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Can anyone help me figure out how to get a Raspberry Pi and install Solar Assistant on it? And how to connect it to my AIO inverter?

Thanks
 
Siamac said:
Can anyone help me figure out how to get a Raspberry Pi and install Solar Assistant on it? And how to connect it to my AIO inverter?

Thanks
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Very broad request. You can get a raspberry pi from multiple sources and once you have a license you can download SA and create a boot disk. Alternatively you can purchase an Orange Pi directly from SA with the software pre-installed. Connecting to your inverter depends on the brand and model.
 
I recently went through the process. If you follow their directions which were posted above, it's very easy to get started.
 
Raspberry Pi 3 or newer, start there, then you need a cable, had to make one to connect to USB to the inverter port on my MPP Solar 2424LV. Also get a power supply that is AC, not DC as that will throw power issues all the time. I moved mine to a AC Pi adapter and works great now. I did buy the Pi and installed SA from SA. Of course your inverter MUST be supported by SA. I can send pics of my cable if you need. Pi 5 can do keyboard and monitor, but seriously just use your phone.
 
Take a look at these two threads for building a cable.

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This is the ideal in my opinion pi setup for solar assistant.


This gives you good cpu power so its fast, hdmi out so you can use a touch screen later if you want, onboard long life storage drive so no sd cards failing all the time, and read to go out of the box.

Buy that for $60 and then buy solar assistant and your ready to go.
 
Crowz said:
This is the ideal in my opinion pi setup for solar assistant.


This gives you good cpu power so its fast, hdmi out so you can use a touch screen later if you want, onboard long life storage drive so no sd cards failing all the time, and read to go out of the box.

Buy that for $60 and then buy solar assistant and your ready to go.
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What's the difference between that and this:

Orange Pi 3 LTS 2GB LPDDR3 Allwinner H6 Flash 4-Core 64 Bit with 8GB eMMC Flash Single Board Computer, Support Dual-Band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 Development Board Run Android/Ubuntu (Pi 3 LTS+Case) https://a.co/d/02ssFIrv
 
Siamac said:
What's the difference between that and this:

Orange Pi 3 LTS 2GB LPDDR3 Allwinner H6 Flash 4-Core 64 Bit with 8GB eMMC Flash Single Board Computer, Support Dual-Band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 Development Board Run Android/Ubuntu (Pi 3 LTS+Case) https://a.co/d/02ssFIrv
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Pi 3 is 2 versions behind. Get it from SA pre loaded.. make life so much easier and faster startup. You will need to make a custom cable.
 
I wouldn't recommend battery powered tablets/iPads for this application as they inevitably are left plugged into a power source and this keeps the battery at 100% all the time - which is just asking for trouble. Use a powered touch screen instead.
 
Mkgough said:
I call that an iPad…
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Nah it has no os in it or processor. Its just a screen. I put one of those articulated arm gadgets on it and mounted it to the wall. Pretty handy when working on things to see the effects without having to go in the house or power up a laptop.
 
Mkgough said:
Don't use the DC power supply, get a plug version, more stable for SA.
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Wrong. There is a post on here where it had been running for 250days last time I restarted it. DC is stable. Power company isn't :)
 
Crowz said:
Wrong. There is a post on here where it had been running for 250days last time I restarted it. DC is stable. Power company isn't :)
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Power company as in your battery, one kept throwing errors of power issues on DC, so SA recommended switch to AC plug… they provided the Pi and power supply.
 
With either DC or AC the stable part is amps. You want 3 amps or higher for the PI to be stable. The power source doesn't matter to the PI since its all DC when it gets to the PI anyways.
 
Crowz said:
With either DC or AC the stable part is amps. You want 3 amps or higher for the PI to be stable. The power source doesn't matter to the PI since it’s all DC when it gets to the PI anyways.
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I think it was a cheap power supply from SA that was the issue. Not a true Pi Power Supply.
 
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