Copyright Statement Copyright Statement This manual is under the copyright of Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. with all rights reserved. Please keep the manual properly and operate in strict accordance with all safety and operating instructions in this manual. Please do not operate the system before reading through the manual.
Introduction Introduction 1.1 System Introduction AlphaESS Storion-SMILE5 (incl. SMILE5-BAT and SMILE-INV) can be applied in DC-coupled systems (mostly new installation), AC-coupled systems (mostly retrofit) and Hybrid-coupled systems (mostly retrofit, and PV capacity-increase), as the following scheme show: Figure 1 DC - coupled Storage System – Scheme Figure 2 AC - coupled Storage System –...
The warning signs contain important information for the system to operate safely, and it is strictly prohibited to torn or damage them. Ensure that the warning signs are always readable and correct placed. The signs must be replaced immediately when damaged. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 6...
This sign shows danger of high voltage and electric shock! The Storion-SMILE5 must not be touched or put into service until 5 minutes after it has been switched off or disconnected to prevent an electric shock or injury.
During standard operation, no electrolyte shall leak from the battery pack and no toxic gases shall form. Despite careful construction, if the Battery Pack is damaged or a fault occurs, it is possible that ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 8...
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Secure the system to prevent tipping with restraining straps in your vehicle. The transportation of AlphaESS Storion-SMILE5 must be made by the manufacturer or an instructed personal. These instructions shall be recorded and repeated. A certified ABC fire extinguisher with minimum capacity of 2kg must be carried along when transporting.
Your Smart Energy Introduction 1.6 System Appearance Figure 4 Storion-SMILE5 Delivery Scope Object Description Hybrid Inverter with Cable Box EMS Display Screen Cable Box Part of Inverter SMILE5-BAT (Battery 1) SMILE5-BAT (Battery 2) ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 11...
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Inverter Debug Communication Net Wire Connection Port Port Power Dispatching Port for Battery Communication Port Australia External Expansion Port Meter Meter Communication Port Or External Dispatching Port Contact External Device Control Interface Relay ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 12...
The maintenance procedures relating to the product have not been followed to an acceptable standard; Force majeure (violent or stormy weather, lightning, overvoltage, fire etc.); Damages caused by any external factors. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 14...
Your Smart Energy Installation Installation This manual introduces the basic steps of how to install and set up AlphaESS Storion-SMILE5. SMILE5-BAT is a sealed component with no access to battery terminals or cell components within the module. NOTE: please pay attention for unpacking the battery, otherwise components could be damaged.
Connect Figure 10 Battery Positive and Negative port Figure 11 Battery Power Cable Installation Diagram Step 2: Connect the power cable at the top, which are included in the parts list of SMILE5-BAT. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 16...
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Step 4: Position the battery parallel to the wall and use a Φ8mm drill to drill holes to a depth of about 70mm in the wall for subsequent fixation of the mounting plates. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 17...
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Figure 14 Battery Installation – Mounting on the Wall Step 5: Remove the debris baffle and secure the battery to the wall with screws and gaskets. Figure 15 Battery Installation – Second Battery Installation ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 18...
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Step 7: Remove the inverter mounting plate and bracket and connect them using the M4 nuts as shown above. Check carefully if everything is tight. M6 Nuts Figure 17 Inverter Installation - Inverter Mounting Panel ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 19...
Step 10: Open the front cover and the cable box, and connect the Backup and Grid cables to the Backup and Grid terminal board through the Backup and Grid wring outlet. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 20...
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You can use the communication cable provided in the accessory parts of one SMILE5-BAT as the BMS communication cable. The following figure shows the type 568B line sequence: Figure 20 Network Cable Type 568B Figure 21 Wiring the Communication Cable ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 21...
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Figure 23 Wiring the Power Cable of the Cable Box Step 14: Connect the power cable of the top battery from Step 2 to the terminals of the cable box. Make sure that red connects to red and black connects to black. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 22...
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Step 16: Open the front cover of the last battery and remove the DIP cover. Now set the DIP switch 2 to "on" mode and close the cover again. 1. If there is only one BAT, the DIP switch of this BAT must be set as the following: ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 23...
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DIP setting on the last module. Figure 26 Increase the Battery Modules NOTE: Recommended external PV circuit breaker rating is not less than 25A. NOTE: the RCD unit must be installed. A 100mA RCD device is recommended. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 24...
Your Smart Energy Installation 2.2.3 Single Line Diagram The single line diagrams of DC-, AC- and Hybrid-coupled system are as below: Figure 27 DC-coupled system Figure 28 AC-coupled system ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 25...
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Your Smart Energy Installation Figure 29 Hybrid-coupled system ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 26...
Installation 2.3 Power Meter The electricity meter should be mounted and connected at the grid transition point (feed-in point) so that it can measure the grid reference and feed-in power. Alpha ESS currently provides 4 different power meter solutions: ...
