User`s manual - AROS Solar Technology
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1. REFRESH MENU Refresh Remote refresh Remote refresh for quick access to remote Inverter is possible to use browsing over the LAN If you choose Refresh command then is searching all running Pvagent and SNMP adapter which control compatible Inverter on the LAN and showed list of Inverter in the section Remote of the tree This feature may to be conflicted by network firewall or similar Then try ask network administrator if is allowed broadcast packets on the LAN VIEW MENU This menu is used to switch between Pvview visualizations There are three visualizations graphic Standard numeric detail and Block Scheme Some view section are common for the three visualization General State it is shown the Inverter complete status The colours show the status of the Inverter It can be four state Normal green Inverter is OK and working Wait yellow Inverter is in wait state Fault red Inverter is in Fault state Perm Fault red Inverter is in permanent fault state Total Energy shows the total energy produced by the inverter Operation shows the actual working time of the inverter States and alarms it will be shown Inverter states and alarms The difference between states and alarms will be made from the icon place side by side with the text View Standard 711 Detail 5 21 32 Standard view the graphi2. By Impianto 01 wm a a B inverter 02 B wa StringBox 01 Current Current 9 5 Current B inverter 03 A Fault Voltage V Voltage V 239 4 Voltage V 02 Impianto 02 Power W Power W 2285 Power W B Inverter 04 B Perm Fault Remote Total energy d MPPT Temperature C Frequency Hz Voltage V Current A MPPT1 640 3 8 4504 p 653 9 3 7 Operation Threshold 2 fem B GVFault GFFault TmpFault PVFault GFCIFault States and alarms Block Scheme in the block scheme visualization will be shown the scheme of the Inverter The colors of every block show the status of the system and if a situation with the Inverter or the system is critical Green means OK and working Grey means that the object is present but not in use at the moment Yellow means a not serious anomalous condition Red means an error or problem has occurred with this object if any values are critical a system shutdown and or technical service may be required SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help em SY Local General state By 01 Impianto 01 inverter 01 Pma B 1 StringBox 01 B inverter 03 A Fault By 02 Impianto 02 B inverter 04 Perm Fault Remote Total energy d kWh Operation a 2 Total hour States and alarms Communication is OK 30
3. MONITORING AND CONTROL SOFTV INSTALLATION and USER manual OMNSWKOOSENUC LIMITED WARRANTY This software and the enclosed materials are provided without warranty of any kind The entire risk of the software quality performance of the program media free of defects incorrect use of the software error free documentation and enclosed material is assumed by the user We do not take any responsibility for the correct function of the software and the security of your system or files which might be damaged due to possible non correct function of our software There is no warranty to the correct functions of the software with the operating systems loss of data or interruption of work processes or to other errors that may occur from this combination COPYRIGHT The information contained in this manual is non conditional and may be changed without any notice The software manufacturer undertakes no obligations with this information No parts of this manual may be transferred to third persons either electronically mechanically by photocopies or similar means without the express written permission of the software manufacturer Copyright of the European Union is effective Copyright EU Copyright 2011 RPS S p a All rights reserved CONTENTS WHAT is PVMON SELECTION OF LANGUAGE PVSETUP MAIN PARAMETERS NETWORK PARAMETERS PLANT TAB
4. C Frequency Hz TmpFault PVFault GFCIFault 0 0 33 Block Scheme view the block scheme visualization will be shown the scheme of the Inverter The colors of every block show the status of the system and if a situation with the Inverter or the system is critical Green means OK and working Grey means that the object is present but not in use at the moment Yellow means a not serious anomalous condition Red means an error or problem has occurred with this object if any values are critical a system shutdown and or technical service may be required SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help em yug c Local General state Buc D EED imerter 01 Cia B v lg StringBox 01 B inverter 03 A Fault By 02 Impianto 02 B Inverter 04 B Perm Fault Remote Total energy States and alarms Communication is OK Note this menu is enabled only when one Inverter is selected 34 PLANT VIEW Selected a plant in the tree see Configuring plants of Pvsetup you can see a summary screen of the state of the entire plant 1 SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh Help e Local o1 Impianto 01 69 5 BB inverter 02 i 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 100 110 StringBox 01 B inverter 03 By 02 Impianto 02 4 Model P W P X B Inverter 0 Inverter Name lode w W AD
5. INVERTER CONNECTIONS DEVICE CONNECTION PARAMETERS REMOTE SENSORS REMOTE SENSOR PARAMETERS CONFIGURATIONS ADDING OR EDITING EMAIL CONTACT ADDING OR EDITING GSM PHONE NUMBER EMAIL SMTP CONFIGURATION MODEM CONFIGURATION GSM MODEM CONFIGURATION MESSAGE NETWORK CONFIGURATION FAX CONFIGURATION VOICE CONFIGURATION JOBS PARAMETERS ABOUT PvviEW REFRESH MENU VIEW MENU PLANT VIEW STRINGBOX VIEW SENSOR VIEW CONFIGURATION MENU LOG MENU Event LIST N O 10 12 14 15 17 18 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 26 27 31 31 35 37 39 39 39 40 HELP MENU POPUP MENU INVERTER PROPERTIES SELECT INVERTER DIALOG GRAPHS CREATOR PVCONVERT PVIMPORT 40 41 42 42 43 45 46 47 WHAT 15 The PVMON software package is a client server application for networks and local workstations and which is used for monitoring solar inverter The server module of the PVMON software is the Pvagent which communicates via RS 485 or via TCP IP network cable with the Inverter After start of the Pvagent it collects as a background program the messages send from the Inverter The Pvagent interprets received messages and makes them available to the client module the Pvview program The transport of the data to the Pvview can be done via TCP IP or via shared memory on local computer If the Pvagent detects status change in Inverter it ca
6. can view the log file in which data of inverter and implant are recorded To enable logging data see Pvsetup Note this menu is enabled only when are selected one local Inverter 39 40 EVENT LIST Event log file Date 20 09 2011 20 09 2011 20 09 2011 20 09 2011 23 09 2011 23 09 2011 23 09 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 09 54 13 di PvAgent Hour Event ID 10 13 33 06 10 13 48 07 10 32 07 00 10 32 19 11 13 38 11 56 14 00 12 11 02 09 38 17 09 41 19 09 41 20 09 44 02 09 44 10 09 44 36 09 45 53 09 46 19 09 52 23 09 52 34 Event Enter in perm fault 0000 0001 Exit from perm fault Communication is lost S Termine di PvAgent Avvio di PvAgent Communication is lost S Termine di PvAgent Avvio di PvAgent Termine di PvAgent Avvio di PvAgent Termine di PvAgent Avvio di PvAgent Termine di PvAgent Avvio di PvAgent Termine di PvAgent Avvio di PvAgent Termine di PvAgent The Event list displays the current Pvagent activities This is list of events and information about the inverter during the Pvagent monitoring activity All events information contain date time device name identification and name of event To set the event log see Pvsetup Clear clear file event log Reset all event in the file Export e
