by your
local weather station. It will also be able to forecast the weather for the
next few days, which is useful if you were planning to access your monitoring
app away from home and helpful for estimating future power production
levels. Just below that you will see the date and time of the last update. If you
notice that there hasn't been an update for a number of days or if you are
looking in daylight hours and there is no current power reading underneath
then you may have a communication problem between your home Wi-Fi and inverter.
If this is the case I can help you to resolve the issue by watching our
troubleshooting video which is also part of this series. The next section on your
app displays the collective generation figures for; what you are currently
producing - this will of course show a zero value if you are viewing your
portal at night, total energy produced today, total energy produced this month
and lifetime energy. If you have a Modbus installed you will also be able to view
what you are exporting and drawing from the grid. Below this overview you will
see the power and energy charts, this will demonstrate the power production of
your system over a specific period of time. Using the menu at the top you can
choose to view the current day, week, month or year under which there will
always be a total. In addition, you can specify and view exact time periods.
For instance, if you would like to see what your system produced on a specific day
then ensure you have selected the day tab, then underneath the chart, click the
calendar and select the date, or you can swipe your selected chart to go
backwards in time. During your selected time period, the comparative energy chart
below compares the energy produced by your system during corresponding periods.
In previous years, you can select and compare months or quarters of previous
years or compare year-on-year by using the options at the top of the
comparative energy chart. The environmental benefits area
shows the positive impact that you have had upon the environment. So now let's
move on to the layout section. Here is a schematic layout of your panels and
inverter. Click on the layout icon at the bottom of the screen to open this
section. Here is a bird's eye view of the actual placement of your panels - if you
wish to zoom in you can do so by using your fingers to expand the image.
Your inverter will be shown here in green.
The figure located in the panels is the
amount of energy produced in a specific time period. So here we are looking at
what the panels have produced today - if you would like to see what your panels
have produced in a week, month, year or the cumulative total then you have an
option to do so in the time period drop-down menu here. Likewise, the figure
in the inverter displays the sum of energy produced by the panels feeding
into that inverter. Again, you can change this accordingly using the time period
drop-down menu. If you have a larger system with two inverters then you will
see both. You can also view a logical layout - this demonstrates the electrical
connectivity of your panels. To do this, go to the layout drop-down option on the
right hand side and select logical layout. The lilac box at the top
represents the total energy produced by your system for the selected time period.
The figure in the inverter displays the sum of the energy produced by the
panels supplying that inverter during the same time period. The multi panel
icon shows the total of a string - this is the group of panels that are wired
together and below you can see each panel in the string. By selecting a panel,
you can expand the level of information you can see. You will be able to view the
serial number and power of the panel and you can
use the arrow icon to view more details including brand, power, voltage and
current AC voltage. At any point you can leave the layout tab and return to the
dashboard simply by touching the dashboard icon.
And there you have it!
Thank you very much for watching and I hope you enjoy using the SolarEdge monitoring app.
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