GivEnergy Portal Guide — Everything You Need to Know
The GivEnergy monitoring portal at givenergy.cloud gives you full visibility and control over your solar and battery system. This guide covers account setup, dashboard navigation, charge schedules, system modes, device management, and what to do when data stops appearing.
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Portal vs GivEnergy app — when to use which
GivEnergy provides two interfaces for your system: the mobile app and the web portal (givenergy.cloud). They share the same underlying data but serve different purposes.
Use both — they complement each other
Use the app for daily monitoring and quick schedule adjustments. Use the portal for fault investigation, historical analysis, device management, and anything that requires more context than the app provides. If your app shows a fault or unexpected behaviour, the portal's detailed charts and device logs are where you diagnose it.
Setting up your GivEnergy portal account
Your installer should have set up your portal account during commissioning. If you need to create one yourself, or if you've moved into a property with an existing GivEnergy system, follow these steps.
Step-by-step setup
Visit givenergy.cloud and sign up with your email address. Enable two-factor authentication — GivEnergy accounts that are compromised can have charge schedules overridden remotely, which has financial implications. Choose a strong, unique password.
From the dashboard, select Add Device. Enter your inverter serial number — this is printed on a label on the inverter unit, typically on the front panel or right side. Serial numbers for GivEnergy hybrid inverters typically start with SA followed by 6 digits. For All-in-One units, it's on the right panel.
If you have a separate battery (Giv-Bat) and gateway (GivHub or AECC dongle), add these separately using their serial numbers. The gateway is what connects your system to the internet — it must be registered under your account for data to appear.
Enter your address, timezone (crucial — incorrect timezone causes schedule misalignment), and current tariff rates. Import and export rates are used for savings calculations. Update these whenever your tariff changes — historical data is calculated with the rate that was current at the time.
After adding devices, wait 5–15 minutes. The dashboard should show live power flow data: solar generation (if panels are connected), battery state of charge, grid import/export, and home consumption. If nothing appears, check dongle connectivity — see the WiFi setup guide.
Moved into a property with an existing system?
If you've bought a house with a GivEnergy system, the previous owner's account still controls it until ownership is transferred. You cannot simply add the serial number to a new account — it will show as already registered. You need to go through the ownership transfer process. See the monitoring transfer guide for the full procedure, or the bought house with GivEnergy guide for everything you need to do.
Understanding the dashboard
The portal dashboard shows real-time power flows in a visual diagram. Understanding what each figure represents helps you spot problems and confirm your system is behaving correctly.
Current output from panels in kW. Should match the sky conditions — zero output in darkness, maximum around solar noon on clear days.
Current charge level. Should rise during cheap-rate windows and solar surplus. Should fall during discharge periods. A flat SOC for extended periods suggests scheduling or CT issues.
Total household power draw. A value significantly above what you'd expect could indicate a CT clamp measuring the wrong circuit.
Positive = importing from grid. Negative = exporting to grid. Should be low or negative during solar peaks and during battery discharge periods.
Inverter display vs portal — the authoritative source
The portal shows data sent from the inverter via the dongle. If the portal is offline or showing stale data, go directly to the inverter display for real-time generation figures. The inverter display is always live, regardless of cloud connectivity.
Key screens and where to find them
Time-series graphs for generation, consumption, import/export, and battery SOC. Adjustable time ranges from 1 day to 12 months. Use this to identify patterns — a day where the battery didn't charge shows clearly here.
Best for: investigating missed charge cycles
System modes, charge/discharge schedules, export limits, tariff information, and smart features. This is where all configuration changes are made. Always verify changes have applied by checking the portal after the next scheduled event.
Best for: configuring schedules and limits
Connected hardware list showing each device's online status, firmware version, and communication state. If a device shows as offline here but you know it's powered on, that's your connectivity fault to investigate.
Best for: checking connectivity and firmware versions
Fault alerts, firmware availability notices, and performance messages. Read these when your system behaves unexpectedly — they often contain the fault code you need to look up or confirm a firmware update was pushed.
Best for: fault code identification
GivEnergy operating modes explained
The operating mode determines how the system prioritises energy sources and manages the battery. Most users should be in Self-Consumption mode with scheduled overrides for charge and discharge windows.
Uses solar energy first to power the home. Surplus solar charges the battery. Battery discharges to cover household demand when solar is insufficient. Grid is used only when battery is empty. Best default state for most homes.
Battery charges from the grid during defined time windows (your cheap-rate period). Overrides self-consumption during the slot. Used to fill the battery at cheap rates overnight.
Forces the battery to discharge during defined windows. Used to ensure stored energy is deployed during expensive peak periods. Target SOC sets the minimum the battery will discharge to before stopping.
Exports stored battery energy to the grid during high-value export windows. Overrides Timed Discharge. Once the export target SOC is reached, the system stops — must be manually reset to resume normal discharge.
Configures a minimum battery reserve and enables Emergency Power Supply. The battery holds the defined reserve so it's available during grid outages. EPS must be physically wired during installation to work.
Prioritises exporting solar generation before charging the battery or covering home load. Useful only in specific scenarios — most users should not use this mode as it increases import costs.
For detailed configuration of these modes including the midnight crossing rule and multi-slot scheduling, see the GivEnergy EMS configuration guide.
Setting schedules in the portal
Navigate to your inverter card in the portal and select Settings to access the scheduling interface. The portal provides more scheduling options than the app.
The midnight rule — most common scheduling mistake
Charge and discharge slots cannot cross midnight. A slot set as 23:30–05:30 will not work. Split it: Slot 1 = 23:30–23:59, Slot 2 = 00:00–05:30. This applies in both app and portal. See the charge schedule guide for full details and examples.
No data showing in the portal — quick diagnosis
Portal showing no live data is almost always a connectivity problem. Work through these checks before assuming a hardware fault.
For the full step-by-step portal offline diagnostic guide, including how to distinguish a local WiFi issue from a GivEnergy server outage, see the GivEnergy portal offline guide.
GivEnergy portal — common questions
The portal (givenergy.cloud) is a web-based interface with richer charts, full device management, multi-site administration, and installer commissioning tools. The mobile app is better for quick daily checks and notifications. Use both — they serve different purposes. The portal is where you diagnose problems; the app is where you monitor day-to-day.
No data in the portal is almost always a connectivity problem, not a generation problem. Check your dongle LED status (should be solid, not flashing or off), verify your home broadband is working, and check whether GivEnergy's servers are up by loading givenergy.cloud directly. A 30-second power cycle of the dongle resolves most sudden data gaps.
Go to the dashboard and select Add Device. Enter the serial number from the device label — for inverters this is on the front or right panel. If the serial number shows as already registered, the device is under another account. This happens when you've moved into a property with an existing system. You'll need to go through the monitoring transfer process to claim ownership.
Savings calculations use the tariff rates stored in your portal settings. If your rates haven't been updated since your tariff changed, every calculation will be based on outdated prices. Go to Settings > Tariff and update your current import and export rates. Calculations are not backdated — they apply going forward from when you make the change.
Portal not working as expected?
Whether data has gone missing, settings aren't applying, or you need help setting up your portal correctly after a system change, we diagnose GivEnergy portal problems remotely. We check connectivity, account registration, firmware, and configuration without a site visit in most cases.
Need help setting up the portal?
If your portal isn't showing data, you've moved and need account transfer help, or you want to configure advanced features like tariff rates and schedules correctly — we can walk you through it remotely.