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1. ODS File format for tables with an Open Document Format that enables the exchange of Office files between various applications and operating systems XLSX File format of the Excel Workbook format supported by Microsoft since the Excel 2007 version 28 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design 3 In order to show the legend by default for this diagram activate Show legend 4 In order to view the preview open the Preview area Select Update to reload diagram after changes were made Select Save 6 Select Save M The XY diagram has been created and is displayed 5 2 5 Creating a Diagram A diagram consists of at least one X axis time settings Yl Y2 and one Y 1 axis the Y2 axis is optional Several channel values with the same unit can be displayed on each Y axis Use the Y2 axis if you want to display values with another unit than on the Y1 axis Procedure X Configure the Y1 axis Y2 axis is optional Configure the time settings Make advanced configurations Configuring the Y1 axis Y2 axis is optional 1 Selecta plant or a device in the Y1 axis Y2 axis area in the Plant devices field Only devices of the current plant can be selected TIP In order to narrow your selection choose a device type or Plants in the Narrow selection field 2 Select the desired channel in the Channel field Selectable Channels mie For devices all channels
2. 6 2 6 2 1 6 2 2 6 3 6 3 1 6 3 2 6 3 3 6 3 4 6 4 6 4 1 6 4 2 6 4 3 7 1 7 1 1 7 1 2 7 1 3 7 1 4 7 1 5 7 1 6 7 2 7 3 7 3 1 7 3 2 Changing Page Arrangement in the Visualization Menu 39 Creating a New Group ne 39 Changing the Positions of Pages And Groups 0 eee eee eee AO Deleting o Group ev re ba UR neh 40 System Monitoring ie a 00112 aan ae e D eS 41 Monitoring Functions Aussen 41 System logbook sser hus ome EEEE E E ARIS 42 Calling Up and Filtering Messages isses sensn A2 Approving Messages sess hb len I Ue nd ae bes 42 Plant Monitoring da an Uo aede du pb dees 43 Overview of Plant Monitoring isse 43 Setting the Communication Monitoring eese 47 Setting Inverter Comparison 0 0c cee eee eee eee 48 Setpoint Monitoring Setting the E Mail Alert 2 222200 48 Report Configuration san 49 Setting the Daily Info Report Monthly Info Report 22 50 Setting an Event Report liliis eee 51 Regenerating Report Manually 00 0 000 reuenir eee eee 5 Plant Properties 2 2 en 52 Plant Data ansehe 52 Changing General Plant Data 52 Changing the Plant Name 53 Deleting a Plant ver EL t REN eq 53 Setting the Plant Power un 54 Changing the Description of the Plant 00 00 cee eee eee eee 54 Changing Deleting the Plant Image 55 Changing Plant Operator Data arena era 56 Parameters ee rl 56 Chang
3. Plant Monitoring User Manual SUNNY PORTAL TN wee tzerfreundlicher 2 Informativer und ben Een SPortaleng BUS113923 Version 2 3 II SMA America LLC Legal Restrictions Copyright 2011 SMA America LLC All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photographic magnetic or otherwise without the prior written permission of SMA America LLC Neither SMA America LLC nor SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc makes representations express or implied with respect to this documentation or any of the equipment and or software it may describe including with no limitation any implied warranties of utility merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose All such warranties are expressly disclaimed Neither SMA America LLC nor its distributors or dealers nor SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc nor its distributors or dealers shall be liable for any indirect incidental or consequential damages under any circumstances The exclusion of implied warranties may not apply in all cases under some statutes and thus the above exclusion may not apply Specifications are subject to change without notice Every attempt has been made to make this document complete accurate and up to date Readers are cautioned however that SMA America LLC and SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc reserve the right to make
4. Overview of Roles and Privileges Privileges Role Guest Standard Installer Administrator Login NG NG NG NG View pages NG NG NG NG View and change user NG NG NG NG information Change password NG NG NG View plant properties NG NG NG View device properties NG NG NG View report configuration NG NG NG View change and delete pages NG NG View and change NG NG plant properties View and change NG NG device properties View and change NG NG report configuration View and change NG NG calculated channels View the system logbook and NG NG confirm entries Import data NG NG View user management NG Create and delete users and NG assign roles 68 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC User Management 9 2 Creating a New User User is notified by e mail e l If you create a new user he will receive an e mail informing him that he has access to your 1 2 9 4 5 M Sunny Portal under this e mail address If the new user is not yet registered at Sunny Portal he will also receive an automatically generated password Select Configuration gt User management Select New user In the E mail address field enter new user s e mail address In the Roles area activate the desired role The Standard user role is activated by default Select Save The new user has been created and
5. User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 25 Page Design 11 SMA America LLC In the End date of display area activate the desired end date of the display The following settings are possible Current The values from the current date e g current day current month will always be displayed Selectable You can select the date whose values should be displayed e g a certain day a certain month Select desired channels in the Channel area Selectable Channels e I For devices all channels which are transferred to Sunny Portal are available For a plant 14 15 16 17 18 26 the calculated channels are available CO avoided energy power compensation performance ratio specific plant yield The unit of the first channel selected determines the additional channels available for selection If more than 1 device or more than 1 plant was added the desired calculation method can be chosen in the Result field The following settings are possible Sum Total of all channel contents within the period indicated Min Minimum value of channel contents within the period indicated Mean Values Mean value of channel contents within the period indicated Max Maximum value of channel contents within the period indicated Select Submit MI The Page configuration page opens In order to add an additional column or rows for channels select Add channel and repeat previo
6. kWh Meter Change kWh Meter Change kWh A 31 03 2010 March 2010 2010 SB4200TL 10 43 395 34 517 11 S85000T 13 95 553 42 721 37 24 38 948 76 1238 48 Total Total Total C D Position Meaning A The table header lets you sort the displayed data in ascending or descending order Click on a blue value in the header to sort the data in the table in ascending order click again to sort the data in descending order B Opens a window for saving the data in the set format Opens calendar In the calendar you can scroll through the months using the arrows and select the desired display period D Here you can scroll to the next or previous display period within the displayed intervals 18 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Table and Diagram Functions Diagram Functions The functions are described by means of the following example diagram test from 01 02 2008 to 31 01 2009 2 600 2 500 E 400 300 gt 100 c Bl Total yield kwh SB5000TL Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct 08 Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan 09 D Position Meaning A The right and left side of the diagram let you scroll to the next or previous display period if the data is available B Opens more buttons for editing the diagram Opens calendar In the calendar you can scroll through the months using t
7. 6 5 2 7 5 2 8 5 2 9 5 2 10 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 7 1 5 7 2 User Manual Information on this Manual eee ee eee 10 Getting Started una se de ceri 11 Registering a Plant in Sunny Portal 000000 11 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal 000000 12 INEXESISDE qc E e e E RARE ed dau cei c eee 13 Menu Overview lees 14 Page Table and Diagram Fundions 18 Page Design ios se re 20 Creating a New Page rare aca dev oe KY ide 20 Generating Page Contents 0 0 0 eee eee 21 Overview of Page Contents 2 222 0 00 cece cece ee 21 Creating Tables 3 32 pode En wae Re ee tk Besen 25 Creating a Plant Profile acteur eL Le eee ete C ae 27 Creating an XY Diagram eR ARMAR tee Rr RAE RA 27 Creatinigra Diagram i er en a al UP pO dee bon de reds 29 Greating a Slide Show un rt 31 Creating an Image ie evi rennen 33 Creating Plant Monitoring lisse I 34 Creating an Overview 0 cece ne 34 Creating Text rc nase a sen mto dee un tease Rea al 34 Changing Deleting Page Contents 2222222222200 35 Deleting Pages s nl 35 Changing the Page Names sarah a hata 35 BuBlishing RAGES ve Meere sg 36 Standard Pages 1 4 ae 37 Overview of Standard Pages 0 00 e cece eee eee eens 37 Cr ating Standard Pages are st een nt eek 39 SPortaleng BUS1 13923 7 Table of Contents SMA America LLC 5 8 5 8 1 5 8 2 5 8 3 6 6 1
8. America LLC 5 2 8 Creating Plant Monitoring Requirements NHR wn Plant monitoring is set see Section 6 3 In order to add a heading enter the heading in the Title field Activate Communication monitoring and or Inverter comparison Select Save Select Save Plant monitoring has been set and is displayed 5 2 9 Creating an Overview Image Requirements 5 M Maximum image size 500 kB Possible image formats JPG PNG GIF Height and width Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image based on the size of the page layout Activate field of desired value Select size of unit Adding an image In order to use the displayed image activate Automatically In order to use own image activate User defined and select Browse Select Save Select Save Overview has been created and is displayed 5 2 10 Creating Text Impermissible HTML Tags lt SCRIPT gt and thus JavaScript lt META gt lt APPLET gt lt FORM gt lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt lt FRAME gt lt IFRAME gt 1 In order to add a heading enter the heading in the Title field 2 Enter desired text in editor 3 Select Save 4 Select Save M Text has been created and is displayed 34 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design Example Adding a Current Webcam Image This example shows how you insert the current image of a webcam using the editor Each time the page is cal
9. CO factor indicates how much CO is produced for every single kilowatt hour of electricity generated in the country Depending on the technology used and the efficiency the CO factor can vary between the different electric utility companies in the region You can find out the value of the CO factor of the electricity supplied in your region from your electric utility company The CO factor is used by Sunny Portal to calculate how much CO has been saved by your plant s eco friendly power generation l Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select the Parameters tab Select Edit Enter CO factor in the Facto field or adjust with slider Oak ON Select Save 56 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Plant Properties 7 3 3 Entering the Predicted Annual Yield The predicted annual yield is a PV plant s yield to be expected within one year Sunny Portal uses a table to show how the predicted annual yield of your PV plant is distributed throughout the months of the year The predicted annual yield of the PV plant is calculated from the specific annual yield kWh kWp at the location of the PV plant multiplied by the plant power in kWp The plant power is also called nominal power You can obtain the specific annual yield for your PV plant s location from irradiation maps Local conditions such as e g shadings or the plant s orientation are not taken into account You can obtain the plant power in kWp
