Solmetric SunEye 210, User Manual

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Using the SunEye
View the Skyline Measurement Data
Solar Access: The annual and seasonal solar access is shown in the Results panel. The seasonal
month ranges, May-Oct and Nov-Apr, represent the common peak and off-peak rate seasons.
Your local utility may use a different set of months.
Solar Resource: Tilt Orientation Factor (TOF) and Total Solar Resource Fraction (TSRF) are
used to compare the actual site characteristics to the optimal characteristics at that site. TOF and
TSRF can only be displayed when the NREL – TMY3 weather model is selected (US only).
Refer to “Weather, Air quality and Clouds” on page 4-3 for more information.
Windowed Access: Calculates solar access only within a window of time in months and time of
day. The user specifies the months and time window and solar access is calculated only for that
window. Note that the insolation both with and without shading is windowed, so if there is no
shading within the defined window, then the Windowed Access would be 100%, even if there is
shading outside the window.
• To toggle between Solar Access and Solar Resource, select > View>Configure Current
View, and select one of the following:
• Solar Access
• TOF/TSRF
• Windowed Access
Figure 2-33. Configure Current View
Figure 2-34. Sunpaths View with Solar Access
To change the current view to Solar Resource (TOF/TSRF), select Solar Access to open the
Configure current view screen. Select Solar Resource , and TOF/TSRF are displayed as shown
below.