How to reconnect your inverter to your WiFi

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Reconnecting Your Inverter to Wi-Fi

If you encounter difficulties connecting to your inverter’s monitoring system, our step-by-step guide is designed to assist you in restoring your online connection. Common reasons for Wi-Fi issues include local blackouts or power outages, the modem being switched off, changes in your internet provider, modem upgrades or replacements, recent shutdown of your PV system, or electrical work conducted on the property by an electrician.

Wi-Fi Reconnection Guides

  1. Open the inverter’s menu by pressing the third button from the left.
  2. Scroll across to Set-Up, and press enter (furthest button on the right).
  3. Scroll down to Wi-Fi Access Point, and press enter again.
  4. Select Activate Wi-Fi AP.
  5. You’ll see the default Wi-Fi password is 12345678.
  6. Return to your tablet/smartphone, and go to Wi-Fi Settings
  7. Connect with your Fronius Inverters’ WiFi HotSpot by typing in the 12345678 password
  8. Open up any internet browser, and go type in the following web (IP) address: 192.168.250.181
  9. Click on settings on the right-hand hand side, then select network.
  10. In the table you will see your Wi-Fi network. Click/highlight your network, then click set.
  11. Then enter your Wi-Fi network password (remembering it is cap sensitive). Click set.
  12. Once set, click the tick towards the top of the screen on the right.
  13. This will then start the connection to your Wi-Fi Network. Leave the browser and return to the smartphone/tablets Wi-Fi settings and join back to your home network.

(FOOT NOTE, if you have two frequency’s available (2.4 or 5ghz) you must select the 2.4ghz. The inverter will not connect to the 5ghz as the frequency is too high.)

Once this has been completed your network should be up and running with no issue. If the connection fails, repeat to ensure you have put the Wi-Fi password in correctly. If this fails again, please contact the office.

To reconnect your SolarEdge monitoring, please either follow the link to a YouTube tutorial here or instructions below on how to reconnect your WiFi monitoring:

SolarEdge have a new app which makes it a very simple process:

  1. Download ‘MySolarEdge’ (you may have this app already that you monitor the system through).
  2. Login to your SolarEdge portal.
  3. Select your system.
  4. Click the 3 lines in the top left of the screen.
  5. Click inverter communication.
  6. Scan the QR on the side of the inverter.
  7. Follow the remaining prompts of the inverter.

Step 1: Connect device WiFi.

Firstly, go to your smartphone or tablet and open up the Settings. Locate the WIFI SETTINGS  options. Once located, select the inverter WiFi network named “SG-******”.

Step 2: Login and configure.

After your smartphone or tablet has successfully connected to the inverter WFi network, open the Sungrow iSolarCloud APP. Login to your iSolarCloud account. Once logged in, select the MORE  tab in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. Then select the WLAN CONFIGURATION  tab. Information will pop up notifying you’ve successfully connected to the inverter, select NEXT.

Step 3: Network setup.

The final step is to connect your inverter to your home Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)/ home WiFi. Select your WIFI NETWORK  from the list of WiFi options on your smart device (back to WiFi Settings) and enter your password.

The symbol “” indicates a successful connection, click NEXT.Information indicating a successful connection to the home network will pop up. Your inverter is reconnected.

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