MPP Solar LV6548 APP

[houseofancients]

How much more clear can I say it.

WATCHTOWER SUCKS. DO NOT USE IT.
The Bluetooth app sucks DO NOT USE IT.
The RS232 app sucks DO NOT USE IT.
The ethernet app sucks DO NOT USE IT.
The wifi app and wifi module sucks. DO NOT USE IT.


Use SolarAssistant.io

Real-time solar monitoring from a Raspberry Pi | SolarAssistant Software

Real-time charts, analytics and power management from via a Raspberry pi - the most powerful, cost effective device on the planet.

solar-assistant.io

solarassistant.io makes you pay for essentially free software ..

 

[TJ King]

solarassistant.io makes you pay for essentially free software ..

$180 for kit. $40 for an rs232 cable. Subtle

 

[jasonhc73]

Shit useless software is worth what you pay for it.

 

[denarius]

solarassistant.io makes you pay for essentially free software ..

Not completely... I had a pretty legendary Home Assistant inverter monitoring setup with Grafana. For remote access I couldn't do port forwarding due to ISP limitations. I tried the official remote access for Home Assistant called nabu casa which worked great but after trial it's $5 per month. I tried a few cheaper paid VPN options but was lacking when compared to nabu casa. Solar assistant has something similar to nabu casa without monthly costs. Unless they go out of business I have permanent remote access for once off cost of 10 months of nabu casa.

Accessing SolarAssistant remotely

How to enable and use the remote access function of SolarAssistant.

solar-assistant.io

SolarAssistant proxy server locations

The geographical regions where SolarAssistant proxy servers are located.

solar-assistant.io

$180 for kit. $40 for an rs232 cable. Subtle

I checked the vendor/product ID of the cable I received. Checks out as $30 original FTDI chip with shielded cable. I paid $35.

USB-RS485-WE-1800-BT - FTDI

USB to RS485 serial interface cable

ftdichip.com

The same cable is actually available pretty much everywhere via Victron if you are willing to crimp yourself. You can get the pinout of your solar hardware in the manual:

Victron 1.8m RS485 to USB interface cable

Victron Energy ASS030571018 1.8m RS485 to USB interface cable for use with ET current meters and CCGX.

www.offgridtec.com

Alternatively you can buy a chinese cable for $15 and perhaps shielding isn't necessary. Others on this forum confirmed it works.