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ECOmulti installation Hub-2

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Mount the minus cable (black) of the ECOmulti to the second battery

Caution: <font 9pt/arial;;rgb(255, 0, 0);;#ffffff> The last step will produce electrical sparks due
to the inductor in the ECOmulti! 
</font> Just proceed, nothing will be destroyed!

Interconnect the BMS cables of the batteries in a chain:

Connect the BMS cables to the VE.Bus BMS in the ECOmulti:

Содержание BMS

Страница 1: ...ed on a house There is not plenty of room on the roof so a maximum of 12 solar modules could be installed A few trees the chimney and a dormer window creates partial shadows on the modules The shading will degrade the overall performance when a normal string inverter for all modules is used For this solution 12 micro inverters Sunny Boy 240 are installed to enable individual MPPT tracking for each...

Страница 2: ...o USB Part ASS030130000 The fuses are spare parts Components of the ECOmulti At the moment there is no manual for the ECOmulti available in the download area Only the datasheet But take it easy the ECOmulti consists of well known Victron components in one smart housing Inverter charger MultiPlus 24 3000 70 50 Battery Management System VE Bus BMS Color Control GX Fuse holder for MEGA fuse with a ME...

Страница 3: ...r good ventilation Use a hammer drill to make four 8mm holes and insert the dowels mount the ECOmulti wall plate with the delivered screws Check whether the mounting plate is fixed strongly The ECOmulti has a weight of approximately 60 kg Hinge the ECOmulti onto the wall plate Mount a cable funnel between the ECOmulti and the distribution box Connecting to mains An analysis on customers side showed...

Страница 4: ...al operation this switch has to be open The photovoltaic energy in this case 230VAC 12A from micro inverters will be fed into the houses L2 phase on the output of the ECOmulti Hub2 An extra fuse F5 16A is protecting the solar system On the L2 output of the ECOmulti another electronic fuse 35A is mounted to prevent a damaged ECOmulti in case of a shortcut in the house For maintenance work on the EC...

Страница 5: ...sensor has to be mounted in the junction box of the inverter The black wire is the 230VAC phase from the micro inverters The wire is directed through the hole of the current sensor Be sure that you only use the phase If phase and neutral are both used their magnetic fields will be substracted and the display value is zero In the above image a installation cable 2 0 75mm is used for connecting the s...

Страница 6: ... brown and minus on the right side blue AUX1 and AUX2 can only be used on the newest ECOmultis the recommendation is to use the T Sense input This will work on all ECOmultis Mounting the batteries Switch off the mains supply for the ECOmulti Remove the ECOmulti cover Remove the mount fittings in the battery bays Insert the two batteries mount the fittings to fix the batteries in the housing Check the ...

Страница 7: ...allation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live font 14px line height 13 0666666030884px arial 000000 ffffff Each of the batteries should have about 13 font 3VDC Mount the interconnection cable black between the two batteries ...

Страница 8: ...14 11 09 10 48 eco_multi start https www victronenergy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Mount the plus cable red of the ECOmulti to the first battery ...

Страница 9: ... black of the ECOmulti to the second battery Caution font 9pt arial rgb 255 0 0 ffffff The last step will produce electrical sparks due to the inductor in the ECOmulti font Just proceed nothing will be destroyed Interconnect the BMS cables of the batteries in a chain Connect the BMS cables to the VE Bus BMS in the ECOmulti ...

Страница 10: ... the ECOmulti Hub1 To save you a lot of hours for bugfixing an accurate check of all cables is recommended Prepare your laptop for installation Needed hardware for installation configuration Laptop with Microsoft Windows operating system Interface MK2 USB VE Bus to USB RJ12 UTP Cable 3 m or even longer Download the necessary Victron software from Victron http www victronenergy com support and downlo...

Страница 11: ...ith the new micro Check this by searching for the label on the mainboard In this case the label is 2610206 HEX On this mainboard the new micro is installed If you want to use the Hub2V3 assistant you have to flash a new firmware For this ECOmulti there is a newer firmware 2610304 HEX available You can get it by email from Victron Note your old firmware version for checking compatibilty of the new firmw...

Страница 12: ...e USB connector on your laptop USB2 0 or 3 0 Leaving the CCGX VE Bus cable plugged in can lead to programming problems Be sure to remove the connection of CCGX during flashing the firmware font 14px line height 13 0666666030884px arial 000000 ffffff Cabling for font CCGX font 14px line height 13 0666666030884px arial 000000 ffffff connected to font ECOmulti font 14px line height 13 0666666030884px arial 0...

Страница 13: ...e deleted Be sure you have saved it in a file and click Next font 9pt arial FF0000 ffffff To Victron I am using a Windows7 64Bit laptop with a display resolution of 1920x1080px The text lines are cut on the right side of the window Maybe you are using a fixed size font Can you fix this font Select the new firmware file from a directory on your laptop ...

Страница 14: ... https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Click Next to load the firmware Last chance to disconnect 230VAC from the ECOmulti input The VE Bus cable of the CCGX must also be disconnected Click Next Select the COM port of the MK2 USB from the list or click Auto detect comport Then click Next ...

Страница 15: ... 09 21 12 15 40 ECOmulti installation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live Switch off the mainboard of the ECOmulti then click Next After a few seconds switch on the mainboard again Click Next ...

Страница 16: ...11 09 10 48 eco_multi start https www victronenergy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 To start flashing of the firmware click Next Flashing is active now ...

