Sofar Inverter: Can Fronius, SolarEdge Meters or S0 Counter Be Connected?

Question

Can a meter (e.g. a dedicated meter as in Fronius or SolarEdge) or S0 (Fronius) be connected to SOFAR inverters??

cuuube · Answer

Between the inverter and the ZE meter, you can connect an electronic meter for production and consumption, it does not have to be dedicated, they are probably more expensive. This one, in turn, can be connected (if it has a pulse output) via LAN controller to, for example, pvmonitor.

Darek J · Answer

I'm talking more about something that will be visible in a dedicated application.

Wlodek22 · Answer

There must be a meter that will have a compatible modbus protocol with the queries sent by the inverter. There should be a list of compatible meters in the inverter documentation. Otherwise, as long as you feel up to it. You buy a meter with any protocol and using, for example, a microcontroller, you read data according to one protocol, and send it to the inverter according to the other.

cuuube · Answer

Pv minitor has a website with a lot of data, including temperatures can be monitored, production from perhaps 3 different inverters, home use and separately, e.g. PC.

They have a widget and recently an app

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Darek J · Answer

Privately, I have the Fronius and PVmonitor apkes and somehow I prefer the first one

macgaw · Answer

SofarSolar inverters have the ability to send data to 3 servers at the same time, so nothing prevents the data from going directly to PVmonitor....

Darek J · Answer

But the inverter won't measure consumption...

cuuube · Answer

No, it won't.

slaslo · Answer

Dude, could you shed some light on the subject. I couldn't find anything about it in the manual.

lesiu681 · Answer

They do not send data to Pvmonitor. I sent an inquiry and got an answer that I should buy a LanKontroler with p[pvmonitor software from them.

macgaw · Answer

After logging in to the inverter, in the Advanced menu, there is the Remote server option. Server A is configured as default. Servers B, C can be configured by yourself.

theo33 · Answer

Kol. macgaw and you could indicate where in the sofar, whether it is 3.3 or 8.8, you have the Remote server option you mentioned.

slaslo · Answer

You have to log in to the inverter directly - for me it looks like this:
SSID AP_1705114670
browser address 10.10.100.254
login and password 2x admin
You log directly into the wifi modem of the sofar inverter.
Here's what you're looking for (and a few other things worth looking at):

It doesn't change the fact that you can't connect to pvmonitor anyway.

theo33 · Answer

And don't I have to reset this wifi modem and configure it again because after this address I logged in at the very beginning when I was doing configurations and now I can't see this SSID AP network

slaslo · Answer

I do not know. I did the first configuration from the apk on the smartphone and since then everything works on the smartphone and through the preview on the website http://home.solarman.cn/main.html
Then I read the instructions from the wifi modem and out of curiosity I connected and I have insight.
I noticed that the range is very small when connected from the AP_ network to the laptop.
I don't know why, but the connection of the inverter to my home wifi network - albeit more remote - runs smoothly.

lesiu681 · Answer

I'm thinking of something like this to have an insight into my energy usage: mew 01.jpg Download (8.13 kB) I have several Supla products and they work flawlessly. Has anyone encountered this?

3301 · Answer

Measures active and reactive energy imported and exported independently on each phase, we have it connected and measures PV production, PC consumption and residual consumption, transformers can be easily installed on any circuit, results are saved every 10 minutes in XLS format

Darek J · Answer

This Zamel is probably the best option - but this is still not what I was looking for - you can't see the production and you have to use several programs to get it right...

In Fronius or Solaredge, however, it is much better.

cuuube · Answer

Well, unfortunately, there is always something for something ... more expensive solutions have cheaper ones and you have to buy them, the same is true in cars.

krzych101 · Answer

Is there software for windows monitoring energy consumption that works with this Zamel Supla

lesiu681 · Answer

You set up an account on the Supla platform and log in via your browser.

Wbm · Answer

Can you write what firmware version you have for this datalogger? This data can be seen after expanding the Device information section. My firmware version is LSW3_14_FFFF_1.0.18 and unfortunately I only have Server A and Server B. greetings -- Wbm.

Bałdyzer · Answer

Not wanting to start a separate topic, I'll ask you one thing. They made me a PV installation with a power of 6.45 Kw and next to the bidirectional meter from Tauron I have two additional meters in such boxes as in the picture below. They were supposedly required for the installation subsidy program. What are these counters for and what can you read from them?

slawo12311 · Answer

They are probably connected to the pvmonitor visible on the left. For sure, it monitors home consumption and PV production. Do you use it?

Bałdyzer · Answer

I do not use these meters, but it was a requirement to receive a grant in the form of 90% co-financing for the PV installation

matai123 · Answer

There is a dedicated meter for sofar solar inverters, it is called solarman.

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