7. exceeded so that certain actions can be taken sending an SMS or e mail Temperature and humidity sensors that measure the environmental temperature and humidity around the sensor Alarms can be set to indicate when high or low temperature thresholds are exceeded so that certain actions can be taken sending an SMS or e mail Temperature and digital I O sensors that measure the environmental temperature around the sensor and have two contacts an Input and an Output Alarms can be set to indicate when high or low temperature thresholds are exceeded so that certain actions can be taken sending an SMS or e mail It is also possible to set parameters for the Input contact so that certain actions are taken sending an SMS or e mail whenever the contact opens or closes One of the actions that can be taken is the closing of the Output contact of the digital I O sensors This be set to signal a general alarm condition on the Inverter e g Fault or a general alarm condition on a sensor e g high temperature Up to 32 remote sensors be configured Given that a maximum of 255 Inverter systems be controlled it is evident that if each Inverter has 6 sensors it will not be possible to monitor all the sensors It is up to the user to choose which of the 32 sensors he intends to monitor You can add delete or edit remote sensors list see Remote sensor parameters i REMOTE SENSOR PARAMETERS Complete information about Remo
8. 8 1 Remote String weight General Purpose I O General Purpose I O 25 Alarm numbers Power Voltage V is en 45 Communication is OK In this view you can see the validity windows set on the various current strings of Stringbox The validity window is from 7 to 22 hours and can be configured each single hour The windows are two and come into play on the date shown in the box Weight String displays the weights of the current strings of StringBox General Purpose shows the status of general purpose of the StringBox For more information see the StringBox manual Number of alarms displays the total number of alarms registered by StringBox Voltage displays the voltage of StringBox SENSOR VIEW Display of the sensors associated with an SNMP adapter Up to six sensors can be connected to the SNMP adapter via the serial port see the sensor cable wiring specifications If these sensors are connected you can check that they are operating and see the measurements recorded by selecting the caption Netman Sensors which appears in the tree structure The types of sensors available are Temperature measures the environmental temperature in C Radiation and temperature measure the radiation in W m2 and the environmental temperature in C Humi
9. ON For Pvmon is possible set recipients for network broadcast messages about Inverter status Messages configuration Message recipients 3 To all computers broadcast specified recipients Recipients list User may to specify user name computer name domain or workgroup The char means that message will to be send to everybody It s applicable only for Windows platforms Note by Test button is possible to send a test message to all recipients selected 21 FAX CONFIGURATION Set some detail parameters for FAX support For fax communication is used standard way connection to Microsoft Fax Service This is system service included into Microsoft NT 2000 and XP systems All detail parameters for this function may to be adjusted by Fax configuration utility in Control Panel or Accessories Fax configuration Fax service e Enable fax support Fax printer service Pvagent allow to use local MS Fax service on local computer or remote Fax service on remote computer Then must to be specified path to this service Sender name and company is values used by Fax service and showed in page header of fax message VOICE CONFIGURATION The PVMON may to send voice message to specified telephone number For voice call feature user must to have any modem with Voice support Most of modern modem types have this possibility but gen
10. Remote inverter 01 310 300 60 0 2161 Plant state Nominal power kW 113 6 Instantaneous power W inverter 02 1006 10000 711 7106 inverter 03 SIRIO 100000 Total energy KWh Total energy KgCo2 Q At the top of the screen it is shown the graph of instantaneous power percentage of the entire plant Plant status Summary table of all the Inverter that make up the plant Of each inverter can see the name model power istananeous percentage and total as well as the state of the inverter ACTIVE Inverter active with continuous data refresh UNKNOWN Inverter communication lost status ASSIGNED REGISTERED Inverter in registration phase It is also shown a identification bullet of the internal inverter state the ball can be green normal yellow Wait state red Faulr or Permanent Fault state or gray communication lost Instantaneous power W itis shown the instantaneous power of the plant Total energy kWh it is shown the total energy produced by the plant in kWh Total energy 2 itis shown the total energy produced by the plant in KgCO2 Savings shows the savings produced by the plant Note the display of the savings must be enabled on the page main parameters of the Pvsetup Note If the savings are not enabled will be shown the nominal power of the plant 33 36 If you wish to see more detail the individual inverter and keep in the background the pl
11. al General state Instantaneous power By o1 Impianto 01 B inverter 01 as n SA EID B Wait Cm 9 StringBox 01 0 20 40 60 80 100 B Inverter 03 Fault Bi o2 Impianto 02 DC voltage V B inverter 04 B Perm Fault PV1 640 0 V FJ Remote Vy PV2 618 8 V Total energy PV3 668 4 V T f Tm T d kWh 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 4504 Operation a 2 Total hour States and alarms Communication is OK General State it is shown the Inverter complete status The colours show the status of the Inverter It can be four state Normal green Inverter is OK and working Wait yellow Inverter is in wait state Fault red Inverter is in Fault state Perm Fault red Inverter is in permanent fault state Total Energy shows the total energy produced by the inverter Operation shows the actual working time of the inverter States and alarms it will be shown Inverter states and alarms The difference between states and alarms will be made from the icon place side by side with the text Detail detailed information about all measured values from Inverter you show all possible voltages currents or other values for detail information about inverter status amp SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help e mmEs 7 alo a Local General state Phase R 5
