Last year I have replaced the Soladin 600 inverter for one made by Omniksol. The Omniksol has the option to monitor it using a WiFi module and an online portal made by Omniksol. But if you manage to get a 602 series WiFi module there is the option to read the stats directly from the module on TCP port 8899. In real-time, that is without using the Omniksol online portal.
This works by sending it a magic message like {0x68, 0x02, 0x40, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x16} but this has to be personalised to the inverters serial number.
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I’m a huge fan of Arduino, JeeNode, ESP8266. A few of them connected in a network is one of the best solutions to distribute sensors data, relays command and status, LCDs and so on. But what should we use for networking the nodes? Wifi is built into the ESP8266 so that’s a no-brainer. JeeNode has an RF12b working on 868Mhz, but what if you don’t want to use wireless? What if you want to use wired sensors and supply power to them over the same wire? I have looked at RS232 and Ethernet. RS232 is low cost but in its standard form best suited for point to point connections. Ethernet is much better, Ethernet Cards and libraries are easily available for the Arduino. Cost wise, it’s not the best solution, though.
A few years back I bought a small PV Solar system. Only 3 230Wp panels and a 
The Soladin 600 has a serial port available but it is in an RJ12 form package. Interfacing is super easy thanks to the Soladin