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1. Incoming setpoints of the grid operator for your plant Setpoint Monitoring If you activate the setpoint monitoring you will receive 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 Alerts Via E mail page 44 Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box User Manual SPortalBEN1 11723 37 System Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 6 2 Plant Logbook The page Name of your plant gt System logbook will show you messages from Sunny Portal and your plant These messages help you to identify plant interferences 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 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
2. Device Name B som amp SensorBox 210 1100054237 Sunny Boy 4200TL o o a a 900000010 Sunny Sensor Box Tur Ta a a a E Position Significance 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 Group of the device e g Sunny Boy 4200TL F Data collection Displays whether the data of this device is to be used on your Sunny Portal pages see section 8 2 1 Activating Deactivating The Device page 60 G 7 Monitoring shows whether the device inverter Sunny WebBox is participating in plant monitoring see section 6 3 Plant Monitoring page 39 H E Properties opens tab with device properties of the device see section8 2 Calling Up Device Properties page 58 jc Parameters opens the Parameters tab of the device see section 8 3 Calling Up The Parameters of A Device page 64 J gg System logbook Opens Plant logbook tab with filtered messages for this device see section 6 2 Plant Logbook page 38 Q active O deactivated 56 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Device Settings 2 Setthe 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
3. Plant monitoring User Manual SUNNY PORTAL TN me tzerfreundlicher 2 Informativer und ben Een SPortal BEN111723 Version 2 3 Cn SMA Solar Technology AG 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 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 oo ooooooo 6 Getting Stared icu nn aa 7 Registering a Plant in Sunny Portal 000000000 7 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal 000000 e eee 8 Next Steps d css nee e RARE UD dra dura dot NE E R2 9 Menu Overview vecs sn eu 10 Page Table and Diagram Fundions 14 Page Design cos ER oU reprae o RC OR a Da a 16 Creating A New Page 2er aaa one qi og a esis 16 Generating Page Contents 222222222 essen 17 Overview of Page Contents 0 00 cece cece e 17 Creating Tables ii ia ernennt Basen 21 Creating A Plant Profile 445 4 2er ole eL Le ee ette Sia wee aes 23 Creating An XY Diagrams cesse e ret Rb nen 23 Creating A Diagram RE ere Ue deos ea reds 25 Creating A Slide Show eie re re ek 27 Creating An Image creed is oet A oo CUT Te RI 29 Creating Plant Monitoring lisse 30 Creating An Overview ooooocccccccoooococo eee 30 Creating Textos rt hee tet peto dev Pm DU US Fee tte d 30 Changing Deleting Page Contents 22 2222 22220 31
4. Separate multiple e mail addresses 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 according 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 Limit Messages in Select the maximum number of messages that is permitted in one One Report report If empty reports should be sent as well activate Also send empty reports if no new events are available 5 In order to send the test report to set e mail addresses select Send test report Select Save 6 4 3 Regenerate 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 e mail addresses set in the report l Select Configuration Report configuration 2 Select desired report in the Report configuration field 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 Manual SPortal BEN 111723 47 P
5. In order to do this you must first activate the Sunny WebBox IP address at 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 Name page 60 Description Space for comments on the device see section 8 2 3 Changing The Description of The Device page 60 Phase L1 L2 L3 Phases to which the device is connected see section 8 2 4 Setting The Phase page 61 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 59 58 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manua SMA Solar Technology AG Device Settings Designation Inverter Comparison only with inverters Significance Shows the settings of the inverter for this inverter comparison see section Explanation of Device Properties Inverter Comparison Only fo
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7. from the plant and from service e Information Warnings Interferences e Error User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 45 System Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 6 4 1 Configuring 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 46 Select Configuration 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 address es field enter recipient s e mail address Separate multiple e mail addresses 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
8. 1 Select Calculate feedin tariff according to EEG The Calculate feed in tariff window opens 2 Select plant type Select year of plant s initial commissioning 4 Select Submit V The window closes Feedin tariff is displayed 5 Select Save 52 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Plant Properties 7 3 2 Changing The CO Avoided The 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 company in the region You can find out the level of the CO factor of the electricity supplied to you by contacting your electric utility company Sunny Portal uses the CO factor to calculate how much CO has been avoided due to the environmentally friendly power generation of your plant Select Configuration gt Plant properties 2 Select the Parameters tab 3 Select Edit 4 Enter CO factor in the Factor field or adjust with slider 5 Select Save 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
9. AG 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 is page is called 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 aa 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 A 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 BEN 111723 31 Page Design SMA Sola
10. 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 your plant s power in kWp 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 E O NET If the Plant power nominal power field is empty set the plant power see section 7 1 4 Setting Plant Power page 50 6 Select Save User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 53 Plant Properties SMA Solar Technology AG 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 In case the Plant location field is empty enter information to the plant s location in the Plant data tab see section 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data page 48 5 Select Suggest monthly distribution 6 In order to manually enter the monthly distribution enter values
11. Sunny Portal are displayed e Plant messages from the current plant are displayed e Devices e g SB4200TL Messages 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 2 In order to select all messages activate Select all 3 Select the red checkmark to approve a message immediately 4 Select Execute 38 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 6 3 Plant Monitoring System Monitoring 6 3 1 Overview of Plant Monitoring The page Name of your plant gt Plant monitoring tells you the status of the monitoring 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 page Plant monitoring is divided into four sections Range Plant Configuration Significance 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 63 Communication Monitoring Displays whether
