I checked out this instrument when it came out a couple years ago. In my opinion, there were two fatal flaws with it.
1. It only evaluates azimuths +/- 45 degrees of true south... 2. It required too many steps. I.e. Shoot at least 7 images; Download to your computer; Stitch the images together into a single file; Run the analysis; Generate the report... I discussed these issues with the Wiley folks and they pretty much didn't think any of this was a problem... Don't know if they have addressed these issues or not. From reading the manual again, it looks like they have not. Compared to the Solmetric SunEye, it's too limited, too complicated, and has too many chances for errors. The SunEye is a professional tool. The ASSET is not. $0.02001 -Matt Lafferty On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:46 PM, benn kilburn <b...@daystarsolar.ca> wrote: > Wrenches, > > I'm looking at trying out another 'solar site evaluation tool', the ASSET > (Acme Solar Site Evaluation Tool) from Wiley Electronics. I'm looking for > feedback on its performance and user-ability. > I have been using the pathfinder which is great, but not the pathfinder > software. > > Any comments on the ASSET or Pathfinder software would be greatly > appreciated. > > Cheers, > benn > > DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. > b...@daystarsolar.ca > 780-906-7807 > HAVE A SUNNY DAY > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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