Страница 17: ...ead Connect grid and load to ECOmulti using the two 230VAC main switches Configure the ECOmulti with VEConfigure3 Best practice Disconnect the VE Bus cable of the ColorControl GX from the mainboard Connect the Interface MK2 USB with the UTP cable to the ECOmulti mainboard Connect Interface MK2 USB with the USB cable to a free USB connector on your laptop USB2 0 or 3 0 Start the VEConfigure3 utility o...

Страница 18: ...i start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Selecting the right com port Selecting the right port will start the receiving of the ECOmulti parameters The assistant configuration will be fetched now Select the register General and set your parameters ...

Страница 19: ...tps www victronenergy com live In Europe select a system frequency of 50Hz Select a Wide input frequency range for using SMA SunnyBoy 240 Select Ground relay for safety Choose UPS Function This makes the ECOmulti to a micro grid Switch to the next register tab Inverter ...

Страница 20: ...8 eco_multi start https www victronenergy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Deselect Power Assist Deselect Aktivierung AES Switch to the next register tab Charger ...

Страница 21: ...12 21 40 ECOmulti installation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live Activate charger Choose battery type LiFePo4 The parameters will be set accordingly Switch to the next register tab Battery monitor ...

Страница 22: ...energy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Activate the battery monitor Set the capacity to 90AH Increase to 100 to allow the full load of the batteries Switch to the next register tab Virtual Switch ...

Страница 23: ...2020 11 09 21 12 23 40 ECOmulti installation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live The virtual switch is not supported Switch to the next register tab Assistants ...

Страница 24: ...s www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Add the assistant AC Current sensor and start configuration by clicking on Start assistant The new feature reactive current correction is displayed Click Select the input on ECOmulti where the AC sensor is connected In this case it is temperature input Click ...

Страница 25: ... Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live Select the power range of the AC sensor In this example it is the 3000VA range Click For a Hub2 system the photovoltaic output must be connected to the ECOmulti output Select the middle option and click ...

Страница 26: ...ronenergy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 The AC sensor is completely configured In the register tab Assistants add the Self consumption Hub 2v3 Click Start assistant to configure the parameters ...

Страница 27: ...7 40 ECOmulti installation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live Click to leave the first info screen font 14px line height 13 0666666030884px arial 000000 ffffff Select the user specific setup and click font ...

Страница 28: ...ps www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 font 9pt arial 000000 ffffff Select font LiFePo4 font 9pt arial 000000 ffffff with BMS for the font ECOmulti font 9pt arial 000000 ffffff Click font font 14px line height 13 0666666030884px arial 000000 ffffff Select the option for disconnect at night then click font ...

Страница 29: ...2020 11 09 21 12 29 40 ECOmulti installation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live We need none of the options click Don t use load shedding Click ...

Страница 30: ...m live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Check battery capacity It should be 90Ah for the LiFePo4 batteries Click The battery empty levels are already configured correctly just click The displayed values are OK click ...

Страница 31: ...0 11 09 21 12 31 40 ECOmulti installation Hub 2 Victron Energy https www victronenergy com live The ECOmulti should feed energy back to the grid so this option isn t used Click The frequencies are OK click ...

Страница 32: ...2 Adjust the values to the photovoltaic energy values of your system the click This screen shows a summary of your settings Read it carefully and click The assistant configuration is finished In the program menue select This will send the settings to the ECOmulti Send all settings and click OK Configuration settings will be sent now After a short time a question is shown ...

Страница 33: ... Yes to send all assistant settings to the ECOmulti too It takes about one minute to send the settings The ECOmulti output will be switched off during the transmitting Answer the success message with OK IT s a good idea to save the settings in a file on your laptop You can use it for another ECOmulti again In the main menue click ...

Страница 34: ... 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Use a meaningful filename In this case the system name AKR The hub type Hub2 and the input for the AC Sensor TMP are used After clicking Save the the settings will be saved in a small file You can get a summary of your settings ...

Страница 35: ... be configured now Remove the MK2USB programming cable grey from the VE Bus input if not done already Connect the CCGX VE Bus cable blue to the mainboard Switch on 230VAC mains and loads Connect a permanent UTP cable from the CCGX to your Internet router The router must be configured for DHCP The CCGX will receive an IP address from the router Configure the CCGX Click on cursor left button and select...

Страница 36: ...www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 In settings scroll down to Ethernet and click right cursor button You should see an IP and a MAC address The status should be online If not please check your router whether it is switched to DHCP Leave the menue with the cursor left and select VRM online portal ...

Страница 37: ...ge the logging interval default 15min to the desired value Leave the menue with cursor left and select Display With the left right cursor buttons you can change the brightness of the display The language should be kept at English the German translation is nearly the same wording Choose the display off time Normally 10min are OK Leave the menue with cursor left and select System setup ...

Страница 38: ...ti start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 Select the profile Hub2 when your PV system is connected to the output of the ECOmulti Leave the menue and select Multi It shows the actual measurement values The configuration of the CCGX is finished now ...

Страница 39: ...Use a multimeter to check on the input whether the ECOmulti feeds back energy to the grid If the grid is off the ECOmulti must not do that The last check is to test whether the photovoltaic feed 230VAC will be switched off when the ECOmulti has fully charged batteries Switch off grid and loads and watch the CCGX display When the PV energy is bigger than the energy needed for charging the batteries th...

Страница 40: ...ergy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 https www victronenergy com live Printed on 2020 11 09 21 12 From https www victronenergy com live Victron Energy Permanent link https www victronenergy com live eco_multi start rev 1415526536 Last update 2014 11 09 10 48 ...

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