12. URL to set a link from another website to your page You can call up the URL of the page as follows l Select the name of the desired page M The selected page opens 32 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Page Design 2 Call up configuration 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 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 websites e g Microsoft Office Frontpage or integrate it into your own website 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 CO avoided and energy on 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 Meter change and meter reading of total yield for seven days in days Specific Plant Yield
13. an 66 Deleting Usd ra 66 Changing The User Information 222222222200 67 Changing the Password she 67 Troubleshooting o ooooooooooommrmmo 68 Conti e nn 69 SPortalBEN1 11723 5 Information on This Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 1 Information on This Manual Validity This manual is valid for the Sunny Portal Internet portal Target Group This manual is intended for end users skilled workers and solar power professionals Additional Information at www SMA de en Document Title Document Type E Mail to SMS Technical Information Performance Ratio Technical Information Symbols Symbol Explanation Fu Indicates information that is important for a specific topic or 1 objective but is not safety relevant 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 that are to be Select Settings selected e Enter TO in the e Elements that are to be Minutes field specified gt e Several elements which Select Settings gt Date you should select Button Key e Button or key that you are Select Next to select or press Nomenclature This manual refers to PV plants and small wind turbine systems collectively as plants SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual o SMA Solar Technology AG Getting S
14. area activate 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 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 BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG System Monitoring 6 4 2 Setting Up A Message Report You can set up three message 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 l Select Configuration Report configuration 2 Select an event report in the Report configuration field 3 Select Edit 4 Setreport 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 addressles field enter recipient s e mail address
15. diagrams and tables In contrast to the deletion process of a device see section 8 2 6 Deleting A Device page 63 the data of a deactivated device however remains available on Sunny Portal ru gt 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 63 the replaced device is automatically deactivated Select Configuration 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 M 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 60 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the device line select the icon for the device properties M The device properties open Select Edit Enter desired remarks for the device in the Description field Select Save SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Devi
16. for secure transmission of your login details Enter the e mail address you provided when registering in the E Mail field Enter the password you received by e mail in the Password field 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 J Select Login V The User information page opens when first logging in Fill in your address details Select Save Delays in Visualization e 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 BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Getting Started 2 3 Next Steps Change your password in order to protect your Sunny Portal account against unauthorized acc
17. name location Operator Date commissioned 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 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer adipiscing elit sed diam 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 nula facilis at vero et accumsan et justo odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nula 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 ulamcorper 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 faciisi Nam lier tempor cum s
18. 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 e All activated or 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 settings HINT 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 User Manual SPortal BEN 1 11723 57 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 8 2 Calling Up Device Properties 1 Select Configuration gt Device overview 2 In the device line select the icon for the device properties Pl The device properties open Explanation of Device Properties Designation Data Collection Significance Displays whether the device is activated in Sunny Portal see section 8 2 1 Activating Deactivating The Device page 60 Activated devices are used in Sunny Portal deactivated devices are not used O Device is activated in Sunny Portal Device is deactivated in Sunny Portal Product Group Group of the device 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
19. page templates 8 and 12 the height of the two upper sections is limited These sections are only suitable for small images like logos M The Page Configuration page opens Select the desired page content in a section of the page in the Module type field 6 Select Create and create desired page content see section 5 2 Generating Page Contents page 17 16 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 5 2 Generating Page Contents 5 2 1 Overview of Page Contents You can choose between the following page contents Page Design Page Contents Table Contents 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 Devices Plants Meter Change kWh 31 03 2010 S84200TL 10 43 SB5000TL 13 95 24 38 Total Year lt Month lt Day 31 03 2010 Gesamtertrag Meter Change kWh March 2010 395 34 553 42 948 76 Total Gesamtertrag Meter Change kWh 2010 517 11 721 37 1238 48 Total a User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 17 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG Page Contents Contents Plant Description You can also use this information on your customized pages Information in the plant profile Plant
20. 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 ls 3 4 M Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens Select New group M The Configure group page opens Enter a name for the group in the Group title field Select Save New group can be seen in the directory tree and in the Visualization menu 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 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 Use the up or down arrow to move the page or group V Page or group moves one step Keep selecting the corresponding arrow until the desired position is reached Select Save User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 35 36 i J Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 5 8 3 Deleting A Group Group and all subpages will be deleted permanently If you delete a group all the subpages assigned to the group will also be deleted permanently l1 Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page op
