Growatt Wifi Adapter Installation and configuration

[@JohanWonson]

Thank you very much! I recently installed a couple of Growatt inverters that came with the wifi dongles. After two weeks of frustration trying to get the dataloggers to work, I was about to toss them. Then I came across your video. And yes, changing the default server to the US one immediately solved the connection issue. I added the S/N of the dataloggers via the website, and the Shinephone app automatically completed the setup. Thank you again!

[@CanAus61]

I normally don’t comment but THANK YOU. I’m pretty comfortable with IT stuff but I gave up after hours of trying to figure this out and left without it working. Thanks for the step by step walkthrough.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Glad it helped!

[@mervingovender4908]

Thanks for this video, I changed to a dual band router, 2.4G/5G and my Growatt went offline. I tried to set it up from the phone up, but it just would not accept the STANDARD MODE setup. I followed what you did in this video and got it working again.

[@tomottar1]

This was a very good movie. That shows how i can set up my wifi adapter to the Growatt converter. Thanks very myuch.

[@patricktowne8917]

Like you, I've been an IT dude for most of my life, and indeed this was not easy. But thanks alone to your video, I just moments ago got it working. I can't thank you enough. However, I'm completely and totally baffled the instant I went to the Growatt website, and I had no idea whatsoever what to do there. But the Shine app is working on my phone, so I guess that'll do for now. Thanks again so much!!!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Glad I could help

[@johnlittle3410]

I am still problems but you reminded me how to start in the right direction. this is the 2nd one I have done and a year ago i had all these same problems. last time it was my firewall giving me problems and i had to turn it off to make my first connections , after 3 days. But now with this new Xfinity they do not give me the option to turn it off.

[@harryv6147]

Your instructional video helped me to succeed in connecting my Wifi Adapter! Thank you for your good work and sharing!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Awesome! I was hoping that would help. I know it gave me some fits when I first went to set it up. I left it alone for a while then went back to it.

[@Castle_Nottingham]

I just threw my data logger in the garbage in frustration, and then decided one more video. -us under advanced settings was ruining my life. 😆 Thanks! Got it!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

That's Awesome, Maybe Growatt should spiff me! :)

[@MsBlkmoses]

Thank youu sooooo much. One video make me do without an hour of reading. God bless you and have a nice day 💐

[@nicoleshipp9276]

Oh my gosh THANK YOU for posting this! We've been troubleshooting in the app for hours and this was the only thing that actually got it to successfully connect.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You are most welcome, I am glad that it helped.

[@johnc7144]

Great info for the future. Have 3000w array pumping water on my Thai farm. Looking to growatt 5000 for my house power. Solar work in Thailand is difficult due to low information level of merchants also a lot of low end Chinese products flooding the market. Growatt has a support network that reassures me that it can be done. Thanks.

[@Per3110]

Thank You, exactly what I needed to get my new EV Charger installation up and running collecting Data.

[@kenstone8229]

Many thanks for this video, Please do I have to configure each adapter on the 4 growatt spf5000es inverters I have installed in parallel? Or do I have to configure only the one on the master inverter while I have them all plugged in ?

[@markusgarvey]

I was an IT for 15 years in the early 2k and I had issues as well.

[@petervandeburgt7414]

Thank you very much. Your video was the only one that made sense and after following it, well this Aussie is in a happy place. Cheers.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You are most welcome

[@Bripromo]

Hi,I am try to connect growatt wifi dongle,it will not connect when I inserted the IP address. It says cannot reach server. You think my firewall or VPN is stopping me.? I cannot get pass through the ip address setup ..🙆🏾

[@InVinoVeritas.]

Thank you, hope to get Growatt system w/transformer to run well pump & converted garage.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Me too. I may run a solar "trickle" pump and pump water into a big cistern. I like the idea of having multiple thousands of gallons of water uphill from the home.

[@mikenewman.1211]

Thanks saw the -us thing and fixed mine in minutes, had spent hours in the past working on this

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Nice work!

