Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Eric Kuhnke]

I thought this was funny, just saw it today on one of the Canadian
newspaper websites I check daily...

"how not to monitor your PV charge: Aim a $40 IP webcam at the front panel"

https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/05/10/riverdale-couples-grid-resilient-house-takes-on-climate-change.html


I will confess that I have aimed Unifi cameras at things with dial gauges
for fuel level before, but only as a temporary measure.



On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:04 AM, D. Ryan Spott  wrote:

> +1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface ***of the charge
> controller*** is in no way protected. I would not trust it on a network
> even if I had it behind a firewall.
>
> Whoops.
>
> ryan
>
> On 5/10/16 11:03 AM, D. Ryan Spott wrote:
>
> Make sure you have the most recent firmware for the charge controllers.
> There is a memory leak in older (5 years+) versions that would knock out
> monitoring. Charging would happen like normal but details about that
> charging were just static numbers.
>
> The new firmware now only leaks enough to freak out every 2 years or so.
> Just bounce the charge controller during your yearly maintenance and you
> should be good.
>
> +1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface is in no way
> protected. I would not trust it on a network even if I had it behind a
> firewall.
>
> ryan
>
> On 5/9/16 7:12 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
>
> How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the
> program? http interface?
>
> I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph arbitrary
> data from things that present more information via a non-SNMP interface...
> Been doing that for a while with external sources like weather data, I-5
> traffic, etc.
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews < 
> i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
>
>> I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any values you
>> want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to feed MRTG with the
>> actual voltages and currents through my Morningstars.   One less piece of
>> hardware and one less cable to deal with and one less voltage vampire on my
>> solar sites...
>>
>> On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:
>>
>>> if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
>>> everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built in SNMP
>>> is pretty limited.
>>>
>>> here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these values
>>> can be obtained via SNMP.
>>> Inline image 1
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke < 
>>> eric.kuh...@gmail.com
>>> eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
>>> numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing list?  I'm
>>> curious what it exposes.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett < 
>>> af...@zirkel.us
>>> af...@zirkel.us>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
>>> interface and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can
>>> also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module designed for
>>> the Morningstar controllers.
>>>
>>> -Sean
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke < 
>>> eric.kuh...@gmail.com
>>> eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or
>>> so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>>
>>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
>>> OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging
>>> amperage, input current from PV, current battery string
>>> voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> --
>
> Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
> Community Networking Solutions
> PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
> 360-499-2164
>
>
> --
>
> Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
> Community Networking Solutions
> PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
> 360-499-2164
>
>

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[D. Ryan Spott]

+1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface ***of the 
charge controller*** is in no way protected. I would not trust it on a 
network even if I had it behind a firewall.


Whoops.

ryan

On 5/10/16 11:03 AM, D. Ryan Spott wrote:
Make sure you have the most recent firmware for the charge 
controllers. There is a memory leak in older (5 years+) versions that 
would knock out monitoring. Charging would happen like normal but 
details about that charging were just static numbers.


The new firmware now only leaks enough to freak out every 2 years or 
so. Just bounce the charge controller during your yearly maintenance 
and you should be good.


+1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface is in no way 
protected. I would not trust it on a network even if I had it behind a 
firewall.


ryan

On 5/9/16 7:12 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the 
program? http interface?


I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph 
arbitrary data from things that present more information via a 
non-SNMP interface...  Been doing that for a while with external 
sources like weather data, I-5 traffic, etc.




On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews 
> wrote:


I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any
values you want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to
feed MRTG with the actual voltages and currents through my
Morningstars.   One less piece of hardware and one less cable to
deal with and one less voltage vampire on my solar sites...

On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:

if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP. The built
in SNMP
is pretty limited.

here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all
these values
can be obtained via SNMP.
Inline image 1

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke
>> wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing
list?  I'm
curious what it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett >> wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet
connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module
designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke
>> wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2
years or
so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to
integrate
OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values
like charging
amperage, input current from PV, current battery
string
voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be
nice too.