21. to be selected Meter Reading Current total meter reading of the value Cum Change Cumulated 7 total increase within the period to be selected 7 Select display type in the Chart type field The following display types are possible Abd nad AN ye Au VU v IR 2 ee avi uem E Position Significance A Bar B Area C Line with markers D Production 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 26 SPortal BEN 1 1 1723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Page Design Configure 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 h
22. yields of all plants to which you have access The total yields are displayed for the current day month and year Standard Configuration for Displaying The Energy of Inverters The table includes the total yields of all inverters of the current plant The total yields are displayed for the current day month and year Standard Configuration for Displaying Specific Inverter Yield The table includes the specific yields and the total 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 Select desired standard configuration Select Next Select Save RWN gt Select Save M Table has been created and is displayed Creating A Customized Table 1 Select User defined 2 Select Next 3 Select Add device plant 4 Inthe Plant devices field select a plant or a device HINT In order to narrow your selection choose a device type or Plants in the Narrow selection field 5 Select Submit 6 Select 4 i M The Channel configuration page opens In order to add further plants or devices select Add device plant and repeat previous steps In order to add a heading for this table column or row enter the heading in the Name fiel
23. 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 Height and width Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image based on the size of the page layout Changing Deleting The Plant Image Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit To upload an image from your own computer m ANS Select Load image in the Plant image area The Select file window opens Select desired image Select Open Plant Properties SUNNY PORTAL TL 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 Selectthe 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 Qu du ue Select Save User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 51 Plant Propert
24. 111723 19 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG Page Contents Image Contents You can insert an image of your choice Requirements 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 Plant Monitoring You can display the following data Communication status between the plant and Sunny Portal Status of the inverter comparison E 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 Feed in tariff for PV plant Standard image or a random image Overview with Standard Image 2774 2010 988 7240h a Props 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 20 SPortal BEN111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 5 2 2 Creating Tables Page Design You can select a table from the templates or create your own table The following table configurations are available Table Configurations Standard Configuration for Displaying Plant Energy Significance The table includes the total
25. AN nn 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 ea iD 6 Set power of individual inverters see section 8 2 5 Setting The Generator Capacity page 61 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit In the Power area activate Calculate plant power from device properties field V 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 cO Bon 50 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select Plant data tab Select Edit Enter desired description in the Description area Select Save SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 can upload an image from
26. Data displayed Mean values of specific plant yield of one month in days Mean values of specific plant yield of one year in months Performance Ratio Is created and configured automatically in the following cases Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant e Communication device sends data of a radiation and temperature sensor to Sunny Portal Shows the following data of the entire plant Mean values of performance ratio of one month in days Mean values of performance ratio of one year in months User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 33 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG Standard Page Devices gt Overview Name Of Inverter Description Displayed data of inverter Meter change of total yield of one year in months Mean value of power of one day in hours Report Daily Plant Report Data displayed Meter reading of energy on current day current month and current year Meter change of total yield of one day in hours Report gt Monthly Plant Report Data displayed Meter change of total yield for current month and current year e Meter change of total yield of one month in days Sensors Name Of The Sensor Is created and configured automatically in the following cases Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant Communication device sends data of a radiation and temperature sensor to Sunny Portal The sensor mus
27. Deleting Pages sa cds dad 31 Changing The Page Names ta 31 Publishing Pages n on anana 32 Standard Pages ds 33 Overview of Standard Pages 2 00 e cece coc 33 Creating Standard Pages are st een eek aes 34 SPortal BEN 111723 3 Table of Contents SMA Solar Technology AG 5 8 5 8 1 5 8 2 5 8 3 6 6 1 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 Changing Page Arrangement in The Visualization Menu 35 Creating A New Group 0 esee 35 Changing The Positions of Pages And Groups 2222222222200 35 De leting A Group s Ser eck chen Gola ks oka STE ERR 36 System Monitoring ied a v oh I e nae OR el 37 Monitoring Functions Aussen ser rn 37 Plant logbook 2 rra 38 Calling Up And Filtering Messages ooococoocccccccccccoa 38 Approving Messages sse 043044 RH ERERTEI ado 38 Plant Monitoring ar dada 39 Overview of Plant Monitoring isse 39 Setting Communication Monitoring 43 Setting The Inverter Comparison nsus isle eee 44 Setpoint Monitoring Setting Alerts Via E mail 222202220 44 Report Configurador ad 45 Configuring Daily Info Report Monthly Info Report 2 46 Setting Up A Message Report eese 47 Regenerate Report Manually esses 47 Plant Properties 4 5 1 eode rrt bete ines 48 Plent Data es d ed OL A 48 Changing General Plant Data 48 Changing T
28. Edit and repeat previous steps Select Save Select Save Nur Image is inserted on page and displayed User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 29 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 5 2 8 Creating Plant Monitoring Requirements NHR on Plant monitoring has been 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 SCRIPT and thus JavaScript META APPLET FORM lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt FRAME 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 30 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology
29. SMA Solar Technology AG Plant Properties Adjusting The Radiation And Temperature Sensor Manually Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select the Parameters tab Select Edit Select the sensor in the Irradiation sensor field based on the Sunny SensorBox serial number cO Rom Select the type of the irradiation sensor The following settings are possible ExtSollrr External irradiation sensor IntSollrr Internal irradiation sensor 6 Selectthe 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 User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 55 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 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 tab Overview of new devices is only displayed if Sunny Portal has detected new devices in your plant l A Select Configuration gt Device overview V The device overview of all devices of the current plant opens Serial Number Devices Data collection Number per Page al Active 20 zi EDE Serial Number Product Group Data collection Monitoring Properties Parameter Plant Logbook 1 M
30. alue 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 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 Configure Time Settings iR 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 24 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 format for saving diagram data The following settin
31. atically by Sunny Portal standard pages see section 5 7 Standard Pages page 33 All pages that you create yourself are also stored here by Sunny Portal creating pages see section 5 1 Creating A New Page page 16 User Manual SPortalBEN1 11723 11 Menu Overview SMA Solar Technology AG Menu Configuration Significance 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 16 Plant properties see section 7 Plant Properties page 48 e Device overview see section 8 1 Calling Up And Filtering The Device Overview page 56 e Report configuration see section 6 4 Report Configuration page 45 User management see section 9 User Management page 65 User Info Logout The menu lets you call up user information and end your Sunny Portal session The User information page also lets you change your password User information see section 9 5 Changing The User Information page 67 Logout 12 SPortal BEN 1 11723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Prof
32. ce Settings 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 according 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 entire power of your plant Sunny Portal calculates the plant power from the inverter power generator power Options for Configuring The Generator Power Entering the Power of an Inverter Manually Configuring 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 Plant Power page 50 paragraph Calculating The Plant Power from Sum of Power of All Inverters page 50 Configuring The Power of An Inverter through Multiple Strings 1 2 Select Configuration gt Device overview In the inverter line select the icon for the device properties The device properties open Select Edit Cal
33. d 9 Inthe Time unii field choose the period for which you would like to see the values User Manual SPortalBEN1 11723 21 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 11 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 Youcan 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 22 the calculated channels are available CO avoided energy power feed in tariff performance ratio specific plant yield The unit of the first channel selected determines the additional channels available for selection If more than one device or more than one plant was added the desired calculation method can be chosen in the Resuli field The following settings are possible Sum Total of all channel contents within the presented period Min Minimum value of channel contents within the presented period Mean Values Mean value of channel contents within the presented period Max Maximum value of channel contents within the presented period Select Submit M The Page Configuration page ope
34. d on the latitude activate this field The optimum orientation is 30 from the horizontal in Germany Description Enter comments 6 Select Submit M The device properties page opens String has been configured 7 Select Save 8 Activate calculation see section 7 1 4 Setting Plant Power page 50 paragraph Calculating The Plant Power from Sum of Power of All Inverters page 50 62 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Device Settings 8 2 6 Deleting A Device e Ifyou delete a device all the device s data is deleted permanently 1 Check in advance whether it is sufficient to deactivate the device see section 8 2 1 Activating Deactivating The Device page 60 l 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 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 detects the new devices and automatically opens the configuration wizard if you register with your access details in Sunny Portal From a number of 10 devices you can add several devices at the same time by selecting the button under the list After yo
35. e activated in the Power Reducer Box The page shows the following data in the diagram 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 Plant Name gt Energy Balance The page is only displayed for plants with Meter Connection Box The page displays the following data in a diagram depending on the type of meter connected e Plant Power Electricity purchased from the grid Selfconsumption Plant Name gt Annual Comparison The page shows the total yield and the specific yield of the current plant per month in a yearly overview Plant Name gt Plant Monitoring This page has the following functions for monitoring the current plant e Monitoring of communication between Sunny Portal and your plant 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 39 Plant Name 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 autom
36. eading in the Advanced configuration area enter heading in Diagram name field In the Download file type field select the download format 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 HINT Select a page template for the slide show with only one display module on the page so that the side show will be displayed in good quality Procedure Select Picasa or Flickr photo album Integrating 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 slide show M A window opens User Manual SPortal BEN111723 27 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 6 76 8 Integrate slide show text field Select the HTML Code and copy this to the clipboard leave Picasa and switch to Sunny Portal Selecting A Flickr Photo Album 1 2 3 8 Register on www flickr com If you have no Flickr photo album create a photo album as described at Flickr Select photo album Select Slide show M Slide show begins Select Publish M A window opens Select Enbed HTMI Se
37. ens 2 Select the name of the group 3 Select New group M The Configure group page opens 4 Select Delete to delete the group permanently SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG System Monitoring 6 System Monitoring 6 1 Monitoring Functions Sunny Portal offers the following monitoring functions for your plant Monitoring Events of the plant Sunny Portal Function Plant Logbook The system logbook will let you see messages for events of your plant Section 6 2 Plant Logbook page 38 Report Configuration If you are using report configuration you will receive an e mail with the events of your plant Yield feed in tariff power CO avoided Report Configuration You can set that you will receive an e mail with data of your plant 6 4 Report Configuration page 45 Inverter yields outside of the tolerance Plant Monitoring Inverter Comparison If you set the inverter comparison you will receive an e mail as soon as the specific yield of an inverter is outside the tolerance range 6 3 3 Setting The Inverter Comparison page 44 Communication between Sunny Portal and SMA communication products Plant Monitoring Communication Monitoring If you set the communication monitoring you will receive an e mail if you cancel the link between Sunny Portal and SMA communication products 6 3 2 Setting Communication Monitoring page 43