[@chubbster1969]

hi thanks for video.... just quick question on the hang of server to the US. I'm going to be operating from the Caribbean... I'm assuming that the same applies?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I am not sure if they have a server that services South America or if you would be on the us server. Very good question

[@yankey4]

Thanks SO MUCH for sharing this brother. This will be a true blessing. God Bless brother.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You are very welcome

[@kalsprite]

Did your adapter not ask for a password? I can't connect to the do gle as it wants a password.

[@manoloh3604]

Have you found the password?

[@Roll2Videos]

I will be making a video on this in the future as well. you can change the interval time (MIN) on the advanced page to. instead of updating every 5 minutes change it to like 0.5 :) it worked perfectly for me.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Are you talking about the Growatt webpage and making the Inverter update more often?

[@Roll2Videos]

@@pawneeoffgrid2614 yes

[@Roll2Videos]

On the same page during setup where you change to the us server you can also change the interval time from every 5 minutes to what ever you want.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

@@Roll2Videos Awesome, thanks I will adjust that setting soon.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

you might mention that the GroWATT Dongle Serial Number is CaSe SenSitIve ... that took me a while to figure out ... COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond INDIANA ...

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Oh that is a very good point thanks for that.

[@jonerasmus9399]

I'm tempted to also buy the same grow watt inverters but after looking at so many other brands its hard to choose . If you had to buy over would you choose growatt again?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Yes I would. I had the Growatt 3000 in a non-insulated storage container for 22 months while I was living in my camper. That thing ran non-stop with zero issues in 100F temps. So far I am really happy with the Growatt products that I have purchased.

[@yellownev]

Thank you for the helpful and concise video

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You're welcome!

[@HesleyCapey]

I can not install ShinePhone as consumer. I am asked for OSS installer code as required field. Also, I can connect to inverter wifi, but nothing appears on this IP address.

[@percebu2]

Good video it helped a lot. I installed my wifi dongle using the laptop first. But now I’m having trouble setting up the shine phone app. I assumed the “data logger” would already show up in the app, but it wants me to add a “data logger”. When I scan the code, it won’t connect. Do I have to put the blue blinking light back into the solid blue mode? And if I do this will it disconnect everything I did in the original laptop setup? Sorry, for the newbie question. Thanks

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

No, once it is setup on the "server-us.growatt.com" site it should also show on the shine app as long as you are logging in with the same credentials.

[@Vampiro358]

Thank you for this brother! I will follow these steps on Friday and hopefully be back with successful results!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Let me know if you have more questions.

[@АндрійБеркатюк]

Добрый день,может ли этот инвертор работать как стабилизатор городской сети, без батареи и солнечных панелей? только городская сеть?

[@dangibb1329]

Thanks man! Big help. There is no way I would have figured this out with the instructions that came in the box. I have three 5000 growatts paralleled with 3 shine links and 18k watts of solar backed up by 840ah of northstar blue agm batteries. I've been working on this all morning, and only made progress after your excellent video! Growatt should be paying you!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

That's awesome to hear. I am so happy it helped.

[@bloodcarver913]

Do you really need 3? Or is one at the master inverter enough?

[@dangibb1329]

You need 1 for each inverter

[@ionelandronescu]

Salut cu ajutorul dumneavoastra am reusit sa ma conectez la invertor.Va multumesc

[@danlewandoski8092]

Thank you from all the non-IT people out there. Quick question, the wifi dongle never blinked blue, but stayed a steady green. On the Growatt dashboard it says the data logger is added by its status is ‘lost’ . Am I missing something? Thanks!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Sorry for the late reply. are you still having issues?

[@TheWessam12]

Good time i do it and it’s working well put when i changed my wifi password and reset the dongle And compleate the steps it’s light green

[@stanleycip]

If you have 2 in parallel, you need 2 wifi adapters or only 1 . Thanks

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

That is very good question, I am guessing here but I feel like you would need a WIFI adapter on each inverter.

[@kenstone8229]

Thanks for this video. Please I have four growatt spf 5000e to connect in parallel , do I have to configure each of the four Wfi adapters individually , or do I just plug each of them and configure just the one on the master inverter? Thanks.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

HOWdy P-O-G, Thanks Your 5000 inverter is better configured than my 6000 GroWATT which turns the white DONGLE sideways and the "pin" I need to push / press is immediately adjacent to my 0000-AWG (4/0 +positive+ ) battery cable 😞 I have never been able to get my DONGLE to communicate with the GroWATT Server - due to my LACK of a CELLULAR TELEPHONE --- which was NEVER mentioned in the Pre-PURCHASE literature COOP ...

