Quick Start
Step by step: create your first gateway, connector, device, dashboard, alarm and report.
Welcome to the Quick Start guide. This section is designed step-by-step to help you connect your first device, monitor live data, and set up alarms on the SolarTools platform. Once you complete this guide, you will have established an end-to-end data flow using the core capabilities of the platform.
What's in this section?
Add a Gateway
Introduce the first gateway hardware to the system that will communicate with the devices in your facility.
Create a Connector
Configure data pipelines via Modbus, MQTT, or other supported protocols.
Add a Device
Digitally create your real-world sensors, meters, or inverters on the platform.
Custom Dashboard
Prepare your first monitoring screen using the drag-and-drop method to visualize incoming data.
Alarm Rule
Define a simple warning mechanism for threshold breaches and device faults.
First Report
Discover ways to export collected data periodically or instantly.
Solution Template
Learn how to speed up common configurations using templates.
Recommended Flow
We recommend following the steps in order. It's not possible to connect a device without adding a gateway, so the guide follows the natural order of data flow.