Wiring: My Solar-Log™ hangs in the basement, but my PC is in the loft - what to do about this?

The simplest method of "wiring" within a house is via the mains supply. For this purpose we offer a "Solar-Log™ Powerline Packages" that consists of two mains supply adaptors. The work trouble-free without any need for installation. They simply need two sockets and the two mains supply adaptors. You connect the Solar-Log™ with one adaptor, and the PC with the other. All of the data is sent via the power cable.

But if I use the mains supply I need a phase coupler!

No you do not, the devices from the company Microlink/Devolo that are contained in the Solar-Log™ Powerline Package do not need a phase coupler or similar.

I already have a small network installed with an internet router and WLan to my notebook. How do I connect the Solar-Log™?

If a cable connection from the Solar-Log™ to the internet router is possible, you can use a conventional Ethernet network cable (length up to 100m), otherwise we also recommend the Solar-Log™ Powerline Package. One mains supply adapter for the Solar-Log™, the other is connected to the internet router. This provides the Solar-Log™ with access to the internet and via your notebook and WLan you have automatic access to the Solar-Log™.

My photovoltaic plant is installed on the garage roof next to the house, linear distance 30 metres.

As long as the power cables from the garage run over the same meter reader as in the house, you can also use the Solar-Log™ Mains Supply Set.

I do not want to connect my network via power cable, I want to use Wlan!

No problem, in general you can use any means to network that exists for your PC. There are many possibilities.

My PV plant is 40km away on another house, what can I do?

Direct access to the Solar-Log™ is of course now not possible in the absence of another solution. However if you have a telephone connection available at the location you can for example use the Solar-Log™ Modem Set for the Solar-Log¹⁰⁰⁰. Then you can obtain information daily via email/SMS about the daily yield, be automatically informed in the event of plant issues, or if you like, you can set up a homepage which is updated every two hours, for example. In this way you always have access to current and past data.

At the site where my PV plant is installed there is no telephone connection. What are the alternatives?

The alternatives are modems via mobile radio technology. GPRS is the conventional mobile radio technology which is available practically everywhere, including in the country. To use it you require the Mobile Radio Package for the Solar-Log¹⁰⁰⁰.

Caution: GPRS access as provided by the provider "Fonic" is not compatible with the Solar-Log™ Mobile Radio Package.

If you operate the GPRS modem using a Vodafone card and have problems gaining access, please try entering "d2" under both "User" and "Password".

Solar-Log™ can display 2 plants with their corresponding compensation for electricity fed into the grid and forecasts.

Example: Plant 1: “House", south-facing, installed 2 years ago
Plant 2: “Barn", south-west-facing, installed this year.
(Fig. 1)

Configuration (Fig. 2):

1. Under Configuration - Plant groups select the point “the inverters are separated into plant groups".
   
2. Create a new group by entering the name of the group under “Group".
   
3. Under “add" appears a choice box with all of the inverters. By selecting the corresponding inverter the groups are aligned; continue until all of the inverters have been assigned.
   
4. Lastly, for each group created the compensation for electricity fed into the grid can be stored in cents and the annual target can be stored in kWh/kWp.

Now you can use the visualisation to select the groups created and display the total output of the corresponding inverters. Under "complete plant" the yields that the different remunerations comprise are added.