Complete system monitoring and analysis is important to keeping your PV system performance at maximum. Fronius DATCOM is an easy-to-operate data communications system that detects PV system status changes  promptly, giving you the precise data you need to get the full benefits from your solar array.

Fronius DATCOM also various PV system monitoring options: From the control of systems using simple audio-visual warnings, professional analysis and data visualization, to remote system monitoring via the Internet.

The required basic components for system monitoring are:

One Fronius Com Card per Fronius Inverter

The Com Card is the network card of the individual inverter(s). A Plug-in card is required by every inverter in a system using DATCOM  in order to send data to the Datalogger.

Fronius Datalogger

The Datalogger is the system’s information collector. It is the interface between inverter (via Com Card) and PC. Here the data is bundled and pre-processed for the Fronius IG.access software.

The Brains of the Fronius DATCOM-System – Fronius Solar.access Software

Fronius Solar.access is the intelligent software for recording all your PV data. For perfect and professional visualisation and monitoring. Analyse all the values with ease to check the performance of your system or optimise it if necessary. However, we have saved the best till last: Fronius Solar.access is for free. It is included with the Datalogger.

• Possibility to manage, analyze and monitor up to 100 Fronius IG inverters in one system.
• Clearly arranged diagram variations, graphics and visualization tools.
• Comparison of the daily outputs of the inverters immediately after the data download. Fronius Solar.access provides the actual data as soon as you start the program.
• Fronius Solar.access compares the daily outputs of the inverters for you immediately after the data download. You are alerted automatically in the event of deviations.

In addition to the basic equipment, the Fronius DATCOM-system offers many other components and possibilities for system monitoring:

• Construction of a weather station with special sensors.
• Data visualization in the general public via a separate screen using the “Fronius Public Display”.
• The “Fronius Interface Card / Box” has a serial interface with an open data protocol that enables the latest PV data to be downloaded from the inverter and processed.

And like everything else at Fronius IG, the Fronius DATCOM-system  is of modular construction, which means you can select exactly the components you need. Whether you are already thinking about purchasing a Fronius IG now or not until later – all the parts can be retrofitted at any time. This is what makes the system so lean, flexible and, of course, cost-efficient.