Live solar power and energy production
Connect your SolarEdge solar system to an online dashboard
If you already watch your solar production in SolarEdge's portal, SensorConsole lets you put it on the same dashboard as your sensors and smart devices. It reads your site's live power and daily, monthly and lifetime energy through SolarEdge's monitoring API, then charts the trend.
What you can monitor
- Current solar power output
- Energy produced today, this month, this year and lifetime
How to connect SolarEdge online
- Enable API access In the SolarEdge monitoring portal, open Admin and enable API access to generate a key. If you do not see it, ask SolarEdge support to enable admin access for your account.
- Find your site ID It is shown in your site's details in the portal.
- Add it to SensorConsole Choose Connect a sensor, pick SolarEdge, and enter the key and site ID.
- Mind the daily limit SolarEdge allows 300 API requests per day per key. SensorConsole checks every 15 minutes, which is about 96 a day.
Use cases
Production versus weather
See how output tracks your other sensors, such as light and temperature.
One screen for the whole property
Solar, water, air quality and soil on the same dashboard.
Questions about SolarEdge and SensorConsole
Can I monitor SolarEdge from my own dashboard?
Yes, using an API key from the SolarEdge monitoring portal.
How often does it update?
About every 15 minutes.
Does SolarEdge charge for the API?
API access is provided to account holders under SolarEdge's terms.
How the data gets there
inverter → SolarEdge monitoring cloud → SensorConsole