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Contents
1 SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT..................................................................................................5
2 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................................6
3 NORMAL USE...............................................................................................................................................................6
4 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................................................................7
5 WARNINGS....................................................................................................................................................................8
6 OPERATION OF THE PVPM......................................................................................................................................9
6.1 O
PERATING
AND
CONNECTION
ELEMENTS
............................................................................................................................9
6.2 G
ENERAL
H
INTS
............................................................................................................................................................9
6.3 C
ONNECTING
P
ERIPHERAL
D
EVICES
.................................................................................................................................10
6.4 P
OWER
S
UPPLY
...........................................................................................................................................................10
6.5 C
ONNECTING
A
PC......................................................................................................................................................11
6.6 C
ONNECTING
THE
S
OLAR
G
ENERATOR
.............................................................................................................................11
6.7 C
ONNECTING
THE
C
OMBINATION
S
ENSOR
.........................................................................................................................11
6.8 S
WITCHING
-
ON
............................................................................................................................................................12
6.9 B
UTTONS
...................................................................................................................................................................13
6.10 M
EASUREMENT
.........................................................................................................................................................13
6.11 M
ESSAGES
...............................................................................................................................................................15
7 EXTERNAL SECURITY SWITCH 1000V / 32A......................................................................................................16
8 IMPACTS ON THE ACCURACY OF THE MEASUREMENT..............................................................................17
9 INSTALLATION OF THE TRANSFER SOFTWARE PVPM.DISP......................................................................19
10 INSTALLING THE USB DEVICE DRIVER...........................................................................................................20
10.1 I
NSTALLATION
WITH
„N
EW
HARDWARE
FOUND
“...............................................................................................................20
10.2 U
NINSTALLING
THE
CDM
DRIVER
................................................................................................................................23
11 OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE PVPM.DISP.................................................................................................24
11.1 M
AIN
M
ENU
F
ILE
.....................................................................................................................................................24
11.2 E
DIT
....................................................................................................................................................................... 26
11.3 E
XTRA
.....................................................................................................................................................................27
11.4 D
IAGRAM
.................................................................................................................................................................30
11.5 R
ESULTS
/ L
ISTS
.......................................................................................................................................................31
11.6 H
ELP
(
NOT
YET
IMPLEMENTED
)....................................................................................................................................31
12 HARDWARE INFORMATION................................................................................................................................32
12.1 M
EASURING
U
NIT
......................................................................................................................................................32
12.2 C
ALCULATION
U
NIT
...................................................................................................................................................32
12.3 D
ISPLAY
..................................................................................................................................................................33
12.4 O
PERATION
...............................................................................................................................................................33
12.5 P
OWER
S
UPPLY
.........................................................................................................................................................33
12.6 D
IMENSIONS
.............................................................................................................................................................33
12.7 O
PERATION
C
ONDITIONS
.............................................................................................................................................33
12.8 O
PTIONALLY
AVAILABLE
ACCESSORY
..............................................................................................................................33
13 LIST OF SYMBOLS..................................................................................................................................................34
14 REASONS FOR DECREASED POWER AND YIELD OF PV GENERATORS.................................................35
15 I-U DIAGRAM: EXPLANATION............................................................................................................................36
16 SAMPLE CURVES....................................................................................................................................................41
17 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................................................................44
17.1 A
ZIMUTH
(
SS
)
AND
ELEVATION
(
Α
)................................................................................................................................44
17.2 S
LOPE
.....................................................................................................................................................................44
17.3 DC........................................................................................................................................................................44
17.4 D
EGRADATION
CHARACTERISTIC
....................................................................................................................................44
17.5 D
IRECT
RADIATION
/
DIFFUSE
RADIATION
........................................................................................................................44
17.6 G
ENERATOR
.............................................................................................................................................................44
17.7 G
LOBAL
/
TOTAL
RADIATION
..........................................................................................................................................45
17.8 S
HORT
-
CIRCUIT
CURRENT
OF
SOLAR
CELLS
......................................................................................................................45
17.9 M
ISMATCHING
..........................................................................................................................................................45
17.10 MPP....................................................................................................................................................................45
PVPM 1000X / 1040X
User Manual
PV-Engineering GmbH