10. Link to messages in the system logbook User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 45 System Monitoring SMA America LLC Setpoint Monitoring Sunny Portal provides a setpoint monitoring option for all plants with the Power Reducer Box In the Setpoint monitoring area you can see whether the grid operator has specified any setpoints for the active power limitation of your plant If you wish Sunny Portal can inform you by e mail about incoming setpoints for active power limitation and reactive power setpoint fixed reactive power or phase shift factor cos Phi How to configure the e mail notification for setpoint monitoring is described in Section 6 3 4 Setpoint Monitoring Setting the E Mail Alert page 48 In addition to setpoint monitoring you should use the communication monitoring for the Power Reducer Box see Section 6 3 2 Through this monitoring option Sunny Portal can identify whether or not the information in the setpoint monitoring is outdated The following table explains the meaning of the setpoint monitoring symbols Status of setpoint monitoring for active power limitation Symbol Status Meaning No setpoint There is no setpoint for active power limitation Setpoint There is a setpoint for active power limitation Problem with a There is a problem with a Power Reducer Box Power Reducer Box Status of the Power Reducer Box Symbol Status Significance t OK The Power Re
11. changes without notice and shall not be responsible for any damages including indirect incidental or consequential damages caused by reliance on the material presented including but not limited to omissions typographical errors arithmetical errors or listing errors in the content material All trademarks are recognized even if these are not marked separately Missing designations do not mean that a product or brand is not a registered trademark The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc and any use of such marks by SMA America LLC and SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc is under license SMA America LLC 3801 N Havana Street Denver CO 80239 U S A SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc 2425 Matheson Blvd E 8th Floor Mississauga ON LAW 5K5 Canada User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 3 Important Safety Instructions SMA America LLC IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS This manual contains important instructions for the following products Sunny Portal This manual must be followed during installation and maintenance The product is designed and tested according to international safety requirements but as with all electrical and electronic equipment certain precautions must be observed when installing and or operating the product To reduce the risk of personal injury and to ensure the safe installation and operation of the product you must carefully read and f
12. e mail addresses separate these by commas 4 Change the preset generator power in the Generator power kWp field if required Sunny Portal calculates the preset generator power based on the maximum DC voltage of the inverters You can configure the generator power for each inverter see Section 8 2 5 Setting the Generator Capacity page 64 5 In the Tolerance field change the preset tolerance allowed for the inverter s specific yield if required If the specific yield is outside the tolerance range Sunny Portal will inform you by e mail 6 Activate Monitoring field for desired inverters By activating the Monitoring field the inverters are selected for the inverter comparison 7 Select Save 6 3 4 Setpoint Monitoring Setting the E Mail Alert Requirements e The Power Reducer Box is registered in Sunny Portal see Power Reducer Box manual The use of Sunny Portal is activated in the Power Reducer Box see Power Reducer Box manual 1 Select Plant name gt Plant monitoring 2 In the Setpoint monitoring area select Settings To receive an alert via e mail Activate field Send alert whenever control commands are received from grid operator Enter the recipient s e mail address for notifications in the Recipient field If you enter several e mail addresses separate these by commas 4 If you do not wish to receive an alert deactivate the field Send alert whenever control commands a
13. he will receive an e mail with the access details 9 3 Changing User Privileges Row om o 9 4 Select Configuration gt User management In the user line select the edit icon In the Roles area activate the desired role Select Save Deleting Users Never delete the e mail address used by the communication product Never delete the user whose e mail address is used by the communication product e g Sunny WebBox Sunny Data Control to send data to Sunny Portal Otherwise the communication product will no longer be able to send data to Sunny Portal If you want to enter a new e mail address in the communication product proceed as follows Create the user with the new e mail address in Sunny Portal and assign the role of Administrator or Installer see Section 9 2 Creating a New User page 69 In the communication product enter the new e mail address for the sending of data to Sunny Portal n Sunny Portal delete the user with the old e mail address in the manner described below Select Configuration gt User management M The User Management page opens In the line of the user select the delete icon V A confirmation prompt opens Click Yes to delete the user User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 69 User Management SMA America LLC 9 5 Changing User Information Each created user except for Guest receives his own User information page On this page each user can ente
14. menu Plant Description Energy and Power Annual comparison Options for Publishing Presenting pages at www SunnyPortal com in the Public plants area Presenting pages on the Internet Presenting Pages at Sunny Portal in the Public Plants Area l Select the name of the desired page M The selected page opens 2 If you have chosen a page in the Visualization menu select the Page configuration tab If you have chosen a page in the Name of your plant menu select Configuration gt Name of page 4 Activate the field Also release page on www sunnyportal com The link Send page by e mail is shown next to it 5 In order to send the page by e mail select Send page by e mail Window to send the e mail opens Make the following settings Enter the recipient s e mail address in the Recipient e mail address field In order to change the name of the sender change entry in Name of sender field n order to add a message to the recipient enter desired text in the Your message to the recipient optional field Select Send e mail 6 Select Save In order to see a preview select Open page in new window M Page is published N 36 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design Presenting Pages on the Internet Each of your Sunny Portal pages has its own URL You can use this URL to set a link from another website to your page You can call up the URL of the page
15. the fields in which the data should be shown in the e mail Subject of the mail The data is displayed in the subject line of the e mail e Contents of the mail The data is displayed in the e mail HTML You receive the e mail with the data in HTML Format PDF You receive the e mail in text format with the data in PDF format as an attachment In the Portal page to be sent field select which Sunny Portal page should be sent with the e mail If you want to generate a default report page save your report settings and create the report manually afterwards In order to send the test report to a set e mail address select Send test report Select Save SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC System Monitoring 6 4 2 Setting an Event Report You can set up three event reports which contain different events and are sent at different times You can select four events of Sunny Portal and the plant information warnings disturbances errors 1 Select Configuration gt Report Configuration 2 Select an event report in the Report configuration field 3 Select Edit 4 Set report The following settings are possible Activate Report If the report is activated it will be sent to the set recipients at the set interval You can also save report settings and activate the report later Recipient In the E mail address es field enter recipient s e mail address If you enter se
16. Box with Bluetooth Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box 44 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC System Monitoring Inverter Comparison Sunny Portal offers the inverter comparison option for plants with at least 2 PV inverters Sunny Central inverters working in team operation are not supported By means of the daily yield Sunny Portal calculates the specific yield for each active inverter and compares this once a day with the mean value of the specific yields of all inverters Should the specific yield be below a configurable tolerance Sunny Portal will inform you by e mail How to configure the inverter comparison option is described in Section 6 3 3 Setting Inverter Comparison page 48 The following table explains the meaning of the inverter comparison symbols Inverter Comparison Symbol Status Meaning Deactivated Inverter comparison has not been activated les OK The yields of the monitored inverters are within the configured range The yield of the last day is displayed Error Specific inverter yield is outside of tolerance for at least gs one monitored inverter The additionally displayed Details link provides you with information on the actual specific yield of the respective inverter or inverters and the comparison value calculated from the mean values of all monitored inverters The following navigation options are available e Link to the device properties e
17. Fast Here you can select how fast you wish to be notified about the interrupted communication The time period indicates how long Sunny Portal should wait before notifying you by e mail The time period is displayed during the setting procedure It is calculated as follows e For the Sunny WebBox Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth The time period is calculated from the alert phase selected here and the frequency of upload to the Sunny Portal configured in the Sunny WebBox e For the Power Reducer Box The time period is calculated from the alert phase selected in Sunny Portal and the interval set in the Power Reducer Box for the communication monitoring Enter the recipient s e mail address for notifications in the Recipient field If you enter several e mail addresses separate these by commas For the required devices activate the Monitoring field Select Save User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 47 System Monitoring SMA America LLC 6 3 3 Setting Inverter Comparison Displaying the inverters in groups or individually All inverters of the same type with the same tolerance set and which are selected for the inverter comparison are grouped If at least one feature is different the inverters are listed individually 1 Select Plant name gt Plant monitoring 2 Inthe Inverter comparison area select Settings Enter the recipient s e mail address for notifications in the Recipient field If you enter several
18. Settings SMA America LLC 8 2 6 Deleting a Device y 5 If you delete a device all the data of that device is deleted permanently 1 Check in advance whether it is sufficient to deactivate the device see Section 8 2 1 Adivating Deactivating the Device page 63 l1 Select Configuration gt Device overview 2 In the device line select the icon for the device properties M The device properties open 3 Select Edit 4 Select Delete M A confirmation prompt opens 5 Select Delete to delete the device permanently 8 2 7 Adding Replacing Devices Configuration Wizard You can add new devices to the Sunny Portal or replace devices as soon as the communication device sends data of the new devices to Sunny Portal Sunny Portal recognizes the new devices and opens the configuration wizard automatically when you log into Sunny Portal with your access data From a total of 10 or more devices you can add several devices simultaneously by selecting the button under the list After you have replaced a device using the configuration wizard the replaced device is automatically deactivated in Sunny Portal l To open the configuration wizard manually select Name of your plant gt Plant monitoring or Configuration gt Device overview gt Overview new devices The configuration wizard opens 2 Select Set up device now To add a device select in the device line and follow the instructions of the configuratio