--

Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
Community Networking Solutions
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164


--

Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
Community Networking Solutions
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[D. Ryan Spott]

Make sure you have the most recent firmware for the charge controllers. 
There is a memory leak in older (5 years+) versions that would knock out 
monitoring. Charging would happen like normal but details about that 
charging were just static numbers.


The new firmware now only leaks enough to freak out every 2 years or so. 
Just bounce the charge controller during your yearly maintenance and you 
should be good.


+1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface is in no way 
protected. I would not trust it on a network even if I had it behind a 
firewall.


ryan

On 5/9/16 7:12 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the 
program? http interface?


I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph 
arbitrary data from things that present more information via a 
non-SNMP interface...  Been doing that for a while with external 
sources like weather data, I-5 traffic, etc.




On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews > wrote:


I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any
values you want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to
feed MRTG with the actual voltages and currents through my
Morningstars.   One less piece of hardware and one less cable to
deal with and one less voltage vampire on my solar sites...

On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:

if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built
in SNMP
is pretty limited.

here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these
values
can be obtained via SNMP.
Inline image 1

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke

>>
wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing
list?  I'm
curious what it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett

>> wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet
connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module
designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke

>> wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2
years or
so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values
like charging
amperage, input current from PV, current battery
string
voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
too.







--

Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
Community Networking Solutions
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Jesse DuPont]

  
  
Yeah, this is cool stuff, thanks Forest. I like the idea of
  pulling the data stream directly from the controller.


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Jesse DuPont

  Network
  Architect
  email: jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net
  Celerity Networks LLC
  Celerity
  Broadband LLC
Like us! facebook.com/celeritynetworksllc
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On 5/9/16 11:09 PM, Forrest Christian
  (List Account) wrote:


  
In relation to monitoring various charge controllers


We've also got a new unit coming, hopefully shipping in the next
2-3 months or so (we've ordered enclosures, which is a good
sign)


Pictures are up on the web at http://monitoryourworld.com/. 
  It's the top product picture.


It's essentially a sitemonitor and device interface in one.
   


The main advantage over the sitemonitor + expansion module
  product for SNMP-aware customers is that this is going to
  expose a lot more of the device information.  For everyone
  else, these units are intended more as a standalone monitoring
  and notification tool, which will include logging and
  graphing, along with threshold notifications via email and so
  on.


The initial release will be for the Morningstar SunSunsaver
  MPPT, the Morningstar ProStar MPPT, and the SunSaver Duo. 
  Shortly thereafter will be hardware releases which will
  support a whole bunch of additional controllers.  The ones
  which come to me off the top of my head are the Morningstar
  TriStar controllers and the Midnite Solar Classic and Kid
  charge controllers.


With that in mind, at a WISP Site, I'd probably still stick
  with the Sitemonitor + Expansion module just because you gain
  a lot more flexible monitoring of other parameters with this.


  
  
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Sean
  Heskett 
  wrote:
  We use
Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface
and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also
hook up to the
serial port a packetflux module designed
for the Morningstar controllers.


-Sean
  

  

  
  On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke 
  wrote:
  

  Is there anything new on the market in the
last 2 years or so that speaks SNMP over IP and
Ethernet?

  
  Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to
  integrate OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer
  values like charging amperage, input current from
  PV, current battery string voltage, etc.
  Temperature monitoring would be nice too.
  
  

  

  

  





-- 

  

  

  

  
Forrest
Christian CEO,
  PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
  Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address:
3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
  forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com
  
    

  

  

  
  
  

  

  


  

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Lewis Bergman]

Pretty graphs. Me likey.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:58 PM Jesse DuPont 
wrote:

