This is solar panel monitor application demo program, which monitor single panel based solar panel with micro inverter generating electrical power and transmitting to the grid. These single solar panels were hang on the electrical pole along the street at different location, and the micro inverter connected with grid wire. Every micro inverter has a system which control and monitor power generating status and transmit data to power station data center through wireless network. This mobile Apps can communicate data center get data displaying on the cellphone screen. Through the App’s location service, operator can easily find each individual panel to do maintenance, check panel status, update calibrated data and send back to data center through cellular network.
Operation instruction as below,
1. When the App be opened, it come up the front page with 3 TabBarController item:Solar Panel, TableView, MapView. Click the buttons will bring up 3 page views.
2. In TabBarController TableView page, There is a “Refresh” button at top left corner and “Edit” button at top right corner. if it is first time to use, there is no data shown out. Click “Edit”, come up “Add Record” page.
3. At bottom of “Add Record” page, there are 5 command buttons: Get Data, Clear Data, Find, Save Data, Location.
Get Data: Load solar panel data from data center which connected an online server. Data be loaded into mobile’s memory with coredata model.
Clear Data: Erase data in mobile’s memory of coredata.
Find: Serach device ID which has text string of the “SN” box in coredata memory, and pop-up alert message if found device or or did not find device.
Save Data: Save content in text box (SN, Date, Status, Power, Latitude, Longitude)
Location: Show current location Latitude and Longitude.
4. Click “Get Data” button, it will pop-up “Data Saved” alert text box, which means data loaded online saved in phone memory. click “OK”.