Channel type
From PhotoVoltaic Logger new generation
Direct
- Can't have child channels
- Always readable
- Always writable
- Can always be used for charts
| Channel type | Model | Example unit |
|---|---|---|
| Current sensor | Sensor | A |
| Energy meter, absolute | Meter | Wh |
| Frequency sensor | Sensor | Hz |
| Gas meter | Meter | m³ |
| Gas sensor | Sensor | m³/h |
| Heat sensor | Sensor | W |
| Humidity sensor | Sensor | % |
| Irradiation sensor | Sensor | W/m² |
| Luminosity sensor | Sensor | lm |
| Power sensor | Sensor | W |
| Power sensor counter | Counter | W |
| Pressure sensor | Sensor | hPa |
| Radiation meter | Meter | µSV/h |
| Radiation sensor | Sensor | µSV |
| Rainfall meter | Meter | mm |
| Rainfall sensor | Sensor | mm/h |
| Switch | Switcher | |
| Temperature sensor | Sensor | °C |
| Timer | Meter | h |
| Valve sensor | Sensor | ° |
| Voltage sensor | Sensor | V |
| Water meter | Meter | m³ |
| Water sensor | Sensor | m³/h |
| Winddirection sensor | Sensor | ° |
| Windspeed sensor | Sensor | m/s |
Proxy
- Must have exact one child channel
- Always readable
- Never writable
- Can always be used for charts
| Channel type | Model | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Baseline | |
| Calculator | Calculator | |
| Dashboard channel | Dashboard | (Should be used only in dashboard) |
| History | History | |
| Sensor to meter | SensorToMeter | |
| Topline | Topline |
Calculating
- Must have child channel(s)
- Always readable
- Never writable
- Can always be used for charts
| Channel type | Model | Example unit | Childs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accumulator | Accumulator | unlimited | |
| Average | Average | unlimited | |
| Differentiator | Differentiator | unlimited | |
| Full Differentiator | DifferentiatorFull | unlimited | |
| Import / Export | InternalConsumption | 2 | |
| Ratio calculator | Ratio | % | 2 |
General grouping
- Must have child channel(s), 1 .. n
- Never readable
- Never writable
- Can't never be used for charts
| Channel type | Model |
|---|---|
| Building | Group |
| Group | Group |
| Inverter | Group |
| Multi-Sensor | Group |
| Power plant | Group |
Internal calculated
- Can't have child channels
- Always readable
- Never writable
- Can always be used for charts
| Channel type | Model | Example unit |
|---|---|---|
| Daylight | Daylight | |
| Estimate | Estimate | Wh |
| Fixed value | Fix | |
| Random | Random |
Specials
Collectors
These channel types accept special inputs for their readings.
- Must have child channel(s)
- Never readable
- Always writable
- Can't never be used for charts
| Channel type | Model | Childs |
|---|---|---|
| Fronius Inverter | Fronius\SolarNet | unlimited |
| Fronius Sensorbox | Fronius\SolarNet | unlimited |
| OpenWeatherMap | JSON | unlimited |
| SMA Inverter | SMA\Webbox | unlimited |
| SMA Sensorbox | SMA\Webbox | unlimited |
| SMA Sunny Webbox | SMA\Webbox | unlimited |
| Wunderground | JSON | unlimited |
Extractors
These channel types produces special outputs for their target usage.
- Must have child channel(s)
- Always readable
- Never writable
- Can't never be used for charts
| Channel type | Model | Childs | Readable | Writable | Chart available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV-Log Inverter | PVLog\Inverter | unlimited | yes | no | no |
| PV-Log Plant | PVLog\Plant | unlimited | yes | no | no |
| PV-Log Inverter (r2) | PVLog2\Inverter | unlimited | no (internally used by PV-Log Plant (r2)) | no | no |
| PV-Log Plant (r2) | PVLog2\Plant | unlimited | yes | no | no |
| Sonnenertrag JSON | Sonnenertrag\JSON | unlimited | yes | no | no |
