Raspsolar

A server that waits for incoming solar panel data, parses it and sends the data to pvoutput.org

Tested with omnik 2000tl2 inverter and Growatt inverter GT0012F111 with WiFi module

setup / configuration

• First copy the config example file: cp .env.dist .env
• edit .env file and fill in your pvoutput.org APIkey and SystemID values, along with your solar panel configuration (growatt, solaredge or omnik)

usage

npm install
node raspsolar.js

usage with docker

docker run -it --rm -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:13-buster npm install
docker run -it --rm -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app -p 5279:5279 node:13-buster node raspsolar.js

config file values per installation

• INSTALLATION_LABEL: used as identifier in console logs and capture files
• INSTALLATION_TYPE: server or logger
• PVOUTPUT_APIKEY: apikey created on pvoutput.org
• PVOUTPUT_SYSTEMID: systemid of the installation on pvoutput.org
• DATAPARSER: can be either 'omnik' or 'growatt', depending on different kind of inverter data
• PORT: port on which to listen for data for this specific installation

specific config file values for solaredge

• DATAPARSER: 'solaredge'
• FREQUENCY: '*/5 * * * *': cron style frequency of how frequent to poll the api
• SOLAREDGE_APIKEY: 'xxxx'
• SOLAREDGE_INSTALLATIONID: 'xxxx'