TL;DR
A monitoring portal is the web dashboard or phone app, fed by a solar system's gateway, where owners watch production in real time and review history by day, month, and year. Systems with microinverters or optimizers report each panel individually, exposing a failed unit or creeping shade that a single whole-system number would hide.
What it means
A monitoring portal is the web dashboard or phone app, fed by a solar system's gateway, where owners watch production in real time and review history by day, month, and year. Systems with microinverters or optimizers report each panel individually, exposing a failed unit or creeping shade that a single whole-system number would hide. Setting up owner access and alert emails is part of commissioning, and production data from it is the evidence for any performance guarantee claim.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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