simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab If you always want to use the line-powered switching power supply in preference to the solar-charged battery, then arrange that power supply to put out a little higher voltage than the battery. It doesn't need to be much, even just a few 100 mV would do it.
In the past the simple solution was to use a DC power connector with a built in physical switch such as this one from Lumberg. When the DC plug is inserted it breaks the power from the battery to the circuitry so the power then comes from the external DC power source.
If the battery is rechargeable and the external DC adaptor is for charging the battery, one solution is to feed the external DC power through the charging circuit to the battery. This is quite an efficient system, depending on the nature of your charge circuit. Some charge ICs will provide charge source switching as well, such as the LTC4075.
When there is no external DC power the battery will power the electronics and when the external DC power is applied, that will power the electronics provided it is higher than the battery voltage. However, now we have lost a diode volts drop.
When the DC plug is inserted it breaks the power from the battery to the circuitry so the power then comes from the external DC power source. While that sounds fine, it has a major disadvantage which mean it is not used much nowadays.
In case of faults or maintenance on one of the battery and charger sets, the bus tie can be closed, thus enabling the other battery and charger set to supply the whole load. The actual circuits that the doubled DC system is supplying are distributed equally among the two sections in the switchboard.
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