19. a LLC Page Design 5 7 2 Creating Standard Pages Sunny Portal creates the standard pages automatically Should you have accidentally deleted or changed a standard page you can create the standard pages as described below 1 Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select J in the Create standard page area in the row of the selected page Create Standard Page Page Name Plant Device Class Plant overview Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox J Energy and power Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox 3 Specific yield Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox iB Performance Ratio Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox Overview Photovoltaic inverter a Monthly report Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox P Daily report Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox 5 Daily report Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox d Monthly report Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox 2 Sensor Sensor 3 M The selected standard page has been created in the Visualization menu 5 8 Changing Page Arrangement in the Visualization Menu This section describes how you can change the page arrangement in the Visualization menu and combine the pages in groups This means you can create your own structure for the Visualization menu and arrange your pages 5 8 1 Creating a New Group Once you have created a new group you can assign pages to the group by changing the page positions 1 Select Configurat
20. anual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 51 Plant Properties 7 Plant Properties 7 1 Plant Data On the Configuration gt Plant properties page you can view or edit general information on your PV plant Some of the information is displayed on the Plant profile page SMA America LLC You can make the following settings which are explained in the following sections Changing General Plant Data Changing the Plant Name Deleting a Plant Setting the plant power Changing the description of the plant Creating an image of the plant 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data RLON Rope 5 52 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit Change plant data The following settings are possible Name Name of the current plant The plant identifier is used as the default plant name Changing plant name see Section 7 1 2 Changing the Plant Name page 53 Plant identifier Plant identifier for the plant currently selected The plant identifier is defined when you register the plant Commissioning Date on which the plant was created in Sunny Portal Street no Street address to which the plant belongs Postal code city Postal code and city to which the plant belongs Country Country in which the plant is located Federal state Federal state in which the plant is located Time zone You can select the time zone here Longitude Longitude an
21. as follows 1 Select the name of the desired page V The selected page opens 2 Call up configuration Ifyou have chosen a page in the Visualization menu select the Page configuration tab Ifyou have chosen a page in the Name of your plant menu select Configuration gt Name of page 3 In order to see a preview select Open page in new window 4 Copy URL from Page URL field and copy it as a link into a program for creating web pages e g Microsoft Office Frontpage or integrate it into your own web page through a so called iFrame 5 7 Standard Pages 5 7 1 Overview of Standard Pages Standard pages are pages with the most important data which Sunny Portal creates automatically when first sending your plant data The standard pages are saved in the Visualization menu Standard Page Description Plant Overview Displayed data of entire plant e CO avoided and energy of current day Meter change of total yield per year in months Meter reading of total yield and mean values of power for two days in hours Energy and Power Displayed data of entire plant Mean values of power and meter reading of total yield for seven days in hours e Meter change and meter reading of total yield for seven days in days Specific Plant Yield Data displayed e Mean values of specific plant yield for one month in days Mean values of specific plant yield for one year in months User Manual SPo
22. ation gt Device overview In the device line select the icon for the device properties M The device properties open Select Edit In order to activate a device activate Data collection field In order to deactivate a device deactivate Data collection field Select Save 8 2 2 Changing the Device Name The serial number of the device is displayed as the default device name 1 2 5 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the device line select the icon for the device properties V The device properties open Select Edit Enter new name in the Name field Select Save 8 2 3 Changing the Description of the Device 1 2 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the device line select the icon for the device properties V The device properties open Select Edit Enter desired remarks for the device in the Description field Select Save User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 63 Device Settings SMA America LLC 8 2 4 Setting the Phase You can set the phase to which the inverter feeds in 1 2 5 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the device line select the icon for the device properties V The device properties open Select Edit Activate respective fields L1 L2 or L3 in the Phase area Select Save 8 2 5 Setting the Generator Capacity You only need to make the settings in this section if Sunny Portal is to calculate the
23. ble Inverter Comparison Displays whether the inverter yields of the selected inverters are in the configured range Alerts per e mail possible Setpoint Monitoring This page is only displayed for plants with Power Reducer Box providing that the Power Reducer Box is registered in Sunny Portal The use of the Sunny Portal must also be activated in the Power Reducer Box Displays whether the plant feeds into the power distribution grid without restrictions by the grid operator This section only indicates setpoints for active power limitation Alerts per e mail possible when the following setpoints are received e Active power limitation Reactive power setpoint fixed reactive power or phase shift factor cos Phi Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 43 System Monitoring Communication Monitoring SMA America LLC Communication monitoring monitors the link between Sunny Portal and the following devices Sunny WebBox Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth At certain time intervals Sunny Portal checks whether Sunny WebBox has sent the data to Sunny Portal at the desired interval The interval at which Sunny WebBox should send data to Sunny Portal can be set in the user interface of Sunny WebBox e Power Reducer Box Sunny Portal checks whether the Power Reducer Box reports regularly in Sunny Portal The frequency with which the Power Reduc
24. cted TIP In order to narrow your selection choose a device type or Plants in the Narrow selection field Select a channel in the Channel field mie 3 4 Selectable Channels For devices all channels which are transferred to Sunny Portal are available For a plant the calculated channels are available CO avoided energy power compensation performance ratio specific plant yield The unit of the first channel selected determines the additional channels available for selection Select MI Table with the selected device or plant is displayed In order to add further plants or devices repeat the previous steps i The selection of further channels is based on the unit of the first channel If the base unit of the first selected channel is Watts the only channels subsequently selectable are those compatible with Watts The selection options are automatically restricted by Sunny Portal accordingly 5 Select the desired unit in the Unit field User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 27 Page Design SMA America LLC 6 Select the channel type of the value in the Value field The following channel types are available depending on the channel Analog values Mean values The average value that the channel had for the set period Maximum values The highest value that the channel had for the set period Minimum values The lowest value that the channel had for the set period Meter cha
25. d latitude of the plant location In order to have Latitude geodata for location automatically entered from the database select Search geodata Height Altitude of plant location Select Save SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC Plant Properties 7 1 2 Changing the Plant Name The plant identifier is used as the default plant name You can change the plant name and give your plant a name If you have registered several plants at Sunny Portal you will be able to distinguish better between plants with relevant names 1 2 3 4 5 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit In the Name field enter the desired name for the plant e g Smith House or WebBox plant South Select Save 7 1 3 Deleting a Plant ROOM You cannot undo the delete process If you delete a plant all devices and data related to this plant are permanently deleted Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit Select Permanently delete plant Select Yes in order to delete plant permanently User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 53 Plant Properties SMA America LLC 7 1 4 Setting the Plant Power The plant power is the sum of the power of all PV modules Options for Configuring Plant Power Enter the plant power manually Calculate plant power from the sum of power of all inverters Entering the Plant Pow
26. data of this device is to be used on your Sunny Portal pages see Section 8 2 1 Activating Deactivating the Device page 63 G Monitoring shows whether the device inverter Sunny WebBox is participating in plant monitoring see Section 6 3 Plant Monitoring page 43 H 5 Properties opens tab with device properties of the device see Section 8 2 Calling Up Device Properties page 61 ag Parameters opens the Parameters tab of the device see Section 8 3 Calling up the Parameters of a Device page 67 J pj System logbook Opens System logbook tab with filtered messages for this device see Section 6 2 System Logbook page 42 Q active deactivated User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 59 Device Settings SMA America LLC 2 Set the desired filters in order to filter the device overview The following settings are possible Device name Enter the complete name of a device or parts of a device name Serial number Enter the complete serial number of the device or parts of the serial number Device Select the required device class e g photovoltaic inverter or sensor Data collection Select the status of the required devices All both activated and deactivated devices are shown e Active only activated devices are shown e Deactivated only deactivated devices are shown 3 Select Update 4 Select Reset in order to delete filter setti
27. ding to the specific plant yield Click on a blue value in the header to sort the list of plants in ascending order according to this value click again to sort the list of plants in descending order Name of your plant The menu includes pages with the most important information about your plant key data yield monitoring and messages Sunny Portal automatically creates the pages in this menu Name of your plant gt Plant Description This page includes an overview with information for the current plant Sunny Portal compiles the plant profile from information that you have entered on your Sunny Portal pages Information that you have not entered e g Operator is not shown in the plant profile Information in the plant profile see Table Information in The Plant Profile page 17 Name of your plant gt Energy and Power This page shows the following data of the current plant in 4 diagrams e Day Power produced over the day e Month Total yield per month in days e Year Total yield per year in months e Total Total yields per year 14 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Menu Overview Menu Name of your plant gt Feed in Management Meaning This page is only displayed in plants with Power Reducer Box providing that the Power Reducer Box is registered in Sunny Portal The use of the Sunny Portal must also be activated in the Power Reducer Box T
