Hi,
Does anyone have solar panels installed and use a SunGrow Inverter?
I just had it installed last week, knowing that the inverter has a wifi interface. Unfortunately the wifi interface simply posts the information to a central server in China and I can't find a way to intercept this data or pull the kWs direct from the inverter.
What I did manage to do however, was work out how to programatically log into www.solarinfobank.com using VB.NET and pull the kW output from there.
So,
Question 1) Does anyone know how I could work out how to get these readings direct from the inverter on my LAN without having to log into the external database? I've attempted to use wireshark but I'm a bit of a noob in this area.
Question 2) Does anyone else have one of these inverters (or anything that posts to Solarinfobank and would be interested in me turning my code into a very simple plugin (for free)?
Cheers.
Matt.
Does anyone have solar panels installed and use a SunGrow Inverter?
I just had it installed last week, knowing that the inverter has a wifi interface. Unfortunately the wifi interface simply posts the information to a central server in China and I can't find a way to intercept this data or pull the kWs direct from the inverter.
What I did manage to do however, was work out how to programatically log into www.solarinfobank.com using VB.NET and pull the kW output from there.
So,
Question 1) Does anyone know how I could work out how to get these readings direct from the inverter on my LAN without having to log into the external database? I've attempted to use wireshark but I'm a bit of a noob in this area.
Question 2) Does anyone else have one of these inverters (or anything that posts to Solarinfobank and would be interested in me turning my code into a very simple plugin (for free)?
Cheers.
Matt.
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