SolarEdge to PVoutput Setup Question

[Poway]

... if you are using the Eagle device to monitor net consumption and are pushing it to Wattvision. There is a new option now in PVoutput to connect to the Eagle directly, but I've found so far that the Wattvision data series has fewer holes in it. I'll get back around to looking at the Eagle upload again in another week or two.

Thanks I am using Eagle->WattVision->PVoutput appears to work well over the last few weeks. And I kind of like the zoom features etc. in WattVision so I think will keep using this approach.

... Note that you need to be a PVOutput donator to use the 5 min status interval. Otherwise, 15 min status interval needs to be selected. 10 or 15 min polling interval needs to be selected in all cases to comply with the API limit (max 200 requests per day).

I am a donator... Thanks for sending image of settings (cleared up 5 min status vs 15 min polling). Brings up a couple of questions though.

1) Do you know why everyone (including you) selects 15 min polling vs. 10 min polling
2) I have had Wattvision/Weather as primary. Do I now make the Solaredge the primary? If so where does weather come in (tied to the Primary or Secondary)?



Thanks for the help... And all you're efforts (see your communications on PVoutput forum) trying to get monitoring working smoothly.

[sensij]

Here are the settings I recommend with PVOutput, if you are using the Eagle device to monitor net consumption and are pushing it to Wattvision. There is a new option now in PVoutput to connect to the Eagle directly, but I've found so far that the Wattvision data series has fewer holes in it. I'll get back around to looking at the Eagle upload again in another week or two.

PVO Settings2.JPG

The net delay setting is something of a mystery... 15 min makes sense, but I don't see much difference at 5 min.

Note that you need to be a PVOutput donator to use the 5 min status interval. Otherwise, 15 min status interval needs to be selected. 10 or 15 min polling interval needs to be selected in all cases to comply with the API limit (max 200 requests per day).

Your daily energy reported by PVOutput will typically be around 3% lower than what shows on your SolarEdge portal. It is annoying, but you can trust that the PVOutput result is the more accurate one.

Also, on cloudy days, you should expect the calculated consumption chart to be pretty noisy / lots of weird spikes. This is mostly due to poor synchronization between the inverter and the Eagle, and mostly because SE uses a different averaging scheme than PVOutput does. Not much to do about it at this time.

As ButchDeal said, the API and Site ID should come from your installer. It is free and easy, hopefully they get back to you promptly with it.

[ButchDeal]

Question 1: Where do I get
API Key and
Site ID
for my system? Installer gave me a link to online monitoring but can't find info there.

Question 2: I came across discussion that I should set my Polling interval to 15 minutes (to stay within SolarEdge limits) but set PVoutput display interval to 5 minutes. Not sure how to do this as there is just a pull down for "Poll Interval" that allows either 5 or 15 minutes. What is the proper setting to allow display at 5 minute intervals?


Thanks

#2 If you donate to pvoutput it supposedly will collect 5 minute data every 15 minutes.

for #1 i think you need to be owner but you probably can ask the installer to do these steps for you:

you generate a API key that we can put into our account.

https://monitoringapi.solaredge.com/

here are the instructions:
In the Site Admin > Site Details tab > API Access section:
1 Acknowledge reading and agreeing to the SolarEdge API Terms & Conditions.
2 Click Generate API key.
3 Copy the key.
4 Click Save.
5 Use the key in all API requests

[Poway]

Question 1: Where do I get
API Key and
Site ID
for my system? Installer gave me a link to online monitoring but can't find info there.

Question 2: I came across discussion that I should set my Polling interval to 15 minutes (to stay within SolarEdge limits) but set PVoutput display interval to 5 minutes. Not sure how to do this as there is just a pull down for "Poll Interval" that allows either 5 or 15 minutes. What is the proper setting to allow display at 5 minute intervals?


Thanks