> Here's the Cacti graphs, in case its helpful. This site only has a load of
> 900mA so it's done charging after less than 2 hours in the morning.
> "Negative" current (red) is battery charging. This is from today, it was
> partly cloudy. On the voltage chart, when the green (solar volts) goes
> above the red (battery volts), the controller (which is a Morningstar PWM)
> changed to battery maintenance because they're charged.
>
> *Jesse DuPont*
>
> Network Architect
> email: jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net
> Celerity Networks LLC
>
> Celerity Broadband LLC
> Like us! facebook.com/celeritynetworksllc
>
> Like us! facebook.com/celeritybroadband
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>
> On 5/9/16 9:36 PM, jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net wrote:
>
> We wire our solar controllers through the Tycon TPDIN. We graph voltages
> and current for the DC bus, batteries and solar panels separately in both
> the Dude and Cacti.
>
> Get Outlook for Android 
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:15 PM -0700, "Eric Kuhnke"  > wrote:
>
> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks
>> SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>
>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti
>> with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV,
>> current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
>> too.
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Forrest Christian (List Account)]

In relation to monitoring various charge controllers

We've also got a new unit coming, hopefully shipping in the next 2-3 months
or so (we've ordered enclosures, which is a good sign)

Pictures are up on the web at http://monitoryourworld.com/.  It's the top
product picture.

It's essentially a sitemonitor and device interface in one.

The main advantage over the sitemonitor + expansion module product for
SNMP-aware customers is that this is going to expose a lot more of the
device information.  For everyone else, these units are intended more as a
standalone monitoring and notification tool, which will include logging and
graphing, along with threshold notifications via email and so on.

The initial release will be for the Morningstar SunSunsaver MPPT, the
Morningstar ProStar MPPT, and the SunSaver Duo.  Shortly thereafter will be
hardware releases which will support a whole bunch of additional
controllers.  The ones which come to me off the top of my head are the
Morningstar TriStar controllers and the Midnite Solar Classic and Kid
charge controllers.

With that in mind, at a WISP Site, I'd probably still stick with the
Sitemonitor + Expansion module just because you gain a lot more flexible
monitoring of other parameters with this.


On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Sean Heskett  wrote:

> We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface and
> snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also hook up to the
> serial port a packetflux module designed for the Morningstar controllers.
>
> -Sean
>
>
> On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke  wrote:
>
>> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks
>> SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>
>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti
>> with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV,
>> current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
>> too.
>>
>>
>>


-- 
*Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.*
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com
  

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[jesse . dupont]

We wire our solar controllers through the Tycon TPDIN. We graph voltages and 
current for the DC bus, batteries and solar panels separately in both the Dude 
and Cacti.


Get Outlook for Android






On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:15 PM -0700, "Eric Kuhnke"  
wrote:










Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks SNMP 
over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti with 
OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV, current 
battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice too.

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Robert]

Nah, pulling it from the box with a modbus library...  scraping the http 
interface was a non-starter...


On 5/9/16 7:12 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the 
program? http interface?


I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph 
arbitrary data from things that present more information via a 
non-SNMP interface...  Been doing that for a while with external 
sources like weather data, I-5 traffic, etc.




On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews > wrote:


I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any
values you want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to
feed MRTG with the actual voltages and currents through my
Morningstars.   One less piece of hardware and one less cable to
deal with and one less voltage vampire on my solar sites...

On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:

if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built
in SNMP
is pretty limited.

here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these
values
can be obtained via SNMP.
Inline image 1

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke

>>
wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing
list?  I'm
curious what it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett

>> wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet
connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module
designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke

>> wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2
years or
so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values
like charging
amperage, input current from PV, current battery
string
voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
too.

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Eric Kuhnke]

How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the
program? http interface?

I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph arbitrary
data from things that present more information via a non-SNMP interface...
Been doing that for a while with external sources like weather data, I-5
traffic, etc.



On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews 
wrote:

> I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any values you
> want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to feed MRTG with the
> actual voltages and currents through my Morningstars.   One less piece of
> hardware and one less cable to deal with and one less voltage vampire on my
> solar sites...
>
> On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:
>
>> if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
>> everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built in SNMP
>> is pretty limited.
>>
>> here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these values
>> can be obtained via SNMP.
>> Inline image 1
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke > > wrote:
>>
>> Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
>> numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing list?  I'm
>> curious what it exposes.
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett > > wrote:
>>
>> We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
>> interface and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can
>> also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module designed for
>> the Morningstar controllers.
>>
>> -Sean
>>
>>
>> On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke > > wrote:
>>
>> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or
>> so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>
>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
>> OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging
>> amperage, input current from PV, current battery string
>> voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice too.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Sean Heskett]

meh the packetflux uses ~1watt (actually .7watt)...i think i can spare a
watt to monitor the system ;-)  plus it has a relay and some other features
that are useful at a solar site.

