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1. Name of User Applcaion Dota SMMA Sunny Dota Plani name Name of direcry Additional menu di ECT ele t e pet t pee we Sete je aix eed ear ee te 3 2m e ura uer B Meer Et Bl D E m i Bacca si nanona Sets Su sa Gti HU E LEE EM m im E Ti nervos im El 5 LUCERE 0 ie E a em iP Tera Tabs fr each devi 6 Select the tab which per tothe device with the data you wish to analyze fame 126 SOCTENOHOSA2 et Mond SMA AG Managing Dela and Saring Data locally Creating the Chart 7 In Excel select Sunny Boy Char The window Create chart opens r 1 usce Example 8 From the list select the channels which are to be displayed in the chart by clicking the channel names Several channels can be selected Tha selected channels are highlighted in color 9 Make the desired settings for display of he char Start and end dates and times of the interval from which data are fo be dis played Take care to choose a display interval which is not toa large Excel can display maximum of 4000 data ses in one chart Increment indicates the increment in rows from which the measured values are to be taken For example with 10 rows only every tenth row of he measured val ues is included 10 Click on Ol The chartis displayed Urat Ma
2. items are deactivated with the ex ican Data Recording becomes Data Select the chosen data and click on 5 Excel starts Click on Enable Macros The data are listed on an Excel table 6 You can read how to create a diagram based the data in chapter 11 B Creating a Chart in Excel page 121 ege 104 0 at Mamet Managing Dela an Saring Deta Locally 11 4 3 Sending Data to Sunny Portal How to send data to Sunny Portal is described starting on chapter 12 3 Configuring Sunny Portal Mail page 129 11 5 Setting up Sunny Boy Control Channel Recording The function Channel recording is only available for Sunny Boy Control devices with firmware version 3 05 or above Sunny Boy Control Light does not support hese settings With Sunny Data Control you can select channels which the Sunny Boy Control is to record By default the Sunny Bay Control records the channels Pac and from the detected inverters With Sunny Data Control you can then read out save ond process the recorded channels 1 Click on the Channel recording tab at the lower edge of the screen eee figure d Plant ree Channel recording tab 2 Inthe plant trae see figure above click on the device for which you wish lo set channels o be recorded ser Maro SDCTENOGOHA2 Page 107 Managing Deka and Saving Data cal SMA Technic AG A list of the device s ar
3. dacumantation A Shut down the PC before you connec the Sunny Boy Control Plus as bara one or both CON ports may he damaged A 1 Une he provided mull modam co ble ora commercially madam cable ofthe required length 2 Plug the Opin DSub female con radar a COM pert on Your FC day the cable properly sa that dare is no rik of persons ppl ori 4 Plug the Spin DSub female con nador othe port on the Suony Conirol which bi equipped wih he RS232 interlace Sunny Boy Contro PC COM 2 Sunny Boy Control Plus COM 2 or AUX COM 3 5 Make ure hal jompers A B and Care not ploggel in the port ined Sunny Boy J Sunny Boy Control Plus se Maro Page 23 Connecting the PC e a Communication Device 5 2 2 Connection via RS485 RS485 communication characteristics Up to 50 Sunny Boy Control Plus devices con be connected to a PC The PC must be equipped with an 5485 port fit is not please read section 5 1 Notes on the Use of Level Converters page 20 Each Sunny Boy Control requires an 5485 PiggyBack at the PC COM 2 port Alternatively at he Sunny Boy Control Plus AUX COM 3 port can be used if thi is equipped with an RS232 Piggy Bock The maximum total cable length is 1200 m Cabling Recommendations The cable length and quality have an effect on the signal To achieve a good quality sig
4. Page 149 renders Dis to he are The quotation marks are only necessary ifthe parameter value contains amply spaces Four differen parameter types are used Bool The value is eiher O deactivated or 1 activated Integer a whole number Sting A series oF characters possibly in quotation marks Color a color valve in he format RRGGBE This represents a 24bit value RR stands for he red portion GG for he green and BB for the bluo The color values are given hexadecimal values Any chosen nuance within the visible color spectrum can be defined this way 380000 red Ox 00008 blue 5 dark blue hile The actual parameters are subdivided into the following categories General applet parameters settings common to all componens Parameters specific to the individual component types 12 8 1 General Applet Parameters The general apple parameters define he fundamental operating principles of applet ond he setings which apply to al component BGColor This porometer defines he background color oF he area in he applet which is not covered by display components The parameter is color The defaut valve is white lt PARAM nome BGColor value 00003 lt gt This example sets apple s background color dark blue hege 150 sooren at Mamed reri Dolo to ha temet ChannelX ChannelX Name ChannelX Unit ChannelX SText String Wih t
5. User defined Everything freely selectable ser Manas SDCTENOGOHI2 Managing Deka and Saving Dola Local Insert Mode Depending on which template you have selected you con specify the method of insertion fixed The ied mode is used when only certain channels are to be saved The columns are specified by the user The selection of columns is set via the lt Se lect columns gt button as described in the next step autotinsertin autotinsert mode the channels which are set under Channel recording are saved The next section describes how to set the channels for channel recording See section 11 5 Seting up Sunny Boy Control Channel Recording page 107 The columns are inserted automatically field select one of the two modes for writing measured values 7 Inthe Insert mode Selecting Columns Depending on which template you have selected you con now select the columns 8 Click on lt Select columns gt The lect columns window opens m 9 Click on New and select a column type fomos sooren Usa Mort Managing Dela and Saring There are four column types column remains emply in the CSV file Channel allocation occurs via selection of a channel Text the entered text is written in the column Timestamp the date pattern from the combination field combo is written an absolute date You can insert a
6. capacity utlization for this channel 7 Click on lt Apply to save your changes You se the color scheme ofthe dec lds ox described in econ 10 5 Changing Color Bakara of he Fel age 73 sa Maro SDCTENOGOH2 Daplaying Data SMA Tachaslogie AG 10 4 Setting the Communication Quality In the device overview the icon inthe upper lethand comer of each device held indicates he of communication the device PC Depending on the communication quay he icon changes f he levels Good Moderate or Poor The following adjustments can be made Changing the con Changing Visualization of Communication Quality Setings opens 2 Select Spotvalue Request Communication Performance The ings window opens figure above 3 Inthe Type of Device dropdown list select the device for which you wish to make the setings Changing the Icon 4 Click on lt change icons gt The win dow bitmap choices opens 5 Select he desired icons ond use the arrow butions to add them to the re specive areas see figure to the righ 1 Select Options Settings or click on Seting icon The window p socTeNoosiz Usa Mort SMA Technologie A Duplin Dol Changing the Visualization of Communication Quality 7 To when the changes ore lo occur rte he val ues in the area Change in visuclizo ion of he communica ton perfo
7. 13 2 2 Changing a Device s Network Address 7 In he plan ree cick wih the rig mouse buton on the device for which you would fo change the name or device 1D 2 Select Device Information The Device Information window opens 3 Click on Change beside the network addres in or der to change settings von n The Change Network Ad dress window opens 4 Change settings as desired and after wards click on Seb Click on Close to apply the setings 6 The Device Information window is dis played again Click on Ok to save the st Maro SDCTENOGOH2 Regs 175 Mond Fons 13 3 Removing Devices You can remove individual devices or all devices in the plant tree ro rumore m tr th phant ros in Sanny Dale his uhr 1 fo deleted i the Sunny Boy Carat 1 In the plant tree dick with the right mouse button on the device which you wish fo remove 2 Select Remove Device or Remove all Devices depending on what you wish to delete confirmation prompt is displayed ask ing whe formed 3 Ifyou wish o delete the device or all de vices cick on Yes If you do not wish to delete click on No 13 4 Adding a Device You can add further subdevices to a communication device by means of the device serial numbers 1 Click on a communication device in the plant ree wih the right mouse button ey Sela Add Devic The
8. Sunny Data Control Management Software for Sunny Beam and Sunny Boy Control SMA Tesh Table of Coren Table Of Contents Notes on this Manual 9 1 Target Group 59 2 3 Symbols Used 9 14 Typogrophic Conventions sua sedne 0 Sunny Data Control 1 Whatisnewt 2 Scope of Deliver 3 Scope of Application 4 4 4 1 Sysem Requirements 5 Identification 5 1 Software Version 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 Safety Instructions ccce 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Connecting the PC to an Inverter Connecting the PC to a Communication D 17 18 1 Notes on the Use of Level 20 2 Sunny Boy Control Plus nm 2 1 Connection via RS232 2 2 2 Connection via RS485 24 2 3 Connection via the Analog Modem NET Piggy Back 28 2 4 Connection via the ISDN NET Piggy Back 29 2 5 Connection via the GSM NET Piggy Back 30 2 6 Connection via the Ethernet NET Piggy Back 31 5 3 Sunny Boy 32 53 1 Connection via 5232 32 5 4 Sunny Beam EEE ee 5 4 1 Connection via USB 34 Ue Maru Table d Contents Installation of Sunny Data Control 1 Installing Sunny Data Control Sunny Data Control User Interface 1 Navigation Area 2 Planttree 3 Display Area 8 Initial Settings i 8 1 Creating Plants E 8 1 1 Brief Overview
9. Transfering Dolo to ha temet ServerPort Integer This parameter species the TCP which ads the apple n sciohlahing a TCP connecion to the SDC aget on he web server The vue correspond lo he SDC agents setings See secon 12 7 DC Agen page 145 The default value is 18500 ifthe parameter is not declared A tat der Team ct sedet poli Lil ona ofrewal it isimparaive aerae ha specie TCP port bainas the eve opel rd he on iba wab ere st Maro SDCTENOGO62 Paga 153 Transfering to he erat 12 8 2 Component specific Parameters In order to support diferent display types wikin an applet each display type is accommodated in a separate Java component The number of component and the number of displays applet is ited o maximum of four The Java applet has three diffrent display types Chart Display Wit this display ype the values of an Inemet channel are applied point by point a coordinate system which defined by an X axi ond Y axi A maximum of four channels con e shown simultaneously in this display According prefer trea day xa ne cha ron en ere Don co Le iced Thee chon display connects the individual measured value points fo form a line The area mode do fils in he area beneath ine Device Field Display As closely os posible this display resembles he online display as already shown locally in Sunny Data Control ee secton 2 Spo
10. 135 12 6 Internet Server SDC Agent MO 126 1 Overview 140 12 6 2 Configuring and Activating the Internet Server 142 12 7 SDCAgent sess d 2 145 12 8 The Java 149 12 8 1 General Applet Parameters 150 12 8 2 Componentspecific Param 154 12 8 3 Chor Display 157 12 8 4 Device Field Display 161 12 8 5 Numerical Display 162 12 8 6 Overview of Parameters 164 12 8 7 Example of an HTML Page 167 toe Ua Mona SMA Tesh 13 13 1 13 1 1 13 2 13 2 1 13 2 2 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 9 13 Table d Cone TEREN 169 170 Device Information ss VI Sating the Device Name ond Device ID 172 Changing a Device s Network Address 175 Removing Devices 2 176 Adding a Device 176 Sorting Devices 177 Creating a Color Palette for Device Fields 177 Changing the Fonts of Device Fields 178 Background Images 179 Packet Monitor 182 g the Security Level Installer Password 184 13 the Device Overview Online Display 185 13 12 Timeouts ESSE 186 13 12 1 Settings at he Sunny Central Control 186 14 Troubleshooting 187 14 1 Errors Upon Use of Sunny Data Control 187 14 2 Java Applet Error Messages 188 14 3 Directory Structure 189 14 4 Setting the Language 190 15 Overview of Menu 191 DAE m 193 Ur Mar Tele
11. Add Device window opens 3 In the Ne field yp device serial number in the serial number ClekcAdd Device detection starts for this serial number The device is being searched fer exci ne PT Wai for he detection to end aca ocn Ae Mame E Addon eine 13 5 Sorting Devices You can either the devices in the plant ree according to name or according to serial number 1 Click with the right mouse button in plant ree and select Sort devices 2 Select either by Serial number or by Name 13 6 Creating a Color Palette for Device Fields E ER E eh bg ha oe Size 100 x 2 pixels Format BMP Windows Bimap Subdivided into upper and lower pixel rows the upper pixel row is color gradient for capacity utlization between O and 100 percent frst pixel O percent and last pixel 100 percent The lower pixel row represents text colo with which he information is to be dlployed Inthe devien according be background color upper pl row 2 pho Upper pel row Lm To create palette proceed follows launch a commercially available graphics program Select his menu item to create a new graphics fle Specify he dimensions as 100 x 2 pixels Edit he color gradients according to your prefer Save fle in format Windows bitmap Rename the fle e g MyPolete pb Copy
12. For this purpose it is installed on the HTML web server s computer The communication between the applets and the agent as well as between Sunny Data Control and the agent occurs via a dedicated TCP connection Two different modes of connection from the PV plant to Sunny Data Control serve as the information source for the applet display of measured values Direct Connection The Sunny Boy Control is permanently in contact with Sunny Data Control via a direct R5232 5485 connection The measured values are queried directly from the connected PV plant and transferred to he Interne This mode enables the entire range cf all diferent display types to be shown on the applets This mode is preferable as it offers he most possibilities Offline Connection Wih this mode here is no permanent connection between he Sunny Boy Control and Sunny Data Control e g only a temporary modem connection The dota sou isthe content ofthe online data He ee section 12 5 1 Witing he Online Data Fi page 124 This only enables the applet to show the device feld display No oiher display types are posible User Mara Page 141 Data to he erat 12 6 2 Configuring and Activating the Internet Server IF you wish to or delete Internet channel which has already been config ured you must st remove check mark beside Server is acive so hol he server s deactivated Creating a New Internet C
13. You can move the occupied fields in the device overview by moving the occupi field to a free one foedo sooren et Mond DupiayegDaia 10 1 1 Displaying or Concealing Devices 1 you wish to remove conceal a device which isin device overview click on the respectiva device wit right mouse bution The Device Oveniew menu opens 2 Select lt Fade out device You con now select whether you wish to conceal this device all devices or allo the sometype 3 Ifyou wish to display the devices again selec Fade in devices in the Device Overview menu Urat Maro SDCTENO8062 Page l Displaying Data 10 1 2 Arranging the Fields I you wish to display more devices inthe device overview than the number cf field allows you must subdivide the device overview inio more elds tothe righi The window opens 1 Select Options Settings or click on the Settings icon see figure p 2 Select Spotvalue Request Arrangemer 3 Select SpoWalue Request Arrangemer 4 Inthe area Arrangement of devices horizontally vertically enter the number of fielde that you wish to have displayed beside each other horizontal or above each other vertical Up 100x100 fields can be displayed IF you wish o in crease the number of fields to such an extent hat he devices which are already displayed will no longer have suficient space o be fully displayed in the new de vice overview he adj
14. etc are saved together with the device overview ond displayed when accessed Name of he current device overview here OnineCO is preset The task of completely seting up an overview window with several devices can in some cases be highly complex To ensure that his effort only needs to be made once Sunny Data Control provides you with the option of managing diferent device overviews sooren et Mond DiplayingData As described in the following sections overview management allows the following actions to be conducted Renaming a Device Overview Copying a Device Overview Saving a Device Overview Deleting a Device Overview loading a Device Overview Brief Overview of the Functions You can call up the overview management window see example pictured below via the menu Spotvalues Overview Management Displays the name ofthe current plant Displays the name ofthe currently selected overview selected selected Overview Overview Saves he currently selected Overview Here all overviews which have already been created are listed These overviews can be selected e Mara Londt te Copias he corny Deletes any selected Overview Renaming ofthe currently selected Overview Here information about the currently selected overview con be enter SOCTENOGOH2 Page 85 Deploying Data SMA clie AG 10 9 1 Renaming a Device
15. 11 3 2 Structure of the Standard CSV Format 11 4 Direct Data Acquisition from an Inverter 11 4 1 Setting up the Data Filing Structure 11 4 2 Saving and Viewing Data 11 4 3 Sending Data to Sunny Portal 11 5 Setting up Sunny Boy Control Channel Recording the Color Behavior of the Device Fields Table oi Cone 76 78 80 84 86 87 89 90 91 94 101 102 102 106 107 107 11 6 Reading Out Data Saved on the Sunny Boy Control 109 116 1 Storage Time Refresh 116 2 Sefing Time Ranges 116 3 Reseting Time Ranges 11 6 4 Channel Recording Icons 11 6 5 Structure of Ihe Excel Files 11 7 Configuring the Automatic Readout 117 1 Seting a Task 117 2 Editing Deleting a Task Ue Maru m 112 113 113 114 116 116 119 Table d Contents 11 7 3 Deactivating the Automatic Readout 120 11 8 Creating a Chart in Excel s 121 118 1 Automatic Analysis 122 118 2 Manual Analysis 125 12 Transferring Data to the Internet 128 12 1 System 128 12 2 Reading the Complete Time Range 128 12 3 Configuring Sunny Portal Mail aimed MIS 12 4 Sending Sunny Portal Mail 2132 124 1 After Automatic Data Query 132 124 2 After Manual Data Query 132 12 5 Transferring the Device Overview to the Internet 133 12 5 1 Writing the Online Data File 134 12 5 2 Structure of the Online Data Files
16. Analysis Manual analysis is only required if you wish to start the analysis on a PC on which Sunny Data Control is not installed How to start the analysis directly from Excel and manually execute the analysis maero is deseribed below 1 Launch he program Exc 2 Open the fle Excel97 edenoc sds By default he fle is situated in tho directory Programs SMA Sunny Data Con The data analysis macro is situated within this le To guard against unintentional alterations his is write protected If you wish io macro you must fst remove the witeprotecon password SMA Exc launcher tona ond conan ron opens ee be Exe mes 3 Adda check mark tothe left of Always trust macros from this source This check mark causes the data analysis macro to be activated automatically every time Ex cel is opened via Sunny Data Control 4 Click on Enable Macros Uc Maro SDCTENOGO62 Page 125 Managing Dota and Saving Data acl pO Once the has opened addtional menu Sunny Boy is displayed in the table View see figure below 5 Open He which conkins the dot ho you wich analyza By default data from your plants saved in Excel format reside in he direco Pro grame SMA Sunny Bata Control Plon and there in subdiraciois for your re planks By default data from your plants saved in CSV format reside in he directory CADocamonts and
