I’ve been using a Rainforest Eagle (Zigbee device that’s allowed to read my utility smartmeter) to send my meter’s net usage readings to PVoutput for 10+ years. However, recent changes (discussed in a few other threads) have me challenged to get it to continue. Is anyone still using an Eagle with pvoutput?
- Relaying the Rainforest cloud data through Wattvision worked seamlessly for 10 years, but Wattvision is no longer offering their service without an expensive paid subscription.
- The pvoutput autouploader (pull service?) for Eagle is retired, and trying to configure it (still in the config menu) doesn’t save.
- The Eagle push option is still documented by pvoutput, but Rainforest is moving folks from their cloud to a new Rainge mobile app?
For the 3rd one, some folks say they no longer had the option to configure the push in their Rainforest cloud account, others said they had to call Rainforest and convince them to add the config menu. However, the last threads here were a few months ago - is it still working for some?
I do still have the Cloud tab in my Rainforest cloud account, and can configure the push service. However, I’m not seeing any data showing in pvoutput. Is there anything I need to configure on the pvoutput side?
Here’s what I’m seeing in the Rainforest cloud “Cloud” config tab:
-if I just select the pre-configured “pvoutput” in Rainforest’s push options (and provide Rainforest with my pvoutput SID and API key), it saves but status returns as 401 error.
-if I select the “custom” push option, and enter the URL and other info for pvoutput’s push, it saves but status returns as “Initializing” (some have said this works for them) instead of OK, forever.
-if I play “custom” say using XML:PROCESSED instead of XML:SIMPLE, still get the same status.
My Eagle is still pushing its data to Rainforest cloud, that’s enabled internally and I can view the realtime and historic data in their portal. So I think it is trying to push data to pvoutput via these configs.
Is there any way within pvoutput to see if my pvoutput SID is receiving any push data, if nothing is showing up in the graphs?