12. alog probe 4 20 mA States and alarms eS 0 0 0 Fault 120A E E Analog probe 0 10 V m 0 0 0 Communication is OK General State it is shown the Stringbox complete status The colours show the status of the StringBox The two states can be normal green works ok Fault Red StringBox in Fault status Temperatures it is shown the values of the two internal temperatures that can monitor Stringbox If the temperature is not monitored the value shown will be Analog probes it is shown two graphs with respect to the values of analog probes that can be associated with the Stringbox For more detailed information on these analog sensors please refer to the stringbox manual States and alarms it will be shown Strnigbox states and alarms The difference between states and alarms will be made from the icon place side by side with the text Current Strings displays the eight current string of StringBox Beside each string you can see a red or green dot will indicate the status of the respective string 33 With the View menu you can switch to a second view of StringBox SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help Validity windows WA String 1 e String 2 Gs String 3 Gs String 4 Gs String 5 Gs strings X String 7 XS Strings Window 1 ETT inverter 03 By 02 Impianto 02 4 21 B Inverter 04 11 12 13 1 15 16 17 1
13. ant view it is possible to select multiple inverter from the table and with the right mouse button open a pop up menu from which you select Open you can doble click one inverter if you want to see a single inverter Appear many indipendent windows with the inverter state amp Inverter 01 3100REL CNN 00 XX General state Instantaneous power Total energy Operation Power w kWh 2 Total hour 60 1 rv C eel 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 In these windows you have view of the state of the inverter You can see the block scheme of the inverter the general state the instantaneous power the total energy the operation hours and a graph representing the instantaneous power in percentage STRINGBOX VIEW It is possible to see the details of the Stingbox configured in the system or remotely connected to the adapter SNMP In the tree the stringbox icon are children of the inverter to which they are associated SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help eimmsigme Local General state Current strings A By 01 Impianto 01 B inverter 01 91 Te wma e gt UE B inverter 03 By o2 Impianto 02 3 B inverter 04 Remote Temperature 1 C AN 5 a Temperature 2 C B 7 c An
14. ay the graph you must press the Refresh button The two buttons are used to perform a full refresh cancel every previous graphs or a additional refresh adding new data to the chart already displayed Print can print the graph on paper or on a bitmap file You can also export a datalog file in CSV format GRAPHS CREATOR From here you can add series to the displayed graph Measurement choice o 24 Energy production kWh Enable series 24 Series 3 24 Series 4 Series color Red 24 Series 5 24 Series 6 Misura 24 Series 7 24 Series 8 Graphicated measure Total energy kWh 24 Series 9 Inverter INV 0000088LE43MGT 1IMPOO lo 79 Axis Primary Left Axis Tree the tree on the left shows the nine series that can be displayed on the graph The green check on the icon of the series indicates that the series is already active and associated to some measure Appearance Here you can enable the series and choice the color Measure Here you can select the measure you want displayed the inverter to show and the reference axis chosen for the measure WARNING If you already chosen a measure for example the R phase of the instantaneous power when the S phase is already shown the axis is automatically selected WARNING If you chose four variables associated with four axes there are no more axis available The program will warn the user but does not prevent access to the graphs creator It is t
15. c Standard visualization will be shown three measures percentage power network DC Voltage three phase or mono phase depending on inverter internal inverter temperature amp SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help a Local General state Instantaneous power By Impianto 01 B inverter 01 EDI Bw 0 lig StringBox 01 0 B inverter 03 W By 02 Impianto 02 DC voltage B inverter o4 e vi d T Remote PV2 618 8 V n o GoSiN qerp R Qv nn D wn 200 300 600 800 4504 Co EA ee 2 Total hour 20 0 States and alarms Detail view in the numeric Detail visualization will be shown all of the detailed information with regards to the measured values from Inverter 16 SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help 5 Local General state Buses B ED imerter 01 B x ig StringBox 01 Current A B inverter 03 A Fault Voltage V B Perm Fault eae Total energy MPPT r kWh Voltage V 640 4504 c 618 2 Operation Threshold 2 UNT B GVFault GFFault Em States and alarms Communication is OK Current A Voltage V Power W n 9 6 Current A 239 4 Voltage V 2297 Power W Temperature
16. cipients configured in list Modem GSM user may specify name and GSM phone number for SMS recipients see Adding gsm phone number This will to be used if you select SMS checkbox in Jobs page Then will to be all messages about Inverter status sent to specified users Maximum number of SMS recipients is 10 Note to enable and configure the modem GSM click on the button Configure Note to test SMS service click on the button Test this will send one test SMS to every recipients configured in list Modem user may enable and configure modem support for set modem connection see Configuring modem service The modem may to be used for communication with Teleservice This will to be used if you select call teleguard checkbox in Jobs page Then will to be all messages about Inverter status sent to specified users Messages user may configure recipients for network broadcast messages about Inverter status see Configuring message service This will to be used if you select broadcast checkbox in Jobs page Then will to be all messages about Inverter status sent to specified users Fax user may enable and configure fax service see Configuring fax service This will to be used if you select fax checkbox in Jobs page Then will to be all messages about Inverter status sent to specified users Voice Modem user enable and configure voice modem see Configuring voice service The Pvmon may to send voice message to specified tele
17. dity and temperature measure the relative humidity in and the environmental temperature in C In Out and temperature measure the environmental temperature in and have one digital input and one digital output Note the figure also features an In Out sensor a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor If more than three sensors are connected to the adapter the next three can be viewed by clicking on the button at the bottom right of the screen Note please refer to the SNMP adapter manual for further information on the sensors that can be associated with the adapter ATTENTION this function is active only on remotely connected SNMP adapters In order to view the connected sensors a Refresh operation must be performed CONFIGURATION MENU Configuration Configuration Configuration for quick access to Pvsetup component Note this menu is enabled only when are selected one local Inverter Note this menu is visible only if the parameter OEMMode in the file pvmon ini have the LSB bit to 1 LOG MENU Event log the Event log displays the current Pvagent activities This is list of events and information about the Inverter during the Pvagent monitoring activity All events information contain date time device name identification and name of event To enable logging event see Pvsetup Data log The Data log open the Pvgraph programs with which you
