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- Page 1 Installation Manual Version 21.2 PowerManager CS Data Logger for Photovoltaic Power Plants Integrated PV Utility Control and Grid Stability Management System Ethernet enabled I/O Gateway © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com...
- Page 2 AlsoEnergy Inc. The utmost care and attention have gone into the preparation of this operation manual, but AlsoEnergy accepts no liabilities for errors that may be contained in the operation manual or may result from using the operation manual.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Connecting the Earthing Cable ..................26 9.3. Connecting the AC Main Cable ..................26 Energize / De-Energize ....................26 Connecting External Battery Box ..................27 © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... - Page 4 Maintenance ........................33 14.1. User Maintenance ....................33 Manufacturer’s Service ..................... 33 14.2. 14.3. Spare Parts ......................34 Liability ..........................36 Technical Data ........................ 37 © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com...
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Page 5: Instructions For The Use Of The Manual
Acquiring special knowledge is solely subject to the user of the equipment. AlsoEnergy is not liable for damage due to installation and use of the equipment not in compliance with the law. -
Page 6: Safety
In case of damage or questions regarding the 13.2 Manufacturer’s Service scope of delivery, do not hesitate to contact AlsoEnergy (see chap. on p. 28). © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 7: Setup
By means of the supplied material, mount the cabinet as shown 8 Nm Fig. 1 Wall mounting device cabinet with delivered mounting brackets © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... - Page 8 Fig. 2 Dimensions of cabinet and mounting hardware ENCLOSURE DIMENSIONS (mm) VERTICAL BRACKET HORIZONTAL BRACKET PART NO. EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS BACKPLATE ORIENTATION SPACING ORIENTATION SPACING ITEM PMCS-GX PMCS-GL © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com...
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Page 9: Product Description
• (B) Monitoring & Network module / heating and cooling optional • (C) Connection module 1 2 3 1 2 3 Fig 3 Product overview © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 10: Design
Push button to start the device in battery mode AC circuit breaker for heater DC fuse for heater fan Connection terminal for batteries Battery temperature sensor 2 batteries 17Ah © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 11: Monitoring & Network Module
Heater and two thermostats (optional) Heater, 150 W Twin thermostat for fan [low temperature fan incl. heater / high temperature fan only] Thermostat for heater Fig 6. Heating option © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 12: Connection Module
AC line overvoltage arrester Ethernet overvoltage protection devices s1/s2 RS485 bus and 24 VDC output overvoltage protection devices Splice box Fig 9 Connectors on the bottom side © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 13: Connection Of Data Communication
8.12 Connecting the Cable Shield on 23). Connect the cables to the connection terminal for digital inputs (Fig. 10 below). Refer to Table 1 below for the correct wire assignment. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 14: Connecting Temperature Sensors
23). Connect the connection cables to the connection terminal for temperature sensors (Fig. 11 below). Refer to Table 2 below for the correct wire assignment. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 15: Connecting Digital Outputs
23). Connect the connection cables to the connection terminal for digital outputs (Fig. 12 below). Refer to Table 3 below for the correct wire assignment. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 16: Connecting Analog Inputs
23). Connect the connection cables to the connection terminal for analog inputs (Fig. 13 below). Refer to Table 4 below for the correct wire assignment. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 17: Connecting Analog Outputs
Connect the cable shields to the shielding clamps (see 8.12 Connecting the Cable Shield on 23). Connect the connection cables to the connection terminal for analog outputs (Table 5 and Fig. 14 below). © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 18: Connecting S0-Interface (Counter)
Refer to Table 6 below for the correct wire assignment. Make sure that terminal 3 is connected to terminal 4, and terminal 7 is connected to terminal 8. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 19: Connecting Rs485 Bus Devices
8.8. Connecting RS485 Bus Devices AlsoEnergy recommends that you use cable type Li2YCYv (TP) 4 x 2 x 0.5. 1. Lead the connection cables through the cable gland marked RS485 HD (Fig. 9 on p. 12) into the housing. 2. Tighten the cable gland. -
Page 20: Terminating The Rs485 Bus
Fieldbus overvoltage protection device is in ON position (see Fig. 19 below). If necessary, put the dip switches 2 and 3 in ON position to enable the BIAS. Fig 19 Terminating RS485 bus © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 21: Commissioning The Router
Fig. 21 S M card slots on the router‘s back Fig. 20 Router mounting side Fig. 22 Antenna socket ( arked yellow) on the router‘s front side © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 22: Commissioning The Vpn-Router
The network connection can be established for the following two use cases: A: AlsoEnergy devices (2) and customers router (1) in the same network (refer to Fig. 23 below). B: AlsoEnergy devices (2) and customers router(1) in two different networks (refer to Fig. 24 below). -
Page 23: Connecting The Cable Shield
Lift the splice box a little and pull it upwards to remove it from the DIN rail Fig. 26 Splice box After splicing the fibre optic cables, install the splice box in reverse order. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... - Page 24 We recommend the ring structure which is redundant. If one station would be out of order all other stations could still communicate. Fig 27 Fibre-optic network topology © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com...
