I'm not sure I understand the difference/point between the SolarEdge Residential and Commercial Cellular GSM monitoring solutions as they relate to low bandwidth and high bandwidth cellular communication modes. Is this really just about different pricing structures for "real time" commercial data plans versus residential "light" data plans? In both cases the amount of data is very small compared to what I normally use on my cell phone.
My installer prefers cellular monitoring as it has much better reliability than Zigbee and is easier (for them and perhaps more reliable) than relying on a customers Ethernet connection always being up. So that's all fine. While I'd prefer Ethernet myself, I don't have a hard-line readily available at the inverter -- though I could add one if really needed.
But I'm not sure whether I am getting real time (5min sampling) monitoring or 4hr uploads and 15min sampling. I will of course ask them. But, in today's day and age why would a vendor (SE) offer both?
Especially when it is my understanding that the "low bandwidth" connections can be put into "high bandwidth mode" by simply requesting it / creating a ticket? With whom -- SE or my installer? Will this cost me more -- aka will I need to upgrade the data plan?
I assume my cellular monitoring card will be GSM, I hope they're not using CDMA anymore.
Is anyone out there using cellular monitoring now? Low or high bandwidth? Does it work well? Does it make a real difference (low/high)? I'm going to have consumption monitoring as well. But no storage.
Thanks,
Jonathan
My installer prefers cellular monitoring as it has much better reliability than Zigbee and is easier (for them and perhaps more reliable) than relying on a customers Ethernet connection always being up. So that's all fine. While I'd prefer Ethernet myself, I don't have a hard-line readily available at the inverter -- though I could add one if really needed.
But I'm not sure whether I am getting real time (5min sampling) monitoring or 4hr uploads and 15min sampling. I will of course ask them. But, in today's day and age why would a vendor (SE) offer both?
Especially when it is my understanding that the "low bandwidth" connections can be put into "high bandwidth mode" by simply requesting it / creating a ticket? With whom -- SE or my installer? Will this cost me more -- aka will I need to upgrade the data plan?
I assume my cellular monitoring card will be GSM, I hope they're not using CDMA anymore.
Is anyone out there using cellular monitoring now? Low or high bandwidth? Does it work well? Does it make a real difference (low/high)? I'm going to have consumption monitoring as well. But no storage.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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