17. Communication Device To connect several inverters to the PC there are various communication devices at your disposal The following table shows the communication devices and the possible connection Communication device Bunny Boy Control 7 Pur Communication device s interface 35232 Piggy Back PCs interface 5232 connection RS232 USB convertor 5485 PiggyBack RS485 connection RS485 to USB level converter 5485 R5232 level convertor NET PiggyBack wih analog modem analog modem ISON modem wih CAPI driver GSM modem NET Piggy Back with ISDN modem ISDN modem NET Piggy Back with GSM modem analog modem ISON modem wih CAPI driver GSM modem NET PiggyBack wih Ethernet network cord Sunny Boy Control ight 5232 PiggyBack RS232 connection RS232 USB level convertor Sunny Beam USB 258 connection Pois SoCTENOBOSA2 User Mara SMA Tachnciogis AC Connecting he PC loo Communication Device Communication device Sunny Central Control Communication device s interface S232 Piggy Back PCs interface 57372 connecion RS232 USB level convertor R5485 Piggy Back S485 connection S485 US level convertor 5485 R5232 level convertor NET Piggy Back wih analog modem analog modem ISON mo
18. Device overview online display wih ond without background Total overview wih and 1 Select Options Settings o click on the Settings icon The Settings window opens bug 2 Select Background Pictures se Manas SDCTENOGOH2 Paga 179 Mond Funcions pug Inthe Online Display or in he Tol Overview area ck on in order o add background Image for the online display device overview or for he Th ade opis ced bond Imager are sued in Mogens Shs Sorry Deke Com ine s background You can also save your own background images there and sub St hak DD dnd Cs 4 Selecta background image and click on Open The Settings window is die played once more huge 180 soeren et Mamed P The file name is shown in the Online Display field or in the Total Overview field depending on which area you EN tue rm ie d Va LL Lope Alternation Between Different Background Images 5 Ifyou wish o set several background images to be displayed one afer the other with an interval of a defined length you must select ot leas two background im ages To this end click on lt gt again and select another background image 6 In the Timer feld set he time in seconds oer which the next background image
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20. Overview 1 Open the window in which the spot value queries are displayed by clicking on the Spotvolues tab atthe lower edge of the screen 2 Click on Spotvalues Overview Management The Overview Management window opens see figure below You can also call up the window by clicking anywhere on the screen with the right mouse button and selecting Overview Management created are shown in the Avail is he default and can be re All device overviews which have already be ble Ponts it The devico overview Onlin X9 gt E e 3 Click on the nome of the device overview which you would like to rename Click on Rename A frame appears around the name of the plant and it can now be written over 5 in the desired nome REEL pm gm im seo 6 Click on Close to save the setting hege d SCIEN et Mond DapiayegDaia 10 9 2 Copying a Device Overview 1 Open the window in which spot value queries are displayed by clicking on the Spotvolues tab at he lower edge of he screen Managemen The Overview Management im oem jpeg oem pem Example You can also up the window by clicking anywhere on the screen wilh he right mouse bution and selecting Overview Management All device overviews which have already been created are shown in able P
21. Select All channels or Selected channels only figure below with the right mouse buton nel UR wwe _ Enetrenra z Bonus dem EOM bon D Due Ba memnun 8 Gie BEEE 7 EC Ed rema 0 window or toting ke ime ange opor D CIS ENS i L New dale 3 Set the desired time range beginning and end by clicking with the cursor on he beginning or end ofthe selection area and moving the selection area The date ofthe new time range is displayed immediately 4 Click on Save to save the settings hege 112 soci et Mort SMA AC Managing Dela and Sving Data Localy 11 6 3 Resetting Time Ranges This function is necessary if you also wish to read out data from the Sunny Boy Control which have already been queried Sunny Data Control keeps a record of he time ranges which have already been read out from the Sunny Boy Control and normally only queries new data You can reset Sunny Data Control time ranges as follows 1 Choose Extras Roset ime ranges A security question is shown e E ec 2 Confirm prompt with Yes in order to reset the ime ranges 11 6 4 Channel Recording Icons leon Meaning r chee analog channels status channels digital channels Urat Maro Managing Deka and Saving Data cal 11 6 5 Structure of the Excel Files The
22. device Device name Device ype Serial number Device ID Network address Managed devices how many devices are connected tothe device Protocol used Channel list status Field poston in he devi Communication status You can also adjust the following setings via the device information Device name Device ID Network address Accessing Device Information 1 Inthe plant ree click with the right mouse button on the device for whieh you would Ike to change the name or device ID 2 Select Device Information harene doeane The Device Information window opens oo st Maro SDCTENOGO62 Regs 171 Mond Fons 13 2 1 Setting the Device Name and Device ID You can assign every device Sunny Bey and Sunny Boy Control is own device name and a two digit device ID By default the device name used comprises the serial number and the device type e g WR38 006 SN 20001 15546 The device names and device IDs are included in the transferred measurement files Excel files IF you change the device name or device ID that time onwards they wil also change in all newly transferred measurement for his plant Changes to the device name and device ID are not automatically applied in Sunny Portal Adjust the device name in Sunny Portal to match the changes in Sunny Data Control if desired Refer to the Sunny Portal user manual which can be
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24. isto be displayed 7 You can change the sequence in which the background images are to be dis played Click on the background image which you wish to move and click on lg or Down Full Size 8 Ihe image is to be displayed in ful size over he entire area add a check mark beside Full size by clicking onthe check box Activating Deactivating Background Image Display 9 You can activate and deactivate the display of background images Add or re move check mark in the respective area s Activ check box in order lo activate or deactivate the background display 10 Click on Save save the stings You can activate the total overview via Spolvalues Activate Total Overview se Mara Additonal sciens SHA edo 13 9 Packet Monitor You can enable display ofthe data packets in the packet monitor 1 Sele tas Packet Monto ln foure to righ The Packet Monitor window opens as a separate window at the lower edge of the then rede in he background once you cick on Sunny Dato Conia inter soctenoosiz et Mort SMA ecce m 2 IF you click in the packet monitor window with the right mouse bution a menu opens see figure below Here you con make the following setings for the packet monitor Sor Here you can start or stop the packet monitor Add or remove the check mark be side Star IF the check mark is present the packet monitor queries the packets Clea
25. rem poe Deve dsteuion mode searchin ES V E Renta mcer uL oe 2 Select Misc 3 Beneath Device detection mode searching for you can select whether the scope of the search is to include data loggers communication devices wih inverters and or direcly connected inverters Add or remove check marks in he appropriate feld Click on Save to save the setings 5 Start he device detection process as described in section 8 4 Detecting Davie es page 53 ege 54 et Mamed SMA Tesh Sating Perse nse 9 Setting Parameters Installer Sunny Data Control makes it posible to sel parameters for inverters and for he Sunny Boy Control in order fo specify operating modes for individual devices The type and scope of he displayed parameters depend on security level f you are logged in tr en ina ou cn e mare parare The sei vl sta met m Extras Securly Level See section 13 10 Changing the Security Level Installer Password page 184 Type in the installer password there With the Sunny Data Control program your PV plants safety related inverter parameters can be changed Such parameters may only be changed after consulting your energy supply company The Parameters window hed tab at the bottom shows the parameter list of the curently selected device from the plant Some parameters serve merely as information regarding the Factory setings wh hers ore
26. s unit IF status channels are used a text can be allocated to each of a channels values The text is then displayed instead of the numerical value In principle the number of displayable channels is unlimited This number depends only onthe graphical dimensions of the components and the font used The following example incorporates such a component ao oa rameters described previously this component has addtional As well as the general lesribed below parameters which are BGColor Color This parameter defines the background color ofthis component Ifa background image is defined parameter his parameter is ignored lt PARAM name chart3 BGColor value This example sets the background color of he component chart3 to white ege 162 SCIEN et Mamed SMA AC Transfering Dolo to he nie Channels String This parameter specifies which channels are to be displayed in his component The channel names are listed and separated by commas Each nome must be identical to hat specified by the general parameter ChonnelX see section 6 5 2 lt PARAM name chart Channels value Betriebszeit Leistung Status gt ChanTextColor Color This parameter defines the text color wih which the individual channel texts are shown component The default value is HREP white Title String This parameter defines the tex which isto be displayed
27. the nomo My Plant is created The name can now be overwritten 3 Type in the desired name for the plant 4 Click on Save in order to save the new name or click on the white area of the window In this way you con create more plants er Mont SDCTENOGOH2 Page 43 nial Seinge SMA Techie AG Deleting Plants Ifyou delete plant the complete plant is deleted along with all setings and de fected devices The saved Excel fles are retained 1 Select Options Choose Plant or click on the Plant icon see figure tothe ng The on window opens 2 Select the plant which you with to delete by clicking on the name of the plant 3 The selected plantis immediately deleted along with all stings and detected de vices when you click on Delete In this way you can delete other plants SCIEN et Mond AG 8 2 Loading a Plant Ifyou have created more than one plant you must frst load plant which you wish 10 edit or display Itis only ever possible to display and edit one plant at a ime curent plani in Sunny Data Control window 1 Select Options Choose Plan or lick on the Plant icon see figure to he The PV Hanf window opens p 2 Select the plant which you wish to load by clicking on the name of the plant 3 Click on lt Load gt to load the selected plant st Maro SDCTENOGOHI2 brisal ang 8 3 Setting the Communication Connection Ac
28. this into Sonny Data Control s Images directory ie see figure above n Mara Pope 177 Mond Fons SMA ecl AG 13 7 Changing the Fonts of Device Fields You can change the fonts of device fields You can also assign each device field own font or change the font of a Particular device 1 In he device overview use the right mouse button to click on the Feld of he device for which you wish fo change the font The device overview menu opens 2 Select Change fon see figure to o right roc dies Yau can also call up the window in panees SS the following way select the de e vice for which you wish lo set he channels by clicking on the de vice field with the left mouse but atu ton in the device overview Select terrm the menu item Spowdues Change font 3 Select whether you wish to change the font of this de vice all device or all de vices of thie Hype Th window for adjusting the font opens 4 Set the font the font style and the font size de sired 5 Click on lt OK gt to save the sating The font has now been chonged seo exam mm ple tothe righ m Hae 178 SCIEN et Mort SMA ecce sonal eine 13 8 Background Images You set background images for the device overview online display and forthe toll overview possible to have diferent background images which allemal automatically
29. 1 Select Options Setings or click onthe Settings icon The Sante p 2 der Spar Bet Raps eee ra Re al ee aan one ose ate a e v oe 3 Click on lt Load Scale The Load Palette for Performance Display window opens an 4 EIL Ex Feste Firme uL X 4 Selecta color palette from the list and click on Open To leor how to create your cwn color pale se section 13 6 Creating Color Polome fot Device eld page 1771 window is displayed wih the selected color pole ee figure below ser Mara Displaying Data SMA ecl AG Changing the Text Color You con define which of the displayed text colors is fo be used until which threshold background color is reached Observe the les text Test adjustment color representation You can only use the text colors shown in test text 5 Poston the cursor over the dividing line above the color palette see figure be low The cursor changes into a cross 6 Hold down the right mouse button and move the dividing line to the right or to he lef according to he threshold background color up to which the displayed text color is to be used Changing the Border Color of the Currently Queried Device 7 Click on Chonge Color reme 5 tza et Mamed SMA AG DapiayegDaia The Colors window opens see figure to the r
30. 17561 RS4B5 to R5232 SMA order number 17520 or Mon SMA ecce AG Comecing he PC 1o a Communication Dorice User Maru SDCTENOSOKA2 Page 21 Connecting the PC e a Communication Device 5 2 Sunny Boy Control Plus 5 2 1 Connection via RS232 amp E 5232 95232 communication characteristic A maximum of one Sunny Boy Control Plus can be connected to a PC The PC must be equipped with an RS232 por I it is not please read section 5 1 Notes onthe Use of Level Converters page 20 The Sunny Boy Control Plus requires an 5232 PiggyBack at he PC COM 2 pot Alternatively the AUX COM 3 on the Sunny Boy Control Plus can be used ifthe portis equipped with an RS232 PiggyBack The maximum total cable length is 12 m Cabling Recommendations The connection between the Sunny Boy Control and the PC occurs by means of a commercially available null modem cable Use null modem cable provided he lah proves ifi use a commercially available null modem cable of the required length Jumper Functions at the Sunny Boy Control Plus Wih RS232 communication no jumper must be mounted on the Sunny Boy Control Plus at he PC COM 2 or Sunny Boy Control Pus atthe AUX COM por hege 22 et Mamed E Connecting he PC 1o o Communication Device Wiring Diagram Observe safety inirucions in the Sunny Boy Control Plus acento and in the
31. 50529 kWh T T Poc 94 6 90 Upy 18 77 N Upv Soll 77 dac 5771 mAUac771 ViFac 7 7 1 Hz Pac 771 WiRiso 77 1 kOhm lpv 77 Total B42 Wh h_Total 14035 4 ser Manas Transfering Doe to he erat The example file was updated on 200606 18 at 15 30 32 The plant comprises a total of 2 devices Device 1 Position 0 0 channel Pac as capacity utlization channel 95 1 present capacity utlization color palete used contains 90 colors This is followed by the device s displayed channel Tota with he value 50529 and unit KWh Device 2 Position 1 1 channel Pac capacity utilization channel 94 6 present capacity utlization 90 colors displayed All listed channels follow channel Upwis with value 771 and uni V The last channel is hTotal with the volue 14035 and the unit f Online Data XML Format XML The same measured values are saved in this file as in the plain text file described above The only difference is the format used Here the data are saved in XML format XML Extensible Markup Language is a data definition language standardized by the consortium W3C This enables among other things simple exchange of data over the Internet For this reason the online displays measured valves are also saved in his format You can acquire more detailed information regarding XML online at www w3c org The fle begins with the normal XML header followed by a brief comme tam version 0 encodin
32. 8 1 2 Changing Plant Names Creating Deleting Plants 8 2 Loading a Plant 8 3 Seling he Communication Connection 83 1 COMI COM255 8 3 2 Modem 8 3 3 Network 8 3 4 Sunny Beam USB 8 3 5 Setting the Transport Protocol 8 4 Detecting Devices 8 4 1 Narrowing the Scope of Device Detection 9 Setting Parameters Installer 10 Displaying Data 10 1 Creating a Device Ove 10 1 1 Displaying or Concealing Devices 10 1 2 Arranging Fields 62 10 1 3 Displaying or Concealing the Graticule 63 10 1 4 Setting Data Query Sequence 64 10 1 5 Maximizing Device Overview Online Display 64 10 2 Selecting Channels for Spot Value Queries 66 10 3 Setting the Performance Display oe 68 10 4 Setting the Communication Quality 70 Mei sc pe SMA Tes 10 5 10 6 Accessing Individual Device Information 10 7 Setting the Quick Information 10 8 Configuring the Total Overview 10 9 Overview Management 10 9 1 Renaming a Device Overview 109 2 Copying Device Overview 109 3 Saving a Device Overview 10 9 4 Deleling a Device Overview 10 9 5 Loading a Device Overview 10 10 Activating Deactivating Spot Value Querying 11 Managing Data and Saving Data Locally 11 1 Reading Out and Saving Data from Sunny Beam 11 2 Saving Data in Excel Format 11 3 Saving Data in CSV Format 11 3 1 Creating a New CSV Type
33. SMA fedele AG Managing Dela and Saring Data locally _ M RR Fons triremes Inthe the data storage of an inverter which is directly connected to PC only the line breaks for the operating system can be adjusted The fle name format is xed to YMMDDNN auc YYYY stands for year if YY is selected last two digits ofthe year are displayed e g 07 IF YYYY is selected the year is shown in hl eg 2007 stands for month 01 to 12 are displayed 00 stands for day 01 1o 31 are displayed INN sequential number 16 Inthe fold down menu l sytem 17 Click on Apply to save the e wrap choose the line wrap for your PC s operating Sting ser Manas SDCTENOGO642 Paga 105 Managing Daka and Saving Data cal 11 4 2 Saving and Viewing Data This chapter describes how to save onto the PC the dala from an inverter which is cll connected to the PC The data can only be saved if you have already set the data storage structure as described in chapler 11 4 1 Begin Continuous Data Recording 1 Select Data Racording Startor click on the icon Data Recording On the lower edge of he screen you can see how long the data re 8 cording runs While data recording takes place all m ion of Data and Data Recording Th lop symbol illustration below 2 Ifyou want he data recording stop click on he Slop symbol or choos Recording Stop
34. Selected types of devices for total overview see figure above click lt Change gt in order to sel he device types for compilation ofthe total overview fso et Mord SMA Ted AG The Device Type Selection window opens a taal ae pouce Ex um a EM m E People Copy dinnek from he lethond feld into he righthand fld Coy all channels from he lelihand field into he righthand feld Delete selected channels the righthand field Delete all channels from tho righthand field To select several channels hold down the key on your keyboard and click on the channels with the mouse 4 Select the desired device typos and use the arrow butions to copy the device typetinta the Selected device types field You can also drag and drop the device types into the fields 5 When finished click on Ok to save your setings sa Maro Page Bt Deploying Data SMA Techie Configuring the Total Overview Display Example 1 Select he values which are to be displayed To do click on the check box alongside the desired value e g Show total power Show daily yield and add or remove the check mark 2 Configure he dis be adjusted TextHere you can in a text for he display e g Pac for the total output and Etotal for he total yield UnitHere you con choose
