PV Monitoring System using Industrial Internet of Things Technologies based on Graphical Programming

Photovoltaic Panel Systems are already a commodity, the widespread use of such systems being no longer a pioneering topic. Monitoring these power generation systems is not a trivial task since the hunger of real-time data is growing continuously. The advent of IoT technologies, the ubiquitous presence of communication technologies, including remote areas, are making these solutions easier to develop, deploy and use. This will constitute the nurturing bed for optimization processes, which would eventually rely on Artificial Intelligence. This paper is describing how to design and deploy such data collecting system, emphasizing on its Software Architecture based on graphical programming technologies. Ready-to-run virtual instruments are facilitating real-time measurements and analysis, process data being securely stored and visualized using cloud technologies.