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Papendorf Software Engineering GmbH

User Manual

SOL.Connect Center III

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Page 1: ...Papendorf Software Engineering GmbH User Manual SOL Connect Center III...

Page 2: ...ail info papendorf se de Issue 3 2 Date 18 03 2015 Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference Printed in Germany Papendorf Software Engineering GmbH The use and or reprint of the con...

Page 3: ...se 14 3 4 2 SOL Connect MultiScan 14 3 4 3 SOL Connect Sensor Kits 15 3 4 4 SOL Connect Web Portal 17 3 4 5 Modem 18 3 4 6 Network Cable 18 3 5 SOL Connect Smart Park Control optional 18 4 Technical D...

Page 4: ...display 30 5 1 5 Connect a Signalling Contact 31 5 1 6 Connection of Power Supply 31 5 1 7 Turning on the Device 32 5 2 PV plant 32 6 Assembly 35 7 Working with the SOL Connect Center 37 7 1 User Rig...

Page 5: ...onnect Park Control optional 103 7 10 1 Maintenance mode Maint 105 7 10 2 Plant status Transformer 107 8 Set up Messaging 108 8 1 Allocate Messaging to a Recipient 109 8 2 Monitoring 110 8 3 Reports 1...

Page 6: ...6 Preface 12 5 Solar Feed in Tariff 124 12 6 Plant Status 124 13 Description of Conformity 126 13 1 CE Declaration of conformity 126 13 2 RoHS Declaration of Conformity 126 14 Illustration Index 127...

Page 7: ...in connec tion with optionally available SOL Connect products for enhanced features The configurations of these products are only visible on the web surface after connecting them Therefore these are...

Page 8: ...ds to people Information marked as Note must be observed on all accounts The symbol information points to additional information and hints for the user regarding enhancement of the operating procedure...

Page 9: ...e inside of the device by using a metallic pointed or sharp tool Avoid exposed cables and connections The power plug must be accessible at all times Do not attempt to carry out maintenance unless you...

Page 10: ...by qualified persons with specific electro technical knowledge and skills The following specialist knowledge is recommended for installation Observe the 5 common safety rules disconnect secure against...

Page 11: ...rs depending on the respective model in 10 minute intervals Monitoring of large scale plants of up to 500 inverters from various brands installing a master control system Tracking of yield performance...

Page 12: ...em is that the intelligence is within the device and therefore within the plant itself This creates the basis for an independent monitoring onsite The following illustration shows and overview about t...

Page 13: ...out supported types of inverters is available from the manufacturer Drilling holes into the case or any other mechanical modifications lead to damages and will render the warranty invalid 3 3 Scope of...

Page 14: ...onnect MultiScan The SOL Connect MultiScan connects transducer sensors counter and sender units Location and plant respective data are necessary to check the solar plant reliably on the quality of cha...

Page 15: ...ts measurement W x H x D weight IP40 aluminum profile casing for indoor use or within a switching cabi net 110 x 60 x 25mm ca 200g IP65 polycarbonate for outdoor installation 200 x 150 x 77mm ca 655g...

Page 16: ...nt temperature sensor PT 1000 platinum resistor accuracy 0 5 1 Variant Sensor Kit Pro SI SENSOR ISET Sensor mono polycrystalline amor phous calibrated at Fraunhofer IWES with inte grated measurement o...

Page 17: ...rm software updates and presentation of the plant Features Compilation of analysis performance history in relation to meteorologi cal influences energy production absolute and standardized DC string c...

Page 18: ...work cable is available additional ly 3 5 SOL Connect Smart Park Control optional PV plants are subject to complex requirements such as e g BDEW German Association of Energy and Water Industries stand...

Page 19: ...ignalling contact via pe ripheral devices Connection with grid operator to exchange parameters of active power reduction and specified reactive power settings and feedback of actual values Connection...

Page 20: ...data interface RS232 or RS485 1x relay output for fault alarm contact and 1x isolated input 2 Serial interface to connect a modem 3 3 LEDs for operating mode display red yellow green 4 Dial out switc...