38. er Change kWh A 31 03 2010 March 2010 2010 SB4200TL 10 43 395 34 517 11 SBS000TL 13 95 553 42 721 37 24 38 948 76 1238 48 Total Total Total lt Year lt Month lt Day B C D Position Significance 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 14 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 E 500 E 400 300 gt 100 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 C D Position Significance 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 the arrows and
39. ess see section 9 6 Changing the Password page 67 Get acquainted with Sunny Portal see section 3 Menu Overview page 10 Design your own pages according to your wishes see section 5 Page Design page 16 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 45 Enter the properties of your plant see section 7 Plant Properties page 48 Give friends access to your Sunny Portal as guests standard users installers or administrators like yourself see section 9 User Management page 65 User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 9 Menu Overview SMA Solar Technology AG 3 Menu Overview Menu Plant Selection Significance 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 The page includes an overview of plants that are assigned to your Plant List 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 yea
40. evice in the Y axis X axis area in the Plant devices field Only devices of the current plant can be selected HINT In order to narrow your selection choose a device type or Plants in the Narrow selection field 2 Select a channel in the Channel field Selectable Channels mie For devices all channels which are transferred to Sunny Portal are available For a plant the calculated channels are available CO avoided energy power feed in tariff 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 The Unit of The First Channel Selected Determines The Additional Channels Available for Selection mie 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 BEN 111723 23 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 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 v
41. gs 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 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Y1 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 Configure Y1 axis Y2 axis is optional Configure Time Settings Making Advanced Configurations Configure 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 HINT In order to narrow your selection choose a device type or Plants in the Nar
42. he Plant Names sses eise ea a a AR 49 Deleting A Plant usa re 49 Setting Plant Power xc ubuese te S OE tenete 50 Changing The Description of The Plant esses 50 Changing Deleting The Plant Image sese 51 Changing Carrier Data ae bees CORES 52 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Table of Contents 7 3 7 3 1 7 3 2 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 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 10 11 User Manual PAM rn dt OR es 52 Changing The Feedin Tariff aies ienn E AEA N E 52 Changing The CO Avoided 0 eee eee 53 Entering The Predicted Annual Yield nananana nananana 53 Changing The Performance Ratio 54 Device Settings ua a Ya RR 56 Calling Up And Filtering The Device Overview 56 Calling Up Device Properties oooooooococcooo 58 Activating Deactivating The Device isses esee 60 Changing The Device Name 60 Changing The Description of The Device 2 0 eee eee eee 60 Setting The Phase u a ne oen up een VR ee RR 61 Setting The Generator Capacity 0 0 0 0 eee eee 61 Deleting A Devices 225 ope b scheine enger 63 Adding Replacing Devices Configuration Wizard 63 Calling Up The Parameters of A Device 64 User Management leen 65 User Concept with Roles And Rights 65 Creating A New User cc ence et device ar 66 Changing User Rights ue
43. ies SMA Solar Technology AG 7 2 Changing Carrier 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 Select Configuration gt Plant properties 2 Select Operator tab 3 Select Edit 4 Change carrier data 5 Select Save 7 3 Parameter 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 Select Configuration gt Plant properties Select the Parameters tab Select Edit Enter amount of compensation Select currency OV Or ON Select Save Automatically Calculating Feed in Tariff Only for Germany
44. ificance t Ok The Power Reducer Box is working correctly E D Interference The Power Reducer Box has received a signal from the U d radio ripple control receiver that the configuration in the u Power Reducer Box is not correct A A Error The Power Reducer Box has no link with at least one Y a Sunny WebBox or There is no registered Sunny WebBox in the Power Reducer Box 42 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG System Monitoring 6 3 2 Setting 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 The use of Sunny Portal is activated in the user interface of the Sunny WebBox 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 sw
45. ile Source Location Section 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data page 48 from the country and city information Operator Section 7 2 Changing Carrier Data page 52 Commissioning Section 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data page 48 Plant Power Section 7 1 4 Setting Plant Power page 50 Annual Yield Section 7 3 3 Entering The Predicted Annual Yield CO Avoided page 53 Modules Section 7 1 4 Setting Plant Power page 50 Tilt Angle Section 8 2 5 Setting The Generator Capacity Tracking page 61 paragraph Configuring The Power of An Inverter through Multiple Strings page 61 Inverter Sunny Portal receives the information from the devices Communication Description Section 7 1 5 Changing The Description of The Plant page 50 Plant Image next to The data Section 7 1 6 Changing Deleting The Plant Image page 51 User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 13 Page Table and Diagram Functions SMA Solar Technology AG 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 period presented in the table or the diagram is one year or one month the year or the month of the entered 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 kWh Meter Change kWh Met
46. in the in fields Select Save 7 3 4 Changing The Performance Ratio The performance ratio performance is a measure of the quality of a PV plant that is independent of 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 actual 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 54 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual
