Solar monitoring topics
These pages answer common search-style questions in a few lines. They are not troubleshooting guides.
If your system is Fox ESS and online in Fox Cloud, you can view that data in Check My Solar (web) or the iOS app.
Topics
Section titled “Topics”- How do I know my solar panels are working?
- New solar owner — first look at the numbers
- Monitor solar from your phone or tablet
- Check solar from work or while traveling
- See solar production in real time (Fox ESS)
- Solar kWh today and daily energy
- Battery state of charge and solar
- Grid import and export (solar)
- See if solar is exporting to the grid
- Solar generation forecasts
- Solar on iPhone: widgets and Live Activities
- Historical solar: week, month, year
- Compare solar performance over time
- Solar generation vs house consumption
- Self-consumption and solar at home
- Solar, heat pumps, and EV charging in the dashboard
- PV strings, MPPTs, and per-array data
- Live flow and entity views
- Solar notifications and alerts
- Install the solar dashboard as an app (PWA)
- Fox ESS, Fox Cloud, and third-party apps
- Fox Cloud login and Check My Solar
- Fox ESS official app and Check My Solar
- Inverter online vs offline in the app
- Where the numbers in the app come from
- Energy rates and money estimates
- Why solar shows zero at night
- Multiple inverters or addresses
- Solar monitoring if you rent or have a tenant
- Who can see my solar data?
- Battery warranty, logs, and the app