28. ducer Box is working correctly E Fault The Power Reducer Box has received a signal from the U d radio ripple control receiver that is not configured in the u Power Reducer Box m A Error The Power Reducer Box has no connection to at least U a one Sunny WebBox or There is no registered Sunny WebBox in the Power Reducer Box 46 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC System Monitoring 6 3 2 Setting the Communication Monitoring Requirements If you want to monitor the communication between Sunny WebBox and Sunny Portal The Sunny WebBox is registered in Sunny Portal see Sunny WebBox manual On the user interface of the Sunny WebBox the use of the Sunny Portal is activated see Sunny WebBox manual If you want to monitor the communication between the Power Reducer Box and Sunny Portal The Power Reducer Box is registered in Sunny Portal see Power Reducer Box manual To this end all Sunny WebBoxes must be registered in the Power Reducer Box and at least one of these Sunny WebBoxes must be registered in Sunny Portal The use of Sunny portal is activated in the Power Reducer Box and communication monitoring is switched on see Power Reducer Box manual Select Plant name gt Plant monitoring In the Communication monitoring area select Settings Set alerts The following settings are possible Off Communication monitoring is deactivated in Sunny Portal Slow Medium
29. e page 63 Description Space for comments on the device see Section 8 2 3 Changing the Description of the Device page 63 Phase L1 L2 L3 Phases to which the device is connected see Section 8 2 4 Setting the Phase page 64 eg The device is connected to this phase The device is not connected to the phase or the phase is not configured Generator Power Total power of all PV modules connected to a PV inverter Communication Monitoring only with Sunny WebBox Shows the settings of this Sunny WebBox for communication monitoring see Section Explanation of device properties Communication monitoring only for Sunny WebBox page 62 User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 61 Device Settings SMA America LLC Designation Inverter Comparison only with inverters Meaning Shows the settings of the inverter for this inverter comparison see Section Explanation of device properties Inverter comparison only for Inverters page 62 Explanation of device properties Communication monitoring only for Sunny WebBox Designation Meaning Monitoring Here you can activate or deactivate communication monitoring for this Sunny WebBox Alert after Indicates the period of time with no contact between Sunny Portal and this Sunny WebBox which must elapse before you receive an e mail Interval Shows the frequency with which the Sunny W
30. ebBox sends data to the Sunny Portal configuration via Sunny WebBox user interface Time Period Shows in which period the Sunny WebBox sends data to the Sunny Portal configuration via Sunny WebBox user interface Explanation of device properties Inverter comparison only for Inverters Designation Monitoring Meaning Here you can activate or deactivate the inverter comparison for this inverter Tolerance The permissible tolerance for the specific yield of this inverter can be entered here for this inverter If the specific yield is outside the tolerance range Sunny Portal will inform you by e mail 62 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Device Settings 8 2 1 Activating Deactivating the Device If you want to remove a device from your plant or if you do not want to have a device displayed on Sunny Portal you can deactivate the device on Sunny Portal The data of the deactivated device is then no longer available for calculating diagrams and tables In contrast to the deletion of a device see Section 8 2 6 Deleting a Device page 66 the data of a deactivated device is retained on Sunny Portal aon w Replacing a device using the configuration wizard After you have replaced a device using the configuration wizard see Section 8 2 7 Adding Replacing Devices Configuration Wizard page 66 the replaced device is automatically deactivated Select Configur
31. eceive an e mail as soon as the grid operator sends setpoints to your Power Reducer Box e g to limit the active power 6 3 4 Setpoint Monitoring Setting the E Mail Alert page 48 Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 Al System Monitoring SMA America LLC 6 2 System Logbook On the page Name of your plant gt System logbook you will receive messages from Sunny Portal and your plant These messages help you to identify plant failures for example The number after the colon of the menu name shows the number of unread messages system logbook x x number of messages 6 2 1 Calling Up and Filtering Messages You can filter messages in the system logbook in order to only call up certain messages 1 Select Name of your plant 2 Select System logbook 3 Setthe desired filter The following settings are possible Go to Here you can select the date whose messages should be displayed Status e Unapproved Unapproved messages are displayed standard setting e Approved Approved messages are displayed All Approved and unapproved messages are displayed Plant Devices All messages from Sunny Portal from the plant from service and from the devices are displayed Portal messages from Sunny Portal are displayed e Plant messages from the current plant are displayed e Devices e g SB4200TL Messag
32. emplates 8 and 12 the height of the two upper sections is limited These sections are only suitable for small images like logos MI The Page configuration page opens 5 In the Module type field in one section of the page select the desired page content Select Create and create desired page content see Section 5 2 Generating Page Contents page 21 20 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design 5 2 Generating Page Contents 5 2 1 Overview of Page Contents You can choose between the following page contents Page Contents Contents Table You can display the following data in tables Channel values of the devices Selectable channel values depend on the device Channel values of the entire plant CO avoided Total yield Performance ratio Power Feedin tariff Specific plant yield Example of Table Gesamtertrag Gesamtertrag Gesamtertrag Devices Plants Meter Change kWh Meter Change kWh Meter Change kWh 31 03 2010 March 2010 2010 SB4200TL 10 43 395 34 517 11 SB5000TL 13 95 553 42 721 37 24 38 948 76 1238 48 Total Total Total Year lt Month lt Day 31 03 2010 amp User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 21 Page Design SMA America LLC Page Contents Plant Description Contents You can also use this information on your customized pages Information in the plant profile e Plant name Location Operator Date commissio
33. entire power of your plant Sunny Portal calculates the plant power from the inverter power generator power Options for setting the generator power Enter the power of an inverter manually Configure the power of an inverter through multiple strings Entering the Power of an Inverter Manually 1 2 Qoi des 9 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the inverter line select the icon for the device properties The device properties of the inverter opens Select Edit Enter inverter power in the kWp field under Generator power Select Save Activate calculation see Section 7 1 4 Setting the Plant Power page 54 paragraph Calculating the Plant Power from Sum of Power of All Inverters page 54 Configuring the Power of an Inverter through Multiple Strings 1 2 64 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the inverter line select the icon for the device properties The device properties open Select Edit Call up page for configuring the string Select Add string in order to add a new string In order to copy an existing string select Copy in the string row and edit it afterwards Select Edit in the string row in order to edit an existing string M Menu to set the string opens SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Device Settings 5 Set the string The following settings are possible Designation Enter name for the string Manu
34. er Box should report in Sunny Portal can be set in the user interface of the Power Reducer Box If one of these devices does not report in Sunny Portal over a prolonged period of time an alert mail will be sent to the given e mail address After the alert mail a reminder e mail is sent on up to three subsequent days that the error still exists The error will be displayed in Sunny Portal until the device reports to Sunny Portal again How to configure communication monitoring is described in Section 6 3 2 Setting the Communication Monitoring page 47 The following table explains the meaning of the communication monitoring symbols Communication Monitoring Symbol Status Meaning Deactivated Communication monitoring is not set 79 OK Communication with Sunny Portal is OK The time of last a contact is displayed Error Communication with Sunny Portal is interrupted The ss Details link provides you with detailed information on the y time of last contact The following navigation options are available e Link to the device properties e Link to the parameters e Link to the device reports in the system logbook K Clicking on this bell icon stops the sending of reminder e mails for the current error For new errors the reminder e mail is sent again Status of the Device Symbol v9 Status Failure Meaning Communication with Sunny Portal has been interrupted Sunny Web
35. er Manually 7 Oar wAN gt Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit In the Power area set the plant power in the Plant power field In order to set the manufacturer of PV modules select a setting in the Manufacturer field In order to set the module type select a setting in the Module type field Possible settings depend on selected manufacturer Select Save Calculating the Plant Power from Sum of Power of All Inverters 1 On pue Or iD 6 Set power of individual inverters see Section 8 2 5 Setting the Generator Capacity page 64 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit In the Power area activate Calculate plant power from device properties field Plant power is calculated and displayed Select Save 7 1 5 Changing the Description of the Plant You can enter important properties of the plant in the description The editor can format text but does not support HTML The text is also displayed on the Plant profile page cC Rom 54 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit Enter desired description in the Description area Select Save SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC 7 1 6 Changing Deleting the Plant Image The plant image is the image A in the menu Name of your plant You can change this image You ca
36. es for the selected device are displayed Number per Page This allows you to select how many messages are to be displayed per page Type This allows you to select which messages are to be displayed info warning interference errors 6 2 2 Approving Messages You can approve messages in order to mark them as read This allows you to differentiate between messages which you have already read and new messages l Activate fields before messages that should be approved In order to select all messages activate Select all 2 3 Select the red checkmark to approve a message immediately 4 Select Execute 42 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC 6 3 Plant Monitoring System Monitoring 6 3 1 Overview of Plant Monitoring The page Name of your plant gt Plant monitoring provides information on the monitoring status of your plant Various monitoring options are available which you can set and activate If desired the plant monitoring can send you an alert via e mail The Plant monitoring page is subdivided into a maximum of 4 areas Area Plant Configuration Meaning Is only displayed if Sunny Portal has detected a new device in your plant see Section 8 2 7 Adding Replacing Devices Configuration Wizard page 66 Communication Monitoring Indicates whether there is connectivity between Sunny Portal and SMA communication products Alerts per e mail possi