18. e last logger time present in the log filesystem Chart in the top you can select the implant the stringbox or the inverters whose data you want to view It can be enable up to four axes everyone associating with different measures In the top there are chekbox than permits to hide or show the axes enabled At the bottom there are four groups of buttons Zoom Control You can make a horizontal zoom of the graph by pressing the button of this section The zoom control can be achieved by turning the mouse wheel and selecting with the left mouse button an area of the chart Control Scroll You can make a horizontal scroll the chart by pressing the button of this section The scroll control can be achieved by turning the arrow keys of the keyboard as well as pressing the right mouse button and dragging the selection Settings dialog and control The first button open a popupmenu from which you can show or hide the individual series enabled enable the 3D feature change the color of the series or enable the display of the value by passing the mouse over the series in question as well as access to a graphs creator where you can add new series up to a total of nine This feature is only active for the graphics energy production in daily mode The second and third buttons are the refresh button After selecting the desired chart in the tree the date in the calendar section and the devices you want to see in the top section of the chart to displ
19. ent notification communication lost 8 Comm lost reporting Local Serial port COM1 Bus address dg O Remote Name symbolic name of the device Protocol type you must set Inverter Protocol key which is shipped with device Device serial number this is the Serial Number or univocal Address used for the identification of and communication with the inverter For TL series inverters set the serial number shown on the inverter s data plate b For TL EVO and TL EASY series inverters with address configured in AUTO mode set the serial number shown on the inverter s data plate For TL EVO and TL EASY series inverters with fixed address set the address configured on the inverter s control panel d For Centralised series inverters set the address configured on the inverter s control panel e ForString Boxes set the selected address using the configuration Dip switches on the String Box Note setting the Device serial number correctly is fundamental for the correct operation of the program Device It can be selected if the device you are configuring is an inverter Stringbox Note the following fields can be enabled or disabled depending on the type of device Associated Inverter f a device is configured as Stringbox you must choose the inverter to which the Stringbox is associated with Reference plant If the configured device is an inverter you
20. erally in expensive models You must have installed these Voice modem in Windows environment By system Control Panel you may also test modem and set detail setting for modem device Voice call configuration Voice modem configuration n C Allowed voice call support The WAV file with voice message have filename in format alarm_xx wav where xx is index in list of events see Jobs screen and must to be stored into main directory All correctly installed voice modems is in list and you may choose it ATTENTION for voice calls may to be used only WAV files with sample frequency 8kHz and only mono channel Other formats is incompatible with telephone line specifications ATTENTION if modem installed into Windows environment cannot support voice calls then this modem not to be showed in this list ATTENTION the voice call feature need for run TAPI Telephone Application Interface minimum v 2 0 from Windows 2000 Because by telephone line specification is impossible check by software when is received voice call on other side then user may specify some delay before is played voice message by modem This delay started from moment to establishing connection between Pvagent and remote side this mean when start ringing line is ok not busy or deaf During this delay should to be call accepted by remote user Voice message will to be played repeating depends on Number of retries These two values must to be configured care
21. fully to ensure that remote user receive voice call message 23 _ JOBS PARAMETERS PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 Main Network services Plants Connections Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About Event list E Disable all jobs Action Delay Interv s File 0 Generation event delay sec Log event 0 Communication islost Communication is established Enter in wait Local message Sedan e C Broadcast message Exit from fault C Email Enter in perm fault Exit from perm fault Cl sms IN1 fault Normal IN1 Call to Teleguard IN2 fault Message Communication is lost C Execute file _ Fax message C Voice call Event list for detail configuration PVMON user may also define jobs which will to be executed when is detected some non standard state of Inverter that are all show in the listbox below Then Pvagent may to execute user defined external command file or other actions Disable all jobs this checkbox item may to disable start any action for all jobs Generation event delay s must be passed lessened delay seconds after the signalling of the event before the generation of the correspondent software event and the start of related jobs Jobs for main Inverter status bits you may set any action from this list 1 log event 2 execute file 3 local message 4 broadcast messa
22. ge 5 email 6 5 5 7 Call to Teleguard 8 Fax message 9 Voice call For event action may to be specified delay and interval for detail settings Both values is in seconds Log event the event will to be logged into event log file ATTENTION on Windows NT 2000 or XP platforms are events logged also in system Application event log Execute file Pvagent start specified command file if selected event will to be detected Recommendation use full path name for file Local message enables messages to users about Inverter status and defines delay for first message for filter short power fails and repeat interval Broadcast message send message about Inverter status to remote user through network For Windows is send broadcast message to all or some connected users see Configurations Email direct email support is only for Windows For other operating system you must specify own way to send email or use default prepared scripts User may specify name and email address for email recipients in Configurations parameters dialog If you select Email checkbox then will to be message about Inverter status sent to specified users also by standard Windows MAPI or SMTP interface Before use this option you must configure email service on your computer SMS possibility to send SMS to specified GSM phone number Call to Teleguard the Pvmon may inform global monitoring and control system Teleguard about inverter alarm state This func