Page 21: ...EasyLan Bus Field bus to connect sensor modules GND COM2 RS485 inter face Optional interface B A GND IN Isolated input To connect a fault sensor e g fuse IN Out Relay output Output of a message conta...

Page 22: ...When turning on the data logger all status LEDs light up briefly in order to perform a functional check of the LED bar 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 LED Description 6 Indicator lamp flashes System is working 1 to...

Page 23: ...ast one of the programmed and active inverters is no longer available via the RS485 bus 8 General system mal function General malfunctions of the system 4 3 2 LED on the plus assembly Yellow turned on...

Page 24: ...only functional with an installed Compact Flash memory card 4 5 Software Updates The software of the SOL Connect Center is subject to constant enhance ments especially due to the constant advancement...

Page 25: ...les into the case or any other mechanical modifications lead to damages and will render the warranty invalid 4 7 Large scale Display Display The data logger supports the display of measurement data pe...

Page 26: ...an IP address from a DHCP serv er If this is not successful within the first 2 minutes an automatic TCP IP ad dressing is being performed without DHCP server Auto IP The access to the data logger is p...

Page 27: ...Portal 20 21 Outbound HTTP Websites 80 Inbound SMTP e mail transmission via an external Server 25 587 465 provid er specific Outbound SNMP Monitoring interfaces for external software 161 162 Both dire...

Page 28: ...g special measuring appli ances 502 Both directions MySQL Direct data transfer into external data bases 3306 Outbound 5 1 2 Connection via Modem In this case the operation of the data loggers is bein...

Page 29: ...sname festlegen 6 Verbinden When using an ISDN Modem together with a normal modem the driver for modem emulation must be installed on the side of the data logger Using an AVM Fritz card also for USB v...

Page 30: ...teps Connect the large scale display with pin A and A at the data logger s terminator strip A data B data Illustration 5 1 Connecting Display Configure the display see chapter 7 7 2 4 The display rece...

Page 31: ...Power Supply The power supply plug is by default already connected to the terminal strip Illustration 5 3 Connection Power Supply Please plug the terminal strip into the respective plug see also chapt...

Page 32: ...tional check of the LED bar Then the device is ready for use 5 2 PV plant The initial operation of the monitoring components must be done onsite using a notebook to establish a direct connection with...

Page 33: ...t Steps Searching Sensors All detected SOL Connect MultiScan sensor modules and sensors are dis played in an overview screen Please configure the sensor module according to your needs For information...

Page 34: ...34 Operation Step 3 Check measurement values for completeness See Plant status Inverter and Sensors to check the measurement values...

Page 35: ...It can be mounted in both a horizontal and vertical position the connections facing downwards onto a cap rail system or with the included adapter see illustration 6 1 directly to a wall Like all elec...

Page 36: ...are easily accessible at any time and that the cables are accessible from the bottom of the device Provide suitable pull relieves In order to prevent the device from falling down the adapter should be...

Page 37: ...r in the rights owned by the user Areas Guest Administrator Welcome screen Plant status Reports Configuration Download 7 2 Registration Enter the data logger s IP address into the address field of an...

Page 38: ...tion changes are being recorded as an event in the monitoring area see 7 5 On some tabs you see icons symbols which allow activating or deactivating settings directly in the overview screen Setting cl...

Page 39: ...isible via Monitoring Group of events e g system events Click on the desired event group The protocol records the events as follows Illustration 7 2 Monitoring Protocol All events are displayed in chr...

Page 40: ...ed at first Selecting a group shows the respective inverters Events are recorded in the protocol as follows Illustration 7 4 Event Protocol in Analysis Beneath the diagram all events are displayed in...

Page 41: ...view of the current status of your photo voltaic plant Furthermore it shows the main menu Illustration 7 5 Welcome Screen 1 Menu navigation 5 Manual 2 Picture of the plant 6 Language selection 3 Plant...

Page 42: ...main screen and can be confirmed by accepting it Please check chapter 7 5 1 for further details If any inputs like e g switches are monitored the status displayed is switched on Performance Ratio is o...

