Channel type

Direct

• Can't have child channels
• Always readable
• Always writable
• Can always be used for charts

Channel type	Model	Example unit	Readable	Writable	Chart available
Current sensor	Sensor	A	yes	yes	yes
"Energy meter, absolute"	Meter	Wh	yes	yes	yes
Frequency sensor	Sensor	Hz	yes	yes	yes
Gas meter	Meter	m³	yes	yes	yes
Gas sensor	Sensor	m³/h	yes	yes	yes
Heat sensor	Sensor	W	yes	yes	yes
Humidity sensor	Sensor	%	yes	yes	yes
Irradiation sensor	Sensor	W/m²	yes	yes	yes
Luminosity sensor	Sensor	lm	yes	yes	yes
Power sensor	Sensor	W	yes	yes	yes
Power sensor counter	Counter	W	yes	yes	yes
Pressure sensor	Sensor	hPa	yes	yes	yes
Radiation meter	Meter	µSV/h	yes	yes	yes
Radiation sensor	Sensor	µSV	yes	yes	yes
Rainfall meter	Meter	mm	yes	yes	yes
Rainfall sensor	Sensor	mm/h	yes	yes	yes
Switch	Switcher		yes	yes	yes
Temperature sensor	Sensor	°C	yes	yes	yes
Timer	Meter	h	yes	yes	yes
Valve sensor	Sensor	°	yes	yes	yes
Voltage sensor	Sensor	V	yes	yes	yes
Water meter	Meter	m³	yes	yes	yes
Water sensor	Sensor	m³/h	yes	yes	yes
Winddirection sensor	Sensor	°	yes	yes	yes
Windspeed sensor	Sensor	m/s	yes	yes	yes

Proxy

• Must have exact one child channel
• Always readable
• Never writable
• Can always be used for charts

Channel type	Model	Childs	Readable	Writable	Chart available
Baseline	Baseline	yes	no	yes
Calculator	Calculator	yes	no	yes
Dashboard channel	Dashboard	yes	no	yes (Should be used only in dashboard)
History	History	yes	no	yes
Sensor to meter	SensorToMeter	yes	no	yes
Topline	Topline	yes	no	yes

Calculating

• Must have child channel(s)
• Always readable
• Never writable
• Can always be used for charts

Channel type	Model	Example unit	Childs	Readable	Writable	Chart available
Accumulator	Accumulator		unlimited	yes	no	yes
Average	Average		unlimited	yes	no	yes
Differentiator	Differentiator		unlimited	yes	no	yes
Full Differentiator	DifferentiatorFull		unlimited	yes	no	yes
Import / Export	InternalConsumption		2	yes	no	yes
Ratio calculator	Ratio	%	2	yes	no	yes

General grouping

• Must have child channel(s)
• Never readable
• Never writable
• Can't never be used for charts

Channel type	Model	Childs	Readable	Writable	Chart available
Building	Group	unlimited	no	no	no
Group	Group	unlimited	no	no	no
Inverter	Group	unlimited	no	no	no
Multi-Sensor	Group	unlimited	no	no	no
Power plant	Group	unlimited	no	no	no

Internal calculated

• Can't have child channels
• Always readable
• Never writable
• Can always be used for charts

Channel type	Model	Example unit	Childs	Readable	Writable	Chart available
Daylight	Daylight		none	yes	no	yes
Estimate	Estimate	Wh	none	yes	no	yes
Fixed value	Fix		none	yes	no	yes
Random	Random		none	yes	no	yes

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	Readable	Writable	Chart available
Fronius Inverter	Fronius\SolarNet	unlimited	no	yes	no
Fronius Sensorbox	Fronius\SolarNet	unlimited	no	yes	no
OpenWeatherMap	JSON	unlimited	no	yes	no
SMA Inverter	SMA\Webbox	unlimited	no	yes	no
SMA Sensorbox	SMA\Webbox	unlimited	no	yes	no
SMA Sunny Webbox	SMA\Webbox	unlimited	no	yes	no
Wunderground	JSON	unlimited	no	yes	no

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	no	no
PV-Log Plant (r2)	PVLog2\Plant	unlimited	yes	no	no
Sonnenertrag JSON	Sonnenertrag\JSON	unlimited	yes	no	no