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    MBSoiling Station Installation 

MBSoiling Station connections are described in this section. All connections 
described here may not be available in your soiling station. Features and connections 
available will depend on the model selected. 

3.1

 

MBSoiling Station With Solar Charger: 

Soiling station can be powered via solar PV panel or AC power supply. 
Diagram for soiling station is shown in figure 3.1 below.  

 

 

Fig - 3.1 Soiling station with solar charger 

Parts of soling station with solar charger are listed in table-3.1 below.  

Sl. 

No. 

Part 

Model 

Description 

Soiling Station 

1 

Pole  

MS Pole- three 

meters 

Galvanized pole with tripod and 
accessories. 

Summary of Contents for 700 H Series

Page 1: ...1 MBSoiling Station 700 Series Advanced Soiling Station Series Document ID M4 028 010 010 01 R2 Revision 1 03 2022 05 29 SW 2 10...

Page 2: ...terface 13 3 4 2 MBSoiling Station Power Supply Connections 14 3 4 3 Serial Port RS485 15 3 4 4 Port ETH 16 3 4 5 SD Memory Card 17 3 4 6 Internal Modem Optional 18 4 Embedded Webserver 20 4 1 User Lo...

Page 3: ...FT 2 48 5 4 Soling Parameters 49 5 5 Soling Station Messages 50 5 5 1 Download Device Status Report 50 2022 01 3 Download Device Value Report 51 2022 01 3 Delete MBLogger Messages 51 5 6 Solar Panel O...

Page 4: ...8 2 My Parameters 60 8 3 Soiling Parameters 61 8 4 Measurement Panel Parameters 61 9 Soiling Station Diagnostics 64 10 Soiling Station Library 67 10 1 Library for Solar Panels 67 11 Revision History 6...

Page 5: ...ual and get acquainted with the datalogger connections and terminals before commencing installation activity Before connecting the datalogger read its label to confirm power supply requirements All co...

Page 6: ...s 16 Internal memory of 32MB and expandable SD card memory up to 16GB 17 Log for user activity and device messages faults 18 Calibrate soiled panel with respect to clean panel 19 Powered via solar cha...

Page 7: ...cient 8 Soiled panel Effective Irradiation EffRadSoil Calculated based panel short circuit current and panel temperature for soiled panel This calculation also compensates for the panel temperature an...

Page 8: ...8 M Soiling station with modem H Soiling station with high wattage solar panel...

Page 9: ...the model selected 3 1 MBSoiling Station With Solar Charger Soiling station can be powered via solar PV panel or AC power supply Diagram for soiling station is shown in figure 3 1 below Fig 3 1 Soili...

Page 10: ...r 8 Copper strip 25x2 5mm Five meters For earthing lightening arrestor 9 Solar charging panel 50W Solar charging panel 10 Charging panel boom Pipes Galvanised for installing charging solar panel along...

Page 11: ...iption Soiling Station 1 Pole MS Pole three meters Galvanized pole with tripod and accessories Measurement panels boom Pipes Galvanised for installing measurement solar panels along with mounting acce...

Page 12: ...n a day Soiled panel should be cleaned as per cleaning schedule of the generation PV panels 8 Copper strip 25x2 5mm Five meters For earthing lightening arrestor 9 Cables Required interconnecting cable...

Page 13: ...nections are provided below in table 3 4 1 Table 3 4 1 Measurement solar panel connections Terminal Wire Colour Description Remarks T18 White W1 Clean panel temperature measurement using 3 wire RTD Co...

Page 14: ...ype Figure 3 4 2 Soiling station controller power supply connections Power supply connections details are listed in table 3 4 2 below Table 3 4 2 Soiling station controller connections Terminal Wire C...

Page 15: ...tation serial port RS485 connections Default configuration for the serial RS485 port is provided in table 3 4 3 2 below Table 3 4 3 2 Default port configuration parameters Terminal Wire Colour Functio...

Page 16: ...parameters to other devices and SCADA iv SNTP Client for time synchronization v File transfer client ftp Configuration details for ETH port are provided here Default network configuration for the ETH...

Page 17: ...two seconds 3 Remove the jumper between 6 and 4 4 Wait for about five seconds 5 Soiling station will restart with default IP address Only default IP address and Subnet shall be set to default values 6...

Page 18: ...configuration details are provided here Details of modem status LEDs are provided in table 3 4 6 below Table 3 4 6 Modem status LED The modem can be used for following operations i SNTP Client for ti...

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Page 20: ...nfiguration of parameters not applicable will be disabled xii Limits are displayed for parameters with limits allowed minimum and maximum values Default values are provided for most of the parameters...

