[RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

David Katz dkatz at aeesolar.com
Sat Feb 23 07:57:58 PST 2013


I used a Solar-Log with their wireless 485 solution to monitor a solar trailer about 500 feet away, through  wall.  It worked great.
David Katz

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On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:30 AM, "William Miller" <william at millersolar.com> wrote:

> Friends:
> 
> Thanks for the responses to my question.  Here is what I have learned:
> 
> The main problem is that the Sunny Boy is remote from the house and there 
> is no signal conduit.  There are any number of monitors that can hard wire 
> to the Sunny Boy, usually with an RS485 connection.
> 
> Without a hardwire path that solution is not so easy.  Apparently I need to 
> asses the viability of a wireless RS485 system.
> 
> I am wondering:
> 
> 1. Do I understand the above scenario correctly?
> 2. Do any of you have any experience with wireless 485 systems?
> 
> Thanks again for all of the help.
> 
> William Miller
> 
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