genitree solar inverters are at their
core Off the Grid or off-grid inverters
however they do support all modern
Wireless capabilities these include
over-the-air software updates tweaks
enhancements as well as remote
monitoring and controls all of which are
completely optional for the end user
keeping informed with a true
off-the-grid inverter however for those
of you who are interested in a connected
inverter this video will give you a
detailed look at the features offered by
our Wi-Fi capabilities so stay tuned
thank you
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well hey everyone how's it going Sean
here at genitree solar and before I get
into this video I want to talk about
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so as I had mentioned earlier genetry
solar inverters are designed primarily
for off-the-grid use
the inverter is powered by a battery
bank which is charged by wind solar or
generator and you have what is
essentially a micro Grid in your home
now despite the fact that we are off the
grid Arbiters still employ all modern
Wi-Fi and over-the-air features now I
would like to pause here and say that
our Wi-Fi chip can be completely
disabled and genitree solar does not in
any way track any customer data location
or historical use even when you are
connected to the internet a completely
disabled Wi-Fi means just that disabled
Big Brother cannot watch you either way
geometry solar inverters offer a
comprehensive feature set that allows
the end user to not only monitor vital
stats of the inverter but also take
complete control of the inverter through
screen mirroring best of all it's free
no monthly plans no purchase add-ons no
paywalls no complicated mess free means
free after you purchase is the inverter
of course now I have done a detailed how
to get connected video which I will link
here and that will allow you to take
advantage of all we have to offer
every genitry solar inverter comes with
Wi-Fi there is a Wi-Fi tab on the LCD
screen just use the navigation buttons
to bring up the Wi-Fi tab enter that Tab
and you will see quite a few options
pertaining to your very own Wi-Fi setup
so really the first thing I want to talk
about is the over-the-air updates
periodically geometry solar will release
a new software update to the inverter
which can include new features
enhancements stability updates and even
bug fixes when available you will see
this new version displayed on the update
line choosing this update will download
said update install the update to the
inverter and then restart the inverter
please note that the inverter will be
offline for the entire update process
which usually takes about a minute or so
and then you will be on the latest
firmware
but there is one great thing about our
inverters that you may not have ever
considered not all of our software
updates actually come from our own list
some of these updates are actually
customer requests now imagine calling us
up and requesting a new feature to be
added to the inverter which will benefit
you maybe others as well see if you can
call up our competitors with any of your
requests let me give you a few examples
so the first example we did have a
customer who requested that the power
LED switch be disabled that is the LED
itself kind of like a night mode if you
will well a few lines of code later and
it was not only pushed to that one
customer through a tech Branch update
but also eventually pushed to all of our
remaining customers
another great example would be a battery
percentage reading on the screen versus
a voltage only reading on the screen now
this was requested by one of our
customers who was away from home for
long periods of time and then it made it
an easier way for his wife to understand
the state of charge for their battery
Bank these are just two examples of the
many features we have added to our
inverters to meet our individual
customer needs that also may be useful
for other customers
now of course this can only be done if
the hardware supports it but as a side
note a lot of our Hardware that we have
on our boards now is the result of
customers using our inverters sometimes
outside of the norm so we usually add
protections to the inverters to prevent
premature failure so our willingness to
add a feature that may only benefit a
single customer should really drive home
the fact that we actually do care about
our customers we care about our
customers experience even if they only
purchase a single inverter from us their
entire life so now I want to move on to
the remote monitoring ability that the
GS inverter line is capable of if you go
to your Wi-Fi tab on the inverter and
scroll down to staff or static IP you
will see the IP address that the
inverter has been assigned by your local
Wi-Fi router again this assumes that you
have set up the inverter to connect it
to your local internet if not here
there's that video again that will help
you get set up
now all you need to do is point a
Windows Mac Android or iOS web browser
to that location adding a slash remote
dot HTM to bring up the stats screen
here you will see an easy to read
dashboard displaying the most critical
vitals of your inverter
these are easy to read and they can be
displayed on a tablet full time where
you can actually Mount that tablet on a
wall in a room or even multiple rooms
for an at the glance health monitor
now also displayed on this page is fan
speed inverter temperature any errors or
Warnings lifetime stats as well as some
basic controls now this page can also be
accessed from anywhere in the world
provided your router supports it as well
as registering the inverter with our
remote logging server if you are
interested in how to register your
inverter please see the video here with
detailed instructions on how to get your
inverter registered with our remote
server have no fear we still do not
track any customer information or stats
with that server
so in order to gain access to this page
from anywhere in the world you would
simply go to the link
here with any compatible browser
wi-fi.genetrysolar.com
you will be greeted with a login
credential and you will be able to then
monitor one or more inverters while away
from your home or the inverted location
provided the inverter has a stable
internet connection
for those of you who are on a limited
bandwidth rest assured that the amount
of data that's transferred during the
remote monitoring is minimal also for
those who might be worried about someone
else monitoring your system each
inverter has a unique ID and you
register that ID with your login account
it is currently not possible to have the
same inverter registered with multiple
accounts so the next part of our remote
feature set is the screen mirror which
is basically full control of the
inverter as if you were standing right
in front of it using the LCD it will
display the LCD on a local server for
you to manipulate much like you would in
a physical form going to that same local
IP address as before which was assigned
by your router you can choose the screen
mirror tab in which the inverter LCD
screen as well as controls will be
displayed for your manipulation
so long as you are in range with your
local network you will be able to
provide full control over the inverter
from a local location please note that
as of this video screen mirror is not
available on our web server for security
reasons but plans are be considered to
bring this feature to our customers with
a future update to our remote server it
is however possible to make use of port
forwarding on your router to gain access
but that's beyond the scope of this
video and it is not encouraged by
geometry solar now as an added bonus all
of our new genetry solar inverters
feature data ports for rs-232 485 or can
bus depending on the customer's
requested configuration and it may be
possible to display on your portal all
of your Off the Grid devices connected
such as charge controllers and BMS
systems this will of course require a
future software update but the hardware
does in fact support this
so let's conclude this video with a
quick recap all genitry solar inverters
have built-in Wi-Fi that can be disabled
if so desired Wi-Fi enabled does allow
for more updates to enhance or improve
the inverter and may even allow you the
customer to request a feature be added
in software to meet your needs it
enables an inverter monitoring either by
local or remote and it allows for local
screen mirroring giving you total
control of the inverter the inverter you
purchased today will only get better
with age I would like to thank you all
for watching this video genitree solar
is a small business in the United States
we assemble our inverters here right
here in the United States we offer great
warranties as well as great customer
service please visit our website
generous silver.com for more information
on our products
I do thank you again for all of your
support as always and
take care
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