47. itched off in Sunny Portal Liberal Tolerant Here you select the time period within which you want to be Sharp informed about the disturbed communication The time period displays how long Sunny Portal should wait before informing you via e mail The time period will be displayed to you when setting the time period and 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 set in Sunny Portal for the upload to Sunny Portal 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 Separate multiple e mail addresses by commas Activate the Monitoring field for desired devices Select Save User Manual SPortal BEN111723 43 System Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 6 3 3 Setting The 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 notifica
48. l commands are received from grid operator 5 Select Save 44 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Mobile Phone e 1 You can also receive the report e mails via your network provider in the form of an SMS or have it forwarded from your mailbox as an SMS For further information on this subject see the Technical Information E mail to SMS in the download area at www SMA de en 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 SMS about error events Sunny Portal Considers Delayed Data in The Following Reports mie 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 Selectable Channels Daily Info Report 1 to 3 Daily yield kWh e Reimbursement today e Max power today kW e CO avoided today kg Monthly Info Report 1 to 3 Yield for the month kWh e Monthly Feed in tariff Max power for the month kW Monthly CO avoided kg Event Report 1 to 3 For the three event reports you can choose four message types from Sunny Portal
49. l 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 User Manual SPortal BEN111723 61 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 5 Setthe string The following settings are possible Designation Enter name for the string Manvfacturer Select the display module manvfacturer Module Type Select the type of module You must set the manvfacturer first The menu contents vary depending on the manufacturer you select Module Power These data are entered automatically when you select the module Module Surface type You can enter adjustments in the fields using the arrows or the arrow keys on the keyboard Efficiency 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 base
50. lant 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 Solar Technology AG You can make the following settings which are explained in the following sections Changing General Plant Data Changing the Plant Name Deleting A Plant Set power of plant Changing the Description of the Plant Create an image of the plant 7 1 1 Changing General Plant Data RLON DUT 5 48 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 49 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 and latitude of the plant
51. least e Link to the device properties e Link to messages in the system logbook User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 41 System Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG Setpoint Monitoring Sunny Portal offers setpoint monitoring for plants with a Power Reducer Box In the Setpoint monitoring section you can see whether setpoints have been provided by the grid operator to limit the active power of your plant If desired Sunny Portal can inform you via e mail about incoming setpoints for active power limitation and reactive power setpoint fixed reactive power or power factor cos Phi A description of how you set e mail notification of setpoint monitoring is given in section 6 3 4 Setpoint Monitoring Setting Alerts Via E mail page 44 In addition to setpoint monitoring you should use communication monitoring for the Power Reducer Box see section 6 3 2 This monitoring allows Sunny Portal to identify whether the information in the setpoint monitoring is current or not The following table explains the meaning of the symbols of setpoint monitoring Status of Setpoint Monitoring for Active Power Limitation Symbol Status Significance No setpoint There is no setpoint for active power limitation Setpoint There is a setpoint for active power limitation O Problem with a There is a problem with a Power Reducer Box Power Reducer Box Status of The Power Reducer Box Symbol Status Sign
52. lect Copy to clipboard Leave Flickr and switch to Sunny Portal Integrating Slide Show into Sunny Portal l ANSA oN 28 Call up page configuration of slide show 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 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Uploading An Image from Own Computer to Gallery e Adding an Image from the Gallery to the Page Uploading An Image from Own Computer to Gallery l Select 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 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 M Image is displayed In order to use a different image select
53. location In order to have Latitude geodata for location automatically entered from database select Search geodata Height Altitude of plant location Select Save SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Ji 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 Per3manently delete plant Select Yes in order to delete plant permanently User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 49 Plant Properties SMA Solar Technology AG 7 1 4 Setting Plant Power The plant power is the sum of the power of all PV modules Options for Configuring Plant Power Entering Plant Power Directly Calculate plant power from the sum of power of all inverters Entering Plant Power Directly 7 run RR W
54. ns In order to add an additional column or rows for channels select Add channel and repeat previous 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 BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Page Design 5 2 3 Creating A Plant Profile l 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 Nu rwN The plant profile has been created and is displayed 5 2 4 Creating An XY Diagram Procedure e Configure Y Axis X Axis Configure Time Settings Making Advanced Configurations Configure Y Axis X Axis 1 Selecta plant or a d
55. ny Portal under this e mail address If the new user is not registered at Sunny Portal yet an automatically generated password will be sent additionally 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 he will receive an e mail with the access details 9 3 Changing User Rights Bow No 9 4 66 Select Configuration gt User management In the line of the user select the edit icon In the Roles area activate the desired role Select Save Deleting Users Never delete the e mail address of the communication product Never delete the user with the e mail address which the communication product e g Sunny WebBox Sunny Data Control uses 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 66 e 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 de
56. ocuments The latest version is available online at www SMA de or from the usual sales channels Guarantee or liability claims for damages of any kind are excluded if they are caused by one or more of the following Damages during transportation Improper or inappropriate use of the product Operating the product in an unintended environment Operating the product whilst ignoring relevant statutory safety regulations in the deployment location Ignoring safety warnings and instructions contained in all documents relevant to the product Operating the product under incorrect safety or protection conditions Altering the product or supplied software without authority The product malfunctions due to operating attached or neighboring devices beyond statutory limit values n case of unforeseen calamity or force majeure The use of supplied software produced by SMA Solar Technology AG is subject to the following conditions SMA Solar Technology AG rejects any liability for direct or indirect damages arising from the use of software developed by SMA Solar Technology AG This also applies to the provision or non provision of support activities Supplied software not developed by SMA Solar Technology AG is subject to the respective licensing and liability agreements of the manufacturer SMA Factory Warranty The current guarantee conditions come enclosed with your device These are also available online at www SMA de and can be
