I have also been able to use a Yagi antenna and the proper cable to acquire 2.4GHz WiFi from a remote source. My work has been with Fronius inverters, but I would imagine SMA would be similar. They also have parabolic dishes with higher gain
L-Com is where I get them from. A couple of advantages here – no programming and no active powered parts. -Glenn From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf Of AE Solar Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 1:48 PM To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites Wrenchers, We have a project on a large property, where the install site has no internet (there is internet much further away on the property, and on a different service) and cell reception is pretty bad. We attempted to use SMA Cell Modem Kits (sunny boy inverters), but couldn't get a good enough signal for them to work. The client was fine with having just a production meter with no internet based monitoring. Now there is the possibility of expanding the system quite a bit (also with Sunny Boy's), and I'd prefer to figure out a way to monitor everything from offsite. Has anyone had any success using a third party antenna with the SMA Cell Modem Kits? Or have thoughts on other methods for setting up monitoring where we could, at a minimum, see the combined output of all the inverters? Thanks for any thoughts. Adam Adam Katzman (he/him) Autonomous Energies | Owner/Operator www.AutonomousEnergies.com <http://www.autonomousenergies.com> (518) 567-1468
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