SmartClient app alternative for Eybond WiFi sticks
The SmartClient app is the official way to see data from an Eybond WiFi datalogger, the small stick plugged into many rooftop inverters. It works, but checking one number takes a login, a loading screen and a few taps.
Helio shows the same data, faster
Helio reads from the same cloud (ShineMonitor) with your SmartClient login and opens straight on:
- units made today, from the inverter's own counter
- live power with a Generating, Idle or No recent data status
- any past day as a five-minute curve
- 30-day, yearly and lifetime history
- what it's worth in your currency and tariff
Add it to your phone's home screen and it behaves like an app, with nothing to install from a store.
Setting it up
- Make sure the stick is online: its
NETandSRVlights should be on. If not, follow Connect the WiFi stick. - Check you can sign in at shinemonitor.com with your SmartClient username and password.
- Deploy Helio and enter those details. It takes about five minutes.
Questions
Do I still need the SmartClient app?
Only for first-time setup of the WiFi stick and plant, if you haven't done that yet. After that, Helio shows the same data.
Which inverters work?
Any inverter with an Eybond WiFi datalogger that reports to ShineMonitor, the cloud SmartClient uses. Many rooftop inverters ship with one.
See your own roof in Helio
Free and open source. Deploy your own copy in about five minutes.