Overview
The Core Real-Time Data is a Certified Product Point Template for PV Inverters which defines the standardized, minimum set of telemetry (e.g. time series points) Bazefield recommends for real-time monitoring of all solar inverters. The measurements in this template are at the Alternating Current (AC) level. These points ensure consistent data collection, improve interoperability across assets, and enable accurate reporting and analysis across your portfolio.
This point template provides a reliable baseline of real-time data expected from each PV Inverter modeled in Bazefield. The purpose is to:
Ensure consistent naming and normalization of critical telemetry available on all makes and models of PV Inverters
Streamline configuration for SCADA or historian data ingestion
Support cross-site and cross-technology data normalization
Template Definition
The Core Real-Time Data template contains standard data streams for inverter SCADA data, including key AC electrical measurements. Details on the Point Names, Descriptions, and Types are below. The Core Real-TIme Data template specifically holds all the critical “raw” data expected from all solar inverter SCADA systems. For solar inverters, the core-real time data points are often provided directly from an Modbus TCP interface provided by the OEM of the solar inverter.
Minimum Requirements
In most modern solar inverters, there will be a significant number points available beyond this list which are vendor or SCADA specific. This list represents the minimum, common list of critical data often available in ALL vendors and SCADA systems. Many of the points below are used directly in Bazefield core functionality, or core performance calculations.
Required for Bazefield Core Dashboard functionality
Optional for common additional data streams/sources
Name | Description | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
ActivePower | Active power measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
AmbientTemperature | Ambient temperature measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
ApparentPower | Apparent power measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
CommunicationState | Inverter communication state. (0= connected, 1=No reply from server, 4=Monitored point in flatline, 5=Monitored point has bad quality.) SourceTag to be tuned per OEM. | SCADA (raw) | |
Current | Real time current measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
CurrentA | Real time current in phase A, typically from OPC interface unit | SCADA (raw) | |
CurrentB | Real time current in phase B, typically from OPC interface unit | SCADA (raw) | |
CurrentC | Real time current in phase C, typically from OPC interface unit | SCADA (raw) | |
ErrorCode | Real time error code (single tag) for OEM vendor, typically from an OPC interface unit | SCADA (raw) | |
Frequency | Real time frequency in Hz measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
OperationState | Operating state for the Inverter, typically from an OPC interface unit | SCADA (raw) | |
PowerFactor | Real time power factor measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
ReactivePower | Reactive power measured from inverter | SCADA (raw) | |
SetpointActivePower | Inverter Active Power Setpoint – Output/Limit | SCADA (raw) | |
SetpointActivePowerCMD | Inverter Active Power Setpoint command as the ratio of nominal inverter capacity [0-1] | SCADA (raw) | |
TotalEnergyConsumed | Energy consumed from OEM SCADA counter | SCADA (raw) | |
TotalEnergyProduced | Energy produced from OEM SCADA counter | SCADA (raw) | |
Voltage | Real time average voltage measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
VoltageA | Real time voltage in phase A measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
VoltageB | Real time voltage in phase B measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
VoltageC | Real time voltage in phase C measured from Inverter unit | SCADA (raw) | |
IgbtTemperature | IGBT Temperature measured from the inverter. | SCADA (raw) |