Setting Up Solar Assistant for the EG4 6000XP (or 18kPV)
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- In this video we'll walk through how easy it is to set up the RealTime Solar Assistant monitor for the EG4 6000XP. No more wires needed between the inverter and the raspberry pi! I believe the process is the same for the EG4 18kPV as well.
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Solar Assistant Overview - • Solar Assistant Overview
solar-assistant.io/ - @solarassistant7450
watts247.com/?wpam_id=126 - @watts247
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Pre-installed Orange Pi with Solar Assistant - bit.ly/3obBtwM
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WOW!
I was just thinking about how to hook up mine. Thanks!
Glad to be able to help!
It does indeed work for the 18kpv!🤘
Awesome!
I read somewhere that you can't use the network dongle and the battery communications at the same time. Do you know if that's true? I'm very interested in Solar Assistant once I get mine installed ( which should be Thursday, FINALLY :D )
You can. I’ve had battery comms connected to the inverter as well as the dongle for my Solar Assistant / EG4 app connection.
Haha! Have fun with the install. You’ve been a little busy… 😁
@@AdamDeLay07 Excellent, I can hook it to my Batrium then haha. Thanks!
@@LithiumSolar Not a problem! I've been using the 280Ah Orient power battery for Comms on the 6k for quite a while and haven't seen any issues with the monitoring site or Solar Assistant.
Nice!
Thanks for looking into using Solar Assistant on LuxPower equipment. I hope you have a chance to test the LuxPower 12K or the EG4 18KPV.
No problem!
Hard to say. I know I can’t afford one just to test it.
thanks for another great informative video. I've also been using my SA without wires or issues for the past 6+ months on my pair of these inverters amd powerpro batteries
Thanks TJ! It’s nice not having to mess with wires. I can have SA plugged in on the other side of the room now.
I have two 6000XPs but I can only connect to one at a time. I had two 6500EXs and SA showed each side by side and combined the totals. Are yours combined or separate?
@@daddio7249 you need to select both on the config page. On a mobile device you should be able to just select multiple or add multiple dongles.
@@AdamDeLay07 Problem was I needed to split the 2.4 and 5G signal from my router and I no password on it. Then I used Bluetooth to connect to each dongle and enter the SSID and password. Works great. I have the Solar Assistant device but it only connects to one inverter at a time. With the 6500EXs I had it showed both side by side and combined the outputs.
@@daddio7249 interesting. There has to be some way to get two to connect at the same time.
If you have SA set up can you still go back and use the EG4 app too? For example, use the Quick charge option on the EG4 app and then open the SA app?
Yep. They both just use the same data from the inverter.
What makes SA better then the latest EG4 web monitor or APP? Like why would you use it? Is it local LAN based, no cloud? Cause you can use the EG4 app local. Real time data? Not sure, interested to know.
The biggest difference between the EG4 Monitoring app and Solar Assistant is that Solar Assistant displays real-time data. It doesn't require refreshing to see updated data.
All the processing for Solar Assistant happens locally on a Raspberry Pi (micro-computer) and that allows for the real-time monitoring. I've heard rumors that EG4 is working on a faster data refresh rate but they're concerned about bandwidth issues (which makes perfect sense).
Solar Assistant does allow for data access without internet, but like you said, so does the EG4 app.
I'm sure there's some settings that Solar Assistant cannot do that EG4 can.
The EG4 Monitoring App and website is lightyears ahead of its previous apps for older hardware. If you don't care about real-time data and just care about the occasional glance of data and historical information, I would just stick with the EG4 monitoring app.
Are you on the latest version? I had to update and I have information under the power settings.
I don’t think I was at the time of the video. I noticed there was an update when I was editing and then I saw additional settings. Thanks!
Got my Solar Assistant going with both of my 6000XP's right over the dongles WiFi. What I like about SA is the near real time info.
Yeah, I love having all the real time data!