57. oluta nobis eleifend option congue nihi imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum 18 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 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 radiation Example of XY Diagram von 01 04 2007 bis 30 04 2007 E si lig milia AS 7 23 ceso E 6 Noc 2 ee de DOE ye Za 19 H ER 3 ee e 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 Diagram 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 0 400 a lilii 100 o ud ell ali m pe 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 Bl Total yield kwh sB5000TL Slide Show You can display a slide show which you have already created in a photo platform User Manual SPortal BEN
58. ox regularly reports in Sunny Portal The frequency with which the Power Reducer 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 to Sunny Portal for a long time an alert e mail is sent to the desired e mail address After the alert mail a reminder e mail is sent for up to three 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 Communication Monitoring page 43 The following table explains the meaning of the symbols of communication monitoring Communication Monitoring Symbol Status Significance Deactivated Communication monitoring is not set 79 OK Communication with Sunny Portal is ok Time of the last a contact is displayed Error Communication with Sunny Portal has been interrupted e The additionally displayed Details link gives you detailed information about the time of the last contact The following navigation options are available e Link to the device properties e Link to the parameters link to messages of the device in the plant logbook 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 40 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Sys
59. r When accessing the page the plant list is always sorted in ascending order according 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 Plant Name 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 Plant Name This page includes an overview with information for the current plant gt Plant Description 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 13 Plant Name gt Energy And Power The page shows the following data for the current plant in four 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 10 SPortal BEN 1 1 1723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Menu Overview Menu Plant Name gt Feed in Management Significance The page is only displayed for plants with a Power Reducer Box if the Power Reducer Box is registered in Sunny Portal The use of the Sunny Portal must also b
60. r Inverters page 59 Explanation of Device Properties Co mmunication Monitoring Only for Sunny WebBox Designation Significance Monitoring Here you can activate or deactivate communication monitoring for this Sunny WebBox Alert After Shows for how long there must be no contact between Sunny Portal and this Sunny WebBox until you receive an e mail Interval Shows the frequency with which the Sunny WebBox 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 Significance 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 User Manual SPortal BEN 1 11723 59 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 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
61. r Technology AG 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 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 1 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 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 In 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 7 In order to see a preview select Open page in new window M Page is published Presenting Pages on The Internet Each of your Sunny Portal pages has its own URL You can use this
62. row selection field 2 Select desired channel in the Channel field Selectable Channels e 1 For devices all channels which are transferred to Sunny Portal are available For a plant the calculated channels are available CO avoided energy power feedin tariff 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 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 BEN 111723 25 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 6 Selectthe 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
63. rtal BEN 1 1 1723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Contact 11 Contact If you have technical problems concerning our products contact the SMA Service Line We need the following information in order to provide you with the necessary assistance Plant name plant identifier or e mail address see section 7 1 Type of data logger and serial number see data logger manual Type of data transmission network analog ISDN GSM e f there is an option to dial into the data logger we need the phone number SMA Solar Technology AG Sonnenallee 1 34266 Niestetal Germany www SMA de SMA Serviceline Inverters 49 561 9522 1499 Communication 49 561 9522 2499 Fax 49 561 9522 4699 E Mail Serviceline SMA de User Manual SPortal BEN111723 69 Legal Restrictions SMA Solar Technology AG The information contained in this document is the property of SMA Solar Technology AG Publishing its content either partially or in full requires the written permission of SMA Solar Technology AG Any internal company copying of the document for the purposes of evaluating the product or its correct implementation is allowed and does not require permission Exclusion of liability The general terms and conditions of delivery of SMA Solar Technology AG shall apply The content of these documents is continually checked and amended where necessary However discrepancies cannot be excluded No guarantee is made for the completeness of these d
64. scribed 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 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG User Management 9 5 Changing The User Information Every created user except for Guest receives his own User information page On this page each user can enter his own data l1 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 In the field New password enter the new password Enter new password again in the Repeat new password field N amp O OSB Select Save User Manual SPortal BEN111723 67 Troubleshooting 10 Troubleshooting SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Rectification Enable pop ups in the web browser and possible additional programs 68 SPo