http://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-base-unit-ii/
http://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-interface-for-morningstar-serial/


-sean


On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews 
wrote:

> I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any values you
> want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to feed MRTG with the
> actual voltages and currents through my Morningstars.   One less piece of
> hardware and one less cable to deal with and one less voltage vampire on my
> solar sites...
>
> On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:
>
>> if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
>> everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built in SNMP
>> is pretty limited.
>>
>> here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these values
>> can be obtained via SNMP.
>> Inline image 1
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke > > wrote:
>>
>> Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
>> numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing list?  I'm
>> curious what it exposes.
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett > > wrote:
>>
>> We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
>> interface and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can
>> also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module designed for
>> the Morningstar controllers.
>>
>> -Sean
>>
>>
>> On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke > > wrote:
>>
>> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or
>> so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>
>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
>> OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging
>> amperage, input current from PV, current battery string
>> voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice too.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Robert Andrews]

I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any values 
you want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to feed MRTG 
with the actual voltages and currents through my Morningstars.   One 
less piece of hardware and one less cable to deal with and one less 
voltage vampire on my solar sites...


On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:

if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built in SNMP
is pretty limited.

here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these values
can be obtained via SNMP.
Inline image 1

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke > wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing list?  I'm
curious what it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett > wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke > wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or
so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging
amperage, input current from PV, current battery string
voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice too.

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Robert Andrews]

iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 = STRING: "Morningstar Corporation TriStar MPPT 
Charge Controller SNMP Agent"

iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0 = OID: iso.3.6.1.4.1.3
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0 = Timeticks: (2186905021) 253 days, 2:44:10.21
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 = STRING: "TSMPPT-MtHugh"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0 = INTEGER: 72



On 05/09/2016 02:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID, numeric,
and copy/paste the results back to the mailing list?  I'm curious what
it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett > wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface
and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also hook up
to the serial port a packetflux module designed for the Morningstar
controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke > wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so
that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS
and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage,
input current from PV, current battery string voltage, etc.
Temperature monitoring would be nice too.

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Eric Kuhnke]

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID, numeric, and
copy/paste the results back to the mailing list?  I'm curious what it
exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett  wrote:

> We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface and
> snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also hook up to the
> serial port a packetflux module designed for the Morningstar controllers.
>
> -Sean
>
>
> On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke  wrote:
>
>> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks
>> SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>
>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti
>> with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV,
>> current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
>> too.
>>
>>
>>

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Robert]

What version got snmp queries?   As far as I know they just kick out 
snmp alerts and traps..  I haven't seen operating data queries... But 
things may have changed...


On 5/9/16 2:30 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:


+1

On May 9, 2016 3:22 PM, "Sean Heskett" > wrote:


We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke > wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so
that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS
and Cacti with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage,
input current from PV, current battery string voltage, etc.
Temperature monitoring would be nice too.

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Jaime Solorza]

+1
On May 9, 2016 3:22 PM, "Sean Heskett"  wrote:

> We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface and
> snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also hook up to the
> serial port a packetflux module designed for the Morningstar controllers.
>
> -Sean
>
>
> On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke  wrote:
>
>> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks
>> SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>>
>> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti
>> with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV,
>> current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
>> too.
>>
>>
>>

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Sean Heskett]

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web interface and
snmp support via an Ethernet connection.  You can also hook up to the
serial port a packetflux module designed for the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke  wrote:

> Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks
> SNMP over IP and Ethernet?
>
> Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti
> with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV,
> current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
> too.
>
>
>

[AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[Eric Kuhnke]

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2 years or so that speaks
SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate OpenNMS and Cacti
with OIDs for integer values like charging amperage, input current from PV,
current battery string voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
too.