renogy-rover

A pure Javascript driver for the Renogy Rover 20/40 AMP MPPT controller.

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The Renogy Rover is a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) solar power system controller available for 20 or 40 amps. It provides a modbus protocol for monitoring real time or historical data.

This module allows use of a small computer such as a RaspberryPi to remotely monitor a solar power system and communicate with the cloud.

It uses modbus-serial npm for the low level modbus transactions.

**This package allows monitoring solar power systems.

• What can I do with this module ?
• Compatibility
• Examples
• Methods

Install

npm install renogy-rover

What can I do with this module ?

Monitor solar power systems with a RaspberryPi, Linux computer, PC, or Mac.

Compatibility

Functions implemented:

• connect

• getProductModel

• getPanelState

• getBatteryState

• getHistoricalParameters

Examples

Connect

var config = {};
config.port = port;

var renogy = new rover.RenogyRover(config);

renogy.connect(function(error) {
    // .. connected
});

Get Product Model

renogy.getProductModel(function(error, model) {
    console.log("Renogy Model is: ");
    console.log(model);
});

Get Panel State

renogy.getPanelState(function(error, panelState) {
    console.log("panelState=");
    console.log(panelState);
});

Get Battery State

renogy.getBatteryState(function(error, batteryState) {
    console.log("batteryState=");
    console.log(batteryState);
});

Get Historical Parameters

renogy.getHistoricalParameters(function(error, historicalParameters) {
    console.log("historicalParameters=");
    console.log(historicalParameters);
});

Monitoring Utility

export RENOGY_ROVER_PORT=/dev/someport

export RENOGY_ROVER_INTERVAL=30

npm start