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Commissioning of the entire system
Commissioning configuration of the inverter and DC input for battery
1.
Commission the PIKO MP plus inverter according to the inverter installation manual and carry out
the initial configuration.
2.
Switch the DC input in the inverter to battery. By default, the inputs are set to PV. To switch the DC
input to battery, press the SET button in the main menu of the inverter under Settings > Service >
Inputs > DCx until Battery is shown in the display for the DC input. Exit the menu with the ESC key.
The DC input is now switched to battery.
DCx = DC1 for PIKO MP plus xx-1 (AC-storage mode with 1 MPP tracker)
DC2 for PIKO MP plus xx-2 (AC- or hybrid storage mode with 2 MPP trackers)
INFO
To access the service menu, press the arrow keys
and
on the keyboard simultaneously for
a few seconds in the Service menu.
P
After this configuration, the display of the inverter lights up in red and shows the following error
message because the inverter and the battery in the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter have not yet been
configured.
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Energy manager:
No
Communication
3.
Set the inverters DC switch of the PIKO MP plus to OFF (0).
4.
Switch on the battery using the main switch on the side of the BCU.
5.
Open the web server of the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter via the internet browser. To do this, you
can call up the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter (KSEM) appearing on your PC via the file explorer
under Devices.