35. Timeouts Normally you will not need to adjust the timeout setings which apply to the communication with devices Only change the settings if you fully understand the consequences It may be necessary to adjust channel querying for a Sunny Central Control 13 12 1 Settings at the Sunny Central Control 1 Seleci Oplons Setinge or click on the Stings icon The Stings Window opens p 2 Select Timing Choose the following setings for the Sunny Central Control Archive data acquisition Channel query 200 s Archive data acquisiion Storage Time Refresh 200 s Device detection First detection 10 s Device detection Furher detection 10 s Click on Save to save the setings Restoring Factory Settings To restore he factory timeout tings click on Reset all gt ege 184 SCIEN et Mort SMA e 14 Troubleshooting connections may only be performed by qualified electricians Please falow cll sofey instructions contained ia He inverter 14 1 Errors Upon Use of Sunny Data Control No Error description Cause T On the Channel recording page Spot valve querying is not active Activate lhe start and end of the recording spot value querying os described in ore not visible section 10 10 Activating Deactvating Spot Value Querying page 91 2 Sunny Data Control indicates Anather sofware program is using Access denied in
36. adjustable IF you select an adjustable parameter you can change the present channel value in he Channel value field Brief Overview Selected device and Channel dendi si channel volue value c ove oleke ol promoter seings ees ofthe uomen fa device er se Manas Sating Parameters star SMA ecciesie AG 1 Click on the Parameters tab at the lower edge of he screen see figure below Parameters fab 2 Inthe plant rae soo figure above click on the device for which you wish to adjust parameters 3 In the Parameters list cick on the channel which you wish to adjust Pope 56 et Mond Seting Parameter nse Inthe upper righthand corner ofthe screen you con check your selection by means of the displayed data see igure below Displays the name oF the Displays the name of the Afeldis only displayed here ifthe channel is adjustable Here depending on he channel you con either enter a value yoursel or set channel valve by selecting one From he dropdown list 4 Sot he desired value in the Channel valuo feld 5 You can now apply this channel value by means of the buttons in the lower right hand comer of he screen 7 lt Ser gt Apply value only to the selected device Set all device Apply all devices of the same lt Refrash gt Permanently save the parameter settings in he device yo
37. an inverter direcly to the PC This connection is only permissible for the purpose of servicing and may not be operated on a longterm basis Hello sOCTENoBOSA2 et Mamed d Sonny Dolo Coni PC Connection Possibilities The following figure provides an overview ofthe connection possibilities from inverter to PC wih Sunny Data Control You can obtain further information at www SMA de and in section 4 Connecting the PC to an Inverter page 17 E It is only ever possible to have one type of connection between inverters and to the communication device Wih an S232 and USB connection only ona inverter can be connected to ane communication device one inverter to one PC st Maro SDCTENOGOH2 Page 13 Suny Conta 2 4 Functions Supported Communication devices Sunny Boy Control Plus light starting with software version 2 0 Sunny Central Control starting with sofware version 2 0 Sunny Beam Supported inverters for direct connection to the PC Sunny Data Control sofware version 3 81 and above Sunny Boys Sunny Mini Centrals Windy Boy Possibility to connect one inverter directly to the PC via USB service cable Functions Continuous system monitoring and acquistion of measurement data by means of accessing your Sunny Boy Control Direct gathering of measurement data fom an inverter through its direct connection to the PC Remote monito
38. applies separated by a period BGColor Color This parameter defines the background color of this component BGPicture String possible image formats are JPEG and GIF I his parameter is declared it causes the BGColor parameter to become ineffective lt PARAM name7chartl BGPicure value BackGround jpg This example causes the component chari to display the image BackGround jpg in the background The image size is automatically adapted to the size ofthe component Draw3DFrame Bool By default every component is surrounded by 3D frame With this parameter the frame can be deactivated With a value of O the frame is no longer displayed around the component 3D frame oft lt PARAM name chartl Draw3DFrame value 0 gt This example deactivates component char ser Manas TENOR p Transfering Date to he are FontName String The font to be used inthe component is set wiih the aid of this parameter The possible font names depend on the Internet browsers used Java machines Some of the possible font names are lelvetica TimesRoman Courier Dialog Please note that the font names are casesensiive FontSize Integer This parameter defines he size of he font used The default setting is 12 Width Height Integer Each component in the applet has ts own height Y and width X The components are arranged in rows from lef lo right on he basis of hese two dimensions I
39. as a tile above the chart this parameter is not declared no tile is displayed lt PARAM name chart3 Tile value Aktuelle Werte gt TitleColor Color The color ofthe tile is defined with this while ValueColor Color This parameter defines the text color with which the channel s values default seting is OO yellow plionol parameter The default soting is E displayed The Un Maro DCTENOSO 42 Pope 163 Transfering Date to he ame 12 8 6 Overview of Parameters General Applet Parameters Parameters Description Type Defauir valve scoor background color of the area Color Wer which is not concealed by a white component Chance channel X whichis tobe displayed Sing see above in component X is in he range te 0 Name replaces visible channel name Sring see above of the Xh channel wih a defined Channel STe defines a channels stats fens Sring es above ChannelX Unt replaces the channel unit wih Sting see above another text language lhe language used by the apple Sting Ter this parameter only devico feld display lisyswHSpace horizontal and vertical space integer 4 lcyoutvSpace between the individual components given in pixels SererAloe saver computer wih Sunny Data Bring es above Conto to which a conection is be established from which plant information is to be displayed ever p
40. as which ara 1o be displayed in a CSV No more than 16000 lines con be win Column Header Type Salc the desired column header type possible wih he User deed template et Mamed ege 100 Managing Data ond Saring Doe Locally 11 3 2 Structure of the Standard CSV Format Every CSV file contains a fixed fle heat r and o data block into which the omprites 8 rows and has the following Row T Version CSVIITool SDCiUinsbreoks CR LF Delimiter emicolon Decimalpoint commalPrecision 3 Language eniPlont Plant CSV 1 User zdwaSMA do Row 2 empty Row 3 device name device name device name device name 0 a a Row 4 Device type Device type Device type Device type Row 5 serial number serial number serial number serial number Row channel channel name channel channel name namel a lnamet 2 Row 7 channel type channel type channel type channel type Row 8 ime Channel unit Channel unit Channel unit Channel unir stamp format Row 9 Date channel value channel valve channel value channel value Row Date channel value channel valve channel value channel value All attributes of the CSV format appear in row 1 separated by pipe symbols 0442 Page 101 Managing Daka and Saving Data cal 11 4 Direct Data Acquisition from an Inverter This chapter describes how to acquire and save data from an inverter connacted directly
41. between the units W KW and MW in the dropdown lst Here you can set he number of decimal places wih which the value displayed no decimal places three decimal places FadorHere you can enter a factor by which the calculated volue is to be moliplied Here you con enter a corrective value which is to be added to the calculated value lay ofthe total overview as desired The following setings can are to be 3 When finished click on Ole to save the setings SCIEN et Mort SMA edo AG DapiayegDaia Activate Total Overview 4 Select Spolvolues Activate Total Overview Alternatively click with the right mouse button in the device overview area and select Spotvalues Activate Total Overview Deactivating the Total Overview If you wish to deactivate the total overview simply close the total overview window Display of Change in Measured Value via Arrow Indicator A small icon wilh arrow is situated in he upper lefthand comer of the total overview This arrow reflects the trend of the present output Pac since the last data update B rmn re nm lg rrr noe Te mace vu as decreased nc k oe H Ure Mero SDCTENOG0H2 Deploying Data SMA Tcl A 10 9 Overview Management You can create and save several device overviews for each plant The configuration data e g devices channel selections the size and arrangement of the overview window
42. bkW lt Uni gt lt Channel gt lt Channel gt lt Nome gt ETotal lt Name gt lt Valve gt 2345 lt Value gt lt Uni gt kWh lt Unit gt lt Channel gt lt Channels gt lt Device gt lt Devices gt lt OnlineData gt User Maru Transfering Data tothe nese 9 renders Dis to he are 12 6 Internet Server SDC Agent 12 6 1 Overview Sunny Data Control s Internet server function enables you to display any of a PV plans measured values direcly online in an interactive HTML page In thie context application operates as a server For the display of measured values in HTML page Java applets are used in a client server environment knowledge of HTML IP addresses and Java applets you do not feel absolutely Seting up a web page with your plant s present operating data requires some confident in this feld consult a specialist Fundamental Communication Structure Web client Jove applet Internet Location x Y Web server Y B pe with Sumy E Dat Coma eb server computer When the HTML page is accessed the Java applet is downloaded from the web server and launched inthe browser It independently establishes a connection to the server Usa Mamat ege 140 sooren SMA Techn Transfering Data tothe nent The tool SDC agen serves as a communication intermediary between the Java applets and Sunny Data Control
43. bols listed below and the file sufix es 00 stands for day 01 to 31 are displayed MM stands for month 01 to 12 are displayed YYYY stands for year if YY is selected last two digits ofthe year are displayed e g 07 IF YYYY is selected the year is shown in fll e g 2007 NN sequential number bh stands for hour stands for minute stands for second These input symbols must be between braces so that input symbols are translated into their respective meanings e g year and hus the curent year will appear at this position in he le nome e g YY 07 and 2007 The following additional input symbols are also permissible for underscore period hyphen ser Manas SDCTENOGOHE2 Managing Deka and Saving Data Local Further Settings 14 IF you have selected the template type Ur er defined or SMA standard format you make the further additional setings for the CSV fles The line break format can be set for all template types line breaks Select the line break format for your PC s operating sysem CRIF Maina m 009 0x00 Windowe lF 0x02 i ae Cie Quod c Une Ten ete ype ted 7 1 Cal DelirSeac be died cell Enlarged cation delimiter symbol tab tabulater oF space Mexindl Ines Enir the dadred maxinum number of in
44. chive channels is displayed Channel query Channel recording Select the channels Select channels to 1o save at he PC save atthe Sunny Boy Control Example excerpt from the Archiv channels list 3 Click in the channel recording column beneath the icon shown in the ig ure to the righi in he check box beside the respective channel and add or remove a cross cross is added the channel is recorded in he Sun Boy Control IF a cross is added or removed the button Set appears beside check box figure below 4 Click on one ofthe Set buttons to apply the new settings and to transfer them 1o he Sunny Boy Conta The frit chennad valet of anny recoded cham re exces er the o Sonny Boy Cont recording eral os pared This zal TS et Mond feios SCIEN Managing Dela and Saring Data Locally 11 6 Reading Out Data Saved on the Sunny Boy Control The Sunny Boy Control records all channels which you have selected for channel recording se secion 10 2 Selecting Channel for Spot Value Queries page 66 By the Sunny Boy Conirol records the channels Pac Etta and Up from the deleced inverters First you must mark he channels which you wish to read out the Sunny Boy Control hen save hen as described below Upon the first readout Sunny Data Control saves all oF the data recorded at he Sunny Boy Control Le complete time range Afterwards only new data ar
45. clared he value i calculated according fo the following formula MaxValue largest previous volue of a channel 2 3 Ifa channels maximum value is exceeded during display the scale of he Y axis is dynamically adapted maximum valve lt PARAM name chartl_MaxValue value 3000 gt This example sets the scole of the maximum value on the Y axis to 3000 e g for output in W Urat Manas emer Data to he erat Tile String This parameter defines the text which isto be displayed as tile above the chart this parameter is not declared no tile is displayed lt PARAM name chart Te value TitleColor Color The parameter TileColor defines the color in which the tile is displayed This parameter is of ype color The default value is white PFA VallineColor Color This seting defines the color of the axis partitioning in the chart The partitioning is drawn horizontally over the chart for each of he charts scales ax By default his optional parameter is st to color 595959 lt PARAM name chartl VallineCalor valu Meine PV Anlage gt 000000 gt This example sets the color ofthe axis partitioning in chart chart to black ege 160 soeren et Mamed AG Transfering Dolo to he erme 12 8 4 Device Field Display The component ViewerGrid implements Sunny Data Controls online display in he Java applet With this component individual devic
46. communication devices Sunny Beam without inverters Sunny Boy Control with he verter fo which iis connected ond an inverter connected to the IF necessary you con narrow the scope cf detecion cs described in section 8 4 1 Narrowing the Scope of Device Detection 54 1 IF you have created more than plant load the plant for which you wish to de tect devices Click on the Plant icon and load the desired plant 2 Select Options Detect Device or cick on the Search icon The win dow Searching for Plant Devices opens 3 Inthe field How many devices should be searched enter the number of devices for which you wish fo search 4 Click on Ok The detection process starts The devices are searched for Wait unl the search is finished The window see figure below closes when the search is complete If you wish to cance the search cick on Cancel p The detected devices are shown in the plant ree see ERATE figure o the right Tb mem Se ue De icr issu Un Maro bil Seinge 8 4 1 Narrowing the Scope of Device Detection The scope of device detection con be limited to the communication devices and the inverters connected io hem orto an inverter connected direc PC 1 Select Options Setings dick on Seting icon se iure tothe righi The Setings window opens pr
47. cording o your selected type of connection to the PC you must set the corresponding connection in Sunny Data Control The communication connection setting always refers to the current plant and can be set differently for each plant Yo Sunny Dea Cacia you const contusions ted below which ara described inthe sachons which fellow COMI 2 3 et here your PC s COM pots relisted COMI COM2 tc Se0 section 8 3 1 COMI COM255 page 48 IMedeny hero the type name ofthe modem installed at your PC is displayed See section 8 3 2 Modem page 48 NetworkSee secon 8 3 3 Network page 48 Sunny Beam USB See section 8 3 4 Sunny Beam US8 page 51 8 3 1 COMI COM255 1 Select Options or click on the Setinge icon The ings window opens 2 Select Communication et Mond 3 In he drop down lt Connection by select he COM port via which the Sunny Boy Control is connected to your PC The COM ports are labeled on your PC 1 2 3 4 Chik on lt Setings gt 5 The connection setings window opens In rrr the popup menu Type of medium choos medium via wbich he Sunny Boy Control is connected to your PCs COM The following medium types can be selected 5222 RSABS If you select 5485 you must first deactivate the serial pors FIFO buffer as described in your operating system s user manual S485 ouo Powerline SWRCOM Bau
48. curity Level to Installer 1 Select Extras Securiy Level The window for changing the security level opens 2 Type in he installer or user password Gamera message is displayed indicating hat the respective securi level has been set see ex ample to he righi 3 Click on lt O If you with to leave the security level installer close Sunny Data Control and relaunch the program SCIEN et Mort SMA edo AG bdr eine 13 11 Locking the Device Overview Online Display You can lock he device overview in order to protect he display from unauthorized acces This bars the folowing acions in the device overview 5 Moving adding or deleting device fields Changing he devices channel setings for he device overview P Unlocked 8 locked Device overview 1 Select Spotvalves Online locked or click on the padlock see figure above 2 Confirm the prompt by clicking on lt Ok gt m The window for changing security level opens 3 Type in installer or user password provided wih your Sunny Boy Com trol and click on Ok jenem message is displayed indicating a thatthe respecive security level has been set see ex ample to right mm 4 Clik on lt 0 If you with to leave the security level installer close Sunny Data Control and relaunch the program ser Manas SDCTENOGOH2 Page 185 Adena Funcions 13 12
49. dem with CAPI driver GSM modem NET Piggy Back with ISDN ISDN modem modem NET PiggyBack wih Ehemet network cord The following sections describe the various options for connection of the communication devices provide recommendations for cabling and include wiring diagrams Information on the Sunny Central Control and beyond must be adopted to exceed fime limits See Chapter 13 12 1 Set For a Sunny Central Control certain settings in Sunny Data Control versions 3 5 tinge at he Sunny Central Control page 186 The Sunny Central Control is a variant of he Sunny Boy Control which is directly built into the Sunny Central Throughout this manual only the Sunny Boy Control is mentioned All sections which apply to the Sunny Boy Control also apply to the Sunny Central Control se Maro Page 19 Connecting the PC e a Cammunizaton Device 5 1 Notes on the Use of Level Converters Level inverters are devices which convert data from one signal type to another for instance RS485 to USB Wih the aid of those level converters a Sunny Boy Control Plus or Sunny Boy Control light con be connected lo PC which does not have he appropriate interface A o SMA provides the following level converters These level converters have been tested and function wih the Sunny Boy Control Plus and the Sunny Boy Control Light RS232 RS485 to USB SMA order number
