Hi, hope somebody can help me with this.
Sons house 2 doors away is rented out and has Power One inverter with 13 panels. No wi-fi in the house, no landline in the house (tenants do have a HUGE satellite dish talking to their television companies in Poland) - so can't do 'in house (powerline)' monitoring, as it were. People next door not likely to let me run cat5/USB cable under their eaves between the sons and my own house - even if a USB cable up to 15 metres would still work.
If I use RS485 to USB converter at the inverter, then use something like a TP-LINK USB range extender at the end of the USB coverter cable usually only 1 meter, will I be able to talk directly to the inverter over a wireless link from my laptop to the USB range extender and into the inverter, using the Aurora software, or do I need some additional 'data communication' bits in between.
Additionally, have been looking but failed to find RS485 or RJ45 cables that I can plug directly in the inverter, to connect the converter to it, so is the only option to hard wire the converter to the terminal block in the inverter.
Have got the Aurora Communication Software and manuals but they only deal with 'in the same house (powerline?)' monitoring setups without using wireless to talk to the inverter. Have chatted to them a couple of times but they insist they only deal with commercial wireless monitoring and data logger, alone, costs over six hundred quid so not sensible for domestic use. Didn't bother asking how much (including running costs) the GSM modem they use to talk to their arrays costs!
Told the boy 'he should have bought the house next door'! but will be very grateful for any help.
(For info, I am on the Forum as a Part P, Edn 17 installer cos I did the courses a few years ago to be able to legally do my own garage conversion electrics, as retired person, but I do not consider myself to be an 'electrician'.)
Sons house 2 doors away is rented out and has Power One inverter with 13 panels. No wi-fi in the house, no landline in the house (tenants do have a HUGE satellite dish talking to their television companies in Poland) - so can't do 'in house (powerline)' monitoring, as it were. People next door not likely to let me run cat5/USB cable under their eaves between the sons and my own house - even if a USB cable up to 15 metres would still work.
If I use RS485 to USB converter at the inverter, then use something like a TP-LINK USB range extender at the end of the USB coverter cable usually only 1 meter, will I be able to talk directly to the inverter over a wireless link from my laptop to the USB range extender and into the inverter, using the Aurora software, or do I need some additional 'data communication' bits in between.
Additionally, have been looking but failed to find RS485 or RJ45 cables that I can plug directly in the inverter, to connect the converter to it, so is the only option to hard wire the converter to the terminal block in the inverter.
Have got the Aurora Communication Software and manuals but they only deal with 'in the same house (powerline?)' monitoring setups without using wireless to talk to the inverter. Have chatted to them a couple of times but they insist they only deal with commercial wireless monitoring and data logger, alone, costs over six hundred quid so not sensible for domestic use. Didn't bother asking how much (including running costs) the GSM modem they use to talk to their arrays costs!
Told the boy 'he should have bought the house next door'! but will be very grateful for any help.
(For info, I am on the Forum as a Part P, Edn 17 installer cos I did the courses a few years ago to be able to legally do my own garage conversion electrics, as retired person, but I do not consider myself to be an 'electrician'.)