Real Time Power Alerts
Instantaneous power exceeds thresholds
EnergyAI supports alerts that are triggered when total power off-take or feed-in exceeds or drops below specified thresholds. These notifications can be beneficial for end-users as customizable power alerts are available for each phase of their electrical installation. This helps users in various situations, such as preventing fuse blowouts or increasing self consumption when there is excessive energy generated by solar panels.
| Notification Code | Description |
|---|---|
| PT001.1 | Total power off-take has exceeded the defined upper threshold |
| PT001.2 | Total power off-take has dropped below the defined lower threshold |
| PT002.1 | Total power feed-in has exceeded the defined upper threshold |
| PT002.2 | Total power feed-in has dropped below the defined lower threshold |
Regularly monitor solar feed-in and off-take to optimize energy usage and minimize grid reliance.
When an installation feeds energy back to the grid, the power level has negative values, thus negative thresholds need to be defined for grid injection.
- PT002.2 can be used for alerts about excessive energy fed to the grid.
- PT002.1 can be used for alerts about low performance of a solar installation.
Consistently low performance in solar installations may indicate the need for maintenance or permanent shadowing.
The PT002.1 threshold can serve as a useful indicator during periods of high solar generation and low consumption, with a practical setting being the installed capacity minus the consumption of energy-intensive appliances.
Notification attributes
These notifications contain the following additional attributes
| Notification Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| threshold | The threshold for which the notification is triggered. Can be positive or negative. |
| phase | Possible values are MAIN, Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3. |
| external_installation_id | The installation for which the notification is triggered. |
Notifications setup
For these alerts to work, the end-users need to set the thresholds within the client application via the CE-API.
Positive thresholds are set for users to be notified about electricity off-take, while negative thresholds are set for users to be notified about electricity feed-in.
The end-user can configure up to four thresholds for the MAIN phase, while up to two thresholds can be set for each individual phase (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3) in the case of multi-phase installations.
Supported devices
These notifications are currently supported by the following list of devices
| Hardware Type | Number of phases |
|---|---|
| SBWF4602 | 1 & 3 |
| SBWF4612 | 1 & 3 |
| SBLR4912 | 1 & 3 |
| DNWF3913 | 3 |
| SBWF1001 | 1 |
API calls
The following endpoints can be used to specify and retrieve the power thresholds:
Updated about 2 months ago