Setup PV Forecaster

Setting up PV forecasted devices is straightforward!

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Our basic pricing plan supports a single PV forecaster for small sites, and both PV and UCL forecasters for medium, large, and extra-large sites.

If the energy measurements of the PV asset are grouped under a single collector, integration is simple—just add the forecasted device to the site's device configuration:

{
    "collectors": [...],
    "devices": [
        {
            "type": "forecasted_series_3phase",
            "line_current": XXXX,
            "name": "<DEVICE_NAME>",
            "collector": "<COLLECTOR_ID>",
            "forecast_type": "pv"
        }
        ...
    ]
}

For more details, take a look at the site-configuration documentation.

We will detect these devices when a site is created or updated and will create the necessary forecasters. If you have created a site with a forecasted devices like the one above, it's a good idea to check the developer portal and verify that the forecasting task is visible.

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If PV measurements are distributed across multiple collectors, we currently require you to aggregate these measurements into a virtual device and send us the aggregated data.