Solar battery monitor drivers#
Solar battery monitor full#

The total cost of the required hardware is reasonable, the Pi is under $50. I can do all or most of the coding and development, but wanted to know who else might be interested as a user or tester/developer to speed things along and try on other solar equipment. Then point their web browser at the raspberry Pi to get the reports. I want to build a image for the Pi that has all the software reconfigured, so all a new user need to do is plug the Pi into the inverter via the USB port. A battery monitor help save your valuable energy by letting you see how much. My Linux cloud server at Google is around $6 a month. Bogart MidNite Solar Xantrex Trace battery monitors amphour voltage data. It polls the data port on the Epever (or equivalent), creates the reports, then optionally scp’s the data to the cloud where the reports are reproduced. The bulk of the system is software on a raspberry Pi. If you have cellular, you need to make a hotspot or get a cellular modem to view the data globally. If you dont have wired internet, you can only view the data locally. It’s important to use a charge controller as it improves the efficiency of a solar-powered system by up to 50, can prevent the batteries from being overcharged, and will extend the battery’s life when used correctly. Its just a small text file every 10 seconds. To put it simply, a solar charge controller regulates the power that’s transferred from a solar panel to a battery. I push the data from my network out out the cloud (Google). Hi Craig, You will need some type of internet access if you want remote access. I can access this info from any device and from any location. Here are some of the screen shots from my Ipad of my progress so far. A new forum for this would be beneficial. If anyone is interested in helping me build/test an open source system that anyone can use with commodity hardware, let me know. I have a 10kw grid tied system and for testing I use 2kw off grid 24v setup with 4kw of AGM and 14kw of BYD LifePO4 cells.

Solar battery monitor drivers#

Im making good progress using Linux/Pi micro servers, Wifi, Epever inverters, RS485 ModBus drivers and Grafana / Cloud infrastructure for access.

Solar battery monitor full#

My goal is complete control over every aspect of the power generation from any location and the ability to redirect solar energy when batteries are full to fully utilize every watt of power available. I intend to be fully off grid in the near future and want to be self sufficient for power. Im building a freeware realtime software/hardware monitoring solution that provides intimate details and decision making information about a solar system.