37. facturer Select the display module manufacturer Module type Select the type of module You must set the manufacturer first The menu contents vary depending on the manufacturer you select Module power Module surface Efficiency These data are entered automatically when you select the module type You can enter adjustments in the fields using the arrows or the arrow keys on the keyboard Number of modules Enter the number of display modules on the string Azimuth You can enter the azimuth angle of the string module surfaces here The azimuth angle indicates in degrees the amount by which the module surfaces deviate from an exact southern orientation Tracking If your module surfaces track the sun automatically activate this field Tilt angle Set the tilt angle of the string module surfaces The tilt angle indicates in degrees the amount by which the module surfaces deviate from the horizontal Optimized If your plant is optimized based on the latitude activate this field The optimum orientation is 30 from the horizontal in Germany Description Enter comments Select Submit V The device properties page opens The string is configured Select Save Activate calculation see Section 7 1 4 Setting the Plant Power page 54 paragraph Calculating the Plant Power from Sum of Power of All Inverters page 54 User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 65 Device
38. from your installer Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select the Parameters tab Select Edit Enter specific annual yield in kWh kWp in the Specific annual yield field On dm o NOU If the Plant power nominal power field is empty set the plant power see Section 7 1 4 Setting the Plant Power page 54 6 Select Save Changing the Monthly Distribution of the Predicted Annual Yield The monthly distribution shows how the predicted annual yield is distributed throughout the months of the year Given complete information about the plant location Sunny Portal can suggest a distribution You can also enter the distribution manually Select Configuration gt Plant properties 2 Select the Parameters tab 3 Select Edit 4 If the Plant location field is empty enter information on the plant s location in the Plant data tab see Section 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data page 52 5 Select Suggest monthly distribution 6 In order to manually enter the monthly distribution enter values in the in fields Select Save User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 57 Plant Properties SMA America LLC 7 3 4 Changing the Performance Ratio The performance ratio is a measure of the quality of a PV plant that is independent of the location and is therefore often described as a a quality factor The performance ratio PR is given in percent and describes the relationship between the actua
39. he arrows and select the desired display period D Here you can scroll to the next or previous display period within the displayed intervals Buttons for Editing the Diagrams Symbol Meaning a Opens a sub menu with the options described below for the diagram Opens window with table view of diagram values If the window does not open see Section 10 Troubleshooting page 71 Opens a window for saving the data in the set format Shows legend te Hides legend Shows fullscreen diagram Opens page configuration for editing the diagram Nj User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 19 Page Design SMA America LLC 5 Page Design 5 1 Creating a New Page l Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select New pagel M Page templates open New page Help Please enter the page names New page Please select the page template Page with one diagram Page with two diagrams Page with three diagrams Page with three diagrams E 2 E E Ei 5 Page with the image and logo on the right Page with the image and logo on the left Template for the report Template for the report 3 Enter page name in Please enter the page name field Select desired page template Here you can select how the page should be divided The divided sections can be filled with different contents TIP In page t
40. he page shows the following data in diagrams e Plant power and the setpoint for active power limitation by the grid operator Setpoint for active power limitation for all three phases Setpoint for phase shift cos Phi Name of your plant gt Energy Balance This page is only displayed in plants with Meter Connection Box The page displays the following data in a diagram depending on the type of meter connected e Plant power e Purchased electricity Self consumption Name of your plant gt Annual Comparison The page shows the total yield and the specific yield of the current plant per month in a yearly overview Name of your plant gt Plant Monitoring On this page the following functions for monitoring the current plant are available e Monitoring of communication between Sunny Portal and your plant e Monitoring of plant by comparing inverters e Monitoring of the setpoints of the grid operator on your plant only for plants with a Power Reducer Box Plant monitoring see Section 6 3 Plant Monitoring page 43 Name of your plant gt System Logbook The page shows messages from Sunny Portal and the current plant These messages help you to identify plant interferences for example The number after the colon shows the number of unread messages Presentation The menu includes standard pages with visualizations of your plant data that is created automaticall
41. how In order to add a heading enter the heading in the Title field In the Data source field select the name of the photo platform Copy HTML code into the HTML code field In order to see the preview select Preview Select Save Select Save Slide show has been created and is displayed SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design 5 2 7 Creating an Image Image Requirements Maximum image size 500 kB Possible image formats JPG PNG GIF e Height and width Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image based on the size of the page layout Procedure e Upload an image from own computer to gallery Add an image from the gallery to the page Uploading an Image from Own Computer to Gallery l Select gt V A new section opens 2 Select Browse The Select file window opens 3 Open desired image The path of the image is in the line 4 Select Upload selected file 5 To upload other images repeat the procedure M Image has been uploaded and is displayed in the gallery Adding an Image from the Gallery to the Page 1 In order to add a caption enter caption in the Title field 2 Select image by double clicking it Image is displayed In order to use a different image select Edit and repeat previous steps Select Save Select Save Nur Image is inserted on page and displayed User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 33 Page Design SMA
42. ice e Information Warnings Interferences Error User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 49 System Monitoring SMA America LLC 6 4 1 Setting the Daily Info Report Monthly Info Report For the daily info report the channels data from the respective day is sent for the monthly info report the channels data from the respective month You can set three monthly info reports and three daily info reports that contain different data Every daily info report can be sent at a set time the monthly info reports are sent at the end of the month 1 2 3 5 6 50 Select Configuration gt Report Configuration In the Report configuration field select a daily info report or a monthly info report Select Edit Set report The following settings are possible Activate report If the report is activated it will be sent to the set e mail address at the set interval You can also save report settings and activate the report later Channel selection Recipient In the E mail addressles field enter recipient s e mail address If you enter several e mail addresses separate these by commas Interval In the Send report at field select the time at which you would like to receive the e mail Contents Activate the channel fields that should be displayed in the report Send report as Text You receive the e mail with the data in text format In the Send data in area activate
43. ided when registering in the E mail field 4 Enterthe password you received by e mail in the Password field 5 Check the Remain logged in box to stay logged in This way you will not have to sign in again for your next Sunny Portal session You will stay logged in even after closing your browser or switching off your computer The function will stay activated until you log out of Sunny Portal through the lock symbol in the upper right corner Public or Shared Computers IF you are using a public computer or sharing yours with other people deactivate the Remain logged in function Other people could call up your data in Sunny Portal 6 Select Login The User information page opens when first logging in 7 Fill in your address details 8 Select Save e Delays in Visualization l Under certain circumstances it can take up to three hours until the data of your PV plant is displayed in Sunny Portal Display according to Plant Data Transferred The displayed available data on the pages will vary according to the amount of transferred plant data Logging Out of Sunny Portal In order to end your Sunny Portal session go to User info Logout gt Logout SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Getting Started 2 3 Next Steps Change your password in order to protect your Sunny Portal account against unauthorized access see Section 9 6 Changing the Password page 70 Get acquainted
44. ing the Feed in Tariff else 56 Changing CO Avoided Factor 0 ee cece ee 56 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Table of Contents 7 3 3 7 3 4 8 8 1 8 2 8 2 1 8 2 2 8 2 3 8 2 4 8 2 5 8 2 6 8 2 7 8 3 9 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 10 11 User Manual Entering the Predicted Annual Yield o n auauna uaaa 57 Changing the Performance Ratio o n auuu eee ec eee eee eee eens 58 Device Settings ne saa ER yr he Be 59 Calling Up and Filtering the Device Overview 59 Calling Up Device Properties 000s eee eee e eee 61 Activating Deactivating the Device sse sees 63 Changing the Device Name 2 0 cece eee 63 Changing the Description of the Device 2222222 cece eee eee 63 Settinig the Phase u unters tern bot acne e 64 Setting the Generator Capacity 00 eee eee eee 64 Deleting a Device 22 2 2 8 2 2 hae ei a elles ER 66 Adding Replacing Devices Configuration Wizard 66 Calling up the Parameters of a Device 222 67 User Management leen 68 User Concept with Roles and Privileges 68 Creating a New User 2 0 0 eee eee eee 69 Changing User Privileges 0000 c cece eee e eee 69 Deleting Users en nf Nee 69 Changing User Information rar rein 70 Changing the Password o e Bere 70 Troubleshooting 2 cece cece cece eee e eee 71 Conlac
45. ion gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select New group M The Configure group page opens 3 Enter a name for the group in the Group title field Select Save gt M New group can be seen in the directory tree and in the Visualization menu User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 39 Page Design SMA America LLC 5 8 2 Changing the Positions of Pages and Groups Groups are moved as groups together with the pages assigned to them The position of the without group cannot be changed it always remains in first place 1 Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select Activate positioning Select the name of the group or page M Arrow keys are now active The name of the page or group is highlighted in gray 4 Use the up or down arrow to move the page or group V Page or group moves one step 5 Keep selecting the corresponding arrow until the desired position is reached Select Save 5 8 3 Deleting a Group Group and all subpages will be deleted permanently d If you delete a group all the subpages assigned to the group will also be deleted permanently 1 Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select the name of the group Select New group M The Configure group page opens 4 Select Delete to delete the group permanently 40 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Man