50. downloaded from Sunny Portal to learn how to change the device name in Sunny Portal 1 In the plant tree click with the right mouse button on the device for which you would lke to change the name or device ID 2 Select Device Information Uii n The Device Information window opens 3 Click on Change beside the nome or device ID in order to change tings The window for changing the respective seting opens 4 Change the setting as desired He 172 SCIEN Usa Mond SMA edo AG m 5 Afterwards dick on lt OK gt fo save the setings Example Sunny Data Control updates the Excel lists wih the measurement sont riss data Afterwards the window Device Information is displayed wih the new setings 6 Click on lt ol gt Urar Manas SDCTENOGOH2 Rage 173 SMA Toce The changes have been applied inthe plant ree andin the Excel ses example below B Siam E e DIT Vp TET E i m HERE 1 E E ia epee o Example with changed device name The name of the directory with isl the Excl Ales is not changed you change the name ofa Sunny ES ESE Boy Conr The dredoy E rein he denter SBC Fse number SBC1 19020033 O i n Foyer huge 174 SDCTENOLOSA2 et Mamed SMA Tdi AG
51. drate 6 In he Bits per second drop down lis select he Baudrate Fan inverter is connected to the PC direc select 1200 bits per second Ifa Sunny Control is connected to the PC via 5232 ond the length of cable is under 15 m select 19 200 bits por second 7 Click on Ol to apply he setings Transport Protocol 8 In he Using transport protocol dropdown list select the appropriate transport protocol for connected device os described in section 8 3 5 Seting he Transport Protocol page 52 9 Click on Ok in fhe Setings window in order to save the settings Urat Maro SDCTENOGOH2 aged nial Seinge 8 3 2 Modem 1 Select Options Setinge or click on the Settings icon s the right The Setings window opens 2 Select Communication 3 In the dropdown list Connection by se 4 Click on lt Setings gt 5 6 ct Modem Enter the telephone number In the Using transport protocol drop down list select the appropriate transport protocol for the connected device as described in section 8 3 5 Setting the Transport Protocol page 52 7 To save the setings click on lt Ok gt 8 3 3 Network 1 Select Options Settings or click on the Settings icon see figure to EM gg 2 Select COMMU NICATION 3 Inthe dropdown list Connection by se lect Network 4 Click on lt Setings gt Pope 48 sooren et Mord The networ
52. dual channels as follows channel gt green 2nd channel gt blue 3rd channel gt black 4th channel gt red lt PARAM name chartl ChartColorl value 00H00 gt sooren et Mamed SMA AG Transfering Data tothe innet ChartStyle String This parameter defines the components siyle I is possible to specify whether the area beneath the line is to be filed in or whether just he line itself Line isto be displayed in the chart This parameter is case sensitivo This parameter is optional If his Parameter is not declared just line is displayed inthe charts lt PARAM name chartl Charttyle value Fil gt e LegendBGColor Color This parameter is used to set background color ofthe entire le is not declared he legend is displayed as transparent LegendTextColor Color This parameter deines he text color used to display the channel text and units in he legend This parameter is optional The defoul seting is MF white LegendVis Bool This parameter specifies whether he charts legend is to b soting for Mis optional parameter is 1 s displayed F set 10 longer be displayed jend If thie parameter The following example deactivates the legend in component char lt PARAM name chortl lagendVisvalue O gt e MaxValue Integer With this parameter an initial volue can be set as the largest value to be displayed on the Y If this parameter is not de
53. e components XR Cult swe above channel X is between 1 and 4 Tegend8GColor background color of he legend Color legendTexColor color ofthe legend s ox Color legend boues whether th legend ie to bool be displayed ile ile ofthe component Ez nieCclor color of Color whit Ad itional Parameters of Numerical Components Parameters Description Type Defui valve Channel arp ha names oF Suing wwe above jr be displayed in this component GhenfextColor Just color ofthe channel names Bring sm channel units white i color ofthe channel ves Color D Ur Mon SMA Techn Transfering Data to ha nen 12 8 7 Example of an HTML Page lt html gt te PV SclorAnloge bei SMA lt tle gt lt head gt lt body gt Solar Power Plant on Building 1 at SMA lt b gt spon class basecms placeholder id TextAccountPlaceholderContal gt lt p lt opplet CODE de sma SunnyViewerSunnyApplet class ARCHIVE SunnyViewer fa CODEBASE WIDTH 720 HEIGHT 520 ALIGN center gt 4 General Parameters gt lt PARAM nome ServerPrt value 18500 gt lt PARAM nome ServerAlias value MyServerAlias gt lt PARAM nome DisplayEsrMsg valve 0 gt lt PARAM nome Channell value tnergie lt PARAM nome Channel2 valve Leisung gt lt PARAM name Chamnel3 valve Stotus gt lt PARAM name Channel3 SText value Stop Warten Betrieb Stoerung F
54. e is already used in Sunny Portal you will receive error message by email You will then need to use a different as your PV plant identifier ege 130 soeren et Mamed Transfering Dolo to ha temet Leer 11 You can specify when he Sunny Portal email is to be sent Afer automatic data download For this option automatic readout must be configured See section 11 7 Configuring the Automatic Readout page 116 afer manual data download The Sunny Portal email is sent whenever you read out the Sunny Boy Controls data sors See secon 11 6 Reading Out Data Saved on the Sunny Boy Contra 109 Alternatively dato is sent when you click on the mand Estras Send Sunny Mail Select he desired action by adding a check mark to the appropriate check box 12 Ifthe Internet connection is to be established automaticaly add check mark be side Make automatic internet connection needed Sending a Test EMail 13 You can test your stings by clicking on Send test mail gt If your setings ore cor rect you receive a email from Sunny Portal at email address which you have specified In the event hat you have not yet registered at Sunny Portal under the specified e mail address email is automatcal sued by Sunny advising you of need to register at Sunny Portal to enable your plant data to be sel up Ifyou have already registered at Sunny Portal under the s
55. e read out and saved How to rese the fime ranges or 1o read out the entire fime range is described in sections 11 6 3 Reseting Time Ranges page 113 and 12 2 Reading Out he Complete Time Range page 128 1 Click on the Channel recording tab at he lower edge of the screen tee figure below m Plant ree Channel recording tab 2 In the plant tree see figure above click on the device for which you wish to mark channels to be saved Urat Manas SDCTENOG062 Paga 109 Managing Deka and Saving Data cal A list of the device s archive channels is displayed Channel query Channel recording Select the channels Select he channels to 1o save at the PC save at the Sunny Boy Control 17 IE MUT ETE 7m E prem MD t D 7 aoe t cS Example excerpt from the Archiv channels list 3 Click in the channel downloading column beneath the icon shown inthe fiore o igh m tha check bo beside especie chanel ond add Ir or remove a check mark IF a check mark is added the channel is marked to be saved Ar MPH E to the righi The submenu opens 6 Ifyou wish to save all marked channels ts click on Download all marked archiv ce se tm channels L IF you wish to save all energy channels click on Download all energy valves The data transfer begins see example below This proc
56. ehler Efassung gt lt PARAM name BGColor valve FFFFFF gt lt PARAM name layoutHiSpace valve 0 gt lt PARAM name layouiVSpace value 0 gt lt I Parameters of the Ird Component gt lt PARAM name Component value de sma SunnyViewer ViewerDiagram gt lt PARAM name Namel value chartl gt lt PARAM namechartl Tile value Output Values gt lt PARAM name chartl FontName value Arial gt lt PARAM name chattl FontSize value 12 gt lt PARAM name chart Channele value Leistung gt lt PARAM name chartl legendVi value 1 gt User Maru 080642 Page 167 Transfering Doe to erat lt PARAM name chatl 8GColor value 393939 gt lt PARAM name chatlAisLabelColor value i gt lt PARAM name char lt PARAM name chatl ChariColor valve f0000 gt lt PARAM name chatl ChariClor2valve HOOOOR gt lt PARAM name char Width value 350 gt lt PARAM nome chatl Height value 200 gt lt PARAM nome chatl CharSiyle value 4 Parameter ofthe 2rd Component gt lt PARAM name Componani2 value desma SunnyViewer VewerDigit gt lt PARAM name Nome volue num2 gt lt PARAM nome num Tile vole Curet Plant Voles gt lt PARAM nome num2 lt PARAM name num2 ForiName valve Aral gt lt PARAM nome num2 FontSize volve 20 gt lt PARAM name nur2 Channels volve Leishng Energie Sau lt PARAM nome num2 BGColor valve OOBOFF gt lt PARAM nome num2 ValueColorvalue ff00 gt lt PARAM nome n
57. elected device overview hege 0 SOCTEN et Mamed SMA Teo AG DileyogDain 10 10 Activating Deactivating Spot Value Querying You can activate and deactivate the querying of spat values if at least one device is displayed in the device overview 1 Select Spowoes spissa Spotvalue Request and Biama tuone E click on Activate or Deac n vale iar You can also call up the Sued window im the following way click on the device overview wilh the right mouse buton The device overview menu opens Se lect Request and click on Activate Deactivate If spot value querying is active he icon and border ofthe currently queried device vill ash see figure below leon queried device Example currently queried device During spot value querying he text shown below is displayed in the bar at the lower edge of he screen see figure below EEE se Manas Managing Daka and Saving Dola Local SMA coc AG 11 Managing Data and Saving Data Locally Wih Sunny Data Control plant data can be saved in Excel format and in CSV format The following sections describe he storage oF data in Excel format and in CSV format If an Inverter is connected o he PC he data con only be saved as CSV data SUO Format Sunny Online See section 11 4 Direct Data Acquistion from an inverter page 102 11 1 Reading Out and Savi
58. electing plants via the menu item Options Choose Plan or via the Plan icon see figure below By defaul a plant with the nome My Plant is always created automatically 07 during installation Currently selected plant All plants already created Create copy of the selected plant Create new plant Rename selected plant Delete selected plant st Maro SDCTENOGOH2 Page 41 Initial eg 8 1 2 Changing Plant Names Creating Deleting Plants Changing the Plant Name By default a plant with the name My Plan is always created automatically by Sunny Data Control during installation You con change the plant name which is displayed in Sunny Date Control create additional plants delete plants 1 Select Options Choose Plan or cick on the Plan icon see figure to the ight The PV Hanf window opens All plants already created 2 Inthe Available Plants field click on My Plant so that i is highlighted 3 Click on Rename The name of he selected plant can now be written over 4 Type in the desired nome forthe plant 5 Click on Save in order to save the new name or click on the white area of the window Heil SCIEN et Mamed SMA Tachaciogie AG Creating Plants 1 Select Options Choose Plani or cick on the Plan icon see figure Ae igh tho PA window pene I4 2 Click on Now to create new plant A new plant wilh
59. ephone network itis only ever possible to connect one Sunny Boy Control Pus wih the The PC must be equipped with a modem analog ISDN with CAPI driver cr GSM The Sunny Boy Control Plus requires an analog modem version of the NET PiggyBack eo Compatibiliy with all PC modems available on the market cannot be guaranteed Connection 1 Connect the PC to telephone network as described in the madem s user man val 2 Connect the Sunny Boy Control Plus to the telephone network as described in the NET Figgy Back user manual 3 Use the sofware provided with the PC operating system lo establish the connection between the two devices DI p Connecting he PC 1o o Communication Device 5 2 4 Connection via the ISDN NET Piggy Back Gao ISDN Modem Communication Characteristics As the connection to he Sunny Boy Control Plus is established via the telephone network it is only ever possible to connect one Sunny Boy Control Plus withthe The PC must be equipped with an ISDN modem The Sunny Boy Control Plus requires an ISDN version ofthe NET PiggyBack Compatibility with all PC modems available on the market cannot be guaranteed Connection 1 Connect he PC to telephone network as described in the modem s user man val 2 Connect the Sunny Boy Control Plus to the the NET Figgy Backs user manual 3 Use the sofware provided with the PC operating system to establis
60. es are displayed in color in o chessboardiike field In each of these fields he device s measuring channels are also displayed The corresponding component type is de smo SunnyViewer ViewerGrid M qiti parol a arrangement of the individual devica fields he channel text setings and the color setings are linked to Sunny Data Control s onne display Tho applet also provides an enlargement function which increases if mouse button decreases right mouse buton the size of a device feld With this function it le possible achieve a beter view ofthe channel texts in each device feld as depending Sn he available space might not be possible 1o display them in fl The general applet parameter language specifies he language of he measuring channels displayed inthe component Apart the general applet parameters ge section 12 8 1 General Applet Parameters page 150 this component does not support oiher properties Urar Manas Paga 161 eder Data to he erat SMA Tcl AG 12 8 5 Numerical Display With the ViewerDigital component it is possible to display a channels present valve numerically Actuel plant valies Each row represents a channel The channel name is shown in the first column Column 2 displays he most recent value the channel as a numerical value or as a channel text depending on the channel shown Column 3 displays the channel
61. ess can take several minutes depending on the data volume eee soeren et Mord Managing Dela and Saring Data Local 11 6 1 Storage Time Refresh Sunny Data Control displays the time ranges of newly recorded values from the communication device which have not yet been read out ee figure below In Sunny Data Control the time ranges update only when the program is started up IF you have kept Sunny Data Control open for a longer period of ime and wish to read newly recorded data you must frst update the time ranges 1 Select Options Storage Time Refresh The time ranges update 2 Read out data Start and end ofthe recording of new values in the Sunny Boy Control since the lost ime Sunny Data Control was started up This time range is read out a joes 1 E 1 1 1 1 Bem agx 7 onom exon i You can also set the time ranges which you wish to read out as described in the next section 11 6 2 Seting Time Ranges page 112 Urat Manas gel Managing Deka and Saving Data cal 11 6 2 Setting Time Ranges Wih Sunny Data you con set Ihe readout ime ranges of all channels or of individual channels 1 Ifyou wish to set the ime range For individual channels hold down he Ci key and mark desired channels 1 Click on the Archiv channels page s and select Select channel time range 2
62. essible in the navigation area via Options Device Detection SaveThis button con only be selected if the archive channels are currently displayed in the display area You can call up the archive channels in the display area via the Channel recording tab Show SefingsAlso accessible in the navigation area vie Options Settings or Mon Sanny Dale 7 2 Plant tree Ire plot rea carey laced port ss I daplayed dong vif i devices whch ou havo acd wih Sumy Doa Cond Vi th pn ree mero you ca col leye GA the selected device remove the selected meian n don cd dica to decas o epoca 0 Some of the actions which you con select in the plant tree menu apply to the currently aed device whe oiher acions apply o You con call up the plant menu for the respective device by clicking on the name of the device wih he right mouse button or by clicking on the icon pictured here to right see also figure above If you call up the plant tee menu via the icon you must first highlight the respec device by clicking on he device s name Expanding and Collapsing the Plant Tree You can expand and collapse the plant tree by clicking on the nodes symbols Ths function is a practical way maintain an overview f you hove plani wih many E m Collapsed plant Expanded plant tree n Manas SDCTENOGOH62 Sony Doe Conta Ue
63. etting The window for setting the font opens Fere seran ea l ENTE 7 By default he data are saved in a userspecific directory C Dacuments ond Setings Name of User Application Data SMA Sunny Data Contro Plants Plant name IF you wish to select a different directory click on the folder icon and select the desired directory 8 Click on lt Selact columns gt The Select columns window opens 9 Inthe menu Description choose he dol format in which the dale 10 Click on lt New gt You can insert a new column above a highlighted column with Insert With Delete you can delete the highlighted column Wilh New you can add new column beneath the other columns ser Manas SDCTENOGO442 Page 103 Managing Deka and Saving Dala Local SMA Technic AG n 12 4 15 on lt gt The Channel window opens You con add individual channels or all oF a node s channels together via drag ond drop You can also click channel and odd i via the arrow buton see figere below Ifyou are logge in as an installer you can set more parameters Afterwards click on Apply to save the settings The Select columns window is displayed once more You can add additional columns in the same manner Then dick on Apply The window for seting the dota storage opens Click on Detail soCTENOBOSA2 et Mord
64. f Java applets which SDC agent can reach is stipulated here The value should be adapted to the available processor speed The default setting is 50 clients Urat Manas Page 147 Dat to he erat SMA Tachaslogie AG 9 You can stipulate whether requests and errors are to be logged For this purpose place a check mark in the respective field 10 Click on Apply changer to save the settings 11 A massage is briefly displayed indicating that the new parameters have been set soo figure below The main page for configuration of he SDC agent is then dis played again automatically You can now close the browser The settings have been applied The mew parameters were set E age 144 SDCTENOLOSA2 et Mamed Transfering Data tothe internet 12 8 The Java Applet The Java applet is responsible for the actual graphic presentation of he plant on the web pager Applets run on the web Internet Le the Internet surfer computers An HTML page can contain one or more applets desired However the number per page should be kept as low as possible as each applet establishes its own TCP connection to the web server or to the SDC agent There are several different display types for the PV plant measured values In order to keep the number of required TCP connections as low as possible one applet can show several display types simultaneously The confi
65. f here is no longer sufficient space on right in the applet he component is positioned in he next Applet Width describes the horizontal dimensions and height describes the vertical dimensions of a component inthe applet The value is given in pixels 8 This example defines the size of the component chart 100 x 50 pixels ege 154 SOCTEN et Mamed SMA edo AG Transfering Dolo to he nee 12 8 3 Chart Display With the cid of this component channel values aro displayed as a chart Here he valves of he channel are applied fo Cartesian coordinate system points ond Interconnected by a line an option the area beneath the line can be filed in Any text can be displayed he tile centered within the display This is also optional The displays legend serves to label the individual channel curves This indicates the name the unit in brackets and the color of each respective channel The labeling of X and Y axes is generated automatically The maximum valve for the Y axis is based on the largest value of one of he displayed channels and is aways displayed with one decimal place The X axis represents time In order to show chat display components do smo SunnyViowor ViewerDiagram must be entered in parameter Component lt PARAM name Component volue de ima SunnyViewer ViewerDiagram gt e The other parameters of this component type are listed below AxisColo