23. ght 2011 All Rights Reserved Standard Version On this page there is information on the product version PVMON and on the copyright The button License can be used to read the license to use PVMON PvviEW Pvview allow to monitor local connected Inverters or remote Inverters Inverters connected to other computers or SNMP adapters Tree shows all the selectable inverter The tree is divided into two sections local to see Inverter related to local Pvagent remote to display Inverter connected to other Pvagent or remote SNMP adapters SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 SUNVISI KEN PV MONITORING AND CONTROL SOFTWARE The tree Local the subtree local show to the user all Inverters that are controlled from the local Pvagent The hierarchy shows the plants and as child nodes inverters belonging to that specific plant If the inverter has associated Stringbox or remote sensors that will be shown as children of the specific inverter Note the Inverters controlled from local Pvagent could be connected to the host from serial port or from TCP IP in agreement with the nverter parameters page of Pvsetup ATTENTION You can see a summary screen of the status of the plant selecting in the tree the name of the plant Selecting the name of the inverter instead you will see the screens for the individual inverter Remote the subtree remote show to the user all compatible Inverters that are present in the network browsing over t
24. graph is logically divided into three sections A tree where you select the chart type you want to watch a calendar that lets you choose the day month year you want to see the graph where you can select Implants Inverter stringbox whose data you want to see Tree the tree is divided into three sub trees that show possible displayable graphics for plants inverters and stringbox Plant The only selectable graph is the energy production If the graph is chosen Daily it is shown three different implant measure total instantaneous power temperature and irradiation of the first sensor associated with the plant If the graph is chosen monthly yearly or total it is shown the accumulated energy daily monthly or annually Inverter there are several selectable graphs of which only the first energy production have the possibility of select the mode monthly annualy or total For all other graphics the only mode is daily StringBox there are several selectable graphs for all only active mode is daily 44 Calendar the top you can choose whether you want to see the data collected from local pvagent or imported from other agent in this case choose the directory DataLogger underlying filesystem log The button highlighted in green is the active calendar mode The selected date is highlighted in the calendar that can be visited with the arrow keys The calendar already shows the date of the first logger time and the date of th
25. guage All messages and text in PVMON except some system messages is described in lang xx ini files Default is lang 00 ini used for standard English language interface On some markets is added other language files or you may translate lang 00 to e g lang 01 ini Default English Event logfile enabled enable or disable use logfile for events by Pvagent module Default Yes Data logfile enabled enable or disable use logfile for measured values by Pvagent module Default Yes Log Rate defines the interval in seconds in which the Pvagent module protocols the measured values Default 60 seconds Savings display enable in pvview the display of savings It can be possible to choice the currency and set the conversion factor to applicate to kWh Default Euro Autoclose local message window the window with message about Inverter status displayed on desktop may to be closed manually by OK button or automatically after 10 seconds if is allowed this option Default Yes NETWORK PARAMETERS This is defined all network parameter how TCP IP service HTTP service and network security s PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 Server enabled UDP Port 2 C Password protection TCP IP service Server enabled allow to connect to this system from other remote Pvagent or Pvview program Default Yes UDP Port the UDP communicati
26. have to choose the plant to which the inverter belongs Note the plant must first be configured on the page Plant tab Watt peak Display of peak Watt produced by the inverter Note This information is important to correctly view pvview in the percentages of power Event notification of missed communication In this section you can configure how it will behave Pvagent in case of lost communication events The action associated with the page States and actions can always be launched whenever there is communication lost never or only in a timeframe that you set Inverter connection way to connect Inverter One possibility is local connection For this you must select correct serial port and set the address of device on the bus Other parameters for serial connection how baud speed and similar is automatically adjusted for selected Inverter protocol Second possibility is remote connection via network For this you must specify IP address of computer or SNMP adapter where is connected Inverter and device number usually 1 Note is allowed also to specify remote Pvagent or SNMP adapter location by host name or DNS name Bus address address associated to inverter in the serial communication phase Note It is important that all configured devices have different address numbers UDP port It can be possible to specify a UDP port other than the standard 33 000 for communication with the remote SNMP adattatora that controls the
27. he LAN and that are controlled from other Pvagent or SNMP adapter To view all Inverters and or refresh view click on the relative menu voice Otherwise the popupmenu voice Choice IP Address permits to view one Inverter controlled from Pvagent or SNMP adapter present at that IP Address on the UDP port that are configured Remote connection is via TCP IP protocol The default port the Pvagent is working is 33000 Note this feature may to be conflicted by network firewall or similar Then try ask network administrator if is allowed broadcast packets on the LAN ATTENTION up to six sensors can be connected to the SNMP adapter via the serial port refer to the sensor cable wiring specifications If this sensor are connected you can check that they are operational and view the measurements being recorded by selecting the caption Netman Sensor which appears in the tree structure ATTENTION one click left mouse button on the Inverter will show in the right side the displays of the Inverter see below One click right mouse button on the Inverter will show a popupmenu from which will be possible to show the properties of this Inverter 27 The displays Standard in the graphic Standard visualization will be shown three measures percentage power network DC Voltage three phase or mono phase depending on inverter internal inverter temperature SUNVISION 2 Version 2 0 1 Refresh View Configuration Logs Help gt ET Loc
