Do you have to have a wi-fi stick to monitor an inverter?

Cottage_Economy

Currently having a solar panel system fitted with a Solis 6 inverter to our barns

We have some wi-fi issues with various deadspots etc around the house and due to being unable to receive wi-fi in the barns opted not to bother having the inverter wi-fi stick.

How else do we monitor the inverter? We have an iBoost so can see when it is generating, but actual fine detail we don't have.

Zarch

Does it accept ethernet cable instead? Then use a pair of powerline adaptors (one next to inverter and one plugged in to your router?)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Configuration-Required-UK/dp/B01BECPIMC/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=powerline&qid=1552488648&s=gateway&sr=8-3

mre15

You can get wifi, wired or gprs (mobile network) versions of the monitoring stick.

Trust me, it will bug you not knowing what the system is doing if you don't have some form of monitoring.

Cottage_Economy

Zarch wrote: »

Does it accept ethernet cable instead? Then use a pair of powerline adaptors (one next to inverter and one plugged in to your router?)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Configuration-Required-UK/dp/B01BECPIMC/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=powerline&qid=1552488648&s=gateway&sr=8-3

mre15 wrote: »

You can get wifi, wired or gprs (mobile network) versions of the monitoring stick.

Trust me, it will bug you not knowing what the system is doing if you don't have some form of monitoring.

Ahhhhh...thanks guys. I thought it was just wi-fi.

Ok...we have strong 4G signal here so that might be a way forward.