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

That's frustrating because being able to monitor remotely is key for me. Sorry you are having issues.

[@johandeswardt3193]

Johan de Swardt : South Africa : (1) So I assume the Growatt inverters do not have build-in Wi-Fi monitoring abilities, like other Inverters? (2) If I have two Growatt 5Kw SPE 5000 ES 6000W single phase invertors, parallel connected, will I need one or two Growatt Wi-Fi Adaptors? Thanks

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Correct, you have to buy the wifi adapter separate. And I am not sure if both inverters need an adapter when paralleled together. I am wiring mine up over the next couple of weeks and will find out and let you know.

[@hanidmr8354]

Great video, do you have to turn off the system before connecting the dongle? Or is it possible to plug it while the inverter is on and powering my house?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You can plug it in and configure it "hot". No need to turn the equipment off.

[@JonOffgrid]

thanks for sharing i still have get one for mine

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You should! I use mine daily to geek out on the data.

[@HotRockCentral]

Pawnee, I just got 3 growatt mppt chargers. Signature solar doesn't have background on them being so new. I'm trying to figure out whether to use gprs or wifi. My lappy does wifi but not connected to the net & it would seem the wifi dongle needs to connect to growatts servers to use the app. Would you know if the gprs dongle doesn't require connecting to their servers?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I do not know the answer to that question.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

My guess is it will require an internet connection.

[@dangibb1329]

Use your phone as a Hotspot to get internet to the laptop for the setup. Then you can use an access point to remotely view parameters while in range. This is what I had to do when setting up my 18k watt generac.

[@ThusithaKodikara]

I am from Sri Lanka. After viewing this video I was able to configure the Wifi dongle. Thanks a lot. I would also like to know whether there is a way of connecting a laptop to the inverter using USB. What I would like to do have a look at the current settings and back them up. I have a SPF 5000 ES inverter and a Growatt Hope 4.8L-C1 battery.

[@sunjayjay240]

Not very difficult

[@sunjayjay240]

SPF 5000 ES( Growatt) off Grid Solar New Installation with 12Vx 250Amphrs- connected in series Why do i get 230 current at solar input terminals + points & -side.? (ACpower) terminals at the inverter. Becos of this reason ,we did not install solar panels to the Inverter. System is working on batteries . Fine earthing is checked Inverter is earthed. when its on batteries you can ?? funny but true what is the reason for this?

[@ThorVue]

Any idea what to do when the device status of the wifi dongo says: "Status: Lost" on the dashboard. There doesn't appear to be any consistent way to get the wifi dongo to get detected and connected to wifi but even when I do get it to start blinking blue and have the dashboard recognize it, it is still "lost." I have deleted and try to add it back again under the datalogger, but it gets to the part of being lost and never goes anywhere further. The dashboard says something about wait 5-10 minutes to allow the device to connect, but it still hasn't connected and it has been hours. Any help is appreciated.

[@abelmbiswa4244]

Hi sir l am really lost where did you push in your wire l am struggling with my Growatt to connect it to the router

[@AlexandruCristescu13]

Thank you soo much for this video. Very helpful!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You are so welcome!

[@elinojordydasy7767]

hello , i have a error 304 : AC frequency out range. i try to widen the range but i can't do it. can you help me please . the inverter model is a growatt MAX 100KTL3-X-LV

[@udomsilpadvertising8050]

Thanks SO MUCH for sharing

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You are so welcome!

[@MariosKp60]

Thank you :) You have in parallel 48/5000 and 48/3000?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I have 2 48v 5000 in parallel and one 48v 3000 in my storage container running alone.

[@MariosKp60]

@@pawneeoffgrid2614 thanks for the quick response!!! Today i order 2x 48V5000 :)

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

@@MariosKp60 I was a little intimidated about the parallel hookup, but it was easy. Good luck and I hope all goes well.

