Chapter 5: Commissioning the Installation
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Using the portal, you can:
View the latest performance of specific components.
Find underperforming components, such as modules, by comparing their performance to that of
other components of the same type.
Pinpoint the location of alerted components using the physical layout.
See how components are connected to each other.
To display a logical layout, the serial numbers and other general information are required.
To display a physical layout, you need to map the locations of the installed power optimizers. To generate
a physical mapping, use either the iPhone Site Mapper application or a mapping template, which should
be filled out using the detachable stickers (see
Providing Installation Information
The logical and physical mapping can be used for debugging a problem using the SolarEdge monitoring
portal.
If you do not report the physical and logical mapping of the installed power optimizers to SolarEdge, the
SolarEdge monitoring portal will show the logical layout indicating which power optimizers are connected
to which inverters, but will not show strings or the physical location of power optimizers.
The inverter may be connected to the SolarEdge monitoring server via LAN or via an external modem
connected to the inverter RS232 connector. Alternatively, you can connect the inverter to another inverter
that is already connected to the server, in a master-slave configuration. Refer to
Providing Installation Information
Paper Template
Fill out the Physical Layout Template using the detachable 2D barcode stickers on each power optimizer.
Once the form is completed, scan it and upload the scanned file to the SolarEdge monitoring portal during
site registration. For an example paper template, refer to
http://www.solaredge.com/files/pdfs/physical-
For detailed information, refer to the
SolarEdge Site Mapping Template Application Note
, available on the
SolarEdge website at
http://www.solaredge.com/files/pdfs/application_note_using_site_mapping_template.pdf
iPhone Site Mapper
Use the SolarEdge Site Mapper iPhone application to scan the power optimizer and inverter 2D barcodes.
It then creates a file that can be uploaded to the SolarEdge monitoring portal during site registration. The
SolarEdge Site Mapper can be downloaded from the Apple iTunes Store.
For detailed information, refer to the
SolarEdge Site Mapper Software Guide
or to the
Site Mapper demo
movie,
available on the SolarEdge website at
http://www.solaredge.com/groups/installer-tools/site-
Creating a Site in the SolarEdge Monitoring Portal
Create the site in the monitoring portal using the registration form available at the following link:
http://www.solaredge.com/groups/site-registration.
Fill out all required information in the form, which
includes information about your installation, as well as details about its logical and physical mapping.
