Solar panel monitoring solution using IoT-Faststream Technologies

Solar Panel/Plant
Monitoring System

Content
▪ Company Overview
▪ Solution Overview
▪ IoT Implementation Overview
▪ Dust Monitoring and Alert System
▪ Our Monitoring Hardware
▪ Solar Energy Parameter
▪ Features of our Smart IoT Gateway
▪ Communication Interface
▪ Cloud Connectivity
▪ Benefits of our Solar Panel Monitoring system
▪ Our Partners
▪ Our Valuable Clients
▪ Office Location
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Faststream’s Facts:
Founded in 2008
Successfully delivered projects to customers in:
North America
EMEA
APAC
Headquartered in California, USA.
Subsidiary in Bangalore, India.
Branches in USA, Europe, China, Taiwan and India.
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▪ Using proactively monitoring solar panels for their functioning and addressing faults, we can retrieve efficient
power output against faulty solar panels, connections, dust gathered on panels lowering output and other such
issuesaffecting solar performance.
▪ Faststream Technologies offers an automated IOT based solar panel monitoring/troubleshooting system that
allows for automated solar panel monitoring from anywhere over the internet. As part of our solution, we make
use of several IoT gateways suitable for different needs, based on SoCs like STM32, ESP32, ublox, CC3200,
SiliconLabs, to monitor the solar panel parameters in turn providing Solar Plant Insights.
▪ Our system constantly monitors the solar panel and transmits various parameters to the Cloud over IOT
system. Here we make use of the IOT platform to transmit solar power parameters to Amazon/ Azure cloud
/IOT server via gateway (over WiFi and Ethernet). A powerful web interface allows viewing of data in
meaningfulformats, enabling users to make decisions.
Solution Overview…
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▪ The alerts originated from Panel comes to rescue in tackling situations like output falling below specific limits
or some sort of malfunctioning. This makes remote monitoring/handling of solar plants very seamless and
intuitive,addressing faults within stipulated time..
▪ We also have Alerts and monitoring interface on Android/iPhone for distributed Solar Panel Monitoring System
(SPMS). This method utilizes the Bluetooth interface of Android/iPhone as a communication link for data
exchange with digital hardware of the Solar Unit.
▪ Introduction to an instant monitoring solar panel system, that is constituted with a sensor on current and
voltage measurements of each panel source, the related values are measured with the developed sensing
circuits and processed by 18F4450 microcontroller of Microchip.
▪ The processed parameters are then transmitted to the personal computer (PC) over MODBUS to be saved in
the database and to observe the system instantly. The Coded visual interface of monitoring software can
manage the saved data to analyze daily, weekly and monthly values of each measurement separately.
Solution Overview…
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IOT Implementation Overview
Metering
▪ Metering
Adaptors –
Solar Energy .
▪ IIoT Gateway
with Cloud
Connectivity
Solution.
▪ DAQ / Data
logger.
Monitoring
▪ Solar Energy
Management /
Battery Monitoring
Control
▪ Panel Meter Control.
▪ Plant Vision.
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. Rugged Module
▪ 6LoWPAN, BT/BLE,
WiFi, GPS, LoRa,
GPRS/3G/LTE. .
▪ Analog IN, Digital IN,
Sensor, Modbus,
LoRaWAN.

It is a Data driven system which continuously monitors the
level of soiling on Solar panels.
It helps in data driven rationalizing O&M Cleaning
schedules of the Solar Panel Plant.
It can be optionally connected with our Pyranometers and
Rain sensors to further enhance its Alerting cycles.
DMAS comes bundled with a Web dashboard for Real-
time monitoring.
The actual alerts are sent automatically through SMS and
Emails.
DMAS seamlessly integrates with our Wireless connection
system .
DMAS will help in immensely saving time consumption
and labor cost.
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Dust Monitoring and Alert System
Faststream Technologies Dust Monitoring &
Alerting System (DMAS) alerts Solar Panel
Owners on when to clean the Solar panels.