[@scottweinstein4255]

Thanks for the video. I did have to add -us to mine. However I still show status:lost and no data or even firmware info is being communicated. Sigh, I thought the laptop way would be a winner after a long failed road with the android app.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Sorry to hear that. I know it is not the easiest process.

[@sreeharicu490]

Will a mobile hotspot work or do we need a router itself?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I think you will need a router.

[@aoulass]

Hi. Thank you for the video. Actually I live in Lebanon. My datalogger was working fine. I changed the router so I had to reset and configure it again. I followed all the steps 100 times but I end up with Flashing green light. Any suggestions?

[@DiamondJo]

I also had to change my router name and I am sure that the dongle has a problem re setting to the new name.

[@mohdchatila]

That was a life saver bro

[@GregoryTarver-es8pr]

is some other program I can use.? I been in front of laptop about 3 days no go

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Not that I am aware of.

[@Justgiles111]

Has the software been ok for you ? Has the system had any downtime due to communication issues ? Thanks

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

No down time. And there are settings that I have only found in the software that are not on the Growatt interface.

[@basilq.albayati746]

My growatt is sso much noisy the fan always runs at full speed and it is loud, is there a solution? or can i configure the RPM of the fans in the monitoring page?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Which growatt is it. Mine is fairly loud only when it has a lot of solar coming in or is out putting a lot of watts, otherwise it is not too bad. Mine are housed in a separate solar shed so I don't really have to hear them much unless I am working in there.

[@ma060704]

Can i add 3 separate inverters for separate people all connected to the same Internet router ir does it induce problems?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I have two of them running and will add a third soon. SO that should not be an issue.

[@ma060704]

@@pawneeoffgrid2614 thanks for your reply. Btw do you have any idea about the communication between the growatt and felicity lithium battery?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

@@ma060704 I don't have any knowledge or experience with that combination of devices.

[@rabaham]

Thank you for sharing

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Thanks for watching!

[@5slabs]

Thank you. I'm connected!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

That's great. If I can help people that is great

[@test2rf648]

THANK YOU , BUT What if i reset it and tge ssid still not showing?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

is it on a 2.4 Ghz network?

[@BYOLLC]

it appears that you have a similar set up to what i am hoping to do this spring, (growatt 5k, with breaker box and transformer). can you do a video on how that is all set up? that would be very helpful.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Yes for sure. I will shoot a video on that soon. I am also planning on getting a second growatt 5000 for the house once it's built

[@rbadillomac]

What App you use on the phone?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

it's called Shine Phone

[@24carrera]

How do you get it to work on your phone? Driving me freaking crazy

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Once I got it set up on the web interface, the shine app worked as long as I log in with the same credentials. If I remember right it took a day or two for things to show on the phone.

[@gxmario_13jf94]

hello sorry if I disturb you or just installed my growatt 5000es or connected the lithium battery 48 volt 100ah with voltage 52.5 volts or tried to turn on and it did not turn on you can help me please thank you.Then or connected the 230volt network and it turned on but at the output it did not give me the 230volt to power the loads, and despite the battery is connected as soon as I remove the 230volt utility

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I am not sure I am the best one to help. Check out Davidpoz youtube channel, he has some detailed videos on how to wire up the inverters and batteries.

[@gxmario_13jf94]

a thousand thanks

[@gxmario_13jf94]

hello the problem of turning on the inverter and was solved it was a disconnected plug on the motherboard now it works correctly but still another problem The inverter charges the battery to 50% and then stops charging maybe you have to configure some parameters?

[@exithappiness]

Nice Video man. I got the shineWIFI-F Adapter because this one is especially for the SPF5000 ES Off-Grid-Inverter. Now i wanna install and the Wifi which is broadcasted by the adapter has password and this is nowhere to find. So i could not connect to this network and i could not install the adapter. 😞I even reset the adapter but same problem again and again. Do you have any idea to solve or do you know a factory password? Thanks and greetings from germany.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

admin and 12345678 is the default password

[@toanvu7594]

Hi! How to have an account like yours? I'm using a normal user account. It's not fully functional. Help me!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Are you referring to your account on the Growatt App?

