Solar System Dashboard

Live SolarAssistant Data

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PV Array -- 14 x 450 W panels

Grid -- --

Inverter -- 12 kW single-phase

House -- Live demand

Generator -- Standby

Battery -- --

Diesel tank --

Enter tank litres to start the estimated gauge.

Current use--

Cost rate--

Cost/kWh--

Total solar -- kWh recorded

Self-sufficiency -- of consumption covered

Grid import -- kWh from grid

Best month -- --

Tariffs & Savings

Enter an import tariff to calculate historic and live savings

Historic net savings----

Today net savings--from live rollups

Avoided grid cost--historic workbook

Actual energy cost--grid minus export plus diesel

Generator fuel cost--historic + live where available

Monthly Energy Balance

Solar, consumption, and grid import

Self-Sufficiency

Share of consumption not supplied by grid

Weather Impact

Average solar kWh per day

Monthly Savings Trend

Baseline cost, actual bill estimate, and net savings

Battery Throughput

Monthly charge and discharge energy

Solar Condition Days

Number of days in each peak-sun-hour band

Solarman Energy Split

API ratio trends for generation, battery, use, and import

Year-over-Year Solar

Monthly solar production compared by calendar month

Monthly Detail

Monthly rollup table Workbook totals by month

Month	Days	Solar	Consumption	Grid	Self-suff.	Weather

Top Production Days

Highest daily solar readings

Top production days table Latest high-production days first

Date	Solar	Peak h	Weather	Grid

Low Production Days

Lowest daily solar readings

Low production days table Lowest solar days first

Date	Solar	Peak h	Condition	Grid

Monthly Savings Detail Baseline cost, actual cost, and net savings

Month	Baseline cost	Grid energy cost	Fixed charge	DSM levy	Actual bill est.	Net savings	Avoided grid	Export credit

Live Daily Totals

Waiting for live rollup data

Daily totals table PV, load, battery, grid, generator, fuel, and cost

Date	Coverage	PV	Load	Grid import	Grid export	Battery charge	Battery discharge	SOC range	Generator	Generator runtime	Fuel	Cost	Cost/kWh	Generator states

Live Hourly Rollups

Latest saved live-source hourly aggregates

Hourly rollups table Expand for recent hourly detail

Hour	Coverage	PV	Load	Grid import	Grid export	Battery charge	Battery discharge	SOC range	Generator	Generator runtime	Fuel	Cost	Cost/kWh	Generator states

Live Source Messages

Latest raw values received from the selected live source

Messages table Expand for the latest live source values

Source	Topic	Value	Received

Live Quality Events

No live quality events recorded

Held and discarded messages table Out-of-bounds and confirmation-filtered live source samples

Time	Source	Topic	Value	Reason	Compensation

Workbook Upload the active historic data workbook

Name Loading workbook...

Modified --

Reading the workbook...

Upload workbook

Historic Data Source Use the workbook or imported Solarman OpenAPI history

Source

Did You Know Tone used for insight cards

Insight tone

Choose how the Did You Know cards should speak. The numbers and calculations stay exactly the same.

Solarman OpenAPI History Cloud station history imported into the local dashboard cache

API base URL App ID App Secret Username / email Password Station ID Import from Import to Export from Export to

Waiting for Solarman API access.

--Calls used --Remaining --Allowed

Tracker waiting for API configuration.

Live Data Source Choose SolarAssistant MQTT or direct Deye Solarman dongle polling

Source

SolarAssistant MQTT Use when SolarAssistant is publishing MQTT state messages

Enter SolarAssistant MQTT details, then save to verify the broker.

Broker IP Username Password Off-grid: ignore MQTT grid power

Deye Solarman Dongle Local Solarman V5 polling on TCP port 8899

Enter dongle details, then save to verify direct Solarman polling.

Dongle IP Logger serial Port Modbus slave Poll seconds Profile Off-grid: ignore Solarman grid power

Tariff Schedule Import Upload residential tariff PDFs, review extracted periods, then accept into tariff profiles

Import mode Target profile Tariff PDF

Advanced: local AI assistance Optional fallback for unusual PDFs

Local AI is optional. It may help interpret unusual PDFs, but deterministic extraction and validation remain the source of truth.

Try local AI if deterministic extraction needs help Ollama API URL Ollama model Ollama executable path AI timeout seconds Auto-start local Ollama when needed

No active tariff import draft. Upload a PDF to begin a clean review.

Replace existing duplicate tariff periods when accepted

Tariff Profile Residential tariff periods used for historic and live savings calculations

Municipality

Residential tariff plan

Tariff name Tariff type

Tariff period

Create or select a tariff plan, edit the selected tariff period, then save. Add tariff period is used when a new tariff year or schedule starts.

Effective from Effective to Fixed-charge treatment Export R/kWh Service charge R/month Capacity charge R/month DSM threshold kWh/month DSM levy R/kWh Source document Source note / page reference Season

Consumption Blocks

Monthly progressive rates

From kWh	To kWh	Rate R/kWh

Generator Fuel Diesel price and current tank level

Diesel R/L Tank capacity L Tank litres