Page 21: ...table 4 1 below User Type Default Password User Rights Viewer Viewer Rights to view configuration and view diagnostic information Operator Operator All rights for configuration operation and diagnosti...

Page 22: ...er logout User will be automatically logged out if there is no keyboard or mouse activity for three minutes User will be warned about this by warning sign on right hand top corner of the page User can...

Page 23: ...4 3 1 below Sr No Operation Action Remarks 1 Save present soiling station configuration file Right Click menu Configuration Files and select option Save Present Configuration File by left clicking on...

Page 24: ...button Download File for the file to be downloaded Selected file will be downloaded on connect PC Laptop File Download Status will show File Downloaded 2 Delete File Click on button Delete File for t...

Page 25: ...to configure the tab parameters Selected tab shall be highlighted Details of the page are provided in table 4 4 below Sr No Parameter Description Remarks 1 Device Name Device Name Device name Default...

Page 26: ...l model Installed panel model 1 2 Watt Panel Wp Wp for the installed panel 1 3 Short Circuit Current Panel short circuit current 1 4 Panel Coefficient C Panel temperature coefficient Will be as per as...

Page 27: ...oiling calculation Details of soling calculation configuration are provided in table 4 6 1 1 below Sr No Parameter Description Remarks 1 Soling Parameter Average Averaging of soiling parameters Defaul...

Page 28: ...me Minutes Time in minutes during which soling parameters will be measured This time together with solar noon time will be used to measure soiling Table 4 6 1 2 Configuration soling measurement time N...

Page 29: ...uld not be removed or inserted while the soiling station is powered On and in operation Disconnect power to soiling station prior to inserting or removing the SD card Files are saved with csv extensio...

Page 30: ...alog Files to configure file operation as shown in figure 4 7 below Figure 4 7 Configuration of datalog file operations For parameters having pre selected options available options are provided as dro...

Page 31: ...2 Log Parameter Quality Enable Disable logging of parameter value quality Parameter value quality will be logged if enabled 3 DataLog Time Period sec Time period for logging data in seconds 4 Day Log...

Page 32: ...r Modem Logged files will be transmitted via the selected medium Note If cellular modem is selected as medium and the modem operation fails file transfer will be attempted via ETH port if the port is...

Page 33: ...Provide required data log file name Data log files will be saved with this name Time in YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM format will be added to the file name e g MBDataLog_2020_03_15_15_ 45 9 File Server URL URL fo...

Page 34: ...erage Value Parameter Description_Avg Average value in float 8 Parameter standard deviation Value Parameter Description_SD Standard Deviation value in float This value shall be provided if its calcula...

Page 35: ...n details of modem parameters on the page are provided in table 4 8 below Sr No Parameter Description Remarks 1 Cellular Service Provider Select cellular service provider Select the service provider f...

Page 36: ...9 2 Configuration of serial port RS485 MODBUS Slave parameters Configuration details of communication parameters for serial port RS485 are provided in table 4 9 below Sr No Parameter Description Rema...

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Page 38: ...parameters Details for tabs for configuration of services on ETH port are provided in table 4 10 below Sr No Tab Description Remarks 1 MODBUS TCP Slave Configure MODBUS TCP slave service Table 4 10 C...

Page 39: ...ow Figure 4 11 Configuration of SNTP client SNTP client will operate in Client Mode only Configuration details of SNTP clients are provided in table 4 11 below Sr No Parameter Description Remarks 1 NT...

Page 40: ...age Configuration details for MyPage parameters are provided in table 4 12 below Sr No Parameter Description Remarks 1 Parameter Source Select source for the parameter Dropdown list of available param...

Page 41: ...e 6 16 below Only Administrator can configure usernames and their passwords Figure 4 13 User configuration Use tabs provided to configure the required user Configuration details of user configuration...

Page 42: ...n again if required with assigned credentials Left click on menu option MBSoiling Station Configuration to select the same Right click on MBSoiling Station Configuration to see the submenu option to c...

Page 43: ...from datalogger for user login history operations and hardware faults v All parameter values their calculated statistical values and status will be updated in real time at preset time interval Animati...

Page 44: ...table 5 1 1 below Sr No Parameter Description Remarks 1 Model Model details of the data logger 2 Hardware Version Hardware version for the model 3 Software Version Software version for the model 4 Se...

Page 45: ...ill be displayed on if the modem is installed Select tab Modem Status to view status of soling station internal modem as shown in figure 5 1 2 below Figure 5 1 2 Soiling station modem status Details f...

Page 46: ...be displayed on the page 5 3 Data Log Files Status of all data log files can be viewed via this page Files can also be deleted or downloaded via click buttons provided Left click on diagnostic menu op...

