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Beehive User Manual V3.0

 

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Jiangsu GNE New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | 1F/B No.218 Hongkou Road, Liyang 213300, Jiangsu, CHINA

 

Tel:+86-519-8728 1798    Fax:+86-519-8728 1678 Email: 

[email protected]

 Web:

www.gnetek.com

 

2. Keys and Lights 

2.1

Keys 

This data aggregation device Beehive has a total of five operation buttons, 

namely: the menu button MENU, the confirmation button OK, the up button

the down button

  and the red shutdown button Safe Hub. The functions of each 

button are as follows

 

MENU button

 

. With the display off, turn on the display and enter the Main Menu. 

. During the system viewing and setting process, return to the previous menu. 

. In the confirmation process of setting, cancel the confirmation operation. 

. An error occurred during the setting process, return to the previous item to 

reset. 

. When the display shows the Main Menu, close the display. 

Confirmation button OK

 

. Enter the lower menu. 

. Confirmation of various settings. 

. Save after setting. 

Up/Down button 

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. Select different submenus up or down in various levels of menus or view 

various information. 

 

. In the Wi-Fi account setting process, select the Wi-Fi account name. 

. During the password setting process, select different characters. 

Summary of Contents for Beehive

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL For Data Aggregation Device Beehive 2020 07 V3 0 ...

Page 2: ...28 1678 Email service gnetek com Web www gnetek com Content 1 Description 3 2 Keys and Lights 5 2 1 Keys 5 2 2 Lights 6 2 3 Display 6 3 Installation 7 3 1 Before Installation 7 3 2 Installation Steps 7 3 3 Wall Mounting 8 3 4 Start the Beehive 8 4 Menu Structure 9 5 Operation 11 5 1 Wake up display 11 5 2 Menu Work Status 12 5 2 1 IP Address 12 5 2 2 View Swarm 13 5 2 3 View Honeybee 13 5 2 4 Beeh...

Page 3: ...8728 1798 Fax 86 519 8728 1678 Email service gnetek com Web www gnetek com 5 2 6 View Time Zone 14 5 2 7 View Date Time 15 5 3 Menu Settings 15 5 3 1 Network Type 15 5 3 2 WiFi Setting 16 5 3 3 Search Swarm 18 5 4 Menu Senior 18 5 4 1 Reset IP 19 5 4 2 Start Optimizer 19 5 4 3 Clear Data 20 5 4 4 Export Data 20 5 4 5 View ID 21 5 4 6 Test Hardware 21 5 4 7 Set up Time Zone 21 5 4 8 Set Time Date 2...

Page 4: ...19 8728 1678 Email service gnetek com Web www gnetek com 1 Description The GNE data aggregation device Beehive is used in conjunction with GNE data acquisition unit Swarms and power optimizers Honeybee400 800 to collect aggregate and process PV module data and transmit it to the Internet The names and necessary accessories of the front and back parts are shown in the following table Figure 1 1 Bee...

Page 5: ...angsu CHINA Tel 86 519 8728 1798 Fax 86 519 8728 1678 Email service gnetek com Web www gnetek com Figure 1 3 Beehive Accessories Table1 1 Part Number and Name Table Item Part Name Item Part Name 1 Safehub 9 RS485 port 1 2 Display 10 RD485 port 2 3 MANU 11 LAN cable port 4 Up button 12 RF Antenna port 5 OK key 13 Power light 6 Down button 14 Status light 7 Power port 15 Screw hole 8 USB port ...

Page 6: ...ns of each button are as follows MENU button With the display off turn on the display and enter the Main Menu During the system viewing and setting process return to the previous menu In the confirmation process of setting cancel the confirmation operation An error occurred during the setting process return to the previous item to reset When the display shows the Main Menu close the display Confir...

Page 7: ...SafeHub down key shut down the optimizer output 2 2 Lights The two lights are power indicator red and work indicator green The red light turns on when power is on If it is not on there may be a problem with the power supply or a short circuit The green light flashes at the interval of one second after the initialization is completed which is the normal working state If it is on or off for a long t...

Page 8: ...If installed outdoors a protective box needs to be added There are two ways to install Beehive Horizontal installation if placed on the desktop Vertical installation for example on the wall refer to Wall Installation Instructions There are two main ways of network connection Network cable connection recommended method WIFI connection recommended where the mobile phone WIFI signal 2 or more 3 2 Ins...

Page 9: ...anual 3 3 Wall Mounting Drill holes according to P3 1 diagram and insert into the expansion tube then screw in the screw the exposed height of the screw is 5 5 6 5mm Figure 3 1 Punching Diagram Figure 3 2 Expansion screw installation diagram Align the screws with the mounting holes on the back of Beehive and then move Beehive down so that the screws completely hang on the product and complete the ...

Page 10: ... initialization is complete the screen backlight will automatically turn off and the screen will not display anything the power indicator red is always on and the work indicator green is blinking status 4 Menu Structure There are 3 options in the Beehive main menu namely Work Status Settings Senior Work Status and Settings are commonly used options while Senior options are setting options When the...

Page 11: ...us IP Address View IP address Swarm Swarm MAC View Swam MAC ID Honeybee Honeybee in Addr N View Honeybee Number in Address 1 or other MAC ID View Beehive MAC ID Software Version View software version Time Zone View time zone Date Time View date and time Settings Network Type Up Down to choose Set network connection method WiFi Config SSID OK Scan Search WIFI and select Password Set Set password le...