46. ion to dial into the data logger we need the phone number SMA Solar Technology America LLC 6020 West Oaks Blvd Ste 300 Rocklin CA 95765 Tel 1 916 625 0870 Tel 1 877 MY SMA TECH Tel 1 877 697 6283 Toll free available for USA Canada and Puerto Rico Fax 1 916 625 0871 Service8SMA America com www SMA America com SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc 2425 Matheson Blvd E 8th Floor Mississauga ON LAW 5K5 Canada Tel 1 877 506 1756 Toll free available for Canada Service SMA Canada ca www SMA Canada ca 72 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA Solar Technology www SMA Solar com SMA America LLC www SMA America com YOUR a DISTRIBUTOR SOLIGENT Soligent 800 967 6917 Pp o o www soligent net
47. l and target yields of the plant It thus shows the proportion of the energy that is actually available for feed in to the grid after deduction of energy loss e g due to thermal losses and conduction losses and of operating current needed The closer the PR value determined for a plant is to 100 the more efficiently the respective plant is operating In real life a value of 100 cannot be achieved as unavoidable losses always arise with the operation of the plant e g thermal loss due to heating of the PV modules However high performance plants can reach a performance ratio of up to 80 The parameters for the performance ratio are configured automatically when the first Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant You normally do not have to make any changes You need to adjust parameters manually if you add further Sunny SensorBox devices for a plant to the Sunny Portal if the channel list has changed or if you are replacing a Sunny SensorBox The reason is that the Performance ratio standard page in the Visualization menu is not updated automatically Adjusting the Irradiation and Temperature Sensor Manually Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select the Parameters tab Select Edit In the Irradiation sensor field select the sensor by means of the serial number of the Sunny SensorBox dy ON os 5 Selectthe type of irradiation sensor The following settings are possible ExtSollrr Externa
48. l irradiation sensor IntSollrr Internal irradiation sensor 6 Select the sensor in the Temperature sensor field based on the Sunny SensorBox serial number Select type of temperature sensor The following settings are possible TmpAmb Ambient temperature sensor TmpMdul Module temperature sensor 8 Select Save 58 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Device Settings 8 Device Settings 8 1 Calling Up and Filtering the Device Overview On the Device overview page you will receive information about all devices of your plant and can make device specific settings The Overview new devices tab is only visible if Sunny Portal has detected new devices in your plant l1 Select Configuration gt Device overview The device overview of all devices of the current plant opens Device Overview ee ee ee ee 7 A Device Name Serial Number Devices Data collection Number per Page L a M ene H 20 ml Device tamen ____SeralMamber ___Prodact Group Datacnecion Honoring Properties feremeler Phatiogbook B se 1100054237 sunny Boy 42007 e o a a a u C D E F G H J Position Meaning A Settings for filtering the device overview B Device overview C Device name Name of the device D Serial number Serial number of the device E Product group device group e g Sunny Boy 4200TL F Data collection Displays whether the
49. lant Properties SMA America LLC 7 2 Changing Plant Operator Data You can enter the data of the plant operator in the plant properties at the Sunny Portal as described in this section The name of the operator is displayed on the Plant profile page The operator is a private or legal person who for example owns large scale PV plants for business purposes and who initiates utilization without necessarily being a user 1 Select Configuration gt Plant properties 2 Select Operator tab 3 Select Edit 4 Change operator data 5 Select Save 7 3 Parameters The section describes how you can change parameters for displaying your plant in Sunny Portal The settings are only for displaying your plant in Sunny Portal and have no effects on your devices The following sections contain a description of the parameters and information on the calculations for which Sunny Portal needs these parameters 7 3 1 Changing the Feed in Tariff You can consume the electricity from the plant yourself or sell it Here you enter the amount specifying the feed in tariff or the savings Sunny Portal calculates the amount of money you earn or save The feed in tariff in Germany is regulated by the Renewable Energy Sources Act EEG 1 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select the Parameters tab Select Edit Enter amount of compensation Select currency Select Save DEINEN 7 3 2 Changing CO Avoided Factor The
50. led up the current image of the webcam is displayed Requirement The program of the webcam saves the current image under the same name 3 4 In order to add a heading enter the heading in the Title field Select 5i The Image properties window opens Enter the URL of the webcam image in the Select image field Select OK 5 3 Changing Deleting Page Contents l 4 Select name of the page in the Visualization menu M The selected page opens Select the Page configuration tab To change page contents Select Edit in the area of the page content to be changed Edit page contents In order to delete page content select Delete in the area of the page content to be deleted 5 4 Deleting Pages You can delete all pages of the Visualization menu 1 Select name of the page in the Visualization menu M The selected page opens Select the Page configuration tab In order to delete the page select Delete page Click Yes to accept 5 5 Changing the Page Name ils Select name of the page in the Visualization menu M The selected page opens Select the Page configuration tab Change the page name in the Name of this page field Select Save User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 35 Page Design SMA America LLC 5 6 Publishing Pages You can publish the following pages All pages of the Visualization menu e The following pages of the Name of your plant
51. n upload an image from your computer or select an image from your own Sunny Portal image gallery You can store own images in the gallery for later use on your pages Image Requirements Maximum image size 500 kB Possible image formats JPG PNG GIF e Height and width Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image based on the size of the page layout Changing the Plant Image Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit To upload an image from your own computer m gom Select Load image in the Plant image area The Select file window opens Select desired image Select Open Plant Properties SUNNY PORTAL F Plant selection Plant Profile To change the image section move the gray square using the mouse 5 To select an image from the gallery Select Select from gallery in Plant image area The image gallery opens Select the desired image by double clicking it To change the image section move the gray square using the mouse 6 Select Save Deleting the Plant Image You can delete your own plant images If you have not created your own plant image Sunny Portal will show the default plant image again Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit Select No plant image in the Plant image area ee Select Save User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 55 P
52. n wizard 4 To replace a device select in the device line and follow the instructions of the configuration wizard 5 To permanently delete a device if you no longer want to have the device and its data displayed in Sunny Portal select 3 6 To add or replace another device repeat steps 66 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Device Settings 8 3 Calling up the Parameters of a Device The parameters are described in the respective manual of the device You can only read the parameters of the device you cannot change them If you want to change the parameters use the Sunny WebBox or the Sunny Explorer software from SMA Solar Technology AG l Select Configuration gt Device overview The device overview of all devices of the current plant opens 2 Select symbol for parameters in the device row V The device parameters open 3 In order to view a parameter s history select history symbol User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 67 User Management 9 User Management 9 1 User Concept with Roles and Privileges SMA America LLC You can create additional users in your Sunny Portal so they will be able to call up your Sunny Portal You can assign roles to users Roles differ in the privileges the user enjoys in your Sunny Portal for example whether the user is authorized to create a new page The following roles are possible e Guest Standard user e Installer Plant administrator
53. ned Plant power e Annual yield CO avoided PV modules e Azimuth Tilt angle Tracking Inverter e Communication e Description Example of Plant Profile Plant Profile Sunny Trees Location Kassel Germany Commissioning 27 06 2008 Plant power 24 24 kWp Inverter 5 6 Sunny Boy 3800 Description facer possim assum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit sed dam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velt esse molestie consequat vel lum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilis at vero et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla faclis Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elt sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincdunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat vel ilum dolore eu feugiat nulla faciisis at vero et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla faclisi Nam lier tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend opti
54. ngs TIP You can sort the devices in the table of the device overview in ascending or descending order by clicking on a blue entry in the table head device serial number device active 60 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC Device Settings 8 2 Calling Up Device Properties l Select Configuration gt Device overview 2 In the device line select the icon for the device properties M The device properties open Explanation of Device Properties Designation Data Collection Meaning Displays whether the device is activated in Sunny Portal see Section 8 2 1 Activating Deactivating the Device page 63 Activated devices are used in Sunny Portal deactivated devices are not used Device is activated in Sunny Portal Device is deactivated in Sunny Portal Product Group Device group e g Sunny Boy 4200TL IP Address only with Sunny WebBox If you select the IP address you can call up your Sunny WebBox user interface directly In order to do this you must first activate the Sunny WebBox IP address in your router To do this follow the manual for your router MAC Address only with Sunny WebBox MAC address of Sunny WebBox Serial number Serial number of device Manvfacturer Device manufacturer Name Device name The serial number of the device is displayed as the default device name to change the name see Section 8 2 2 Changing the Device Nam
55. nnels Meter change Increase within the period to be selected Meter reading Current total meter reading of the value Cum change Cumulated total increase within the period to be selected 7 Set automatic scaling or enter own scaling values Automatic scaling activate Automatic scaling min and Automatic scaling max Custom scaling enter scaling values into Min and Max fields Configuring Time Settings 1 Select the desired display period of the diagram in the Display period field in the Time settings area 2 Select in the Number of periods field how many display periods are to be shown In the Time unit field select into which time units the periods should be divided In the End date of display area activate the desired end date of the display The following settings are possible Current The values from the current date e g current day current month will always be displayed Selectable You can select the date whose values should be displayed e g a certain day a certain month Making Advanced Configurations 1 In order to add a heading in the Advanced configuration area enter heading in Diagram name field 2 In the Download file type field select the format for saving diagram data The following settings are possible CSV File format that describes the layout of a text file used for the storage or exchange of data which are simply structured