28. he user that may management the problem WARNING accessing the graphs creator from energy production of the inverter the inverter choice will show only those selected inverter at the top of the chart section of the main module By accessing the graph instead of energy production of the implant this choice having no effect disappears WARNING make all the changes you want before pressing the OK button 45 46 s PVCONVERT The Pvconvert program can be used to import the Sunvision1 data files snv and make them compatible with the data files created by Sunvision2 Import data from snv file Import file Local C Inverter power gt 100 kWatt Local this section allows you to convert snv data files recorded by the Sunvision1 program and make them compatible with data files created by the Sunvision2 program In this section you will have to select the file you want to import and the inverter that the file is associated with zZ B this operation must be carried out after configuring the systems and inverters in the Sunvision2 program z this operation should be carried out once only when stopping use of the Sunvision1 software 2 B it is advisable to convert slow snv files only 2 for inverters with a power level exceeding 100 kW check the appropriate box PVIMPORT The Pvimport program can be used to download the data file
29. inverter Password protection the remote communication through network can to be secured by password If remote node have defined password then same password must to be specified Remote sensor it is possible to specify whether temperature radiation humidity and or digital I O sensors are associated with the SNMP adapter to which the remotely connected Inverter is connected This will make it possible to configure the sensors in the Remote sensor tab and activate the relative alarms REMOTE SENSORS List of monitored sensors by Pvagent PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 sensors Name Sensor type Inverter connection Sensor index o Sensor 01 Radiation Inverter 05 1 This window shows the list of remote sensors associated with the SNMP adapter connected to the Inverter Up to 6 different types of remote sensor can be associated with an SNMP adapter using the serial port see sensor cable wiring specifications The remote sensors are divided into four categories Temperature sensors that measure the environmental temperature around the sensor Alarms can be set to indicate when high or low temperature thresholds are exceeded so that certain actions can be taken sending an SMS or an e mail Temperature and radiation sensors that measure the environmental temperature and radiation around the sensor Alarms can be set to indicate when high or low temperature thresholds are
30. l port IP Address Address B inverter 01 1960180 Local 1 a Inverter 02 SISER 1960 1RU Local COM1 3 You can add delete or edit Inverter list see Inverter parameters PVMON support up to 255 Inverter monitored by Pvagent Dynamic addressing of local devices Defines for inverters connected in serial mode the possibility enable dynamic addressing This procedure allows the pvagent to create a special thread that whenever it is needed send the serial command brroadcast Off line inquiry to awaken the dormant inverter give them the address specified in the configuration page nverter parameters Check Rate if there are one or more Inverter defined with TCP IP Connection must be defines the time interval in seconds in which the Pvagent polls data from the Inverter if Pvagent is connected to remote Inverter via network The system may be slowed down due to permanent communication with the Inverter if the value is too small If the value is too high the system reacts slower in case of a powerfailure Recommended values is from 1 on smaller networks or 5 on bigger networks to 10 seconds Default 3 seconds s DEVICE CONNECTION PARAMETERS Complete information about device type and connection Device configuration vice identification Name Inverter 0 B Protocol type SISER 1960180 Device Serial Number LNOSMGT 10003325 Device type Inverter Reference plant Impianto 01 Watt peak 3600 Ev
31. n execute different command scripts which for example send warnings to the connected users These scripts which are a part of the PVMON can be adjusted to your demands When a change the alarm status takes place there is a corresponding file i e shell script command file that will be executed when activating or deactivating alarms For configuration all PVMON package mainly for Pvagent is used Pvsetup module The Pvview is used for operating and monitoring the active Pvagent software connected to Inverters You can check the status of the Inverters with many various ways for example how block scheme or graphs view With the Pvgraph you can as well constantly monitor and evaluate the data protocol logfile which is permanently updated by the Pvagent The Pvview is used to connect to any Pvagent service to visualize Inverters data and to inspect the monitoring process This is possible how remote monitoring also if on system is installed TCP IP protocol SELECTION LANGUAGE PVMON supports different languages The default language is English The user can specify the language you want during installation or at any other time through Pvsetup PVSETUP For configuring all parameter is used software module named Pvsetup This program allow to user change all possible parameters PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 Main Network services Plants Connec
32. on port This must to be same on server and client side Default 33000 Note in order to communicate by means of TCP IP with one or more Inverter is necessary to define these Inverter in the page Connection Network security Password protection the remote communication through network can to be secured by password Here is point for set password value Default No password PLANT TAB From this window the user can set the plants in the system PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 3 8 E EET ELUA e 7 SE ES Main Network services Plants Connections Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About Plant List Name Description Bg impianto 01 prova By impianto 02 prova2 The maximum number of configurable plants is 64 The plants be added changed or eliminated with buttons special button Show System will see the pattern of plant and the associated inverter INVERTER CONNECTIONS List of monitored inverter or StringBox by Pvagent and connection parameters for Inverter or StringBox PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 Main Network services Plants Connections Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About Dynamic addressing of local Enable dynamic addressing Name Protocol type Connection Seria
33. ord From this list you can select by means of single multiple selection or checking the Select All box the inverters that will be added to the Netman or Display lists according to which Add button has been pressed To complete the Pvlmport configuration you need to set FTP username and password through which the program will connect to the inverter The FTP username and password are the same for all the inverters selected in the list above If different Netman cards or Display panels have different usernames and or passwords you will need to select these cards or panels in the next steps or go to modify FTP User and or password using the Modify button in the relevant section N B by performing the operation periodically you can create and maintain an archive using the data recorded by the card itself without the need for a continuous connection between the PC and the inverter INNAEOOIMSNIWIO
