Thursday 31 May 2012

Can I Use an iPhone to Communicate with My SMA Sunny Boy Inverter via Bluetooth?

When our solar panels were first installed I tried to connect to the SMA SunnyBoy inverter using my iPhone as it has Bluetooth already setup. The iPhone was unable to detect the SMA Inverter so initially I thought the Bluetooth was not configured on the SunnyBoy. However on further investigation it was possible to connect using a laptop so it appeared the problem was with the iPhone Bluetooth settings.

It seems like the iPhone Bluetooth configuration is very much restricted and that features that are standard on other Bluetooth devices are not possible on the iPhone hence the inability to communicate with the SMA inverter.

So the answer to the question "Can I Use an iPhone to Communicate with My SMA Sunny Boy Inverter via Bluetooth?" is unfortunately No.

1 comment:

  1. well. your experiences are quite common and many face such problems. i have been facing similar issues. thanks for sharing.

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