<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">It’s a definite mistake on the part of all these AIO’s that they don’t have a remote dedicated screen to use. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Not everyone uses the web or an app </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 21, 2026, at 5:37 PM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Is a local WiFi connection to a SolarAssistant on Raspberry Pi an option?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That would be app based, but it has summary level data that is consumer friendly. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Jason Szumlanski<br>Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group<br>NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)<br>Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956<br>Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:57 PM Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I have an elderly client who is averse to techy screens.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I need to give her a “battery level monitor “ from a dual 12KW Fortress inverter & 28.3KW of batteries instalation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Voltage alone is probably too complicated for her.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Though a voltage only battery level meter may be the answer.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Fortress has no remote option they said use your cell phone & the app.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">She has no internet or cell signal in the canyon & has had not good luck with star link. I do have a buried conduit to her cabin that I can hard wire to (suggestion)???<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">A shunt type monitor is not an option with (4) 0000 in and (4) – 0000 out on the negative cable. This all arose after all the cable installation…….<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">All suggestions welcome & thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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