34. phone number For voice call feature user must to have any modem with Voice support Most of modern modem types have this possibility but generally in expensive models You must have installed these Voice modem in Windows environment By system Control Panel you may also test modem and set detail setting for modem device This will to be used if you select voice call checkbox in Jobs page Then will to be all messages about Inverter status sent to specified users s ADDING OR EDITING EMAIL CONTACT User may specify name and email address for email recipient This will to be used if you select email checkbox in Jobs page Maximum number of email recipients is 10 ADDING OR EDITING GSM PHONE NUMBER User may specify name and GSM phone number for SMS recipient This will to be used if you select SMS checkbox in Jobs page Maximum number of SMS recipients is 10 6 EMAIL SMTP CONFIGURATION This feature is used for Windows NT 2000 or XP systems and allow to configure parameters for send email by SMTP interface Email configuration Email configuration C Email configuration SMTP authentication SMTP support allowed enable or disable SMTP support If you disable it then PVMON cannot send emails on Windows NT 2000 and XP platforms ATTENTION For Windows 9x and ME is used also other way to send emails These operating systems allow to use MAPI interface and sending email is depends on co
35. rrect configuration and functionality of MAPI based email program e g MS Outlook In Windows NT 2000 and platform MAPI interface cannot to be used from system security reason ATTENTION The SMTP interface is supported by Win9x ME also If in Jobs is specified email action then on Win9x ME is used MAPI interface or SMTP interface SMTP server IP address or host name of your SMTP server SMTP server is special computer in your local network or Internet service provider which is used for collect and distribute email to receivers For detail information you may ask administrator of your network or provider hotline SMTP domain name domain name is used for correct logging into SMTP server Some SMTP servers control it for authorized access For detail information you may ask administrator of your network or provider hotline Sender name name of sender which is included into email Only informational value Sender email address sender email address is also included in email header and allow receive possible replies on email message for Pvmon Email subject subject of the email message MODEM CONFIGURATION Configuration dialog for set modem connection The modem may to be used for communication with Teleservice Modem configuration Modem configuration Enable modem support Modem support allowed enable or disable Modem support Modem port name serial port where is connected
36. s list you will have to select check all the panels from which you want to download the data To add Display panels to the list simply press the Add button in the relative section To remove Display panels select the panel you want to remove and press the Remove button If you want to change the FTP username and password parameters select the Display panel and press the Modify button In this section there are also two dates in the dd mm yyyy format All the log files in the Display panel between the two selected dates will be downloaded N B there is a date Latest download associated with each Netman card and each Display panel stated in the lists This date is for Netman cards the last date on which snv data was imported i e the last date on which the Pvlmport program was launched for Display panels the date shown in the To Date field i e the date of the last log file downloaded from the Display panel the Pvlmport program must be launched after configuring the systems and inverters in the Sunvision2 program When you press the Add button in the relative sections a window will open up containing a list of all the inverters configured in Sunvision2 through remote connection List of network inverter from Pvsetup List of network inverter from Pvsetup Inverter Name IP address PRTK Code Watt peak Have sensor Inverter A 10 3 97 201 SISER 1969 1RU 200000 No Inverter B 10 3 97 97 SISER 1969 1RU 200000 No FTP Passw
37. s recorded in the Netman network card and or in the Display panel to make them available in the Sunvision2 format Import data from Netman and Display Import data from Netman v Select all Inverter Name IP address PRTK Code Latest download Inverter G 10 1 10 196 SISER 1969 1RU 06 03 2013 seno Import data from Display C Select all From date gg mm aaaa To date gg mm aaaa Inverter Name IP address PRTK Code Latest download C Inverter 10 3 97 97 SISER 1969 1RU 1 3 2013 C Inverter 10 3 97 97 SISER 1969 1RU 1 3 2013 C Inverter D 10 3 97 97 SISER 1969 1RU 1 3 2013 L Inverter E 10 3 97 97 SISER 1969 1RU 1 3 2013 L Inverter 10 3 97 97 SISER 1969 1RU 1 3 2013 Import data from Netman this section allows you to select which Netman cards to connect to via FTP to download the snv data files recorded in the card s internal memory In this list you will have to select check all the Netman cards from which you want to download the data To add Netman cards to the list simply press the Add button in the relative section To remove Netman cards select the card you want to remove and press the Remove button If you want to change the FTP username and password parameters select the Netman card and press the Modify button 47 48 Import data from Display this section allows you to select which Display panels to connect to via to download the log data files recorded in the panels internal memory In thi
38. te sensors type and connection Remote sensors configuration Sensor identification Inverter connection Name Inverter 05 Sensor index 1 Temperature thresholds C 4 Up threshold Down threshold 20 Name Sensor 01 Sensor type Radiation Humidity thresholds W jm2 e Up threshold Down threshold 100 Digital input logic ad Digital output logic 4 Sensor name name of the sensor connected to the SNMP adapter Type of sensor temperature radiation humidity or digital I O Name of the inverter name of the Inverter connected to the SNMP adapter with which the sensors have been associated Note this combo box shows only the inverter for which the item Remote Sensors has been selected in the Inverter configuration in addition to Stringbox which may have their own radiation sensors Sensor index index of the sensors from 1 to 6 connected to the SNMP adapter Temperature radiation and humidity thresholds maximum and minimum temperature radiation and humidity threshold settings on the sensor When these values are exceeded the actions specified for the respective alarm in the Jobs tabs will be carried out Note humidity and radiation thresholds are active only for humidity and radiation type sensors Digital input parameter determines whether the digital I O sensor has the input contact normally open the alarm is triggered when the contact is closed or normally closed the alarm is
