This growth indicates that more homes and businesses are opting for renewable energy sources such as Solar, Inverters, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). This also allows consumers to choose which brands of BESS, Solar Panels, Inverters, and solar charge controllers they want to use.

Communication between all of these different devices is possible through a combination of Modbus and or Canbus, but the question is how do you enable remote monitoring and management?

For home users with existing Internet connectivity, the solution can be as simple as extending the network to the installation to connect either the Cerbo GX device through a hard-wired connection, or for such Inverter brands that have a Wi-Fi dongle, an additional MESH unit to extend the Wi-Fi coverage is a quick solution.

But what about solar farms, or containerised solutions that are installed in remote locations?  What do you need to look for in a router that can ensure, not only connectivity but also provide automatic failover connectivity to keep your installation data transmitting seamlessly to the Solar ERP?

The Teltonika range of industrial routers is a perfect fit for these types of installations. These devices connect to the brand-specific Data Logger either via standard Ethernet, Modbus TCP, or RS485.

The TRB140 offers 1 x WAN port and 1 x SIM slot, meaning that if you do have an Internet connection, you can set up 4G/LTE as the failover and with 2 digital I/O and 1 Ethernet port makes this a robust entry-level solution.