Several terms can be used to describe the performance of a solar installation for self-consumption:

• The rate of self-production: for the user this is the most important term because it represents the autonomy of the house vis-à-vis the public electricity distribution network. It also represents the savings, in the form of consumed electricity, which the user makes thanks to self-consumption photovoltaic installation.
• The rate of self-consumption: it is the part of the electricity production generated by the solar installation which is consumed directly on site. The higher this rate, the lower the amount of electricity fed into the public grid. It is possible to optimize the rate of self-consumption by putting certain electrical appliances into operation during the day, when the solar installation generates the most energy.
• The coverage rate: this is the ratio between the total production of the solar installation and the electricity consumption of the site.

Moreover, the dashboard displays information related to the battery:

• The state of charge, also called SOC represents the level of battery charge. It’s the exact opposite of the DOD which describes the depth of discharge.
• The status of the battery: during discharge (as well as the discharge current expressed in amperes), during charge (as well as the charging current expressed in amperes) or disconnected. When the battery is blinking, it is charging and the threshold at which discharge is allowed has not yet been reached.

The purpose of the park management supervision feature is to enable installers to quickly react to events that may impact the performance of the solar inverters and to trigger fast preventive actions. For the user, the park management provides increased security of the system’s operation.

The color of the geo-location picker varies depending on the collected data: solid green indicates the correct operation, flashing green indicates that the internet connection is slow, red indicates that the inverter has stopped following a fault condition, orange warns one of a non-critical problem and black indicates that the entered serial number is incorrect.

From the map view, the installer can then check the real-time status of the photovoltaic plant’s production and the events that were registered by the solar inverter, simply by clicking on the serial number associated with the particular installation.

The map view is followed by a table that allows one to browse through and filter the installations, with use of the search field located at the top right of the table. Clicking on a plus sign in the top-left corner of the table will bring up the page where new user accounts can be created.

To be able to connect to IMEON monitoring interface, the user must have a dedicated account. The account is created by the installer responsible for the solar self-consumption installation. After the creation of the account, the user will receive an email containing an identifier and a password allowing him to access the services. To connect to IMEON monitoring, the user must then log in to https://monitoring.imeon-energy.com/.

From IMEON web monitoring platform, the user will have remote access to all the historical operating data of his self – consumption system: electricity generated by the photovoltaic system, the production consumed directly, the production stored in the battery bank, the production injected into the public electricity distribution network and much more! It is important to remember that connecting your IMEON inverter to the web monitoring service automatically affords a 10-year manufacturer’s warranty.

It is in the form of a thread where each element is differentiated by its color and a pictogram.
The information event, in blue, indicates a state change in the product, such as updates or the first hybrid inverter first operation. The alerts, in yellow, warn of a non-critical annoyance in the operation of the inverter, such as a power outage or a battery not connected. The communication problems, in grey with a chain icon, warn of a loss of data transmission with the inverter external components (internet, smart-meter, battery).  Significant malfunctions for the inverter, in red, indicate a critical damage to the hybrid inverter. The violations of the normal operating conditions defined in the specifications of the hybrid inverter show in black. A detected violation removes the warranty in the event of operational problems that subsequently occur. For example, if the power consumed on the secured output exceeds the tolerated overload curve provided in the user manual, an event will be activated and visible from the timeline.
In the near future, events may be set by the user, such as exceeding a power threshold produced by photovoltaic panels or the crossing of a percentage of battery charge level. These events allow you to personalize your experience and display what matters to you.
On the installer side, a detailed table view with built-in filters can diagnose the events that have occurred to trace their origin through a detailed walk. More advanced diagnostic tools under development will help determine the causal relationships between certain events and errors that damaged the hybrid inverter to simplify the timeline analysis.