66. g ISO 8859 1 t 4 Sunny Data Control Online Display Data Fil Directly afterwards the root element ofthe document lt OnlineData gt begins lt OnlineData gt lt Date gt 200210 02 lt Date gt lt Time gt 15 01 31 lt Time gt lt OnlineData gt Within the root element are the elements lt date gt and lt time gt which indicate the date and time when the file was created hege 136 SOCTEN p Transfering Dot nene This is followed by the lt devices gt element in which all devices in Sunny Dato Control s online display are now saved Each device is described by a lt device gt clement entry lt devices gt device lt device gt lt device gt lt device gt lt devices gt Within such a lt device gt element information regarding the device Sunny Boy or Sunny Boy Control is recorded Device Name SBCHdtgf SN 114413059 lt Name gt lt SerN gt 11 4413059 SerNe gt lt PosiionX gt 0 lt Posiionk gt lt PosiionY gt 0 lt PosiionY gt lt PorformChanName gt Pac lt PerformChanName gt lt Perform gt 72 lt Perform gt lt CalorCount gt 0 lt ColorCount gt lt Chonnels gt lt Channale gt lt Device gt from this he following setings are be derived Device name SN 114413059 Serial number 114413059 Device positon in the online display xy 0 0 top lf Capacity utilization channel Pac Present util
67. gement window j diplayed once mores 6 Open the window in which the spot value queries are displayed by clicking on the SpoNalues tab at the lower edge of he screen Overview Management The Overview Management figure below You can also the window by clicking anywhere on the moose baton ond O Onara Managment Al deca overviews which have been creced ar shown in ba Avai able Pots at Cli onthe nome of he device overview which you woud io delata Cli on lt Delete gt A prompt wi prem ot opens Click on lt Yes gt to confirm the dele t rt fon Rig gga Click on Close to close the window ser Manas SDCTENOGOH2 Displaying Data AG 10 9 5 Loading a Device Overview 1 Open the window in which the spot value queries are displayed by clicking on the Spotvolues tab at he lower edge of the screen Overview Management The Overview Management figure below You con also call up the window by clicking anywhere on screen with the right mouse button ond selecting Overview Management All device overviews which have already been created are shown in the Avail able Plants lt 3 Click on the name of the device overview which you would like to load 4 Click on load to load the s
68. guration of applets occurs by means of applet parameters which are transferred the applet inthe HTML code ofthe respective page Integration Integration of the applet into the HTML document occurs by means of the APPLET tag At he desired location in the HTML page the applet is introduced by the code word lt APPLET gt and closed with lt APPLET gt lt APPLET ARCHIVE SunnyViewer ar CODEBASE CODE de sma SunnyViewer SunnyApplet close WIDTH 900 HEIGHT 400 lt PARAM name IstParame Name volue IstParameterValve gt lt APPLET gt The parameter ARCHIVE describes the file Java archive which contains the applet Hero please type SunnyViewer jar CODEBASE stipulates directory in which the Java archive resides A period indicates that archive is situated in he some directory as the HTML page The amount of space which the applet occupies page is specified by WIDTH and HEIGHT given in pixels The actual applet for execution is specified by the CODE parameter and should always be de sma SunnyViewer SunnyApplet class cosesenstvel In the sequence between lt APPLET gt and APPLET a series of PARAM tage are passed 10 the applet as parameters These parameters are used for the actual Configuration of the applet The commands have the following syntax lt PARAM name ParameterName value ParameterValue gt User Maru
69. h the connection between the two devices phone network as described in Un Maro Connecting the PC e a Communication Davics 5 2 5 Connection via the GSM NET Piggy Back GSM Modem Communication Characteristics As the connection to he Sunny Boy Control Plus is established via the telephone network itis only ever possible to connect one Sunny Boy Control Plus with the The PC must be equipped with a modem analog ISDN with CAPI driver cr GSM The Sunny Boy Control Plus requires a GSM version of he NET Piggy Back eo Compatibiliy with all PC modems available on the market cannot be guaranteed Connection 1 Connect the PC to telephone network as described in the modem s user man val 2 Connect the Sunny Boy Control Plus to the telephone network as described in the NET Backs user manual 3 Use the sofware provided withthe PC operating system to establish the connection between the hwo devices ege 30 et Mamed SMA AG Connecting he Communication Device 5 2 6 Connection via the Ethernet NET Piggy Back Router or hub lt gt Ethernet Network Communication Characteristics Any number of Sunny Boy Control Plus devices can be connected to PC via the Ethernet network The only limitation is the capabilty of PC whereby the main memory is the limiting Factor Sunny Boy Control Plus can be connec
70. hannel 1 Select Options Setings or click on he Setings icon The Settings window opens 4 2 Select Internet Server 3 Click on New to create name for the new Internet channel The name Channel is added to the Internet channels list see figure below 4 Click once on the name ChannelO frame appears around the name and it now be writen over 5 in the desired name for the new Internet channel e g Status et Mond hege 142 SCIEN D he terme Selecting Device Channels 6 Click on lt Channel Selection The Channel selection window opens 7 In the Available Chan nels list click on the de sired channel and add itto the Selected Chan nels list by clicking arrow button see example to the righi In this manner you can select several channels wih the same unit of measurement Multiple selection is only possible individual channels have same unit of measurement e g Mo from the sum of these channels Existing connections to the Java applets are then automatically disconnected from the server for technical reasons 8 Then click on Apply se Maro de Watts channels W The Internet channel is then made SDCTENOGO62 Paga 143 eder Data lo he erat SMA Toce The Setings window is displayed once more Rm F gt ene Ta o
71. hese parameters Intemet channels which are to be displayed in the applet within a component are defined The X indicates the number of he channel ond must be replaced accordingly The sequence begins with I and ends at maximum of 10 The Channel parameter describes the name of the Internet channel defined in Sunny Data Control see section 12 6 2 Configuring and Activating the Internet Server page 142 As the channel name is thus named in the display within the applet you have the possiblity of adapting the output text in the applet to another language with the parameter Channel Nome The same applies to the channel unit which is defined by the parameter ChannelX Unit Unit and Name are optional With the parameter Channel Text you can assign text to a channel s numerical value The texts are specified within the parameter separated by commas The frst text corresponds to the value 0 This parameter should only be used for status channels Status Channel SBC Stop wait in operation disruption error measuring SWR Statue Channel pude poma intern e The example defines three channels The first channel is Betriebszeit the channel unit of which is displayed in the applet as Stunden Channel 2 leistung is indicated as Performance in he applet st Maro Date to he are DisplayErrMsg Bool Ifthe applet cannot establish a connecti
72. hich Ney Cont Sule Te nalis then seed dredi om ec and the macro is executed manualy Urar Manas SDCTENOG062 Paga 121 Managing Data and Saving Data Local 11 8 1 Automatic Analysis The automatic analysis is started in Sunny Data Control Excel opens automatically with the macro which has been specially written for the analysis Click on Show icon 2 Set ort CSY yp ih orcad ig CSV files see section 11 3 Saving Data in CSV Format page 94 The window shown below opens goo me e 7 Example Excel les 3 Select the desired plant default the current plant is always displayed here Mustermann Plant 4 Open the directory of the desired device and open the Excel which contains the data you wish lo analyze He 122 SCIEN et Mamed SMA Tachnciogie AS Managing Dela an Saring Excel launches automatically and a confirmation prompt opens see figure below The data analysis macro is sitvated in the fle ExcelS7 demo xl in the Sunny Data Control directory on your PC Only iF you activate macro can data analysis be performed onem ritiene tap Ene d 5 Add a check mark to the left of Always trust macros from this source This check mark causes he data analysis macro to be activated automatically every fime Ex cel is opened via Sunny Data Control 6 Click on lt Enable Macros lF necessa
73. ify the threshold channel vak Which is to indicate that he device is performing at 100 capacity The performance display be defined for individual devices or for a device 1 Inthe device overview use tho right mouse button to click field of he device for which you wish to configure the performance display The device overview menu opens 2 Select Channel Selection The window for soting the selected de Vice s channels opens see figure to the righi You can also call up the window in the following way select he device for which you wish to set the chan nels by clicking on the device s feld wih the left mouse buton in the de Wee overview 3 Under Channel selection is valid for so figure lo righi select whether you wish fo set the perfor mance display for this device only previously clicked on or for all de vicos of a particular Pamot SOCTENOBOSA2 Usa Maral SMA Techie AG Device field Changes color according to the calculated capacity utiliz depending on the value defined 100 4 In the Available channels list select the channel which is to form the bass of he capacity uilizaton calculation and is to be reflected inthe color behavior of he device elds 5 Enter the chosen channel using the arrow key gt in the area 6 In the field to the left of 100 enter the value which is to represent 100
74. ight 8 Click on the desired color 9 Click on Ok to confirm the settings The Settings win dow is displayed with he selected border color Changing the Icon for the Currently Queried Device DEJ 10 Click on Change Icon w oe Te o Timer Selection 7 window opens neuem 11 Click on the desired DE sophie e 12 Click on Ok The Set tings window is die played once more 13 Click on Ok to save the setings ser Manas SDCTENOGOH42 age 75 Daplying Data SMA ecc AS 10 6 Accessing Individual Device Information 1 In he device overview click on the selected device wih the right mouse button and se single device view is displayed see If you place the cursor on the lower edge of the window so thatthe cursor changes into an arrow which points upwards and downwards you can alter the size of the window I all entries are displayed the scroll bar on the side is no longer shown socrenonosaz at Mond DiployingData The following data are shown in the header of he single device view Device Nome Here the predefined inverter type and the serial number are displayed If you change the device name this name is shown here instead to change the device name see section 13 2 1 Seting Device Name and Device ID page 172 Serial Number Here the inverter serial number is d
75. isplayed Device Type Here the inverter device type is displayed Field Position Here the position of the device field in the device overview is indicated Transmission Quality Here inverter s transmission quality is indicated in percent and with the words Good Poor Bene the header is a t oF he channel namas and dir volves You con spec ich channels cre o a displayed in the single view via a chonvel election Tor spo valve quere Seo secion 10 2 Selecting Channel for Spot Value Quern page 68 User Maru FIT Draping Doa 10 7 Setting the Quick Information If quick information is activated itis shown in he device overview you click on a device with let mouse button and wait briefly You can specify which channels are to be shown in quick information display see section 10 2 Selecting Channel for Spot Value Queries page 64 A maximum of 4 channels can be shown in he quick information display Settings opens 1 Select Options Setings or click on the icon The window p 2 Select Spotvalue Request Quick Information v oe Activating Deactivating Quick Information 3 Beneath Show quick information of a selected device see figure above you activate deactivate the quick information display by using the radio buttons Yes or No sooren Usa Mort DapiayegDaia Changing the Pro
76. isualization of plots SMA offers ou the possibiliy of registering free of charge ofthe www Sunny ortal com ste in order to realize online display of pont dala there The data are sent by email to Sunny Portal via Sunny Data Conil Sunny Portal software gathers the data sent by Sunny Data Control and sores it at he You then use ese daia for analysis visualization and system monitoring at Sunny Ponal 1 Saal Oplon ikon Stig Th oes p Example 2 Select Sunny Portal 3 Add a check mark beside Send Mails ser Manas SDCTENOGO62 Paga 129 hearing Data to he erat SHA To s a 1 Pen pd aaa mm Lm E 2 Example 4 Inthe field Mail server SMTP type in the IP address of your email provider e g for Online that of your company s mail server 5 Inthe field Port specify he which corresponds to he IP address SMTP 25 6 Inthe field User account typo in the name under which you ore registered at he mail server 7 in the field User password in the password of your email account 8 In the field Send from in your email address 9 The Sunny Portal email address is always datacenter sunny portal de 10 In he field PV plant identifier typo in any name for your plant e g SampleSys en Ifthe plant identifier you choos
77. it is possible to transfer the completo spot values display which appears on the Device Overview page to the In so doing the postions of he devices he capacity utilization the color values eic are recorded ASCII text fle online data fl To enable these data to be transfered to the Internet the writing oF the online data fle must frst be activated as described in he next section overview les ol All channels shown in he respective device overviews ate recorded Via Channel Selector you can select he channels fo be displayed in he respective device overview see secion 10 2 Selecting Channels for Spot Value Queries page st Maro SDCTENOG042 Page 139 emer Data to he erat 12 5 1 Writing the Online Data File online data fle comprises two text fles bat fle txt fle in ini format le tex fle in XML format Tho fles are saved on your PC in the directory SMAN Sunny Data Control Online The bear name ofthe device overview which you activated most recently ond have the Ho sufixos x ond xml e g North Plante You can read how to rename and manage device overviews for example in section 10 9 Overview Management page 84 eo Please note that the files are only generated f there are device fields in the device 1 Open he Spotvalues menu see figure to he ugs visse Biss right Ifa check mark is shown beside Write Online wnn ian
78. ization 72 percent Number of color in palette 90 colors User Maru Page 137 Transfering Data to he erat In he element lt gt all of the device s channels which are also included in the online display are now listed Each channel is recorded in a lt Channel gt entry lt Channels gt lt Channel gt lt Name gt Pac lt Name gt lt Value gt 1234 000 lt Value gt lt UnibkW lt Uni gt lt Channel gt lt Channels gt From this in tur the following information con be derived Channel name Pac Channel volue 1234 000 Channel unit kW The number of occurrences of the lt Channel gt element within the lt Channele gt clement is equal to the number of channels included in the online display for this device Usar Moret Below is cohesive section of an example tam version 1 0 encoding ISO 8859 1 t 4 Sunny Data Control Online Display Data Fil lt OnlineData gt lt Date gt 2002 10 14 lt Dote gt Timo 17 03 27 Tine Devices Device Name SBCHotgf SN 114413059 lt Name gt lt SerN gt 11 4413059 SerNe gt lt PositionX gt 0 lt Posiionk gt lt PosiionY gt 0 lt PosiionY gt lt PorformChanName gt Pac lt PerformChanName gt lt Porform gt 72 lt Perform gt lt ColorCoun gt 90 lt ColorCount gt lt Channeli gt lt Channel gt lt Nome gt Pac lt Name gt lt Value gt 1234 000 lt Value gt lt Uni
79. k settings window opens Select whether devices in the local network to be detected Define which additional devices to be detected ladd IP addresses or DNS names of the devices Select whether RAS isto be used set he telephone number of the external modem Local network 5 Ifyou with detect all devices which are connected to your local network add a check mark alongside Access to all devices inthe local network 6 M you wish to detect addtional devices click garRmereT x lt The window for configuration fo ei E new connection opens 7 Inthe field IP address or DNS name enter IP address or DNS nome ofthe device in the network which you wish to detect The de fault IP address of a Sunny Boy Control is 10 170 170 170 3 Then click on lt Ok gt The IP address or rrr ET DNS name ofthe device is displayed in the Use always addtional devices wim dow see the example in ilustration wih IP address entered Using Delete you con delete the currently selected de vica again Urat Manas SDCTENOG0H62 ot ang RAS Connection You can access an external modem if access to it has been enabled for you via an RAS connection in order to query the data from Sunny Data Control on this connection If you wish to access an external modom from your PC the RAS service must be installed and configured on your PC and on the PC which yo
80. lants ist 3 Click on the name of he device overview which you would to copy 4 Glick on Save a gt The Now Over rrr view window opens mecs By default he overview name shown is always Online00 or OnlneOT ete depending on whether an overview with the name OnleOO eic already ex Avail 5 In field Name of the overview type the desired name for the overview 6 Inthe field Description of the overview you can type remarks about the over view These remarks will also be saved and provide you with a reference point regarding the saved overview 7 Click on lt OK gt to save the setting e Mara SDCTENOGO462 Deploying Da SMA Toce 10 9 3 Saving a Device Overview If you change a device overview you must save the setings as follows which the spot value queries are displayed by clicking on the pier rT iren LM Overview Managemen The Overview Management figure below You can also up the window by clicking anywhere on screen with he right mouse button and selecting Overview Management All device overviews which have already been created are shown in the Avail able Plants list 3 Click on the name cf he device overview for which you would like to save chang Click lt Save gt iocus et Mond SMA AG 10 9 4 Deleting a Device Overview 1 2 4 5 The overview mana
81. lapplication or the SDC agent has not sorted The numeric character whic follows the error message indicates exact cause of he error 2 The specified server alias name in the lapplet parameter ServerAlias is unknown SDC agent 4 The Internet function in Sunny Centrol is deactivated 2 Connection to solar server Tosi Please again later Either the SDC agent or Sunny Data Contal was stopped while a connection to applet was in place 3 many users or solar server isl down Please try again later The maximum number of connections between the Java applet and the SDC ogent has been exceeded 4 Unable to connect Probably ther The Java applet could not establish a Jconnection to the SDC agent This is possibly due to a firewall on the client ide User Mara SMA Techn Troubleshooting 14 3 Directory Structure Programs SMA Sunny Data Control AddOns devices Displays Excel97 Firmware Help hinl Images Java locale loge Online Plants Updates SDCUpd SDC exe SDCAgentexe Unvise e User Mara Channel lists las of Version 3 9 3 this folder is omitted and is moved to the plant folder in the Plants directory File location for the settings of he spot value displays per plant Directory with Excel macro MS Office 97 Firmware direct