56. ollow all instructions cautions and warnings in this manual Other symbols in this document In addition to the safety and hazard symbols described on the previous pages the following symbol is also used in this manual e Information This symbol accompanies notes that call attention to supplementary information that you must know and use to ensure optimal operation of the system 4 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC Important Safety Instructions General warnings General warnings All electrical installations must be done in accordance with the local and National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 or the Canadian Electrical Code CSA C22 1 This document does not and is not intended to replace any local state provincial federal or national laws regulation or codes applicable to the installation and use of the product including without limitation applicable electrical safety codes All installations must conform with the laws regulations codes and standards applicable in the jurisdiction of installation SMA assumes no responsibility for the compliance or noncompliance with such laws or codes in connection with the installation of the product User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 5 General Warnings SMA America LLC 6 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 1 5 2 5 2 1 5 2 2 5 2 3 5 2 4 5 2 5 5 2
57. on congue nihi imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat 22 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design Page Contents Contents XY Diagram You can display two channel values as coordinates to one another The x and y axes are assigned one channel value each The time axis is not shown Examples for sensible value pairs are plant power and irradiation only for plants with Sunny SensorBox performance ratio and irradiation Example of XY Diagram von 01 04 2007 bis 30 04 2007 9 zi E x 23 Be E 6 Noc E P is oe e 4 4 e Or 3 ee it 2 4 b le 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 W m 2 Mittelwerte Leistung KW 1 Hessisch Lichtenau ExISollrr W m 2 1 Hessisch Lichtenau Graph You can display a timeline of the channel values of the devices and the entire plant as bar charts and line charts Example of Diagram from 01 01 2007 to 31 12 2007 400 a iliiitia 100 2B oll m m kwh Meter Change u S Jan 07 Feb 07 Mar 07 Apr 07 May 07 Jun 07 Jul 07 Aug 07 Sep 07 Oct 07 Nov 0 Dec 07 Bl Total yield kwh SB4200TL Wl Total yield kwh SB50007L Slide Show You can display a slide show which you have already created in a photo platform User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 23 Page Design SMA America LLC Page Content
58. r his own data 1 Select User info logout 2 Select User information 3 Select Edit 4 Fill in the fields 5 Select Save 9 6 Changing the Password Each user created except Guest can change the password for the Sunny Portal access 1 Select User info logout 2 Select User information 3 Select If you want to change your password please click here under the table M The Change password tab opens Enter the old password in the Old password field Enter new password in the New password field Enter new password again in the New password re enter field No OSB Select Save 70 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC 10 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problem Pop up window The pop up window does not open Cause Pop up windows are blocked by the web browser or additional programs e g Google Toolbar Remedy Enable pop ups in the web browser and possible additional programs User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 71 Contact SMA America LLC 11 Contact If you have technical problems concerning our products contact the SMA Service Line We need the following data in order to provide you with the necessary assistance Plant name plant identifier or email address see Section 7 1 Type of data logger and serial number see data logger manual Type of data transmission network analog ISDN GSM If there is an opt
59. re received from grid operator 5 Select Save 48 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC System Monitoring 6 4 Report Configuration Reports contain plant data or events for your plant Sunny Portal sends the reports via e mail Receiving e mails as text messages on your cell phone e l You can also receive the report emails as a text message through your mobile network provider or have them forwarded as a text message from your mailbox You can find further details on the SMA Service Line Direct text messages from the Sunny WebBox with optional GSM modem If you have an installed GSM modem the Sunny WebBox can notify you directly via e mail and text message about error events mie Sunny Portal takes delayed data into account in the following reports If relevant data is received after the report has been sent Sunny Portal will incorporate the data into the subsequent report The following three reports are available and you can set three in each case Report Daily info report 1 to 3 Selectable channels Daily yield kWh e Reimbursement today e Max power today kW e CO avoided today kg Monthly info report 1 to 3 e Yield for the month kWh Monthly feed in tariff Max power for the month kW e Monthly CO avoided kg Event report 1 to 3 For the three event reports you can choose four message types from Sunny Portal from the plant and from serv
60. rent day month and year Standard configuration for displaying the The table includes the total yields of all inverters energy of inverters of the current plant The total yields are displayed for the current day month and year Standard configuration for displaying The table includes the specific yields and the total specific inverter yield yields of all inverters of the current plant The specific yields are displayed for the current day month and year The total yields are displayed for the current day User defined Create your own table with values and time periods tailored to your needs Creating a Table with Default Configuration RWN gt M Select desired standard configuration Select Next Select Save Select Save Table has been created and is displayed Creating a Customized Table Ps OO os cod o o Select User defined Select Next Select Add device plant In the Plant devices field select a plant or a device TIP In order to narrow your selection choose a device type or Plants in the Narrow selection field Select Submit In order to add further plants or devices select Add device plant and repeat previous steps Select y M The Channel configuration page opens In order to add a heading for this table column or row enter the heading in the Name field In the Time unit field choose the period for which you would like to see the values
61. riod to be selected 7 Select display type in the Chart type field The following display types are possible ll na AN ye Au y e 2 E avi uem E Position Meaning A Bar B Area C Line with markers D Line E Markers without line 8 Set automatic scaling or enter own scaling values Automatic scaling activate Automatic scaling min and Automatic scaling max Custom scaling enter scaling values into Min and Max fields 30 SPortal eng BUS 1 13923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design Configuring Time Settings 1 Select the desired display period of the diagram in the Display period field in the Time settings area Select in the Number of periods field how many display periods are to be shown In the Time unit field select into which time units the periods should be divided In the End date of display area activate the desired end date of the display The following settings are possible Current The values from the current date e g current day current month will always be displayed Selectable You can select the date whose values should be displayed e g a certain day a certain month Making Advanced Configurations 1 6 M In order to add a heading in the Advanced configuration area enter heading in Diagram name field In the Download file type field select the download fo
62. rmat In order to show the legend by default for this diagram activate Show legend In order to view the preview open the Preview area Select Update to reload diagram after changes were made Select Save Select Save Diagram has been created and is displayed 5 2 6 Creating a Slide Show TIP Select a page template for the slide show with only one display module on the page so that the slide show will be displayed in good quality Procedure Select Picasa or Flickr photo album Integrate slide show into Sunny Portal Selecting a Picasa Photo Album aR ON Register on picasa google com If you have no Picasa photo album create a photo album as described at Picasa Select photo album Select Link to this album Select Integrate slideshow M A window opens Integrate slideshow text field User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 31 Page Design SMA America LLC 7 8 Select the HTML code and copy this to the clipboard Leave Picasa and switch to Sunny Portal Selecting a Flickr Photo Album RON Register on www flickr com If you have no Flickr photo album create a photo album as described at Flickr Select photo album Select Slideshow M Slide show begins Select Publish M A window opens Select Embed HTML Select Copy to clipboard Leave Flickr and switch to Sunny Portal Integrating Slide Show into Sunny Portal ANSAN 32 Call up page configuration of slide s
63. rtaleng BUS1 13923 37 Page Design SMA America LLC Standard Page Performance Ratio Description Is created and configured automatically in the following cases e Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant e Communication device sends data of an irradiation and temperature sensor to Sunny Portal Shows the following data of the entire plant Mean values of performance ratio for one month in days Mean values of performance ratio for one year in months Devices gt Overview Name Of Inverter Displayed data of inverter Meter change of total yield for one year in months Mean value of power for one day in hours Report gt Daily Plant Report Data displayed e Meter reading of energy on current day current month and current year Meter change of total yield for one day in hours Report gt Monthly Plant Report Data displayed e Meter change of total yield for current month and current year e Meter change of total yield for one month in days Sensors gt Name of the Sensor Is created and configured automatically in the following cases e Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant e Communication device sends data of a irradiation and temperature sensor to Sunny Portal The sensor must be manually adjusted in this case see Section 7 3 4 Changing the Performance Ratio page 58 38 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA Americ
64. s Image Contents You can insert an image of your choice Requirements Maximum image size 500 kB Possible image formats JPG PNG GIF e Height and width Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image based on the size of the page layout Plant Monitoring You can display the following data Communication status between the plant and Sunny Portal e Status of the inverter comparison w Last contact 2 minutes ago Yield yesterday 54 14 kWh Plant Monitoring Overview You can display the following data Energy of the PV plant CO avoided by PV plant Feedin tariff for PV plant Standard image or a random image Overview with Standard Image 7104 2010 988 724h a DLS EUR 25 69 Thousand Text You can enter and format text in the editor in the same way you would do so in normal text editing programs If you are familiar with HTML you can switch to the source code view and enter or edit the HTML code directly Java Script is not permitted 24 SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design 5 2 2 Creating Tables You can select a table from the templates or create your own table The following table configurations are available Table Configurations Meaning Standard configuration for displaying The table includes the total yields of all plants to plant energy which you have access The total yields are displayed for the cur