39. the modem Tel number s for alarm calls two telephone number may to be specified If Pvagent cannot to connect by first number line busy second side not hang then try to call to second number if it s specified If is still not alarm transferred then is starting delay between calls if it s specified nonzero repeat number Then is calls repeated specified number of times Repeat number of repeat call if Pvagent cannot connect to remote modem line busy Delay between calls delay between calls to Teleguard in minutes Accept incoming calls if it s Accept incoming calls enabled then is possible to receive calls to this Pvagent from remote Teleguard otherwise only Pvagent calling to Teleguard if is some alarm see Jobs GSM MODEM CONFIGURATION Configuration dialog to set GSM modem connection The GSM modem may be used to send SMS to normal GSM phones GSM modem configuration GSM configuration g C Enable GSM modem support Enable GSM modem support enable or disable GSM modem support When disabled the PVMON cannot send SMS Modem port name serial port name where is connected the modem SMS Centre number contact your SIM card provider to have it Note the SMS centre number is same how is used in GSM phones for sending SMS messages GSM modem type are supported Siemens and Falcon modem Most of GSM modems is Siemens compatible s MESSAGE NETWORK CONFIGURATI
40. tion DS version Windows XP Version 5 1 Service Pack 3 Build 260 SW FPW version PVMON Version 1 0 0 IP address 127 0 0 1 Type 5 From this window you see the properties of the monitored Inverter such as name of Inverter connection type the type of communication protocol some information on Pvagent or SNMP adapter that controls it and some nominal data of the device SELECT INVERTER DIALOG Insert Addr OX You may choice Inverer directly by IP address of computer SNMP adapter where is connected Inverter For this you must set IP address UDP Port and device number usually 1 The Pvview will try to find the specified system by IP address The host names or DNS names is also supported Remote connection is via TCP IP protocol The default port the Pvagent is working is 33000 PVGRAPH Graphics Module used to analyze data log file generated by Pvagent WARNING To enable the data log see Pvsetup Graphic module z Energy production Total grid power Phase grid power Grid current Grid voltage DC current DC voltage Inverter temperature Grid frequency J Stringbox a Strings current aJ Temperatures a Analog probes Primary Left Axis Primary Right Axis Secondary Left Axis C Secondary Right Axis 9 Local Remote The graphic module pv
41. tion is mainly used by service companies for remote monitoring of your Inverter Fax message program can to send simple fax message to specified fax number Voice call also is possible to send voice message WAV file to specified voice fax number Message user may to change default message for event It is recommended not to change basic text for possible chaotic messages or log records if will to be specified wrong message for important event Note in message text is allowed to use special words which is during message generation replaced by real values NAME Inverter which have detected this event SYSNAME the system name parameter is added to message See Main parameters dialog description SYSLOC System location value is used See Main parameters dialog SENSORNAME name of the sensor on which the event occurred Valid only if events have been associated with the sensors ALARMCODE alarm code revelated by the inverter ALARMNAME alarm name revelated by the inverter VALUE alarm value revelated by the inverter Default set event action parameters for selected event to default state Default all set all event action parameters for selected event to default state 25 ABOUT PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 Main Network services Plants Connections Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About Software version PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 1 0 0 Copyri
42. tions Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About General parameters System name Server System location Server room System contact Administrator Language English Logfile registration Event logfile enabled C Data logfile enabled Savings display Euro Conversion factor Local message wine Autodose oc ATTENTION bad parameters or undesirable manual changes of pvmon ini file may to cause bad function of PVMON software mainly Pvagent module ATTENTION if you start Pvsetup program for first time then you must set special keycode PRTK code which is located on the rear side of the Inverter MAIN PARAMETERS This is defined all common parameter how system name location and contact person name parameters for log files and autoclose window PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 Main Network services Plants Connections Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About General parameters System name Server System location Server room System contact Administrator Language English Event logfile enabled C Data logfile enabled Savings display Conversion factor System name defines name of local system Default Server System location defines location of local system Default Server room System contact defines contact person for local system Default Administrator Language select used lan
43. triggered when the contact is opened Note this section is active only for digital I O type sensors Digital output parameter determines whether the digital I O sensor must close the output contact when a general alarm occurs on any of the sensors associated with the same SNMP adapter switching for sensor alarm and or when an alarm occurs on the inverter connected to the same adapter switching for inverter alarm Note this section is active only for digital I O type sensors CONFIGURATIONS User may configure detail parameters for email SMTP GSM and normal modem connection message recipients configuration fax recipients wap and voice modem PVMON Configuration Version 1 0 0 pu Main Network services Plants Connections Remote sensor Configurations States and actions About Email address Modem ES sages Test Ms 2 congue SSM number list Name Telephone number gt sas 1 moder Email user may specify name and email address for email recipient see Adding email contact This will to be used if you select Email checkbox in Jobs page Then will to be all messages about Inverter status sent to specified users Maximum number of email recipients is 10 Note to enable and configure the service SMTP click on the button Configure Note to test email service click on the button Test this will send one test email to every re
44. xport the file in txt format Print print all the file or a selection of this on the default printer ATTENTION must be defined a default printer Control panel HELP MENU Help Pvview for quick access to this help Using help information for using help Contents software version and copyright s POPUP MENU E Standard C Detail lt Block Scheme Properties 23 Bar colour Insert IP Address Menu view is the same options of the View menu Note this voice is enabled only if you selected one inverter Properties for viewing the Properties of the Inverter Note this voice is enabled only if you selected one Inverter Bar colour for changing the bars colour of the graph in the standard view Note if you exit from the colour dialog with Cancel button then the colour return to default colour Note this voice is enabled only if you see standard view Insert IP Address you may choice Inverter directly by IP address of computer or SNMP adapter where is connected Inverter 4l 42 INVERTER PROPERTIES This dialog showed the properties of the Inverter Inverter properties Device information Inverter name PRTK Code SISER19601RU Manifacturer RPS S p A Serial number 00001 330LU26MGT1 Nominal values Firmware version 11 08 Phase number Threephase V Rating 10000 Nominal Vp 40 Remote system informa
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