{"id":86745,"date":"2024-09-13T05:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=86745"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:24:08","slug":"six-channel-catch-control-mb3007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/six-channel-catch-control-mb3007\/","title":{"rendered":"Smarter Solar: Catch Power’s 6-Channel Catch Control Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this age of lower feed-in tariffs, solar energy self-consumption is king. The new multi-phase 6 Channel Catch Control hardware and software aims to have you wearing the crown.<\/p>\n

Maximising self-consumption basically means running appliances when the sun is shining. A cheap way to do this without having to manually switch things on and off is with a timer switch. But while the switch might “know” what time it is, it won’t be aware of prevailing weather conditions.<\/p>\n

There are other options, but coordinating a bunch of gizmos and gadgets including hard-wired appliances to do your bidding can get pretty complicated and frustrating with some of the solutions available, particularly if you don’t like to spend a lot of time fiddling.<\/p>\n

A smart, flexible and more user-friendly way to control your appliances is with Catch Power’s Australian designed and manufactured Catch Control. Previously known as the Catch Solar Relay, this small device is installed in a home’s switchboard. SQ founder Finn reviewed Catch Control<\/a> early this year and considers it the “Swiss army knife of solar” – that article is well worth reading.<\/p>\n

New 6-Channel Catch Control And Software Available<\/h2>\n

Not resting on its laurels, the Catch Power team have recently taken the device to another level with release of the new multi-phase1<\/a><\/sup> 6 Channel Catch Control hardware, which can act as a central orchestration device across multiple brands. As the name suggests, it provides six independent channels providing precise control of inverters<\/a>, batteries<\/a>, EV chargers<\/a>, and individual circuit control.<\/p>\n

The device can control loads via contactor, EV chargers via OCPP<\/a>, air conditioners<\/a> via DRED and everything else by TCP and RTU. The installer’s interface is via Bluetooth and all communications occur through Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n

The company has also expanded and updated its software services following its acquisition of Solar Analytics<\/a>. There\u2019s a configuration app, a new version of its owner app called Monocle and a variety of functions available; including Load Control, Plan Optimiser, Battery Calculator and True Performance monitoring.<\/p>\n

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Here are a few brief examples of some of the many ways the 6 Channel Catch Control and software can be used:<\/p>\n