LaMetric Solar Glance: hundreds of energy devices, one live screen
How we turned data from hundreds of inverters, meters and gateways into live, branded screens that install in about 10 minutes and run 24/7, managed and updated over the air.
- Industry
- Energy
- Services
- Product Development
LaMetric Solar Glance is digital signage for the energy industry. A media player connected to a commercial display turns real-time data from a solar plant into a branded video display: production, consumption, self-consumption, COâ‚‚ savings and trees planted, live in offices, schools and ZEV communities. Built by the same in-house team on the LaMetric platform.
At a glance
- Industry
- Energy
- Services
- Product Development
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The challenges
Showing solar data on a screen sounds simple. Making it work for any plant, in any building, all day, every day, is not. The data lives in hundreds of different inverters, meters and gateways. The screen runs in public spaces around the clock. Installers need it working in minutes, and owners want to change content and keep devices updated without a site visit.
Hundreds of data sources
One product that reads live data from hundreds of different inverters, meters and gateways, including Solar-Log.
Running 24/7 in public spaces
A display built to run around the clock in offices, schools and communities, where a blank screen is visible to everyone.
Managed from anywhere
Configuration, content and firmware updates done remotely from the cloud, without visiting the site.
Clear and on brand
Raw plant data turned into figures anyone understands, in the owner's logo, colours, photos and videos.
Installed in minutes
About 10 minutes to set up on commercial displays from 24 to 75 inches.
Our approach
The device: a media player that connects to commercial displays from 24 to 75 inches, sets up in about 10 minutes and is built to run 24/7. The Edge Box version is made for industrial use, in an aluminium enclosure.
Data integrations: connects to hundreds of inverters, meters and gateways, with data providers such as Solar-Log added from the cloud.
The cloud: an online management system where data updates instantly, screens are configured remotely, slides and timing are set by the owner and firmware is updated over the air.
The experience: solar production, energy consumption, self-consumption rate, COâ‚‚ savings and trees planted, shown over a solar-themed video or the owner’s own photos and videos, with a welcome message for visitors.
The platform: built by the in-house team behind LaMetric TIME and LaMetric SKY, taking the LaMetric platform into the energy industry.
What it means for you: integrating many energy devices, running displays 24/7 and managing them over the air are problems we have already solved in our own product, and we bring that experience to yours.
The challenges
Showing solar data on a screen sounds simple. Making it work for any plant, in any building, all day, every day, is not. The data lives in hundreds of different inverters, meters and gateways. The screen runs in public spaces around the clock. Installers need it working in minutes, and owners want to change content and keep devices updated without a site visit.
Hundreds of data sources
One product that reads live data from hundreds of different inverters, meters and gateways, including Solar-Log.
Running 24/7 in public spaces
A display built to run around the clock in offices, schools and communities, where a blank screen is visible to everyone.
Managed from anywhere
Configuration, content and firmware updates done remotely from the cloud, without visiting the site.
Clear and on brand
Raw plant data turned into figures anyone understands, in the owner's logo, colours, photos and videos.
Installed in minutes
About 10 minutes to set up on commercial displays from 24 to 75 inches.
Our approach
The device: a media player that connects to commercial displays from 24 to 75 inches, sets up in about 10 minutes and is built to run 24/7. The Edge Box version is made for industrial use, in an aluminium enclosure.
Data integrations: connects to hundreds of inverters, meters and gateways, with data providers such as Solar-Log added from the cloud.
The cloud: an online management system where data updates instantly, screens are configured remotely, slides and timing are set by the owner and firmware is updated over the air.
The experience: solar production, energy consumption, self-consumption rate, COâ‚‚ savings and trees planted, shown over a solar-themed video or the owner’s own photos and videos, with a welcome message for visitors.
The platform: built by the in-house team behind LaMetric TIME and LaMetric SKY, taking the LaMetric platform into the energy industry.
What it means for you: integrating many energy devices, running displays 24/7 and managing them over the air are problems we have already solved in our own product, and we bring that experience to yours.
Our approach
What it means for you: integrating many energy devices, running displays 24/7 and managing them over the air are problems we have already solved in our own product, and we bring that experience to yours.
The device
A media player that connects to commercial displays from 24 to 75 inches, sets up in about 10 minutes and is built to run 24/7. The Edge Box version is made for industrial use, in an aluminium enclosure.
Computer vision for screen sizing
During setup, computer vision recognises the actual size of the connected TV and applies the matching product licence automatically. That lets the Edge Box ship without a TV.
Data integrations
Connects to hundreds of inverters, meters and gateways, with data providers such as Solar-Log added from the cloud.
The cloud
An online management system where data updates instantly, screens are configured remotely, slides and timing are set by the owner and firmware is updated over the air. The multi-tenant LaMetric Solar Glance CMS lets every customer run and update its own fleet of screens from one place.
The experience
Solar production, energy consumption, self-consumption rate, COâ‚‚ savings and trees planted, shown over a solar-themed video or the owner’s own photos and videos, with a welcome message for visitors.
The platform
Built by the in-house team behind LaMetric TIME and LaMetric SKY, taking the LaMetric platform into the energy industry.
Results
- Integrates with hundreds of inverters, meters and gateways
- Commercial displays from 24 to 75 inches, set up in about 10 minutes
- Firmware updated over the air from the cloud
- Edge Box ships without a TV, licensed to match the screen it is connected to
Installers set it up in minutes, owners manage content and updates remotely, and the platform scales to new data sources without a site visit.
See the system in action
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Services used
One engineering team from concept to devices running in the field: prototypes, electronics and enclosure design, firmware and embedded Linux, certification, manufacturing and fleet operations under one roof.
Vision and AI that run on the device: camera pipelines, on-device inference and models you can update across the fleet. Start from our Industrial Vision Box platform instead of building the stack from zero.
The backend your devices depend on: identity, messaging, data pipelines and APIs that scale with the fleet.
Over-the-air updates that never brick a device: A/B partitions, signed images, rollback and staged rollouts.
Talk to an engineer, not a salesperson
Idea, prototype, production or a fleet in the field: tell us where you are. A senior engineer replies within one business day.
Your benefits:
- Senior embedded engineers
- Hardware, firmware and cloud
- From prototype to fleet
- Clear scope and next steps
- Direct technical answers
- No sales pitch
What happens next?
A free 30-minute call with a senior engineer
A short technical discovery
A proposal with scope, timeline and cost