82. lds see figure below One device can be displayed in each field You can create and save several device overviews for each plant This function is useful for example with plants which include many devices because it provides a clearer overview and different dolo views be saved see section 10 9 Overview Management page 84 1 Soy dog ond te dic oe Sunny Boy Control inverter desired feld in which he device tobe M 4 P displays Drag and drop click on the nome of he device wih ha ll mouse buton hold he mouse button pressed drag he device into the desired field ond release he mouse button ser Manas Deploying Data Yeu can andi soc ein ino deron avin onca You con diop o aider bh on opi Baki 2 Ifyou have dragged Sunny Boy Control a a fld a pront widow opaca B you wont of he inverters which belong Sunny Boy lo be added 1e the overview cick on lt Yes gt I forthe Exo ee bag you oniy wh o cdd be ny Boy ciek on No Depending on her you have clicked or inthe prompt window eter he Sonny Boy Conil or he Sunny Boy wah matr ore added fo the device overview see figure below oa 3 In this manner you can drag the other devices from the plant ree into the device overview fields Repositioning the Occupied Fields 4
83. mage to he device and cause personal injury lt All work an the inverters may oniy ba performed by quolfed electrons ZA P ail tatay anie tied in eter docete inverter parameters can be changed Such parameters may only be With the Sunny Data Control program your PV plant s safety related A changed after consulting your energy supply company Operating Instructions Dat coleded by Suny Doa Conia regarding pover generated your power pln cn deve cic ete Tre Sinny Date Coral Ain rey nba hr lg ditional router Adequate security measures must be taken by using upstream Qs LII or Mon cs fin ne 4 Connecting the PC to an Inverter direc connection of a PC to the Inverter is only intended for he purpose al servicing and may not be operated on hada A The direct connection is made via the SMA USB service interface with a 1 5 m cable and USB interface for the PC connection SMA order number USBPBS For fie information regarding ts conmecon plene rer to the USB sence wr ond Sumy Data Conia superis the direct connecon of an inert PC with Svp Dots Canal swore ron 3141 and Data Acquisition How to gather and save data from an inverter connected directly to a PC is described in Chapter 11 4 Direct Data Acquistion from an Inverter page 102 st Maro 57 Connecting the PC 1o a Communication Device 5 Connecting the PC to a
84. man FE wm u r3 Example Configuring the Server Port and Channel Scan Only aller the server port and channel scan settings i you fully understand the con sequences of he changes Incorrect settings can resul in the SDC agent no longer functioning If your Ethernet network is managed by a network administrator contact this ad ministrator so that the appropriate port on the router con be enabled The server port seting specifies the TCP port at which the server awaits queries from the SDC agent By default this is set fo port 18503 The channel scan setting is the ime waited in seconds between sending two channel updates 9 If necessary make the appropriate adjustments to the server port and channel scan setings ara he ra ca pais d To ile iain yo te nn socre Usa Mord he temet Offline Server The seting Offline Server makes it possible to choose between direct connection and affine connection of he PV plant See secon 12 6 1 Overview page 140 11 Add or remove the check mark beside Offine Server according to whether or not your Sunny Boy Control is directly connected to Sunny Data Control Server is Active 12 Ifyou wish to activate the server add a check mark beside Server is active If no check mark is present he server is deactivated You can only make changes and adjust setings for respective Interet channel check
85. manual et Mond SMA Technologie AG nln of Sunny Dota Con 6 Installation of Sunny Data Control Sunny Data Control can be downloaded from he SMA web server or ordered as a CD ooo aaa O Cl Progrons kor example 2 6 1 Installing Sunny Data Control 1 Before installation close all Wir dows programs on your PC 2 Sarthe Sunny Data Control iw stallion program He on your PC The Sunny Data Contra installation window opens see figure to the eight 3 Follow the program s onscreen instructions SDC agent A4 Ifyou also wish to use Sunny Data Control sa campane lor online presente tion of your plant add check mark next SDC Agen 1m por oot necessary for Sunny Portal mar mu p Un Maru SDCTENOBOH2 Page noon of Sony Data Cantal Program Shortcut 5 Ka program dori lone igure below for Dos a below emen S erected on yaur PC leave the check matin placa ase Bg ure to the righi 6 Once the installation E is finished you con launch Sunny Data Control 7 When you launch Sunny Data Control for the first fime no device is as yet config ured to be detected by Sunny Data Contra E Se erect i eateries B Ifyou have not yet connected a device connect it as described in section 5 Con necting the PC to Communication Device page 18 9 Subsequently create plant and establish the communica
86. mark beside Server is active is fret removed 13 Click on Save to save settings 12 7 SDC Agent The SDC agent serves as a communication intermediary between the Java applets and Sunny Data Corirol on the web server The SDC agent can manage maximum of three server connections thus three PV plants can be communicated with simultaneously via one web server Prerequisites for Use The SDC ogen must be installed wee Windows Stat mana under Programs San EEE Data Contro SDCAgent JavaScript must be activated in your browser e g Internet Explorer Configuring the SDC Agent Configuration can occur via any web browser We recommend that you include the SDC agent in the Windows autostart group 20 that is automatically launched every fime the computer starts up However it con alto be manually called up from the Windows Start menu Programs Sunny Data Conirol SDCAgent SDCAgent exe 1 St the SDC agent eet ent does wot hove owa graphical inerteca Wih Wir dove verson anol window opara Mgr tthe gh which dera bio momen automata resides inthe bad dow se Manas eder Data to he erat SMA ecciesie AG 2 Open your web browser and type in the following URL hitp lt IP address gt 18501 for lt IP address please the IP address or the DNS name of the computer on which you have installed the SDC agent The main page for configuration of the SDC agen
87. nal observe the following instructions regarding cabling Use metalic D Sub female connectors Connectors made of plastic or metalized plastic con cause data transfor For the outdoors use a communications cable with the following important qualites Crosesection at least 2 x 2 x 0 22 mm and at least 2 x 2 x AWG 24 shielded Twisted Pair UV resistant We recommend the following cable types for outdoors SMA communications cable COMCABOUTx available inthe following lengths xxx 100 m 200 m 500 m und 1000 m Loppkabel UNITRONIC UZYCYv 2 x 2 x 0 22 mm For the outdoors you can also use a data cable designed for indoor use if you protect against UV radiation with an appropriate cable duct et Mort SMA Technologie AC Connecting he PC loo Communication Device We recommend the following cable types for indoors SMA data cable COMCABINox available in the following lengths 100 m 200 m 500 m und 1000 m Lappkobel UNITRONIC Li2YCY TP 2 x 2 x 0 22 Helukabel PAARTRONICL 2YCY 2 x 2 x 0 22 mn Pin Assignment of the Connection Cable Sunny Boy Control PC Signal Pin Pin Signal Dara 3 Data Date Dara GND 5 GND Jumper Functions Termination To increase the signal quality ofthe RS485 data bus it must be terminated at both ends Each termination occurs with a 120 W resistor between the two data lines Terminate the last Sunny Boy Cont
88. new column above a highlighted column with Insert With Delete you can delete the highlighted column With New you can add a new column beneath all the The order ofthe rows in the table can be changed using drag and drop 10 Depending the selected column type you con make various setings fr the col umn type in the Description feld Wih the column type Channel you select he channels in the Description eld For this purpose the Channel selection window opens You con add individual channels or all oF a node s channels together via drag and drop You can also click on channel and add via the arrow buton see figure below Un Mara SDCTENOGOH62 11 Afterwards click on Apply to save the settings Th E displayed once more File name 12 Click on Detail ege s E IE we j emo _ Festina smears Emen ore 1 men j Bur 8 ET SMA Techie AG lect columns window is Usa Mord Managing Dela and Saring Dala Locally e Ta or oe input sy bols listed below to create a new one by wil inthe ie pal fald Ie aang you ng TITS ple of the He nama ENPO miis err E r DEA The structure of the file names comprises Enlarged section the input sym
89. ng Data from Sunny Beam In order to display the essential key data of a system Sunny Beam has been developed as a cordless tabletop devico Initially thre were no plans for he archiving of data Thus as indicated below he subsequent builtin possibility to record data using Sunny Data Control and Sunny Portal is limited Data Archiving with Sunny Data Control With the Sunny Beam the data gathered from the entire plant during one month can bo archived but not data from the individual inverters As he values are only stored in Sunny Beam for one month you must read out the data with Sunny Data Control once a month Dara Period Eday read out once a month Yield EUR read out once a month C02 avoided read out once month Furthermore Sunny Beam only saves the daily power output for the present day Once a new day begins the previous day s Pac data are erased Thus Pac data must be read out every evening Data Period fac read out every evening limited utiizabliy Archiving Data with Sunny Portal Wih Sunny Data Control the abovementioned data can be transferred over lo the Sunny Portal Because the Etotal value can not be recorded using Sunny Beam the use of this data with Sunny Portal is restricted Nevertheless this is indispensable for some views using Sunny Portal For his reason it only makes sense o graphically present Sunny Portals daily energy values Edy the a
90. ning IF several menu ems mus selected hose are shown separated by a slash n Jconunction wih Click om or Select Poio soCTENOBOSA2 User Mara SMA Tesh Sonny Dolo Conta 2 Sunny Data Control 2 1 What is new The data transfer to Sunny Portal is now also possible when the inverter is directly connected to the PC ve chapter 12 3 Configuring Sunny Portal Mail page 129 2 2 Scope of Delivery The program Sunny Data Control can be downloaded from veis SMA de in the download area or ordered as a CD SMA order number SMA CDROMI Urat Maro Sonny Date Conil SMA ecco AG 2 3 Scope of Application Sunny Data Control is a PC program from SMA Technologie AG with which you can realize longterm storage of he data from your photovolaic plant and also visualize i Sunny Data Control queries the data from your communication device Sunny Boy Control and Sunny and saves it as Microsoft Excel fles or CSV fles on your PC Wih Sunny Data Control for example you can set up a complete overview of all inverter data og Pac Etoday and display the inverter data in Excel in he form of charts an installer you can sef the inverter parameters and yov con send the data Sunny Portal for visualization ond storage See www SunnyPortal com for more information on Sunny Portal Ete e E With Sunny Data Control sofware version 3 81 and above you can also connect
91. nt Maximize online display Overview Management Spotvalve Request Write Online Data File Online lacked Options Choose Plant Setings Device Detection Storage Time Refresh Plant Check sa Maro Oreo Mara Econ SMA Tachi A Menu tems EE Seuri lev Send Sunny Mail Packet Monitor Reset ime ranges Sunny Data Control Team Configuration g Manual nfo SCTE User Manoa 16 Contact If you have technical problems concerning our products please contact the SMA Serviceline We will need the following data to help you accurately Type of inverters and serial numbers Serial number and firmware version of the communication device Sunny Data Control software version Address SMA Technologie AG Hannoversche Str 1 5 34266 Tel 49 561 9522 499 Fax 49 561 9522 4699 EMail erviceline SMA de Internet www 5 de n Mara creo Page 193 opted in i acer she pope of SMA Technologie AG bling ater sit urere bs irene ol cong pod or cre glo t did d d Exclusion of liability Tie gerer ers and condi of daher of SMA Technologie AG shall apply dent ely cide ened apeiron pee CULO dico hte cen SHA de or faced dcos or babiliy clim for damage
92. of Contents SMA ecc AG tomt ar Mamed SMA Tesh Nelsons Mond 1 Notes on this Manual 1 1 Target Group This manual is for installers as well as end users It includes a description ofthe system and instructions for the commissioning and operation of the device Some of the procedures may only be done by trained personnel these procedures are marked with danger symbol 1 2 Validity This documeniaion for ha Sunny Data veld or sofware vertion 3 93 and higher Howto display he sofware version is described in chapir2 5 denial 13 1 3 Symbols Used ensure optimum use ofthis document note the following explanation ofthe symbols used Tht abl nite moien which ignored wil ka th procedure or opat aton ore dic This symbol indicates example which serves to help explain a working step e This symbol identifies a warming which indicates fact or faatura which ignored causa serious damog o he device A js symbol indicates seamen which ignored cou lead sarious ila oc death A Uc Maro Notes on his Man SMA Tecos AG 1 4 Typographic Conventions This user manual uses he typographic conventions indicated in he following table Example of the convention Description koe gt This symbol indicates buton Options Menu tems and commands are shown in quotation marks lin conjunction with Click Jon or Select F Options 7 So
93. on to the server automatic eror message is erated Wih his parameter the messages can ressed By deloul he Parameter ha he vele I wich moans het the meten ae ployed If set to O all such error messages are suppressed lt PARAM name DisplayEirMag value 0 gt Language String Tha sting con be und i tt be language ad by e applet Hower prn i sting only efc te devica Nod deploy Hee e oput of channel namat tnd chee veri he geni ha respira The value de for German onde for Engish con be presen Spanish ore ok ppl be lt PARAM name Language value de gt Q ree merita LayoutHSpace LayouiVSpace Integer By default a gap of 4 pixels is maintained between the components included in he applet This can be separately adjusted horizontally and vertically with the parameters lisyouHSpace and LayoulVSpace respectively lt PARAM nome layoulHSpace 0 gt lt PARAM name layouN Space valve 0 gt These setings switch the horizontal and vertical space between the components to 0 pixels of ServerAlias String This seing specifies the name ofthe Sunny Data Control server measured values from which are to be displayed on the applet The name is allocated in the SDC agent and unambiguously identifies the desired server This value is not optional and must always be specified lt PARAM name ServerAlias volve Serverkassel gt hege 182 SCIEN et Mort
94. onny Bey Control Sunny Bay Control Plus et Mord 5 Plug the Spin DSub female con rector into the port on the Sunny Boy Control which is equipped wilh the 5485 interfaco Sunny Boy Control PC COM 2 Sunny Boy Control Plus COM 2 or AUX COM 3 6 Connect the PCs Datat wih he Data of he Sunny Boy Control Pius and so on The 3 connections should be made direc 7 At he last Sunny Boy Control Plus jumper A must be mounted at the port used Jumper must not be mounted on any of the other Sunny Boy Control Plus devices Make sure hat jumpers B and are not mounted at he used 8 Connect the Datat ofthe next Sun ny Boy Control Plus with he Dac tat ofthe Sunny Boy Control Pus which precedes i and so on The connections are direlly intercon nected 9 At he lost Sunny Boy Control Plus jumper A must be mounted at the port used Jumper must not be mounted on any of the other Sunny Boy Control Plus devices Moke sure that jumpers and are not mounted the used st Maro Connecting he PC loo Communication Device Sunny Boy Control Sunny Boy Control Plus pe 3G 5 exo Shiela E aug Sunny Boy Control Sunny Boy Control Plus SDCTENOGOH2 Connecting the PC o a Communication Device Analog Modem Communication Characteristics Asthe connection to the Sunny Boy Control Plus is established via the tel
95. or ofthe SDC agent on he tege T8500 web server Une Mana Transfering Daal emet Additional Parameters of Display Components Parameters Description Type Default value BGColor background color of component if image is white displayed BGPicure name of the components Sring lbackground image Component class of the Xi component fo be Sing see above displayed de smo SunnyViewer ViewerDiag orde sma SunnyViewer ViewerDi lota o de sma SunnyViewer ViewerGr DisplyErrMag of eror messages bool A tabishment of a connection DrawaDiome whether or not a 3D frame is to be Bool 15 drawn around components ve FontName cf the font fo be used in the Sting Dialog components FontSize font siza in pixels Integer 12 nomex species the name of the Xh Sring wee above component Widih Height dimensions of the individual integer 500 300 components in applet in pixels Urat Maru sb Page 165 Transfering Date to he Interet Additional Parameters of Chart Components Parameters Description Type Default valve per clr ofthe adul axes Calor 000000 boci AxilabelGolor calor ofthe axe labels Color while aml rising the names ofall channel Sting jo he duplayed in hik component ancak of th
96. ory for the TDOS system as of version 3 8 this folder is omitted Manual for Sunny Data Control directory ofthe agent interface only if he SDCAgent is installed Image index Java archive Java applet for remote display language packages log fles Storage location of the Online Data Fi directory for plants Firmware update index for Sunny Boy Control las of version 3 9 2 his folder is omitted Firmware update program for Sunny Boy Control las of version 3 9 2 this folder is omitted Main program starts Sunny Data Control communication program Uninstall program uninstalls Sunny Data Control 00542 Page 189 SMA ecciesie AG 14 4 Setting the Language You can set the language of Sunny Data Control according to your preference 1 Select Options Setinge or click on he Settings icon The Settings window opens 2 Select Language 3 Inthe dropdown list Program Language select desired languag 4 Click on Save to save the settings o You con select various languages depending on the installed language package tapiso SOCTENDWOSD et Mond SMA Teo Creer Men Fone 15 Overview of Menu Functions Control Plant Doe 1 Fle Connection Options Estas Main menu Menu tems 7 Connection Come Disconnect Spot values Single Device Information Activate Total Overview Fade in devices Fade out devices Channel Selection Change Fo
97. ouse button to click on he field of he device for which you wish to set the channels for spot value queries The device overview menu opens 2 Select Channel Selec opens see figure below You can also call up the window in the following way select the device for which you wish to set he channels by clicking on the device s field withthe let mouse werview Select the menu item Spolvolues Channel Selac i The window for setting the selected device s channels Selected device clicked on previously ETE Select whether the channel selection shall only apply to this device clicked on previously or for a particular device type 3 Under Channel selection is valid for see figure above select whether you wish to set the channel selection for the selected device only or for all devices of a par cular type 4 Use the arrow butions to add or remove the desired channels for the respective spot value queries se Manas SDCTENOG0H62 Deploying Data 10 3 Setting the Performance The individual device fields in he zz device overview can change color according 1o devices calculated Sopochy utilization The capacity utilization is calculated onthe basis of one channel default channel The color behavior of the device field during spot value querying is determined by this channel and by he value for 100 capacity viization You can change the channel and spec