Page 12: ...etcard of Beehive Netcard ID View Netcard ID in Beehive Test Hardware Test KEYs Test if every key works well Time Zone UP or DN change Change time zone Time Date YYYYMMDDHHMM SS Change date and time Reboot Sure to Restart Restart Beehive Remark means there are lower menus please OK to enter Press OK OK to activate the entry when the display interface is in Senior 5 Operation 5 1 Wake up display Th...

Page 13: ...f you need to proceed to the next step please press OK to enter the main menu Or press the MENU key the screen will turn off the display and backlight Press the OK button to enter the main menu the interface is shown in Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Main Menu Select the corresponding menu according to the menu frame and enter use the keys to switch the menu item and the OK key to enter 5 2 Menu Work Statu...

Page 14: ...m connected to the Beehive Operation steps Main Menu Work Status Swarm the display is shown as Figure 5 4 Figure 5 4 No of Swarm connected 5 2 3 View Honeybee This menu is to view the number of optimizers under Swarms in different address Operation steps Main Menu Work Status Honeybee the display is shown as Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 No of optimizers in Swarm 1 View whether the number of optimizers ma...

Page 15: ...AC ID of Beehive operation steps Main Menu Work Status MAC ID show in Figure 5 6 Figure 5 6 Beehive MAC ID 5 2 5 Software Version The menu is to view the software version of the Beehive operation steps Main Menu Work Status Software Version shown as Figure 5 7 Figure 5 7 software version 5 2 6 View Time Zone This menu is to view the time zone of the Beehive s location Usually the time zone is sync...

Page 16: ...Time This menu is to view the date and time of the Beehive s location Usually the date and time are synchronized with the server after the Beehive is connected to the network Operation steps Main Menu Work Status Date Time shown as Figure 5 9 Figure 5 9 Date Time If the date and the time is inconsistent with the current location please enter the Senior menu to set it 5 3 Menu Settings There are th...

Page 17: ...ettings NetWork Type shown in Figure 5 10 Figure 5 10 select cable to access Internet b Press OK to enter Network type use to select Cable then press OK to save and restart shown as Figure 5 11 Figure 5 11 Save cable communication and restart 5 3 2 WiFi Setting Set up WIFI to access Internet a Operation steps Main Menu Settings NetWork Type b Press OK to select WiFi by pressing the keys then save ...

Page 18: ...can WiFi account d Select the right WiFi account confirm and save e Enter the Password Set press OK to reset then set up the length of WiFi password If the WiFi account has no password please fill in the length with 00 Figure 5 14 Set up the length if password f Key in the password with the right digit letter or character by pressing the keys then save and reboot Figure 5 15 key in WiFi password a...

Page 19: ...me in the menu of Senior 5 3 3 Search Swarm This menu is used to find and record all the Swarms connected to the RS485 bus operation steps Main Menu Settings Search Swarm press OK to search and waiting for the result The display is shown in Figure 5 16 Figure 5 16 Find RS485 When the search is complete the quantity is displayed If the displayed number matches the actual connection number it indica...

Page 20: ... operations Main Menu Senior IP Config OK Reset IP The display shows below option in figure 5 17 Figure 5 17 Reset IP b Press OK to select Auto IP it returns to the display of IP Config Figure 5 18 select Auto IP c Press menu to reset IP and enter the next display then fill in IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway and DNS Server one by one after reset please OK to save Figure 5 19 Reset IP 5 4 2 Start Op...

Page 21: ...e 5 21 Sure to open c Press OK to key in password of the Beehive the defaulted password is 111111 then Beehive will open the optimizers Figure 5 22 Open power 5 4 3 Clear Data The Senior menu is to clear the data stored in the netcard of the Beehive with operations Main Menu Senior Clear Data press OK to clear and restart Figure 5 23 Clear data 5 4 4 Export Data The Senior menu is to export the da...

Page 22: ...ID The Senior menu is to view the IP of the netcard in the Beehive after operations Main Menu Senior Netcard ID it shows the ID number as Figure 5 25 Figure 5 25 View Netcard ID 5 4 6 Test Hardware The Senior menu is to test if the keys work well after operations Main Menu Senior Test Hardware press OK to test each key of the Beehive Figure 5 26 Test Keys 5 4 7 Set up Time Zone This menu is to set...

Page 23: ...nu Work Status Time Zone to view the new time zone 5 4 8 Set Time Date This menu is to set up the date and time when the network is abnormal and the server time cannot be synchronized With operations Main Menu Senior Time Zone the display shows in Figure 5 28 Figure 5 28 Set up Time and Date The display shows tow lines after entering the setting interface where the upper line YYYYMMDDHHMM SS is th...

Page 24: ...o matter which digit is modified to be saved you must press the OK button to the last digit continue to press the OK button save appears Interface such as Figure 5 30 Figure 5 30 change date and time If you want to save the changes press the OK button if you do not save press MENU will return to the date setting interface if you want to exit keep pressing the MENU button to the leftmost digit ie t...

Page 25: ...angsu CHINA Tel 86 519 8728 1798 Fax 86 519 8728 1678 Email service gnetek com Web www gnetek com After modifying the time and date please enter Main Menu Work Status Date Time to check the changed date and time 5 4 9 Reboot If need to reboot Beehive enter Main Menu Senior Reboot after press OK it shows Sure to restart or not press OK again to reboot shown as below figures Figure 5 31 Reboot ...

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