Page 43: ...us messages sent from the inverter The plant status is a dynamic dialogue which displays the measurement values in an overview in tabular form Illustration 7 6 Plant Status Inverter This table contain...

Page 44: ...lustration 7 6 Measurement values may be updated manually or automatically in 5 seconds intervals Status details about the sensors connected to the sensor module are dis played after clicking Sensors...

Page 45: ...ring Monitoring contains an overview of all events available within the system These events are classified in several groups The events are listed in detail can be examined and individually configured...

Page 46: ...rom the inverter like e g ex cess voltage excess temperature and supply interruption No daily yield Inverter s deviation from the medium daily yield is to high Inverter breakdown Inverter has not been...

Page 47: ...reen You can confirm this alarm manually or have it automatically con firmed by the system in a time predefined in the settings see chapter 7 7 2 3 Illustration 7 8 Active Alarm The confirmation of an...

Page 48: ...to possible malfunctions Illustration 7 9 Overview Analysis Daily plant yield Performance of all inverters during one day line diagram Daily yield of inverters Overview about the inverter s daily dur...

Page 49: ...erters during one month in rela tion to 1 kWp bar diagram Performance ratio of the entire plant The plant s target performance comparison in comparison with reference sensors bar dia gram Performance...

Page 50: ...Configuration and an overview screen opens with the momentarily sys tem configuration and information about the data logger as well as the avail able and the engaged capacity of the internal memory C...

Page 51: ...actory default You can choose between own settings default or DCHP For DHCP please contact your LAN administrator as this means to change as well the IP ad dress Network configuration can only be chan...

Page 52: ...ode Operation mode of the data logger Settings can only be performed by service personnel Hostname e g Samplehost Domain name Name of the domain Information available from your network administrator I...

Page 53: ...ress of the internet gateway Information is available from your network administrator DNS Server Information is available from your network adminis trator Network default settings for internet access...

Page 54: ...bout the modem must be set modem type PIN dial up number login name and password Illustration 7 12 Configuration Modem The following settings are available Setting Description Modem type Type of the u...

Page 55: ...multi terminal access Specified number of rings Number of rings until the modem is automatically ac cepting the call Setting Description Access number The provider s number for the internet dial up e...

Page 56: ...odem command ATX3 Prerequisite for the internet dial up is the dial out switch being turned on see chapter 4 The momentary setting of this switch is visible in the overview of the modem configuration...

Page 57: ...tially necessary to activate the hardware flow control These are the following commands Siemens MC TC35 AT Q3 INSYS ISDN 4 0 AT R1 S1 Once the modem connection has been configured you can test it Ple...

Page 58: ...8 1 3 Customize the Welcome Screen You can customize the welcome screen as desired Besides a picture of the plant you can add plant information such as name description and operator individually Illus...

Page 59: ...raphic will remain active To activate the picture set the tick in Display welcome screen Recommended size 605x250 pixel Format jpg Apart from the fixed plant information name description and operator...

Page 60: ...s current time You can change this manually or have it synchronized automatically by an NTP time server An NTP time server is not activated by default It is recommended to activate it after taking it...

Page 61: ...onfiguration Time Zone Select Region Country and automatically appears the respective time zone Confirm your time zone The adjustment from summer to winter time will take place automatically In case y...

Page 62: ...nually select System time edit Illustration 7 15 Configuration Manual Setting of System Time Enter Date and time and save the entry Changing the time zone requires a restart of the system This will ta...

Page 63: ...isation of time depends on the connection settings and the fol lowing conditions When Connection Condition Daily at midnight Network connection Correct setting of DNS and gateway see chapter 7 6 1 1 A...

Page 64: ...by factory default However this can be changed individually for every system Illustration 7 16 Configuration System Language Changing the system language will only come into effect once the current se...

Page 65: ...monitoring additional inputs at the data logger may be config ured and linked with the relay output Illustration 7 17 Configuration In and Outputs Settings Description IN Input Func 1 Function switch...

