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Telsa Powerwall 2 install in Australia - Accessing Data

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The Goal Access the house/battery/grid/solar data from my new Telsa Powerwall 2 install to use in my home automation and dashboards. This was pretty straight forward to do, which makes a nice change from accessing my Envoy data which was a lot more complicated. Install Details I've just had this installed on 26 Jun 2019 on the Gold Coast in Australia. Telsa Powerwall 2 Backup Gateway 2 3 phase power The Steps 1. Accessing the local Gateway The Gateway 2 supports a cellular, ethernet and wifi connection. My installers had only setup the cellular connection, so I needed to setup the wifi connection. If the Gateway 2 is using you home wifi already you should be connect directly to it on your home network. Setting up the Wifi connection So I needed to connect the gateway to my home wifi. I used my mobile phone to do this. Connect to the Gateway's wifi point TEG-* I was only prompted for a password - which is displayed inside the Gateway 2 unit, at the top of the technical det