98. pecified email address the email indicates you can send your plant data to Sunny Portal 14 Click on Save to save the settings Urat Maro Page 131 Transfering Date to he are 12 4 Sending Sunny Portal Mail The data are setto Sunny Portal ether after an automatic data query or after a manual date depending on whether you haye selected or monah daia querying via the menu item Setings Sunny Portal Mail See section 12 3 Configuring Sunny Portal Mail 129 Alter data transfer the email is sent to Sunny Portal Y EU E i dp vmm 12 4 1 After Automatic Data Query If you have selected after automatic data download the data are automatically transferred from Sunny Boy Control to Sunny Data Control afer the set interval see section 11 7 Configuring the Automatic Readout page 116 and subsequently sent fo Sunny Portal 12 4 2 After Manual Data Query IF you have selected after manual dota download the data are sent to Sunny Portal as soon as you save the data from the Sunny Boy Control See section 11 6 Reading Out Data Saved on the Sunny Boy Control page 109 Alternatively the data is sent when you click on the menu item Extras Send Sunny Mail hege 132 SCIEN et Mamed SMA Tocco AS eder Dolo to he nie 12 5 Transferring the Device Overview to the Internet Wih Sunny Data Control
99. perties of Quick Information Text 4 Inthe Display Tex area click on SS Change The window for seting the font opens 5 Set he font as desired 6 Click on lt OK gt in order to retum to the S tings window where you le a preview of he font see figure below e recs sample Preview wih setings Arial and font size TZ Click on Ok if you wish to apply he settings If you wish to alter the setings dick on Change Urat Manas SDCTENOG0H62 10 8 Configuring the Total Overview The total overview provides you wih a quick overview of your plans present performance dato The total overview is updated cyclically You can select which dota are to be displayed from he following ist max tre ouput at present Pac Total yield Etta Daily yield Etodoyl Only if a Sunny Boy Conti also selected as device forthe total overview Selecting Device Types Devices are only included in total overview if they are currently included in he device overview Spovalues tab ond only if their device type has been selected for total overview 25 Enlarge ha window font size adopts cuoc 1 Select Options Setingi or click on the Settings icon The Settings window opens p E E areal T SS 2 Seleci Spovolue Request Total Overview 3 Inthe area
100. r Color Defines the color of the actual X and Y axes By default this optional parameter is set to black Cea ha Ca et suns ae i dn Urar Mero SDCTENOGOH2 Rage 157 Data to he erat AxisLabelColor Color This parameter defines the color of both ax This parameter is optional labels The default setting is 688 whit lt PARAM name chart AxisLabelColorvalue 000000 gt RT Channels String This parameter specifies which channels are to be displayed in his component The channel names are listed and separated by commas Each name must be identical to hat specified by the general parameter ChannelX lt PARAM nome chartl Channels value Betriebszeit l This example specifies that in he component chart the channels Betriebszeit and leistung are to be displayed sistung gt ChartColorX Color This parameter defines the color of channel X For X channel number is entered which corresponds 10 the channels sequential order as defined by the Channel parameter The possible numbers for X are 1 to 4 IF his parameter is not declared the following allocations occur Tat channel gt red 2nd channel gt black rd channel gt blue 4 channel gt green lt PARAM name chartl ChartColor2 value 0000F gt lt PARAM name chartl ChartColor3 value 000000 gt lt PARAM name chartl ChartColord value 0000 gt This example sets the colors ofthe indivi
101. r list Ifyou click on Clear list the list of already displayed data packets is deleted Save to filo You can specify whether the data pockets are to be saved in a text file Add check mark beside Save to fle A window opens for selection of he directory in which the text file is fo be saved The saved fle is called Packets x Content as text If you add a check mark beside Content as text the content in the packet moni ors Content column is shown as text instead of numbers Protokol Level Here you can select the protocol level Level2 or Raw Level Urat Manas SDCTENOGO62 Page 183 Mond Fons 13 10 Changing the Security Level Installer Password Dota Corl has two secu lewis uer and intalar Every ime the program i launched he secu lova usaf is uon cl dore You can sl ha security level 1o naar vith the inser password described below Wii sect level lr you or able to change more paret and con lod ond unlock device overview onina dig Se menon 13 1h locking the Device Overview Onine Display page 183 eo The installer password is provided with your Sunny Bay Control on a separate sheet Displaying the Present Security Level You can call up Sunny Data Control s present security level via the menu item t Info The Info window opens see figure to the righi AMET rese Doe at r ATUS eel e T Setting the Se
102. r race SMA ecce AG 7 3 Display Area Inthe display oreo three diferent pages be colled up via the throe tabs ee igure below Spotvaluos here he page Device Overview is displayed Channel recording here he page Archive Channel is displayed Parameters here the page Parameters is displayed You can up the Device Overview menu Spoivalves ab via the following also figure below or by clicking on the field ofthe respective device with the right mouse button Some ofthe actions which you can select in the display area menu apply tothe currently selected device while other actions apply to all devices Name of the current page here device overview Lock online display device overview Device overview menu Spotvaluee ab sOCTENOBOSA2 et Mord 8 Initial Settings 8 1 Creating Plants Wih Sunny Data Control you can create manage and monitor one or more plants e g as an installer However tis only ever posible to display ond edt ane plan at a ime curent plani in the Sunny Data Control window If you manage several plants You must irst load he respective plant ee secton 8 2 loading a Plant page 45 Detected devices and settings such as the communication connection or parameters always refer o he respective plant and are saved as setings for the respective plant 8 1 1 Brief Overview You can call up the window for creating and s
103. rded over an entire year wih Sunny Boy Control here would be twelve files with monthly values your hard drive afer saving Heel et Mort SMA edo AG E amy oara correi Misc petit sn ree ree rni 1 L Marcos Example of an Excel File Managing Dela and Saring Dala locally Monthly values SDM_YYMM xl5 Year Month History YY us Year je Monthly values ifthe measuring interval is less than 3 minutes SDM_YYMMDD als ae Year Month Doy n he rane E em a0 2112006 10 27 00 151 408 d device type Fr ES Er P B P per Enkin ai Sewn vo zo Md ree basis ade Mane skat Imo Managing Deka and Saving Data Local 11 7 Configuring the Automatic Readout Wib he Sunny Beam the incon Atomatic Readou makes sene ithe o Sunny Beam i permanely comeced f the PC ia USB cable With the automatic readout data are automatically queried from the Sunny Boy Control at intervals of a length which you define and are saved in Sunny Data Control Only the devices currently included in the device overview Spotvalues lab are taken into account The automatic readout can only be performed if the PC is switched on and if Sunny Data Control has been launched readouts complete In the bar at the lower edge of the screen yo
104. ring via modem Export of data for presentation of operating data on the Internet e g via Sunny Portal Graphic PC display of all measurement data and operating modes Online display with color coded indication of the present output of each Sunny Boy in your plant Configuration of Sunny Boys and adjustment of Sunny Boys parameters ge 14 SOCTENOBOSA2 User Manel Sonny Dolo Conta 2 4 1 System Requirements Operating system Windows 98 or above Available hard disk space at least 20 MB RS232 interface COM to 255 D Sub9 25 or Ethernet R5232 onthe PC COMI 255 on the Sunny Boy Control RS232 PiggyBack Data cable up to 15 m sans on the PC Interfaco converter on he Sunny Boy Conta 5485 PiggyBack Data cable up to 1200 m onthe PC Beret cord onthe Sunny Boy Control NET socket NET PiggyBack Bhemet up 1o 100m us on the Sunny Beam upto 3 m 2 5 Identification 2 5 1 Software Version In Sunny Data Control you con display the Sunny Data Control software version via the menu tem i i the folowing formation Y Buen wn as E NL aon 1 10 Chorong rr the Security Level Instoller Pass word page 184 perme mo ser Mara Page 15 Safety 3 Safety Instructions Please follow all operating and safety instructions in this manual to follow thes instructions could result in da
105. rmance The higher value determines the boundary between lower value the boundary between Moderate and Por 8 Click on ok to save the settings see Manas Daplaying Data SMA clc A 10 5 Changing the Color Behavior of the Device Fields folowing adjustments are possible for he color behavior of the device lds Changing he Color Scheme The device fields change color according 1o capacity vilization The capacity ui lization calculated on the basis of channel default channel Pac The color behavior of the device eld during spot value querying is determined by this char nel and by he value for 100 eapactyuilizaion You can change the capacity lization setings as described in section 10 3 Set ting the Performance Display page 68 Changing the Text Color Changing the Border Color ofthe Currently Queried Device Changing the Icon forthe Currently Queried Device default icon is a question mark see figure below The other icons which are displayed if the device is not currently being queried indicate the quality of the communication from the device to the PC ond con also be changed see section 10 4 Seting the Communication Quality page 70 leon curently queried device Border color Text color Background color Example currently queried devi sOCTENOBOSA2 et Mamed SMA Teo AG Dipnot Changing the Color Scheme
106. ro socTeNOBOGA2 Page 127 renders Dis to he are SHA To 12 Transferring Data to the Internet 12 1 System Requirements Utlizotion of he Interet funcional requires that following be in ploce Any preinsialed web server wih an MS Windows operating system Windows 2000 or Windows XP recommended A JAVA Leapable Internet browser e Firefox version 1 0 or above or MS Internet Explorer version 4x onthe part oF Internet visitor for presentation and display of Java applets TCP IP protocol installed on the same computer on which Sunny Dota Control is installed 12 2 Reading Out the Complete Time Range This function is necessary if you have already read out data from your communication device with Sunny Data Control and have not yet sent them to the portal With fhis Function he next lime querying is performed you can query the complete time range form your communication device and send io Sunny Portal 1 Select Setings Mise 2 Adda check mark beside Readout complete time range next download 3 Click on Save to save setings hege 128 cocus et Mort eder Dolo to he nie 12 3 Configuring Sunny Portal Mail Ifyou have already queried and saved data from your communication device wilh Sunny Data Control you must read out the entire me range so that all data are transferred fo Sunny Portal See section 12 2 Reading Out the Complete Time Range page 128 For online v
107. rol Plus by means of a jumper The position ofthe jumper is described in the user manual of the Sunny Boy Control Plus Signal Biasing To increase the signal quality of he RS485 data bus a maximum of one bias can be connected in the data bus We recommend connecting the bias ot he PC User Manual SOCTENDROS2 Roge 25 Connecting the PC o a Device Wiring Diagram Observe all safety instructions in the Sunny Boy Control Plus documentation and in the PC documentation otherwise one or both COM ports may become Shut down before you conned the Sunny Boy Control Plus as fomoged 1 Plug the Spin D Sub female con nector into COM port on your PC For the pin assignment of the 5485 connection please re fr to the PC s documentation or the plugin cord documentation When connecting the cable make sure that Datat and Data are twisted pair Shorten the wire of he fourth unused conductor so that short circuits cannot arise Toke note of the conductors color cod ing Data Date C H 2 de PC is sivated at one of he TL 1 wo ends of the 5485 data bus terminate the end of the cable az Pae De LOND ne Secured i he PC s documenta Se ar he gin cards ct alos 3 Configure he 86485 dao bur Pv doc meritos or plugin cade lt pud 4 Layihe ebla ropa others itai ponia prag ove S
108. ry open the desired worksheet by clicking on the tab see figure ti red gan un Causas ian O LEE emer ss ma E i Sacs suono Sets su oa s o NST IBI sic E sic ta ame cao El rx TENE a eT aa ser Manas SDCTENOG062 fag 123 Managing Deka and Saving Data Local Creating the Chart B In Excel select Sunny Boy Chart see figure below Blow n er qe Fr E Dsudjans ras el gre Ec Cue fessus tape The window Create char opens 9 From the list select the channels which are to be displayed in the chart by clicking the channel names Several channels can be selected The selected channels are highlighted in color asta tino moms 3 m v Example 10 Moke the desired setings for display of the chart Start and End start and end dates and times of the interval from which data are to be displayed Take care io choose a display interval which is not too large ae Ban aan ply ommum of 4000 dee sen one chor li Increment indicates increment in rows rom which measured values are to be taken For example wih 10 rows only every tenth row ofthe measured val ues ie included 11 Click on Ole The chart is displayed eee z ge 124 SCIEN D Managing Dela and Saring Dala locally 11 8 2 Manual
109. s of measured values Line break format Delimiter symbol cll separator Storage of measured values which channel in which row ele Time stamp from time of measurement 11 3 1 Creating a New CSV Type o The setings for a created CSV con no longer be aered once the first data have been read ond saved 1 Salai Opions Sating or ciek on he Stine Te Stig aes p nim 2 Select Data Storage 3 Click on lt gt to set a new CSV sooren et Mond Managing Dela and Saring Data locally The window for configuration of a new CSV type opens 4 the desired name for CSV type into the Name feld 5 By default CSV ore saved in the drectory C Documents and Set ings Nome of User Appliction Data SMA Sunny Data Control Plants Plant nome VCSV ele This directory is userspecifc and is set up automatically upon creation of a new CSV type If you wish to select a diferent directory click on he folder icon and select he desired directory Selecting a Template 6 Select a template in the Template feld The templates have the following properties SMA standard format Everything freely selectable except for he file s column header SMASunny Online 500 Column header as in Excel SUO fles predefined values no column selection Column header as in Sunny Data Power light No column header predefined values manual column selection
110. structure of the Excel is explained on the basis of les which have been o reed afin Boy Core Fes rend ct om a Sonny Beim have dm structure The data are saved as Excel files on your PC in respective plan s directory The directory has the name of he plant which you hove created in Sunny Data Control B defaut he planis data are in directory d C Programs SMA Sunny Data Contro Plants If you selected a diferent directory on your PC during installation of Sunny Data Control open the directory in which Sunny Data Control is saved and open the directory Plant CE Oma 9 BETA In the saved data a distinction is made between measurement data and daily energy data These data read out from the Sunny Boy Control separately and saved in separate files Daily fles are saved together in a consolidated yearly fle All other measured values are saved together in consolidated monthly For each Sunny Boy Control there is a subdirectory with a name which comprises the text SBC and the device s serial number e g SBC1 19010325 This is where the files with the saved measurement data are situated The measurement data from the individual channels are sorted according to day and are saved on o monthly basis in the corresponding device subdirectories in separate Excel fles Thus he number of files is determined by the measurement period For instance if measurement data were reco
111. t Iit is not please read section 5 1 Notes on the Use of Level Converters page 20 The maximum total cable length is 12 m Cabling Recommendations The connection between the Sunny Boy Control Light and the PC occurs by means of a commercially available null modem cable Use the null modem cable provided If ke length proves insuficient ve a commercially available null modem cable of the required length 2 et Mort Connecting he PC loo Communication Device Wiring Diagram Observe ol safety inirucions in the Sunny Boy Control Plus acento and in the documenfalion A Shut down tha PC before you connect the Sunny Boy Control Plus as paria ana or ben COM ports may become damdged A 1 Use the provided null modem cable or a com mercially available null modem cable of he re id gh 2 age Sp Did ol come 1o o fed Com tenon yon FE entio prepay o rn dit cf pa 4 eg ie Spin D ol comes lo he FES pon eee Coad nm a Sunny Bey Control Light sa Mara SDCTENOGOH2 Connecting th PC 1o a Communion Device AG 5 4 Sunny Beam 5 4 1 Connection via USB USB USB Communication Characteristics A maximum of one Sunny Beam con be connected to a PC The PC must be equipped with a USB The maximum total cable length is 3 m Connection 1 Connect the Sunny Beam to the PC as described in the Sunny Beam s user
112. t Mort SMA Ted AG Managing Dela and Saring Deta Locally 11 7 2 Editing Deleting a Task 1 Seep ick ore Stn Th Sating wa p pe deletes the selected task immediately Select Automatic Readout Click on he task which you wish to edit or delete If you with to delete a task click on lt gt IF you wish to edit a task click on lt Seltings gt The window for setting the task opens Adjust the settings as desired Then click on Apply The Settings window opens again 7 Click on Save to save the setings st Maro SDCTENOGOH2 Page 119 Managing Deka and Saving Data Local 11 7 3 Deactivating the Automatic Readout 1 Sir Op Ser or ciek ore Satan Th tog p sas ES E Example 2 Select Automatic Readout 3 Remove the check mark beside Active ee figure above 4 Click on Save to save the settings Helio SDCTENOLOSA2 or Mon SMA AB Managing Dela ard Saring 11 8 Creating a Chart in Excel Your recorded measured valves in Excel format can easily be analyzed graphically wih Excel The data are also automatically visualized in a chart Example chort To this end there are two options which are described in the next sections Automatic analysis The analysis is started vie Sunny Data Control Excel opens automaticaly with the data analysis macro Manual analysis Manual analysis is only required if you wish to start the analysis on a PC on w