65. ster your plant in the Sunny Portal by means of the following SMA communication products only Sunny WebBox Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Wireless Technology Register the Sunny WebBox in Sunny Portal as described in the Sunny WebBox Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth manuals Sunny Boy Control Plus e If your Sunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus is equipped with the optional NET Piggy Back you can send the plant data to Sunny Portal directly via Ethernet or by means of one of the available modems Set the type of data transfer to Sunny Portal in the Sunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus according to the instructions in the NET Piggy Back manual e If your Sunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus is not equipped with the optional NET Piggy Back you can register your plant via Sunny Data Control Sunny Data Control e n Sunny Data Control configure Sunny Portal e mail as described in the Sunny Data Control help The Sunny Data Control software is available in the download area at www SMA America com User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 11 Getting Started SMA America LLC 2 2 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal Logging In to Sunny Portal Requirements You have already registered your plant in Sunny Portal see Section 2 1 Registering a Plant in Sunny Portal page 11 1 Open www SunnyPortal com 2 Activate SSL for secure transmission of your login details 3 Enter the e mail address you prov
66. t were ers 72 SPortaleng BUS1 13923 9 Information on this Manual SMA America LLC 1 Information on this Manual Validity This manual is valid for the Sunny Portal Internet portal Target Group This manual is intended for skilled workers and end users Only skilled workers with appropriate qualification are allowed to perform certain tasks set forth in this manual These tasks are identified by an information note Additional information is available at www SMA America com or from the SMA Service Line Document Title Document Type Performance Ratio Technical Information Typography Typography Usage Example light e Information displayed on The value can be read in the inverter the Energy field Elements on a software interface Terminals bold e Elements to be selected Select Settings Elements to be entered Enter 10 in the Minutes field gt Several elements that are Select Settings gt Date to be selected Button Key e Button or key to be Select Next selected or pressed Nomenclature In this document PV plants and small wind turbine systems are collectively referred to as plant In this document SMA America Production LLC and SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc are hereafter referred to as SMA 10 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Getting Started 2 Getting Started 2 1 Registering a Plant in Sunny Portal You can regi
67. ual SMA America LLC 6 System Monitoring 6 1 Monitoring Functions System Monitoring Sunny Portal offers the following monitoring functions for your plant Monitoring Events of the plant Sunny Portal Function System Logbook The system logbook will let you see messages for events of your plant Section 6 2 System Logbook page 42 Report Configuration If you are using report configuration you will receive an e mail with the events of your plant Yield tariff power output CO avoided Report Configuration You can set that you will receive an e mail with data of your plant 6 4 Report Configuration page 49 Inverter yields outside of the tolerance Plant Monitoring Inverter Comparison If you set the inverter comparison option you will receive an e mail as soon as the specific yield of an inverter has gone outside of the tolerance 6 3 3 Setting Inverter Comparison page 48 Communication between Sunny Portal and SMA communication products Plant Monitoring Communication Monitoring If you set the communication monitoring option you will receive an e mail whenever the connection between Sunny Portal and SMA communication products is interrupted 6 3 2 Setting the Communica tion Monitoring page 47 Incoming setpoints of the grid operator for your plant Setpoint Monitoring If you activate the setpoint monitoring you will r
68. urce Location Section 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data page 52 from the country and city information Operator Section 7 2 Changing Plant Operator Data page 56 Commissioning Section 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data page 52 Plant Power Section 7 1 4 Setting the Plant Power page 54 Annual Yield Section 7 3 3 Entering the Predicted Annual Yield CO avoided page 57 Modules Section 7 1 4 Setting the Plant Power page 54 Tilt Angle Section 8 2 5 Setting the Generator Capacity Tracking page 64 paragraph Configuring the Power of an Inverter through Multiple Strings page 64 Inverter Sunny Portal receives the information from the devices Communication Description Section 7 1 5 Changing the Description of the Plant page 54 Plant Image next to The data Section 7 1 6 Changing Deleting the Plant Image page 55 User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 17 Page Table and Diagram Functions SMA America LLC 4 Page Table and Diagram Functions Page Functions At the end of each page with at least two tables or diagrams you can change the end date for all diagrams and tables on the page If the display period of the table or diagram is 1 year or 1 month the year or month of the specified end date will be adopted Table Functions The functions are described by means of the following example table Gesamtertrag Gesamtertrag Gesamtertrag Devices Plants Meter Change
69. us steps In the Orientation area activate the desired orientation of the table In the Download file type field select the format for saving table data This will let you save the data in the page view of the table to your computer via Download The following settings are possible CSV File format that describes the layout of a text file used for the storage or exchange of data which are simply structured ODS File format for tables with an Open Document Format that enables the exchange of Office files between various applications and operating systems XLSX File format of the Excel Workbook format supported by Microsoft since the Excel 2007 version Select Save Select Save Table has been created and is displayed SPortal eng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Page Design 5 2 3 Creating a Plant Profile Nu rwN In order to add a heading enter the heading in the Title field If several plants can be selected in the Plant field select the desired plant Activate the fields whose data should be displayed Select Save Select Save The plant profile has been created and is displayed 5 2 4 Creating an XY Diagram Procedure Configure Y axis X axis Configure time settings Make advanced configurations Configuring Y Axis X Axis 1 Select a plant or a device in the Y axis X axis area in the Plant devices field Only devices ofthe current plant can be sele
70. veral e mail addresses please separate these by commas Interval In order to receive the report hourly activate the Hourly field In order to receive the report daily activate the Daily field and select the time Contents Activate the respective fields of the events that the report should contain in the Portal and Plant rows Send report as Text You receive the e mail with the data in text format HTML You receive the e mail with the data in HTML Format PDF You receive the e mail in text format with the data in PDF format as an attachment Maximum number Select the maximum number of messages that is permitted in one of messages in report one report If empty reports should be sent as well activate Also send empty reports if no new events are available In order to send the test report to set e mail addresses select Send test report 6 Select Save 6 4 3 Regenerating Report Manually You can generate a report of a certain date at a later point in time After this you can send the report to the email addresses set in the report 1 Select Configuration gt Report Configuration 2 Select desired report in the Report configuration field 3 In the Report date field in the Regenerate report manually area select for which date the report should be regenerated 4 Select Generate M Next to the button you will see a message that the report has been sent User M
71. which are transferred to Sunny Portal are available For a plant the calculated channels are available CO saved energy power compensation performance ratio specific plant yield The unit of the first channel selected determines the additional channels available for selection 3 Select M Table with the selected device or plant is displayed 4 In order to add further plants or devices repeat the previous steps Selecting Additional Channels e l The selection of further channels is based on the unit of the first channel If the base unit of i the first selected channel is Watts the only channels subsequently selectable are those compatible with Watts The selection options are automatically restricted by Sunny Portal accordingly 5 Select the desired unit in the Unit field User Manual SPortal eng BUS1 13923 29 Page Design SMA America LLC 6 Select the channel type of the value in the Value field The following channel types are available depending on the channel Analog Values Mean Values The average value that the channel had for the set period Maximum Values The highest value that the channel had for the set period Minimum Values The lowest value that the channel had for the set period Meter Channels Meter Change Increase within the period to be selected Meter Reading Current total meter reading of the value Cum change Cumulated total increase within the pe
72. with Sunny Portal see Section 3 Menu Overview page 14 Design your own pages according to your wishes see Section 5 Page Design page 20 Use the report function of Sunny Portal and receive current updates about your PV plant by e mail or text message see Section 6 4 Report Configuration page 49 Enter the properties of your plant see Section 7 Plant Properties page 52 Give friends access to your Sunny Portal as guests standard users installers or administrators see Section 9 User Management page 68 User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 13 Menu Overview SMA America LLC 3 Menu Overview Menu Plant Selection Meaning The menu is only shown if your e mail address is assigned to more than one plant You can select the desired plant in this menu The name of the currently chosen plant will be used for the main menu item under the Plant selection main menu All other pages always refer to the currently selected plant Plant Selection gt Plant List The page includes an overview of plants that are assigned to your e mail address The following data is listed for each plant e Plant power in kWp Total yield so far Total yield for the following periods Current day Previous day Current month Specific plant yield kWh kWp for the following periods Current month Current year When accessing the page the plant list is always sorted in ascending order accor
73. y by Sunny Portal standard pages see Section 5 7 Standard Pages page 37 All pages that you create yourself are also stored here by Sunny Portal creating pages see Section 5 1 Creating a New Page page 20 User Manual SPortaleng BUS1 13923 15 Menu Overview SMA America LLC Menu Configuration Meaning The menu includes pages through which you can set different configurations for your Sunny Portal e g create own pages edit plant properties and create new pages Visualization see Section 5 Page Design page 20 Plant properties see Section 7 Plant Properties page 52 e Device overview see Section 8 1 Calling Up and Filtering the Device Overview page 59 e Report configuration see Section 6 4 Report Configuration page 49 e User management see Section 9 User Management page 68 User Info Logout This menu enables you to call up user information and end your Sunny Portal session The User information page also lets you change your password e User information see Section 9 5 Changing User Information page 70 Logout 16 SPortaleng BUS 113923 User Manual SMA America LLC Menu Overview Information in The Plant Profile The following table includes the possible information in the plant profile and the sources for changing or entering the information Information in the Plant Profile So

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