iCEL Systems Inspires New WattPlot MultiMATE

Over the past year, iCeL Systems has joined forces with WattPlot, a comprehensive software tool which provides real-time reporting on renewable energy system data. WattPlot allows iCeL customers to monitor their energy storage systems remotely via desktop or smart phone.
For the Anaheim Energy Field project, iCeL CTO Dr. Ryan Wartena, made some special requests of WattPlot.  Wartena was extremely impressed with WattPlot’s ability to completely exceed expectations by developing a whole new product to meet iCeL’s needs for the Energy Field, which feeds into the Anaheim Public Utility grid.

Andrew Welch of WattPlot recently shared his experience developing the new software.

“Earlier this year, iCEL Systems of California presented us with a challenge.  They install 3-phase renewable energy systems, using six OutBack inverters arranged as three pairs: one pair for each phase, and each phase with its own MATE!  They wanted a way of monitoring all three MATEs on one screen, viewing each phase as a reporting set, as well as having an overall power production plot, summarizing the three phase reporting sets – a set of sets!  They also needed to be able to send a MATE command to all three MATEs simultaneously.

Such capabilities were beyond the standard WattPlot, but we were intrigued by the possibilities and got right to work on a custom solution for iCEL.  There was a deadline to meet: the new system was being installed in the new Energy Field park in Anaheim, CA, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony [hyperlink to News article of Anaheim Ribbon Cutting], was only a few weeks away!

I am pleased to report that, not only did we meet the deadline, but some of the work will be applied to the next major WattPlot release.  Version 4.4 is still some weeks away, but the final result will be all of the current WattPlot PRO features in a package that can mix and match MATEs and reporting sets, all in a single monitor program.  We call it WattPlot MultiMATE and we’re very excited!”

Flexible, innovative, and customer-oriented, WattPlot and iCeL Systems are two companies clearly devoted to providing the ultimate functionality for all their clients, big and small.