Page 66: ...the input select IN Func 1 edit Illustration 7 18 Configuration Input The following settings are possible Settings Description Name IN Func 1 Description Individual denomination of the input Status A...

Page 67: ...r Manual Output To configure the output select Out edit Illustration 7 19 Configuration Output The following settings are possible Settings Description Name Out Linking an input with an output deletes...

Page 68: ...e output 7 8 1 7 Reboot Rebooting the data logger might be necessary in very rare cases However this should only be done at real emergencies Rebooting terminates all sys tem processes and restarts the...

Page 69: ...d upload automatically available up dates By default this feature is disabled Illustration 7 21 Configuration Software Update The following settings are available Settings Description Automatic Activa...

Page 70: ...address Login Allocated user name Password Allocated password 7 8 1 9 Factory Settings You can quickly and easily reset the data logger via the user interface Please note that this means a reset to th...

Page 71: ...Geben Sie Text ein Geben Sie Text ein 71 User Manual Illustration 7 22 Configuration Factory Settings...

Page 72: ...rom the SMTP server login data address of the sender and type of authentication Illustration 7 23 Configuration E Mail Services The following settings are available Settings Description SMTP server ou...

Page 73: ...creating the account The only supported type of authentication is SMTP authentication Additionally an individual transmission time for sending the notification e mail can be defined Settings Descripti...

Page 74: ...ge SMTP server at disposal This feature may be connected to commercial e mail ser vices e g Premium Plus Extra Pro Type of message Description Alarm contact To connect sirens and lamps E mail Electron...

Page 75: ...on 7 24 Message Recipient Alarm Contact The following settings are available Settings Description Type Alarm contact Name Individual identification name Alarm period Choose the duration of the alarm f...

Page 76: ...duration You can also manually switch off the alarm confirmation E mail Short E mail Illustration 7 25 Message Recipient E mail The following settings are available Settings Description Type E mail N...

Page 77: ...mail Recipients already set up can be momentarily deac tivated e g during their vacation times Recipients language Language of the e mail FTP Illustration 7 26 Message Recipient FTP Upload The follow...

Page 78: ...activated deactivated 7 8 2 3 FTP Upload The recorded measuring data are being uploaded onto an FTP server or the SOL Connect Portal by FTP upload A swift internet access to the server performs the do...

Page 79: ...of the group Leaving this line blank sets the description back to the default text Interval Frequency of the data transfer Recipient SOL Connect Web Portal or FTP recipient To upload the measuring dat...

Page 80: ...ignal 00241479 Total yield 00241479 kWh 001234 Daily yield 001234 kWh 001234 Performance Pac 0012 34 kW 0000 Iac is not displayed 0000 Upv is not displayed 0000 Uac is not displayed 4567 Daily yield 2...

Page 81: ...ger The enhanced HVG protocol in general may be used for plants up to 9999 99 kW performance if the display supports the enhanced HVG protocol Check the network configuration of the serial Ethernet co...

Page 82: ...quires configuration Illustration 7 28 Configuration Display The following settings are possible Settings Description Type of display Schneider HVG HVG plant performance 100kW or RICO Connection Seria...

Page 83: ...escription Enter IP addresses without http prefix Automatically triggers a restart of the sys tem Port Port settings of the serial ethernet converter Update Update time of display data Saving the disp...

Page 84: ...ese may be adjusted individually for each PV plant Illustration 7 29 Solar Plant The Monitoring Options dare used to supervise the inverters and trigger alarms Inverter failure Activate breakout WR if...

Page 85: ...ion the deviation in percentage from the average which serves as a basis for evaluating yield The following settings are needed for the yield deviation Yield Deviation deviation in percentage of an in...

Page 86: ...compared to the other inverters In case the devia tion in percentage is above the predefined minimum yield an alarm is being triggered Response Time Delay Additionally a delay in the response time un...

Page 87: ...ally for your PV plant Furthermore this triggers the search for new inverters This allows a comfortable search for all active operative inverters it s also called scan and is a prerequisite to work wi...