Page 47: ...ile File not downloaded File Not Downloaded File downloaded Downloaded 4 Delete File button Left click on the button to delete the file Files delete operation is irreversible Active file file that is...

Page 48: ...in Bytes 4 Transmit status Transmit status of the file File not transmitted Not Transmitted File not transmitted Transmitted 5 Download Status Download status of the file File not downloaded File Not...

Page 49: ...4 Soling Parameters Soiling parameters can be viewed in real time clicking on Soiling Parameters Select tab Solar Panel to view panel parameters as shown in figure 5 4 1 below Figure 5 4 1 Solar panel...

Page 50: ...Hardware faults will be displayed in red 2 Message Code Message code Table 5 5 Soiling Station messages Following operation are possible i Download Device Status Report ii Download Device Value Repor...

Page 51: ...ll be marked as GD Bad quality values will be marked as IV iv Value parameter value in float format v Value_Min minimum value of the parameter for the block time vi Value_Man maximum value of the para...

Page 52: ...ions only i Clear sunny day with no clouds ii At solar noon iii Solar irradiation should be more than 0 8 sun Refer to the screen shown in figure 5 6 below Figure 5 6 Panel offset calibration Select C...

Page 53: ...No Code Message Message Type Remarks 1 1000 Power On Information 2 1001 Re Conf Information Datalogger has been re configured 3 1002 Adm Login Information Administrator login and logout 4 1003 Adm Log...

Page 54: ...ose operation for remote file server 1 is OK 23 1024 RFT1 File Transmit Fail Information File transmit operation for remote file server 1 has failed 24 1025 RFT1 File Transmit OK Information File tran...

Page 55: ...is being transmitted via ETH port instead of Modem This can happen if the modem has failed and file transfer via ETH port is possible 41 1042 Modem File Transfer Modem Information File transmission vi...

Page 56: ...ged from Modem to ETH This will happen if SNTP client fails to connect to time server via modem and ETH network is working OK 59 1061 Serial Port2 Re Conf Information Serial port port 2 has been re co...

Page 57: ...2004 Modem Fail Fault Internal modem will not function This will affect functions working via modem 5 2006 RTC Fail Fault RTC operation has failed It will affect all time based operations 6 2007 RTCba...

Page 58: ...Temperature 40 to 90 C 0 1 C 4 Measurement Panel soiled voltage 40V 0 01V 5 Measurement Panel soiled short circuit current 10A 0 01A 6 Measurement Panel soiled Temperature 40 to 90 C 0 1 C 7 Accuracy...

Page 59: ...r No Parameter Specification 1 Power supply voltage input 9 32 VDC 2 Power Consumption With cellular modem 6 W Without cellular modem 4 W Table 7 7 Electrical specifications 7 8 Environmental Sr No Pa...

Page 60: ...30 32 bits float Read only 7 My Parameter 7 Value 32 32 bits float Read only 8 My Parameter 8 Value 34 32 bits float Read only 9 My Parameter 9 Value 36 32 bits float Read only 10 My Parameter 10 Val...

Page 61: ...nly 1 3 Voltage V 10614 32 bits float Read only 1 4 Panel Temperature C 10616 32 bits float Read only 2 Panel Soiled Parameters 2 1 Effective Irradiation W mtr2 10618 32 bits float Read only 2 2 Short...

Page 62: ...ite 1 Reference Panel Cleaning control i b0 Start b1 Stop 10660 16 bits Unsigned Integer Write only 2 Soiled Panel Cleaning control ii b0 Start b1 Stop 10661 16 bits Unsigned Integer Write only 3 Clea...

Page 63: ...er Level High b3 Pump Status b4 Valve Clean Panel b5 Valve Soiled Panel b6 Reference Panel clean ON b7 Soiled Panel clean ON 10663 16 bits Unsigned Integer Read only 2 Cleaning Cycle Number 10664 16 b...

Page 64: ...user has closed the webpage without logout wait for about three minutes before attempting next login 2 Unbale to login Message Soiling Station is being configured Login after some time This message is...

Page 65: ...ansfer not OK i Check the media for file transfer Modem of ETH ii If modem is selected check that no problem exists with modem iii If ETH is selected check problems with ETH network iv Verify configur...

Page 66: ...ta log file directory is full iii Check configuration for file directory iv Verify that the parameter has been configured for logging Table 9 7 Datalogging Operation For other problems please contact...

Page 67: ...put Not Used is provided for all inputs if the same is not used 10 1 Library for Solar Panels List of solar panels is provided in table 10 1 below This selection can be done at MBCS works only Sr No P...

Page 68: ...68 12 Revision History Revision Date Description 1 01 2022 01 01 Document created 1 02 22 03 18 Procedure for setting default IP is added Table 11 Revision History...

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