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NOTE: Connect the power meter (PIN 7, 8) to the meter port of the cable box (PIN 3, 6) using the RJ45 cable. ADL-3000 single-phase connection (with CT, meter plug), if applicable: LOAD Figure 33 ADL-3000 single-phase Connect (with CT, with Meter plug) ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 28...
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NOTE: Connect the power meter (PIN 7, 8) to the meter port of the cable box (PIN 3, 6) using the RJ45 cable. ADL-3000 three-phase connection (without CT, with meter plug), if applicable: Figure 35 ADL-3000 three-phase Connect (without CT, with Meter plug) ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 29...
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For AC-/ Hybrid-system, there are two meter needed: Option 1: with Meter Plug Option 2: without Meter Plug Figure 38 Two Meter Connect, with Meter Figure 39 Two Meter Connect, without Meter Plug Plug ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 30...
For AC/Hybrid system, there are two meter needed: Option 1: with Meter Plug Option 2: without Meter Plug Figure 43 Two Meter Connect, without Meter Figure 42 Two Meter Connect, with Meter Plug Plug ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 31...
Figure 45 CT meter three-phase connection (if applicable) NOTE: Connect the power meter (PIN 21, 22) to the meter port of the cable box (PIN 3, 6) using the RJ45 cable. For AC/Hybrid system, there are two meter needed: ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 32...
Step 5: Click the “Enter” button to get back to the Step 6: Click the “Shift” button to save the setting. menu interface. Then click the “Shift” button 5 times to enter the save interface. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 34...
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The Grid meter (DC, AC and Hybrid system) address is set to 001, the PV meter (AC and Hybrid system) address is set to 002. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 35...
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Step 11: Click the "Enter" button and the setting is completed. 2.3.5.3 ACR10R There are 5 buttons on the meter's front: 1. Enter key 2. Arrow to the right 3. Up arrow 4. SET button 5. FN key (no function) ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 36...
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When the meter is used as Grid meter (DC, AC/Hybrid system), the address is set to “005”. When it is used as the PV meter (AC/Hybrid system), the address is set to “006”. The baud rate is set to 9600. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 37...
Step 6: Turn on the Battery switch. Step 7: Press the power button on all the batteries until the indicator lights is turned on. Step 8: Close the inner cover and the outer shell of the cable box. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 38...
Contact with skin: Wash the affected area thoroughly with soap and water, and seek medical attention. Ingestion: Induce vomiting and seek medical attention. 3.3.3 Fire If a fire breaks out in the place where the battery pack is installed, perform the following countermeasures: ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 39...
Figure 49 SMILE5 EMS Interface Object Name Description Red: The inverter is in fault. Green: The battery is charging or discharging. Indicator LED Green: The inverter is in normal state. Green: The inverter is in communication. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 40...
Return key to return to the previous layer. 4.2.2 Status Status menu contains five sub-menus: Solar, Battery, Grid, UPS and Comm .These display the relevant information about the current physical or communication interface respectively. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 41...
Communication interface displays the real-time communication situation of BMS, Net, MeterGrid and MeterDC. 4.2.3 History History menu contains seven sub-menus: Grid Consumption, INV Gen., BAT Gen., PV Gen., Grid Charge, PV Charge, Error Logs ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 42...
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PV-panels. Grid Charge interface displays today’s or total electricity quantity battery charged from the grid. PV Charge interface displays today’s or total electricity quantity battery charged from the PV- panels. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 43...
Step 3: Click Solar to set the Solar relevant information. Step 4: Set on-grid capacity, storage capacity Step 5: Click the Battery Function and check and number of PV strings (MPPT number). battery type SMILE5-BAT. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 44...
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Step 15: Click Safety in the setting menu. Set how much battery energy to reserve for UPS safety standard. function. AS4777 for Australia, ARN4105 for Germany, CEI0_21 for Italy, G83_2 for Great Britain, ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 45...
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MAC Address: display MAC Address. Figure 50 Date & Time Setting Interface Figure 51 Date & Time Setting Interface Step 20: Click Language to set language Step 21: Make sure all the following number is correct. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 46...
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Step 3: Please choose “Phase” as L1 (master) mode” and press enter. and press enter. Step 5: please repeat Step 1 to 4 to set the other device as L2 (slave) L3 (slave). ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 47...
AlphaESS sales. Log in to your installer account and choose Storage System Maintenance> "Install new system" to register a new system at Alpha ESS. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 48...
Step 3: select the "Other Information" submenu and set the following parameter: - Time zone - Data upload frequency: SMILE5 has second level data, you can choose it as 10s data if you wish. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 49...
Wait at least 5 minutes after disconnection, so that the residual voltage of the capacitors drops to a safe voltage. Use a multimeter to make sure that the equipment is completely discharged. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 50...
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(ie the battery has not been charged for two weeks or more). Please contact us in time if there is any condition that has not been explained in the manual. ___________________________________________________________________ Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. Page 51...