Page 88: ...settings are possible Settings Description Inverter serial number An identifier allocated by the manufacturer Inverter name Individual denomination unique designation of invert ers No special charact...

Page 89: ...nd higher values override older entries Define the settings individually for each inverter Delete removes the inverter from the system Automatic Network Search Daily at 10 a m and 2 p m the system ini...

Page 90: ...edited individually The comfortable search for sensor modules detects all operational active sensor modules Illustration 7 32 Searching Sensor Modules Delete removes a sensor module from the system 7...

Page 91: ...in tariff the data collected are customized Self defined earning setting Manually define your own model of feed in tariff determining a period and the amount per kWh This should allow calculating mos...

Page 92: ...plant is calculated automatically from Nominal power of plant Configuration PV plant General settings see chapter 7 7 3 1 Year of commission ing Year of commissioning of the PV plant Currency Select...

Page 93: ...isting of many inverters and subsystems often might have a confusing layout The inverters can be grouped and administered easily with this function Illustration 7 34 Administering Inverter Groups The...

Page 94: ...the respective inverter Click ok save To add an inverter into an existing inverter group Select a group Place a check mark at the respective inverter Click ok save A group can only be defined in conn...

Page 95: ...95 User Manual 7 8 3 7 Power management optional For the performance management of a SOL Connect Power Manager the relay position of the ripple control recipient RCR must be configured Illustration 7...

Page 96: ...destdauer der Signalvorgabe des Rundsteuerempf ngers K1 K4 bis zur Akzep tierung durch den Datenlogger K 1 K4 Channel 1 to 4 of the RCR Active To de activate Operation mode Active power set points Max...

Page 97: ...cess The status and the welcome screen can be shown in public or for demonstra tion purposes In public means that this is not protected by a password Illustration 7 36 Public Access For an active publ...

Page 98: ...SOL Connect Center 7 8 4 2 Passwords The password administration enables the user and administrator to change passwords Illustration 7 37 Passwords A password must consist of at least 6 characters ma...

Page 99: ...oad 7 9 1 Plant Data The data download offers the possibility to display stored data retrieve data and to save them locally Illustration 7 38 Overview Download Plant Summary Contains the data regardin...

Page 100: ...sensors connected The desired data can be selected individually This is only avail able in connection with a SOL Connect MultiScan Plant Events Contains all events occurred e g information warnings an...

Page 101: ...ata for download File format txt text file Additional selection of a compressed transmission which allows a quick er download of data for large data quantities or in case of a modem connection Up to d...

Page 102: ...pro gram 7 9 2 Documentation Download the respective user manual in PDF format Illustration 7 40 Documentation Download The download of files might be blocked by a pop up blocker within the Internet...

Page 103: ...ation 7 2 SOL Connect Smart Park Control Modules Apart from the maintenance mode the modules are not configurable Some are visible for service purposes These module are only informative if required th...

Page 104: ...e telecontrol x OPC XML DA Server OPC XML DA Server Communication mod ule telecontrol x Quantec Direct marketing x PM Shell Service Support Service module for the manufacturer x UDP Gateway Intranet U...

Page 105: ...nance pur poses active power reduction Illustration 7 3 Park Control Maintenance Mode Parameter Value Description Name Customization is possible e g name of the maintenance company Modus Active power...

Page 106: ...rameter in mode active power reduction Numeral value Active power reduction in Start Date and time Time of start and end If the values remain blank the sys tem takes over the actual start time bus set...

Page 107: ...er The plant status is a dynamic dialogue which displays the measurement val ues from the DIRIS in an overview in table form This table contains all rela vant information of the active transformers pl...

Page 108: ...corded in the system messages It is advised to sort these out immediately In case several people shall be informed at the same time it is recommended to use just one single message recipient as distri...

Page 109: ...ssaging to a Recipient Under point Configuration Communication Message recipient you can configure the message recipient and allocate messages Illustration 7 1 Messaging for News Recipients A new reci...