 Data concentrator which collects data from all nodes in a Wireless Network.
 It can also directly interface to Inverters, Weather Stations, Transformer Panels, Energy Meters etc. over
MODBUS RS485 or TCP/IP.
 Collected data is routed to the Gateway which in turn uploads it to a Server/Azure/Amazon Cloud.
 The Data Concentrator Gateway can be connected to the Internet either via LAN cable, WIFI or 3G/4G USB
Dongle.
Monitoring Hardware-Data Concentrator with Gateway…
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 In case of Internet disruption, the collected data would be stored in Local memory. Minute by Minute data of up
to 60 days can be stored in Local Memory. Once the Internet service resumes, this data is uploadedto the
Server with their original timestamps.
 Data transfer between Server and Data Concentrator Gateway can be realized using JSON as well as MQTT
format.
 The Gateway can be used to remotely restart selectivelyany given Wireless Node within its Network.
 Complete wireless network health can be monitored by remotely connecting to the Gateway.
Monitoring Hardware-Data Concentrator with Gateway…
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 For equipment such as Inverters, Trackers, Weather Stations, String Monitoring Boxes. Etc. which have
TCP/IP MODBUS ports.
 IP65 Enclosed Solution
 Solar grade Cable Glands and wires used.
 Node supply input can be anywhere from 6V to 45V.
 Vendor Independent MODBUS TCP/IP Interface. Can be programmed to interface to any kind of MODBUS
device.
 Data is read from equipmentand Wirelesslysent to the Control Room via one Device Monitor RF protocol.
Monitoring Hardware-Gateway + Logger with MODBUS over TCP/IP Interface
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 For equipment such as Inverters, Trackers, Weather Stations, String Monitoring Boxes. Etc. which have RS485
MODBUS ports.
 Supports MODBUS over RS485 from 1200 to 128000 baud rate.
 Optional IP65 Enclosed or standard DIN rail mountable.
 Node supply input can be anywhere from 6V to 45V.
 Vendor Independent MODBUS Interface. Can be programmed to interface to any kind of MODBUS device.
 Data is read from equipmentand Wirelesslysent to the Control Room via Wireless RF protocol.
Monitoring Hardware-Gateway + Logger with MODBUS over RS485 Interface
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 It is a Multi channel system where the String Currents are measured using its built-in Hall Current Sensors.
 Currents up to 20A can be directly measured within +/- 100mA accuracy.
 2KV isolation is maintained across channels of the strings.
 Optional IP65 Enclosure with all currents tapped via MC4 connectors and glands.
 Operationalsupply voltage from 6V to 45V (tapped across a single Panel).
Monitoring Hardware-Direct String Current Measurement
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Solar Energy Parameter
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VOC (V),
open-circuit
voltage
VMP (V),
voltage at
maximum
power point
ISC (A),
the short-circuit
current
Imp (A),
Current at
maximum
power point
Pm (W),
Maximum
Power and
Maximum
Power Point
Load Run
hour
Meter Run
hour
Threshold
voltage
Threshold
current
FF (%), Fill
Factor

▪ We offer Smart IoT Gateway Solutions for the Solar Industry. Our IoT Gateway Solutions provides reliable and
highly scalable solutions for IoT deployment. The IoT gateway is a versatile device which reads the MODBUS
memory map of any RS-485 MODBUS protocol device and sends the data to the cloud server. The data stored
can be viewed as per customer requirement on dashboard. SIG is an ideal solution for online monitoring of RS-
485 MODBUS data.
▪ Our IoT Gateway Solutions mainly consist of GSM module and microcontroller-based control circuit. It supports
generic MODBUS RTU, MODBUS TCP/IP and MODBUS over TCP/IP Protocols for data acquisition and uses
MQTT protocol to communicate with IT application databases on cloud. Multiple slave devices can be
configured.It can remotely monitor all Solar panel sensor data to the cloud server.
Features of Our Smart IoT Gateway…
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▪ We offer Smart IoT Gateway Solutions for the Solar Industry. Our IoT Gateway Solutions provides reliable and
highly scalable solutions for IoT deployment. The IoT gateway is a versatile device which reads the MODBUS
memory map of any RS-485 MODBUS protocol device and sends the data to the cloud server. The data stored
can be viewed as per customer requirement on dashboard. SIG is an ideal solution for online monitoring of RS-
485 MODBUS data.
▪ Our IoT Gateway Solutions mainly consist of GSM module and microcontroller-based control circuit. It supports
generic MODBUS RTU, MODBUS TCP/IP and MODBUS over TCP/IP Protocols for data acquisition and uses
MQTT protocol to communicate with IT application databases on cloud. Multiple slave devices can be
configured.It can remotely monitor all Solar panel sensor data to the cloud server.
Features of Our Smart IoT Gateway
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Communication Interfaces
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Ethernet
Support both TCP server and client.
Supports 10/100 PHY.3
Wi-Fi
Supports WiFi Client/AP/Router.
2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n compatible.
LoRa
Long Distance, Low Power.
.
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GSM/GPRS/2G/3G/LTE
Operates both on SMS and GPRS
mode.
Supports TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP
protocols.
Can be controlled through standard
AT commands.
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 Cloudsolution for the multi-panelmonitoring.
 Allthe panel energy measurement parameters are transferred to Cloud& the consolidated report will be visible to the user. It can be
accessed in Mobile application.
 HTTP / MQTT protocol support, with Security, along with our
 IIoT IndustrialGateway Platforms.
 Data Logger.
 Control capability, back to the users.
 Battery Monitoring.
 Metering adaptors – for various other types of interfaces.
 Alarmsreporting.
 We provide a basic platform for cloud application & using the platform the OEM can develop their own application.
Cloud Connectivity
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 48 – Nodes Compatible with GSM
 70 – Nodes Compatible without GSM
 DualSIM slot for Redundancy
 Ethernet/RS-485/RS-232Input and Output Port (for
SCADA/PLC/PC )
 Optional 2 – RS485/RS232/Ethernet ports for customized
application
 Globalsupporting GSM module (2G-900MHz/1800MHz).
 Two settable Alarm set-points for each channel (High/Low).
 Communication Failure detection.
 4 – DPDT Relays.
Features of Our Smart IoT Gateway
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 Inbuilt Buzzer for Audio Alarm Indication.
 Bi-colour L.E.D. indications for Alarms & Device status.
 7V to 24V DC Input.
 Adaptor base power supply 9V/12V/15V.
 128 x 64 Graphical L.C.D. Display.
 Pen-driveInterface.
 SMS / Email Notification.
 MQTT / TCP-IP Connection.
 Cloud Base Support System.

Benefits of our solutions
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Real-time Visibility
Reduced Losses and
Downtime
Easy O&M operations
Cloud Based
24/7 Energy Monitoring
Reporting & Compliance
Warranty Enforcement
Health check up of solar
panels
Health check up of solar panels

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