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Page 25: Connecting Power Supply
The batteries are automatically loaded through the DC UPS as soon as the device has started operating and the battery circuit breaker has been switched on. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 26: Connecting The Earthing Cable
Fig. 8 on p. 12) in off position • put the circuit breaker of the battery block (b in Fig. 4 on p. 10) in off position. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 27: Connecting External Battery Box
Lead the other end of the connection cable into the battery box. Connect the wires to the terminal as shown in Fig. 30 below. Fig 30 Connecting external battery box © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 28: Mounting Pyranometers/Reference Cells
The below directions will walk you through typical installation. Fig 31 Mounted tangential to pole Fig 32 Mounted parallel to pole Fig 33 Mounted holes for select pyrometers and sensors © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 29: Mounting The Sensor Mounting Plate
6. Attach and level the sensor per provided directions below and the sensor anufacturer’s directions. Fig 34 Sensor Mounting Plate side view with bill of material © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 30: Mounting A Pyranometer
9. Fasten the cable there. This way, the cable cannot vibrate. 10. Connect the pyranometer cable. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 31: Mounting A Reference Cell
7. Make a cable loop for strain relief of the connection cable and lead the cable from the mounting device to the surrounding fixed construction. 8. Fasten the cable there. This way, the cable cannot vibrate. 9. Connect the reference cell. © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 32: Starting Up
Check if all circuit breakers are closed. Check if the power supply (batteries) is properly connected. 13.2. Starting the Data Communication The data communication is set up by personnel from AlsoEnergy or by personnel trained by AlsoEnergy. 13.3. Starting the Device in Battery Mode You can start the device in battery mode if there is no AC power supply available. -
Page 33: Maintenance
14.2. Do not hesitate to contact AlsoEnergy for information and requests. AlsoEnergy EMEA region hotline: service +49 (0) 30 338 430-100 email AlsoEnergy support: service@alsoenergy.com © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... -
Page 34: Spare Parts
Table 9 on p. 35 OVP-CE-R2P1 RS485 bus interface 565661 Splice box cabinet 255257 multimode adapter CCH-CP12-59 single mode adapter DIN-MNT30 DIN rail bracket © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... - Page 35 Fig. 30 Spare parts, 40 Ah battery option Spare Part Order No. Battery 12 V, 40 Ah, AGM 12FGL42 Blade type fuse 15A (mini) 0297010.U © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com...
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Page 36: Liability
15. Liability AlsoEnergy is not liable for damages resulting from unintended use of the technical equipment or from non-compliance to the regulations. Intended use applies to the following conditions: • The safety regulations laid down in this installation manual are followed. -
Page 37: Technical Data
647 x 436 x 250 mm Approx. 14 kg; without batteries Approx. 32 kg; dependent on options Weight UV-resistant, glass-reinforced UV-resistant, glass-reinforced Material polyester polyester © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com... - Page 38 Operating temperature -15 °C to +40 °C / 5 °F to 104 °F Storage temperature -20 °C to +50 °C / -4 °F to 122 °F © 2021 AlsoEnergy Inc 5400 Airport Blvd. Ste. 100 Boulder, CO 80301 USA / alsoenergy.com...
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