113. t Values Numerical Display Here he measured valves are displayed as numerical values Each row in this die play represents exactly one measuring channel The number of channels is only Fite by the apples height ComponentX NameX String Each component to be displayed is introduced wit lt PARAM name ComponentX value Diageamm Typ lt PARAM name NameX value Diogramm Nome among the parameters The parameter ComponeniX specifies the componen ype see above Each display type has an unambiguous character sting which identies he ype In this care X stands for he sequential component number A maximum of four are possible beginning with Y At present he following values are possible for Component de sma SunnyViewer ViewerDiagram for chart display de sma SunnyViewer ViewerDigita for numerical display de sma SunnyViewer ViewerGrd for device field display age 154 SOCTEN User Moret eder Data tohe nie Wit the parameter Name an unambiguous name is assigned to the component In subsequent procedures the component is identified by this name This is similar to the definition of a variable in a programming language This example specifies that the first display component is chart component and that this can subsequently be referred to as chart There is a set of parameters supported by all components Each parameter is preceded by the name of he component to which
114. t opens Quo Dom em Ep eee The agents most important setings are fo be found in the Server table se figure above Each server connection lo Sunny Data Control occupies one row in the table Server Name Alias 3 Inthe field Server Name in the desired name for the server The Java applets identify and communicate with each server on he basis of this nome Serv er names are case sensitive IP Address or DNS Name 4 In the field IP Address or DNS Name in on which the server sofware Sunny Data Contra can type in a DNS name address of the computer stalled Alternatively you hog 144 soCTENoBOSA2 et Mort SMA Tochnciogie AS enduring Dolo to he nee Port 5 In the Por feld only make changes if you have changed the default port The number must match the port number setting in Sunny Data Control See section 12 6 2 Configuring and Activating the Internet Server 142 The default port setting is 18503 6 Add a check mark in the Activated field in each respective row in order to allow the connections Sunny Data Control dine ia nm SDC Agent Port 7 This is whore the clientside setings are made The SDC agent port represents the port via which the Java applets con reach the SDC agent The default port seting is 18500 Max Internet Clients 8 The number o
115. ted directly to PC The PC must be equipped with an Ethernet network card Each Sunny Boy Control Plus requires an Ethernet version of the NET Piggy Back Cabling Recommendations The cable length and quality can adversely affect the signal quality To achieve good results observe the following instructions For the connection to a hub or router you require patch cable For the direct connection fo a PC you require a crossover cable Use high quality cable at least category 5 STP Cat 5 or higher shielded twisted pair cable The maximum permitted cable length for Ethernet cable is 100 m st Maro Connecting the PC e a Communication Dev Connection to an Ethernet Network 1 Connect the PC to the network as described in the Ethemet network card s user manual 2 Connect the Sunny Boy Control Plus to the Ethernet network as described in the NET Piggy Backs user manual Direct Connection to a Single PC 1 Plug one end of he crossover cable into your PC s Elhernet network card 2 Plug he other end ofthe Ethernet network cable into the NET socket of he Sunny Boy Control Plus 3 Lay he cable properly so that here is no risk of persons tipping over t 5 3 Sunny Boy Control Light 5 3 1 Connection via RS232 5232 85232 communication characteristics A maximum of one Sunny Bey Control light can be connected to a PC The PC must be equipped with an 5232 por
116. terface e g terminal Sunny Data Control indicates The The PC interface is not available specified fle could not be found 3 Device detection fai Under Seng Mic the device detection mode is set incormechy see section 8 4 1 Narrowing the Scope ofl Device Detection page 54 The PC interface s baud rote does nat match that ofthe Sunny Boy Control The wrong transfer medium was selected Sunny Boy Control is not ready fer reception Wih the transfer medium 5485 it may be the case that in the extended properties lof the serial port used for the Sunny Bey FIFO has not been deactivated M Communication cancels while In Data cable between PC and SBC operation interrupted Uie Mansal bcreos Tosblhoatng SMA cocci AG No Error description 5 Cannot open Cause A dato SDK is already lopen in another application e g Excel upon data transfer Close the respectivo pplication ond start he transfer anew unreachable 6 The new device type is unknown A present communication with the device because the device is is not possible Possibly the wrong serial number was entered or the device is switched on 14 2 Java Applet Error Messages lagain later b No Error description Cause T Selar server is downl Please The Internat funcion im Sunny Data Contr is not activated or either i
117. the Settings icon see figure to p the righi The Settings window opens 2 Select Communica fon 3 Inthe dropdown list Connection by se lect Sunny Beam Use 4 Ifyou wish to soo which Sunny Beam devices are already detected click on Set ings 5 To save the settings dick on lt Ok gt st Maro Page St bital Seinge 8 3 5 Setting the Transport Protocol According to whether you have connecied a communication deri or an inverter to the PC set the appropriate transport protocol for the respective device type listed below yos are which prrsm 5 tatapon select SMANet SunnyNet Tos Sunny Data Contol then Ui Co SSS automatically searches for the correct transport protocol Im cem Communication Devices Sunny Boy Control Plus light The Sunny Boy Control can operate wih either transport protocol The default setting in the Sunny Boy Control is SMANet Select the transport protocol which is st in your Sunny Boy Control Sunny Beam Select SMAN Inverters SMANet Sunny Boys of type SWR version BFR 8 22 or above All Sunny Boys type SB All Sunny Mini Central All Sunny Central Sunny Bays of type SWR prior to version BFR 8 22 ege s2 et Mamed 8 4 Detecting Devices By default Sunny Data Control detects he following
118. the online data fle wil be writen ki 7 mark is shown online data fle will be writen 2 Acivate or deactivate the writing of the online data file by adding or removing the check mark beside the menu item Write Online Dota File hege 134 sooren et Mamed ha temet 12 5 2 Structure of the Online Data Files The structure of he online data is explained below Online Data Text Format In he online data file certain characters have a special meaning semicolon serves as separator between the individual values hash marks the start of a comment for the entire row The fle begins with a comment This is followed by the date ond time of the lost update These are separated from each other by a semicolon This fle is created automatically Dale lt time gt Each addtional row represents exactly one device with all of its properties in the spot ales display In ho respectivo values are sepraed from each oiber by For improved legibility the ties are shown below arranged in rows one beneath the device position XY channel nome for capacity gt lt present capacity a percentage gt lt number of aoe iii channel 1 name gt lt channel 1 value gt lt channel 1 uni channel 2 name gt lt channel 2 value gt lt channel 2 uni channel n nome channel n volue channel n uni Row 3 0 0 Pac 95 1 90 E Total
119. the procedure IF you confirm the prompt with Yes Sunny Data Control replaces the old device in the Sunny Boy Control wih the new device Sunny Data Control then attempts to establish a connection to he new device and to query the device 6 Wait unl Sunny Data Control has successfully queried the device type This may take some fime IF he device query cancels with an error message you may have to repeat the device type update later see section 13 1 1 Updating the Device Type 170 the added device was temporarily unreach able and the device type could hus not be ascertained Communication with a device which has a temporary ype name is not possible Common Causes of Error Incorrect serial number typed in ee name plate Device is not active 13 1 1 Updating the Device Type Wah this function you con ascertain device ype oF unsuccesshully detected devices at any subsequent point in ime 1 In the plant ree cick wih tho right mouse button on he device wit the temporary nome seal number 2 Select Update Device Type Sunny Data Control atempls to establish a connection to device in order to ascertain the device 3 Wait unl Sunny Dato Control has queried the device type This moy take some tine Hae 170 soeren p SMA Ted AG 13 2 Device Information device information provides the following data for each respective
120. tion connection as de scribed in section 8 Initial Setings page 41 et Mamed D Sanny Dale Conto Ure 7 Sunny Data Control User Interface The Sunny Data Control user interface comprises three areas Navigation arealn the navigation area you can access and use various Sunny Data Control functions Plant reeln the plant ree the currently selected plant is displayed along with its devices which you have detected with Sunny Data Control Display the display area three diferent views con be called up via the Bites be ful Spotvalues here the page Device Overview is displayed Channel recording here the page Archive Channels is displayed Parameters here the page Parameters is displayed Display Area with three tabs Urat Maro Pag 37 Sony Doe Conta Uer race 7 1 Navigation Area The navigation area comprises the menu bar and the menu buttons The menu buttons correspond to the most frequently required menu tems and are thus made available to you as convenient menu buttons for quick access You can alto call up these menu items othe mene ber el Noun BB 1 The menu bor comprises six main menus 1 File 2 Connection 3 Spot values 4 Options 5 Exo m The menu buttons correspond to the most frequently required menu items PlantAlzo accessible in the navigation area via Options Choose Plan SearchAlso acc
121. to the PC and how to send these to Sunny Portal With a direct connection of a PC to an inverter the data can only be saved as CSV data SUO format SMA Sunny Online 11 4 1 Setting up the Data Filing Structure The following describes the data fling siruclure for on inverter diecly connected 1o he MINE ioe 2 Select Data Storage 3 Inthe field Retrieval cycle you can change the frequency with which the data from the inverter are fetched At the User security level seconds is the preset at he Installer security level 15 seconds is the preset 4 In he area Capture you can choose between two options for data registry All valves the channels are read according to the interval set for the query cycle and the values are registered at his interval frequency Average value the channels are read according to the query cycle interval setting but its values are registered at intervals set in the menu Averaging over In ll other channels values most recently captured are recorded With ihis option one con reduce he amount of data considerably without losing its significance ege 102 SDCTEN et Mort Managing Dela and Saring Data Local 5 Inthe area Autostart one can opt for Sunny Data Control to record all selected measurement channels for a fme interval between determined Start and Stop times Chapter 11 4 2 describes how to start data capture oneself 6 Click on S
122. u can see wheth cover renee O yee etre 11 7 1 Setting a Task 1 Sta Optone Serge or elek on he Sein icon The St EDU p 2 Select Automatic Readout 3 Add a check mark beside Active by clicking in the check box 4 Click on lt gt see figure above fomne soeren 2 Usa Mond SMA Ted AG Managing Dela and Saring Data Local The window shown below opens 333 3 m dom 5 Inthe Nome Feld see fue below ype in he desired name forthe automatic sandout las e g which plants ha task involves 6 In he Auto sor area see igure below you con specify when he automatic Two ponibiiies ore availble Once a doy Hera you can specify on which day of ihe week for daly ond ot what ime of Hore you can tins between which th comae readout and at what intervals aher how mines Ure Mana SDCTENOGOH2 Regs 117 Managing Des and Saving Data acl SMA ecce AG 7 Inthe Plants area see figure below select he plants to which these automatic query setings shall apply Click on the names ofthe plants in he Available Plants fld and add to the Assigned Plants eld with the arrow button gt Click on Apply The Setings window opens again The task which you have sat is displayed in the Task held see example below 9 Click on Save to save the settings SDCTENOOSA2 e
123. u wish to access 9 If you wish to detect devices via an RAS connection place a check mark in the ie VAS due bos Tha RAS cocto organi vido pin sia To 10 Connection name in the field Connection name enter name with which you wish to identify this connection e g Smith Family Choose descriptive name so that you con recognize the connection 11 Telephone number in the field Telephone number enter the telephone number ofthe modem connection which you wish to access 12 Select he type of connection in he dropdown list Connection via 13 Usernamen the User name feld enter the user name which has been conveyed o you by he owner of the connection 14 Posswordin the Password field enter the password which has been conveyed to you by the owner of the connection 15 IF you wish to test whether the connection is functioning click on Testing connec 16 Click on Save to save the settings The new connection is displayed in the field Phonebook entries 17 Click on Apply The Current device connections window is displayed once more et Mort 18 In the Using transport protocol dropdown list select the appropriate transport protocol for the connected device as described in section 8 3 5 Setting the Transport Protocol page 52 19 Click on lt to apply the setings 8 3 4 Sunny Beam USB 1 Select Options Setings or click on
124. u wish to save the parameter sot 21 figs permanently inthe device click on is DE Bj non se Mara SOCIEMQNOAMd Displaying Data SMA ecce 10 Displaying Data For display ofthe present operating data various display options are at your disposal In order to manage the copious amounts of data which arise you can combine hes options according to the overall size of your plant and the respecive display requirements regarding clarity and informative valve The following options for displaying spot values are at your disposal overview with individual device fields Single Device Information Quick information Overview Device overview Single Device Information Quick information Overview You can assign each individual display mode to each selected measuring channel In doing tis also possible assign several display modes fo the same channel The following sections describe the individual steps necessary for the display of the present operating data CI 2 Usa Mort SMA Tesh DiloyegDain 10 1 Creating a Device Overview The Spotvalues window fist tab at he bottom in which the device overviews are displayed provides a quick and informative display of the present operating mode of your entire plant Here you con set up an overview of your plants devices and their respective operating modes The Device Overview page is subdivided into fie
125. um2 ChanTextCoor value lt PARAM name num2 Width value 350 gt lt PARAM namecnuri Height value 200 gt 4 Parameter ofthe 3rd Component gt lt PARAM nome Componeni3 valuemde sma SunnyViewer iewerGrid gt lt PARAM name Namei volue charn3 gt lt PARAM nome char3 FonName volue Diclog lt PARAM namexchar ForiSize volue 11 gt lt PARAM namechan3 BGPictwre vlve BackGround jpg lt PARAM name chat2 BGColorvaluef cOcOcO gt lt PARAM name char8 Width value 700 gt lt PARAM Height value 300 gt lt opple gt who lt body gt fom SOCTENOBOSA2 User Moral D 13 Additional Functions 13 1 Replacing a Device yos hoe robes on bint yo da bu a Du ial of dl Felicem iat hong o Sunny Boy Cool eps J yoo Vh lcs on aig dn yori wth cr pao 1 inte plo es cid vb e ight ene ou wn lies ce example 2 to he righ 2 Select Exchange Device The Exchange Device window opens 3 In the New device serial numi Field in the new serial number ete mite ET 55 4 Click on Exchange Mitra TIE sa Mara SDCTENOGO42 Page 169 Mond Funcions confirmation prompt appears asking whether you really want to delete the device from the Sunny Boy Control and fram Sunny Data Control ELEME mainte Senha ies ra 5 Click on Yer to delete the device Click on No to cancel
126. ustment of scale is ignored hege 62 soeren et Mamed SMA Ted AG DapiayegDaia 10 1 3 Displaying or Concealing the Graticule 1 Salaa Opera Sating orek an ho Sating con Te Sag wae p 2 Select Spotvalve Request Arrangemer 3 Inthe Grid Net area add or remove the check mark in the visible check box IF you add the check mark the graticule is visible in the device overview Urat Maro SDCTENOGOH42 Deploying Data 10 1 4 Setting the Data Query Sequence I Sala Opto or diken Ra Seg eon Te Str Meter p 2 Select Spotvalve Request Arrangemer 3 Inthe Request Direction dropdown list set he sequential order for data queries Horizontal row by row column by column 10 1 5 Maximizing the Device Overview Online Display You can display the device overview in an enlarged format covering the entire screen 1 Select Spotalues Maximize online die play see figure to he righi The device over IE narto tes omrin E View is shown in enlarged format covering eat sven s the entre screen The plan kee ond ihe monu Post bar are concealed Yau can also call up the window in the follow ing way cick on the device overview with the right mouse button The device overview menu opens Select Maximize online display ege 64 et Mamed SMA Tachaciogie AG 2 To return he enlarged displa
127. voided CO2 emissions and the yield EUR os a monthly overview soCTENOBOSA2 User Manan D Managing Dela and Saring The visualization of the daily output Pac is possible Neverthe mentioned above the data must be read out nightly as already 11 2 Saving Data in Excel Format Storage of data in Excel format is the default option ond can be activated and deactivated The data are saved in the directory in which Sunny Data Control was Installed The default directory is C Pragrams SMA Sunny Data Control Plants I you wish to save the data in Excel format all that remains to be done is to select the channels which are to be recorded This is explained in section 11 5 Setting up Sunny Boy Control Channel Recording page 107 Activating or Deactivating Data Storage in Excel Format 1 Select Options Seting or click on the Sefing icon The Se p 2 Select Data Storage 3 Add or remove the check mark beside Excel see figure above the check mark is in place the data will be saved in Excel format 4 Click on Ok to save tho seting Urat Manas I Managing Deka and Saving Data Local p 11 3 Saving Data in CSV Format For storage of data in CSV format various templates are at your disposal Tha CSV fles can also be created in a urerdeined manner the following setings are user definable Storage location Filenames Number of row
128. y to its minimized Terman cle ont dott ovr he righi mouse buon The device overview menu pens Select Minimize online display The device overview is again displayed in its smaller format The plan tree ond menu bar ore visible again er Mant SDCTENOGOHE2 Displaying Data AG 10 2 Selecting Channels for Spot Value Queries For each device which is displayed in the device overview l 5polvalues tab you can define which channel are to be displayed inthe various spot volue queries ea ires below The default sting of he overview display ond of he single device view is o display available channels The channel selection can be set for each device pe or for each individual device Various spot value queries Go Overview display pe prm of a device the device n overview z dp 2 Single device Er E information Quick information 4 channels con be displayed Copy selected channels gt kom he lefthand fied inio the respective feld on the right Copy all channels rom the lefthand field into the respective field on the right ju Delte selected channels the respectiva fold on tho right Delete channels E kam ho rspactve el on he ight To select several channels hold down the key on your keyboard and click on the channels with the mouse SCIEN et Mord DiployingDeta 1 Inthe device overview usa the right m

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