Here are a few simple tips to ensure that the installation of your new Eyedro EYEFI system is quick and easy:
To get started, bring the Eyedro module and power adapter into the room with your router and plug it in (you can move it back to your electrical panel once you have set your network credentials).
Plug the EYEFI’s power adapter into a regular receptacle (not a UPS battery backup).
If you have a dual band router select the credentials for your 2.4G band when setting up your EYEFI.
When prompted for your WiFi Network name (SSID) and password enter the same information that you would give to a friend who wanted to use your network.
Once you have told the EYEFI which network to communicate over, take the module back to your electrical panel and mount it on the wall beside the panel (never inside!).
Ensure that you have full WiFi bars at the spot where your EYEFI is installed.
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EYEFI Setup via Desktop or Mobile
For more information about connecting your EYEFI system via desktop:
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Ensure that the outputs of the generation sensors are producing negative values, representing negative consumption (generation).
Create a Display Group for the Generation sensors. You do this by clicking on the Display Groups tab in the same options screen you used to claim your device then clicking on the “Add Display Group” button.
You can now set up your Net Meter plugin and view your generation values.
If you need help setting up your Net Meter plugin you can find the How-to for that topic Here.
The How-to for claiming a Device, adding a Display Group, and other Device settings related issues can be found Here.
Generation Data in the Net Meter plugin and the Live Demand plugin:
To explain how to use the Summary Plugin. As the name suggests, the Summary Plugin displays a breakdown of how much each sensor in a given Display Group measured during a given time period.
Summary in Plugin Menu
Instructions:
Click on the icon in the lower left of the page (this is the Plugin Menu) and select Summary.
Select the desired Display Group from the dropdown menu.
Select the time unit from the dropdown menu.
For time units greater than Hourly, you can set how far back from the start date the data is displayed.
Choose which day you would like to view in the date picker.
You can collapse the legend for a larger version of the graph.
Clicking on a sensor in the legend turns it on or off in the graph.
The legend also shows minimum, maximum, average and total for a given time period setting.
The graph displays watts (W) on the left and time on the bottom.
Hover your mouse over a bar to view the time, sensor, what that sensor read at that time, and the total for that time period.
In the Options menu you can display the data as either Cost ($) or Consumption (W).
In Options you can turn Time of Use bands on or off (TOU rate structure only), show Aggregate (displays the total of all sensors in a Display Group), Stack Columns (displays each sensor in a display group stacked in a single column), and Device Name In Legend.
Set the Graph Scale to automatically set a max and min value or specify those values yourself.
To explain how to use the Compare plugin in My.Eyedro.com. The Compare plugin allows you to do a comparison before and after a specific date for a given Display Group, or between two different Display Groups.
Compare in Plugin Menu
Instructions:
Click on the icon in the lower left of the My.Eyedro.com display and select Compare.
The graph has cost or consumption on the left, and time on the bottom.
Hovering your mouse over a bar in the graph provides more details about that section.
Clicking on the dot representing the color on the graph turns that part off in the display.
Select the desired Display group in the dropdown menu.
Select the date you want to compare before and after in the date picker.
Select the time units you want to view in the dropdown menu.
The number of time units viewable can be adjusted.
The details pane can be collapsed for a larger view of the graph.
The details pane states the Max, Min, Average, and total of both items being compared, as well as a percentage difference between the two items.
In Options, you can display data as either cost or consumption, and comparison type as either Before/After or Compared To.
If Compared To is selected, you can select the other Display Group from the dropdown menu as well.