Page 110: ...ttings and allocate recipients Illustration 7 2 Change Monitoring Settings The following settings are available Settings Description Messaging Activates Deactivates the messaging An exception is the n...

Page 111: ...rvals in comparison to the event groups Event group immediately Immediately with hourly reminder Hourly Daily Weekly System events X X X System details X X Configuration events X X X Immediately Immed...

Page 112: ...he event group happened during the previous day These are consolidated with possible pending events and sent out together Weekly It is checked weekly if events of the event group happened during the p...

Page 113: ...of messaging Display events Activates deactivates the display of events except the annual diagram Recipient The recipient allocated see as well chapter 7 7 2 3 See below for the possible intervals in...

Page 114: ...ways on the hour an updated analysis with events occurred is distributed Daily Always once a day an updated analysis with events occurred is distributed Weekly Always weekly an updated analysis with e...

Page 115: ...nect Center serial number Type data source MultiScan SMA etc Time stamp xml gz Example CI8000P1400 MultiScan 20090618140613 xml gz The XML file contains arrays from all measurements that have been col...

Page 116: ...eginning of the minute by minute meas urement cycle Attribute Description col_ref Column header Name of the reference of a data base see chapter 9 1 1 1 dict_ref Further description reserved for futur...

Page 117: ...inverter Measurement data correspond to plant status for a description see the manual of the inverter s manufacturer Data Type data_type The data type defines the set up of the information This is imp...

Page 118: ...row Each data line corresponds to one section row within the XML file Je which contains the data elements per column as item 9 2 Example of an XML File The XML file is separated into header declarati...

Page 119: ...Geben Sie Text ein Geben Sie Text ein 119 User Manual Illustration 9 2 Declaration of the XML file...

Page 120: ...such waste by handing it over to a designated collection point for recycling of electric or electronic devices Separate collection and recycling helps to conserve natural resources and to ensure that...

Page 121: ...x Modem or GSM connection SUB D9 EasyLan 2x on the backside Signals Internal loudspeaker LED for event display on the top side 6x green 2x red 3 LED on the plug connector Data storage 1 GB Compact Fla...

Page 122: ...sor 800Mhz Vortex 86DX Operating tempera ture Minimum 15 bis 55 C 5 up to 131 F Dimensions 175 mm x 155 x 45mm B x H x T 6 7 8 x 6 1 8 x 1 3 4 W x H x D Power supply 12 24Vdc 2A Environmental enclosur...

Page 123: ...the descriptions of the symbols via so called Tooltips show up 12 1 General Symbol Description New line Delete line Edit settings Scroll forward Scroll backwards Deactivate 12 2 Network Search Colour...

Page 124: ...o communication no feed in Red At least 30 of all inverters present errors no communica tion no feed in 12 4 Messaging Symbol Description Alarm activated Alarm deactivated Edit settings 12 5 Solar Fee...

Page 125: ...Geben Sie Text ein Geben Sie Text ein 125 User Manual Symbol Description Good performance Notification from inverter available Inverter offline...

Page 126: ...4 2 2009 12 EN 61000 4 3 2011 4 EN 61000 4 4 2010 11 EN 61000 4 6 2009 12 EN 61000 6 3 2011 09 Emission standard for residential EN 55011 2011 4 13 2 RoHS Declaration of Conformity The SOL Connect Cen...

Page 127: ...7 First Steps Searching Inverters 32 Illustration 5 8 First Steps Searching Sensors 33 Illustration 6 1 Mounting Adapter 35 Illustration 7 1 User Authentication 37 Illustration 7 2 Monitoring Protocol...

Page 128: ...iguration Restart 68 Illustration 7 21 Configuration Software Update 69 Illustration 7 22 Configuration Factory Settings 71 Illustration 7 23 Configuration E Mail Services 72 Illustration 7 24 Message...

Page 129: ...Download 99 Illustration 7 39 Download Form 101 Illustration 7 40 Documentation Download 102 Illustration 7 2 SOL Connect Smart Park Control Modules 103 Illustration 7 3 Park Control Maintenance Mode...

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