[@photorealm]

That helped me a lot, Thank you.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You're welcome!

[@Gallardo6669]

Hi there, please help: this is my first setup. I have the blue light on the growatt, I find the wifi on my computer, it says open, then after trying to connect I think I am connected because it says no Internet,open (and I have now an option of clicking disconnect). But when I try to connect i my browser i takes the password and then there are no clickable options, it says connection was setback

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Can you try a different browser. Maybe Chrome or firefox will have better luck?

[@onlineshoop1066]

what if the color on growatt wifi can't change? I've tried clicking it 1 time the result turns blue but it's not full, I tried clicking it again but it doesn't work. what is the solution for such problem?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You can stick a paper clip into that little hole where the light is and force it to reset and start the process over if you need to .

[@sunjayjay240]

SPF 5000 ES( Growatt) off Grid Solar New Installation with 12Vx 250Amphrs- connected in series Why do i get 230 current at solar input terminals + points & -side.? (ACpower) terminals at the inverter. Becos of this reason ,we did not install solar panels to the Inverter. System is working on batteries . Fine earthing is checked Inverter is earthed. when its on batteries you can ?? funny but true what is the reason for this?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

I am not exactly clear on your question, but I know the 5000ES growatt will except 450v in solar. If you are connecting your panels in series, you will be adding the voltage for each panel that you plug in.

[@evdokiltd]

thank you very much

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

You are welcome

[@scotthenderson4376]

Wish I could get this to work its been 3 days of trying

[@todamnbad]

Apparently you can't do anything without adding a plant first, don't even have an iption to add data logger

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

that is true. I accidentally added an extra plant and still cannot figure out how to remove it.

[@specandrej]

Thanks

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

No problem, hope it helped.

[@habibtawk3699]

nice video but you don't show the hole in minute 4 second 15

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Sorry, yes the hole is the blue light.

[@VirginiaHapa]

I can’t seem to connect to the growatt network. What password do I use. I’m confused.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Are you referring to the password on the website when you go to server-us.growatt.com? You have to set up an account.

[@Master623]

The password is 12345678

[@manoloh3604]

Does anyone know the wifi password of the growatt wifi adapter?

[@thumbless66]

I'm stuck on mine it's asking for a wifi password

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Try 12345678

[@wimfabre1064]

Hello. I tried to connect my datalogger but does not work. If I see the datalogger network on my computer, it says "secured" and not open. How can I solve this ? Thanks Wim

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

can you login with admin and 12345678

[@iHeartDawnKeyes]

Maybe it's been said, maybe it hasn't, but if this piece of sh presents a secured adhoc network when we drop to AP mode, unlike the open network shown here, the password will be the same as this video shows for the admin console: 12345678. Ask me how I know?

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

What?

[@iHeartDawnKeyes]

@@pawneeoffgrid2614 eli5: If the wifis needs a password. 😁

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

@@iHeartDawnKeyes So are you referring to me as the piece of sh????

[@iHeartDawnKeyes]

@@pawneeoffgrid2614 lol, I thought that's what you might be worried about. ABSOLUTELY NOT! The comment was made on the same frustrating day that you and everyone else here had, trying to get this adapter configured. As an IT Operations Engineer, I spent about 3 hours more than it should have taken on this thing. Its size is 10x larger than it needs to be, should not be an external dongle and instructions shipped did not describe a wireless AP configuration, but rather a more IoT device setup. This device, most especially the initial setup, was a piece of sh. It works okay now that it's configured, but still has issues. FYI all, it does not deal well with heat. Data ingestion will come to a halt if the device gets too hot. So, no. Not you. 😊 Thanks in fact. Without your video, I probably would have had another hour into Googling for the admin console password.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

@@iHeartDawnKeyes Oh good, I was confused. Yeah it is way more complicated than it needs to be for sure.

[@deago56]

Forget it

[@pino_de_vogel]

just got mine and its literaly the worst piece of SHIT ever. i have worked in IT and have bin busy with IT for decades but this is utterly stupid and poor.

[@pawneeoffgrid2614]

Yeah they could make the process easier for sure.