how to log solar rawdata and % in a file?

meteofrog · 30 January 2016 11:55

Hi guys,
does anybody know, how to log solar rawdata and percentage in a file ?
That would be helpful for check an optimize solar settings.

thanks!

Walcot · 30 January 2016 16:03

Raw solar data is stored in myyyyvantagelg.txt (m=month & y=year) in the logfiles directory. If you open the file in excel it’s the sixth column from the left. Not sure whether the solar % is stored anywhere.
I’ve had solar panels fitted and am currently trying to correlate the total solar radiation in each day with the kWh generated by my solar panels and it seems to be a fairly good correlation so far.

windy2 · 30 January 2016 18:36

you can also create your own logfile, based on custom tags, and so log just about ever you want
(see under setup, logfile setup)

meteofrog · 31 January 2016 13:56

you mean this one? …
which settings do I have to do when like to create a daily logfile with data for each minute + each percentage value?

thanks!

windy2 · 31 January 2016 19:48

you could use the appropriate custom tag in the custom logfile template

meteofrog · 3 February 2016 15:23

two more questions:

when solar % instead if W/m2 is ticked, will it also be applicable for mmyyyyvantagelg.txt ?

and does it deliver same values as %currentsolarpercent%?

thanks!

windy2 · 3 February 2016 23:12

that setting only applies to the scriptlog.txt (used with homeseer)