Preparing your device
If you purchased a complete device you can skip this article.
Hardware support
| Device | Remarks | Video output |
|
Raspberry PI 1, 2 Raspberry PI Zero |
Not officially supported, but used by some users | None |
|
Raspberry PI Zero W Raspberry PI 3A+ |
Data is real-time within 2 - 4 seconds Historic metric every 30 seconds |
None |
|
Raspberry PI Zero 2 W Raspberry PI 3B, 3B+ Raspberry PI 4B |
Data is real-time within 1 - 2 seconds Historic metric every 10 seconds |
None |
| Orange PI 3 LTS (Must be LTS) |
Data is real-time within 1 - 2 seconds Historic metric every 10 seconds |
Full HD |
NB: All other Orange PIs, Banana PIs, Rock PIs, etc. are not supported. Virtual machines, docker, etc. is also not supported.
| SD card | Remarks | |
| Minimum: 8GB | 10 years of data for a single inverter | |
| Recommended: 16GB | 10 years of data for up to 9 inverters | |
Step 1
If you have purchased a SolarAssistant license, the sites page will display a link to download the latest SD card image. Go ahead and download it.
If you want to purchase a license, please visit our online shop.
Step 2
Extract the Zip file you downloaded and flash the ISO file to an SD card. We recommend using Balena Etcher.
Step 3
Insert the SD card in the SolarAssistant Pi and turn it on. It will not display anything on an attached monitor. Please follow one of the guides below.
