Can I use any other monitoring software at the same time as WattPlot?
The greenMonitor Renewable Energy Monitoring software provides a network connection which allows multiple software products, including WattPlot, to connect to your OutBack Power Systems Mate display controller.
There is no need to use custom-made serial cables which may or may not work with either your computer or the OutBack Power Systems mate.
Unlike WattPlot, the greenMonitor software from greenHouse Computers is fully network enabled and provides robust user name and password security. It also includes a wide variety of sample web pages, further increasing the ways you may view your OutBack Power Systems Mate display controller data.
WattPlot receives Mate data through a serial data port, and only one application can access a single serial port at one time. However, if you were to create a cable that could split the signal and feed it to 2 different serial ports, then you could probably have other monitoring software (or a separate copy of WattPlot) running at the same time as WattPlot.
