PV Output
To get started, you will need your System ID and API Key from your Account Settings (http://pvoutput.org/account.jsp). Both are towards the bottom of your system settings on pvoutput.org.
Adding your initial system will also configure your Master API Detail. All calls to PVOutput.org are made using the Master API detail unless you override the API key on a per system basis.
Pull out the Navigation Drawer to go to your system. From there, swipe left and right, up and down to change views.
If you use Efergy, view your live statistics by subscribing and adding a Live Feed.
Edit your system settings via the Systems sub-menu. Set it as the default to go straight into the detail view for that system every time you launch the app.
If you don't have live Intraday data, edit your system and turn off the Intraday pages. Manually add your daily data directly from the app.
Access to pvoutput.org data is governed by the pvoutput.org API limits and restrictions. Making a donation to pvoutput.org will provide API bonus features that this Android app takes advantage of but it is not mandatory for basic app functions. See http://pvoutput.org/help.html#donations for further detail. Of particular interest are the following:
- Higher rate limits.
- The ability to retrieve detail and generation data for any system.
General features include:
- Search for and Add any system on pvoutput.org. View limited system detail (including map) prior to adding.
- System Detail shows location using Google Maps and lifetime statistics
- Intraday, Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly Generation and Consumption.
- Swipe left/right to move between days or keep swiping to move to Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly.
- Swipe up/down to toggle view modes between Generation and Consumption or other views such as High/Average/Low.
- Portrait shows Graph + List of data. Click on data heading to toggle display of Graph to view data list in full screen.
- Landscape shows full screen graph.
Home Screen Widgets:
- Pro Widget in-app subscription (7 day free trial) for additional 2x1 graph and 1x1 text home screen widget options.
- A single textual 2x1 home screen widget for Generation and Consumption data is enabled without having to subscribe.
- Click on the system name to re-enter the widget configuration screen.
- Optimise the width/height of the graphs for your screen.
- Place a 2x1, resize and then adjust the width/height via the widget configuration screen.
Drill Mode:
- Indicated by drill period in round brackets in page heading.
- When in drill mode, swipe left/right to move period. eg: move from month to month, year to year etc.
- Use the back button to exit Drill Mode.
- Access Drill Mode via list click or long press.
Want to go Ad Free?You have two options:1. Be an active supporter of pvoutput.org by making a donation AND join the 'McDonalds Android App' team on pvoutput.org 2. Ad Free in-app subscription (7 day free trial)
Show your support and join the PVOutput Android App Team. Join/Leave the Team directly from the app in the System Edit page or see http://pvoutput.org/ladder.jsp?tid=350
Don't hesitate to drop me an email ([email protected]) with any problems or suggestions.
Use this link to join the Beta Test Group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pv-output-android-app-beta-test-group
This application uses Google Analytics to anonymously collect usage stats. You may opt out via an in-app preference. I hope you don't ... the stats keep me motivated ;)
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Reviews (28)
App will no longer allow me to connect to my account. Wasted a load of time trying to figure this out. Annoyingly I had only recently subscribed to ad-free and some widgets!
Been using this app for several years with no problems but latest update 2.53 widgets on home screen no longer work. I am using Android 12 if that is any help. Fixed now. Thanks Mark.
Mark, I've been using the app for one year and I must say it works like a charm. Very clear UI and stable application. It's a must have app for solar owners.
Widgets are not properly working and I've ads in your app after purchasing pro version.. please fix your widgets and remove ads from pro version....
Fantastic app! Does everything I need it to do for displaying solar output especially daily output widget!
Live output widget no longer working. I checked IP and then clicked the check config button and got Cleartext HTTP not permitted
Hey it works again, sorry I had to reinstall it before I complain thx for the tip
Great app used daily. Thank you.
pretty much useless
Been using this for years but recently updated to a new phone and it looks different. Some of the columns which used to be there (like the rolling 30 day average on the Daily Generation page) have gone, although more detail has appeared in the graph. Is there any way to get the lost columns back?
Brilliant app, and the developer (Mark) is really responsive. Highly recommended!
Outstanding
App no longer updating data from my array. Enphase website works correctly. 3-21-18 last update.
Used to work reasonably well now it fails to start, just crashes
Great app. Would be great to see "WattVision" or "Rainforest" API access added to the live consumption feeds. Thanks.
All the information you could need.
Was much better before last update. Now a "used" column shows up on every page, which is not relevant to me. Can't seem to switch it off. Also 30 day average column has disappeared, dispute being set on under preferences. Also high average and low columns have disappeared, which I quite liked.
Great app for interacting with Pvoutput data. Wide range of views. Love the integrated previous day data on the current day data. Author is easily contactable regarding suggestions and improvements.
Responsive developer. App is used daily.
Most recent change is drawing the text black on dark grey, not very helpful. Prior to this change it also seemed to take two or three refresh attempts to get the data to display. Can't tell if this is fixed due to the black on grey text issue.
The app shows useful information from PVOUTPUT and displays it in good looking graphs. The only problem I have is that it is soooo slow. Even on my Galaxy S7. Other PVOUTPUT apps swipe effortlessly and are very fluid when moving between screens. This one suffers from a delay/lag like it's running on a very slow phone. The information presented in the app great but the performance needs to be tweaked.
Not sure what happened but this thing is now sooooooooo slow it's just about worthless. Really wait 2 min just to load 1 graph? It used to be almost instant. Sorry to say but barely worth using like this. Hope you can fix whatever the issue is. Maybe need to find an old version I have backed up somewhere...
....slow to update at times.
After making big improvements to the app, it has now been ruined by the latest updates, making it deadly slow and effectively useless. It takes ages to pull down today's data and won't draw a graph before my phone goes to sleep. Shame.
Great App that gives you a quick overview on how your PV-set is performing.
Love it great app for keepin up with my system
September update broke this app update: been in contact with dev (who is excellent btw) about issues I'm having. Unfortunately issues since September update remain: data update takes 10-15 min and several tries, columns do not line up (seem shifted), previous data always must be re-fetched (again, very slow). And quite frankly, I find the dashboard implementation quite cumbersome.
Nice and useful data graphs, I particularly like the consumption one that shows me with different colours the TOU tariffs and solar. But why do grids use random values? Why not just draw lines at round numbers like 1kW rather than 1023W 🤔 And thanks for fixing that daylight savings bug 😋