Solar Edge

The SolarEdge intelligent inverter solution maximizes power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced by the PV system. All data can be sent and analysed in your Data ub account.

Connect your SolarEdge account to Opinum

You will need your SolarEdge API Key and inverter ID to connect your PV system to Opinum.

The connection can be done at an account level to have the connection available by all users of the account, or at a user level. In this case only the user that has connected the SolarEdge account on its profile will have access to it.

To set up the connection at an account level for all users, go on Data Hub 5.0 Account > Settings > and click on the + button. In the External services pop-up select SolarEdge.

To set up the connection at a user level only for a user, go on Data Hub 5.0 on Profile > Services > and click on the + button. In the External services pop-up select SolarEdge.

The SolarEdge connection pop-up opens. Fill the fields with your SolarEdge API credentials. The name field refers to the ID of the inverter. When fields are filled, click on the Save button.

Create SolarEdge source

To create a source, click on the + in the menu displayed on every page and click on Add source. The pop-up of Source creation appears.

You can open this pop-up also in the following pages:

• On the Sources page, click on the Actions menu and select "Add a new source"
• On the Sites page, select a Site, click on Site details, open the Sensors and sources tab and select "Add a source".

Choose the site on which your SolarEdge source should be added, select the SolarEdge logo and click on the Next button. The dedicated pop-up of SolarEdge source opens.

The dedicated pop-up of SolarEdge source opens. First select the SolarEdge account you would like to use or add a new one.

Select the site to get a list of inverters you want to connect. The granularity of your SolarEdge data is 15 minutes by default, but you can change it if your SolarEdge is configured differently.

Select the variables you want to get the data and choose the default variable.

Click on the Save button. The source, the variables and trigger are created, and the data is imported into the new variables.

Data History

When a SolarEdge device is connected to Data Hub, the last 7 days of data are retrieved from your device.

If you want us to retrieve more historical data from your SolarEdge devices, please contact our support team support@opinum.com.

Users rights

To create a SolarEdge source, users need to have the following sources claim ADMIN. Managers can create SolarEdge source without any special configuration.