65. 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 Significance 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 68 Opens a window for saving the data in the set format Shows legend gt 19 Hides legend Shows full screen diagram Opens page configuration for editing the diagram y User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 15 Page Design SMA Solar Technology AG 5 Page Design 5 1 Creating A New Page l Select Configuration gt Visualization M The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select New Page 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 ES El 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 4 Select desired page template Here you can select how the page should be divided The divided sections can be filled with different contents HINT In
66. t be manually adjusted in this case see section 7 3 4 Changing The Performance Ratio page 54 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 l1 Select Configuration gt Visualization The Page configuration groups page opens 2 Select J in the Create standard pages area in the row of the selected page Create Standard Page Page Name Plant overview Energy and power Specific yield Performance Ratio Overview Monthly report Daily report Daily report Monthly report Plant Device Class Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox d Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox d Photovoltaic inverter E Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox y Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox Photovoltaic plant with Sunny WebBox M The selected standard page has been created in the Visualization menu 34 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Page Design 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
67. tarted 2 Getting Started 2 1 Registering a Plant in Sunny Portal You can register your plant in Sunny Portal exclusively with the following SMA Solar Technology AG communication products Sunny WebBox Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Wireless Technology Register the Sunny WebBox in Sunny Portal as described in the manual for Sunny WebBox Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth 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 forward the plant data to Sunny Portal directly via Ethernet or through one of the possible modems Configure data transmission to Sunny Portal in the Sunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus as described 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 In Sunny Data Control configure Sunny Portal e mail as described in the Sunny Data Control help You can download the Sunny Data Control software in the download area of www SMA de en User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 7 Getting Started SMA Solar Technology AG 2 2 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal Logging In to Sunny Portal Requirements p dese NL 6 7 8 You have registered your plant in Sunny Portal see section 2 1 Registering a Plant in Sunny Portal page 7 Open www SunnyPortal com Activate SSL
68. tem Monitoring Status of The Device Symbol Status Significance Failure Communication with Sunny Portal has been interrupted Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box Inverter Comparison Sunny Portal offers inverter comparison for plants with at least two 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 A description of how to set the inverter comparison is given in section 6 3 3 Setting The Inverter Comparison page 44 The following table explains the meaning of the symbols of the inverter comparison Inverter Comparison Symbol Status Significance E Deactivated Inverter comparison has not been activated OK Yields of the monitored inverters are in the configured range The yield of the last day is displayed one monitored inverter The additionally displayed Details link will let you read how high the specific yield of the affected inverter s is and how high the comparison value was from the mean value of all monitored inverters The following navigation options are available e Error Specific inverter yield is outside of tolerance for at
69. there is a link between Sunny Portal and SMA communication products Alerts per e mail possible Inverter Comparison Displays whether the inverter yields of the selected inverters are in the configured range Alerts per e mail possible Setpoint Monitoring The page is only displayed for plants with a Power Reducer Box if 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 power factor cos Phi Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box User Manual SPortalBEN1 11723 39 System Monitoring Communication Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 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 in the desired interval The interval in which Sunny WebBox should send data to Sunny Portal can be set in the user interface of Sunny WebBox Power Reducer Box Sunny Portal checks whether the Power Reducer B
70. tions in the Recipient field Separate multiple e mail addresses 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 61 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 Alerts Via E mail Requirements 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 section Setpoint monitoring select Settings To receive an alert via e mail Activate field Send alert if control commands are received from grid operator Enter the recipient s e mail address for notifications in the Recipient field Separate multiple e mail addresses by commas 4 If you do not wish to receive any alerts deactivate the selection field Send alert if contro
71. u have replaced a device using the configuration wizard the replaced device is automatically deactivated in Sunny Portal 1 To open the configuration wizard itself select the Name of your plant gt Plant monitoring or Configuration gt Device overview gt Overview of new devices The configuration wizard opens Select Set up device now To add a device select in the line of the device and follow the instructions of the configuration wizard 4 To replace the device select in the line of the device and follow the instructions of the configuration wizard 5 To permanently delete the device because you do not want to display the device and its data in Sunny Portal select 3 6 To add or replace another device repeat steps User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 63 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 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 64 SPortal BEN 111723 User Manual SMA Solar Technolog
72. y AG User Management 9 User Management 9 1 User Concept with Roles And Rights 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 rights the user has in your Sunny Portal for example whether the user is authorized to create a new page The following roles are possible Guest Standard user Installer e System administrator Overview of Roles And Rights Rights Role Guest Standard Installer Administrator Sign in Y Y Y Y View pages Y Y Y Y View and change user Y Y Y Y information Changing the Password Y Y Y View plant properties Y NG Y View device properties Y Y Y View the report configuration Y Y Y View change and delete pages Y Y View and change Y Y plant properties View and change Y Y device properties View and change the Y Y report configuration View and change the calculated Y Y channels View the system logbook and Y Y confirm entries Import data Y Y View user management Y Create and delete users and Y assign roles User Manual SPortal BEN 111723 65 User Management SMA Solar Technology AG 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 Sun

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