SMA Sunnyboy 11000tl-us Monitoring

[scrumi]

I bought two of these inverters without enough thought. I've looked and I can't seem to find a good way to remotely monitor and data-log these inverters. Does anyone have any advice?

[NEOH]

Is the Sunny Portal not a solution for you?

[scrumi]

That is a great solution but what sends the data to the portal? There isn't an ethernet port on the device and the speedwire module doesn't support the 11000TL.

[Spektre]

That is a great solution but what sends the data to the portal? There isn't an ethernet port on the device and the speedwire module doesn't support the 11000TL.

On the SMA America page for the 11000TL there are 3 piggyback communication modules listed on the accessories tab: Speedwire, Bluetooth, & RS485

http://www.sma-america.com/products/solarinverters/sunny-boy-9000tl-us-10000tl-us-11000tl-us.html

Looking at the documentation for the Speedwire/Webconnect modules, it looks like there are in fact two. The newer one with 'piggy back' in its name is compatible with the 11000