This description covers the full content of the message, but the actual content varies according to the system configuration.
Observation tags consist of the following fields, separated by the pipe character
(|):
<parameter|<statistics>|<period>|<height>|<sequence number>|<unit>|For example: GHI|AVG|PT1M||1|W/M2|
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Parameter | Code identifying the parameter |
| Statistics | Calculated statistics type |
| Period | Statistics period or value polling interval |
| Sequence number | Sequence number in case multiple sources for the same parameter exist |
| Unit | Unit of measure |
| Description | Description of the parameter |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| station name | Station name (defined in station parameters) |
| latitude | Station latitude (defined in station parameters) |
| longitude | Station longitude (defined in station parameters) |
| altitude | Station altitude from the mean sea level (defined in station parameters) |
| DATE | Date of data message generation |
| TIME | Time of data message generation |
| MSGID | Message identifier, running number, not unique |
| Parameter | Statistics | Period | Sequence number | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBEDO | Value | 1 minute | 1 | – | Albedo |
| ALBEDO | Average | 24 hours | 1 | – | Albedo |
| GHI | Average | 1 minute | 1 | W/m² | Global horizontal irradiance #1 |
| GHI | Average | 1 minute | 2 | W/m² | Global horizontal irradiance #2 |
| GHI_R | Average | 1 minute | 1 | W/m² | Reflected global horizontal irradiance |
| MST | Value | 1 minute | 9 | – | Soiling detector status |
| OPMODE | Value | 1 minute | 9 | – | Soiling detector operation mode |
| PA | Average | 1 minute | 1 | hPa | Barometric pressure |
| POAI | Average | 1 minute | 1 | W/m² | Plane of array irradiance #1 |
| POAI | Average | 1 minute | 2 | W/m² | Plane of array irradiance #2 |
| PR | Sum | 24 hours | 1 | mm | Rain accumulation |
| PRF | Value | 1 minute | 1 | mm/h | Rainfall intensity |
| PVT | Average | 1 minute | 1 | °C | Photovoltaic panel temperature #1 |
| PVT | Average | 1 minute | 2 | °C | Photovoltaic panel temperature #2 |
| PVT | Average | 1 minute | 3 | °C | Photovoltaic panel temperature #3 |
| PVT | Average | 1 minute | 4 | °C | Soiling measurement panel temperature |
| PVSRT | Value | 1 minute | 1 | % | Photovoltaic panel soiling ratio #1 |
| PVSRT | Average | 24 hours | 1 | % | Photovoltaic panel soiling ratio #1 |
| PVSRT | Value | 1 minute | 2 | % | Photovoltaic panel soiling ratio #2 |
| PVSRT | Average | 24 hours | 2 | % | Photovoltaic panel soiling ratio #2 |
| PVTRLS | Value | 1 minute | 1 | % | Photovoltaic panel transmission loss #1 |
| PVTRLS | Average | 24 hours | 1 | % | Photovoltaic panel transmission loss #1 |
| PVTRLS | Value | 1 minute | 2 | % | Photovoltaic panel transmission loss #2 |
| PVTRLS | Average | 24 hours | 2 | % | Photovoltaic panel transmission loss #2 |
| RH | Average | 1 minute | 1 | % | Relative humidity |
| RPOAI | Average | 1 minute | 1 | W/m² | Rear side plane of array irradiance #1 |
| RPOAI | Average | 1 minute | 2 | W/m² | Rear side plane of array irradiance #2 |
| RPOAI | Average | 1 minute | 3 | W/m² | Rear side plane of array irradiance #3 |
| TA | Average | 1 minute | 1 | °C | Air temperature |
| TD | Average | 1 minute | 1 | °C | Dew point temperature |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 1 | deg | X axis tilt angle for GHI sensor #1 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 2 | deg | X axis tilt angle for GHI sensor #2 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 3 | deg | X axis tilt angle for reflected GHI sensor |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 4 | deg | X axis tilt angle for POAI sensor #1 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 5 | deg | X axis tilt angle for POAI sensor #2 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 6 | deg | X axis tilt angle for RPOAI sensor #1 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 7 | deg | X axis tilt angle for RPOAI sensor #2 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 second | 8 | deg | X axis tilt angle for RPOAI sensor #3 |
| TILT_X | Value | 1 minute | 9 | deg | X axis tilt angle soiling detector |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 1 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for GHI sensor #1 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 2 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for GHI sensor #2 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 3 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for reflected GHI sensor |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 4 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for POAI sensor #1 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 5 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for POAI sensor #2 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 6 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for RPOAI sensor #1 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 7 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for RPOAI sensor #2 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 second | 8 | deg | Y axis tilt angle for RPOAI sensor #3 |
| TILT_Y | Value | 1 minute | 9 | deg | Y axis tilt angle soiling detector |
| WD | Average | 1 minute | 1 | m/s | Wind direction |
| WS | Average | 1 minute | 1 | m/s | Wind speed |