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Phoenix Contact SOL-SC-WTH-STN Operating Instructions Manual

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Weather station – SOL-SC-WTH-STN
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  • Page 1 Photovoltaic park management Weather station – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Operating instructions UM EN SOL-SC-WTH-STN...
  • Page 2 Weather station – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Weather data acquisition UM EN SOL-SC-WTH-STN, Revision 00 2021-05-04 These operating instructions are valid for: Designation Revision Order No. SOL-SC-WTH-STN 1322110 PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG • Flachsmarktstraße 8 • 32825 Blomberg • Germany phoenixcontact.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setting the date and time..................18 Reading in the environmental sensors..............20 9.4.1 Reading in the all-in-one weather sensor and soiling sensor ....21 9.4.2 Changing the pyranometer or reference cell address ......21 3 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 4 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN 10 Normal operation ........................23 11 Maintenance and diagnostics ....................24 Appendix ..........................25 Data point list....................... 25 4 / 44 PHOENIX CONTACT 110213_en_00...

  • Page 5: For Your Safety

    – Qualified application programmers and software engineers. The users must be familiar with the relevant safety concepts of automation technology as well as applicable stan- dards and other regulations. 5 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 6: Field Of Application

    You may not repair the switchgear and controlgear assembly yourself. If any switchgear and control- gear assembly equipment is faulty, contact your Phoenix Contact subsidiary to agree on fur- ther action. Subsidiary contact information is available at phoenixcontact.com.

  • Page 7: Safety Notes

    On first request, you shall release Phoenix Contact and the companies associated with Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Flachsmarktstrasse 8, 32825 Blomberg in ac- cordance with §§15ff. AktG (German Stock Corporation Act), hereinafter collectively referred to as “Phoenix Contact”, from all third-party claims made due to improper...

  • Page 8: The System At A Glance

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN The system at a glance Background Photovoltaic park management is designed to continuously monitor large photovoltaic sys- tems during operation and monitor the ambient conditions, the state of the PV strings, and state of the inverters at field level. This enables the system operator to respond to changes promptly to ensure that maximum yield is achieved.

  • Page 9: Function Of The Weather Station

    – Wind direction – Wind speed – Temperature, humidity, air pressure – Pyranometer – Precipitation – PV module temperature – Reference cell – Soiling sensor – All-in-one weather sensor Fig. 4-1 Weather station topology 9 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 10: Technical Data

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Technical data Electrical data Nominal power 220 W Voltage (U 230 V AC, 50 Hz Nominal current (I 0.95 A (at 230 V AC, 50 Hz) Recommended backup fuse for line protection or fuse pro- 16 A, characteristic B, 1-pos.

  • Page 11: Requirements For Configuration

    Requirements for setting up the system: quirements – Computer with network connection (standard Ethernet 10/100Base-T) – Up-to-date web browser with activated JavaTM plugin (recommended: Google Chrome); errors may occur in the program sequence when using older browser versions. 11 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 12: Connecting, Logging In, And Logging Out

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Connecting, logging in, and logging out Connecting and logging in On initial startup of the weather station, the software is read from the SD card with the fol- lowing data: IP address: 192.168.1.10 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0...

  • Page 13: Overview Of The User Interface

    – Application description – Date and time (preset or current) – Project name – Firmware – Software version (name) Submenus Overview of the submenus of the selected main menu – Display and configuration area 13 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 14: Menus

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Menus 8.2.1 Overview of the menu structure Weather Home - Current Average Search Interface Settings Alarm Application Network Clock Interface Diagnostic Fig. 8-2 Menu structure 8.2.2 Description of the menus Menu/submenu Description “Weather” Main menu for weather data and environmental sensors –...
  • Page 15 – Setting the time and date while taking standard time and day- light saving time into account “Interface” Main menu for Modbus and PROFINET – “Diagnostic” Submenu in the “Interface” menu – Status indication of Modbus and PROFINET 15 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 16: Configuration

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Configuration Requirements and sequence Requirements Mount and install the switchgear and controlgear assembly in accordance with the “SOL- SC-WTH-STN” operating instructions (110181). Also observe the system-specific installa- tion notes provided by the system integrator. Procedure The configuration is divided into the following steps: Adjusting the network settings (see Section 9.2)

  • Page 17: Adjusting The Network Settings

    The weather station is restarted automatically. The restart takes approximately ten sec- onds. Fig. 9-1 “Network” submenu – example ⇒ After the restart, the user interface can be opened via the modified IP address. 17 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 18: Setting The Date And Time

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Setting the date and time Log into the user interface. Select the “Settings, Clock” menu. Fig. 9-2 “Clock” submenu – example There are several options for setting the date and time. Make the desired changes:...
  • Page 19 You can specify daylight saving time for 10 years. No time change Select the “ON/OFF” button for “none” if you do not wish to use the time change option. 19 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...

  • Page 20: Reading In The Environmental Sensors

    Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Reading in the environmental sensors Compatibility of the switchgear and controlgear assembly with the environmental sensors Only sensors approved by Phoenix Contact can be read in. Procedure: Log into the user interface. Select the “Weather, Search” menu.

  • Page 21: Reading In The All-In-One Weather Sensor And Soiling Sensor

    Disconnect all sensors from the switchgear and controlgear assembly. Connect the sensor whose address is to be changed to the switchgear and controlgear assembly. Select the “Weather, Interface” menu. Fig. 9-4 “Interface” submenu – example 21 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 22 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Enter the actual address of the sensor in the “Current address” field. – Pyranometer: 11 – Reference cell: 90 Enter the new address in the “New address” field. Select an address from the range specified.
  • Page 23 “Current” submenu – example “n/a” indicates an environmental sensor that is not connected. A red circle ( ) at an envi- ronmental sensor indicates a communication fault with this environmental sensor (see Sec- tion 11). 23 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 24 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN 11 Maintenance and diagnostics Message list The “Alarm” submenu lists all the system messages. Each message consists of the follow- ing: – Received: Information indicating the time the message appeared. – Sent: Information indicating the time the message was resolved.
  • Page 25 Day local time Hour local time Minute local time Second local time Ambient temperature °C Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind speed Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind direction ° Reserved Reserved Reserved Atmospheric pressure Reserved Reserved Reserved 25 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 26 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Data point Scale factor Unit Relative humidity Reserved Reserved Reserved Rain Reserved Reserved Reserved Soiling Reserved Reserved Reserved Pyranometer 1 W/m² Pyranometer 2 W/m² Pyranometer 3 W/m² Pyranometer 4 W/m² Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reference cell 1 W/m²...
  • Page 27 Minute local time Second local time Ambient temperature °C Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind speed Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind direction ° Reserved Reserved Reserved Atmospheric pressure Reserved Reserved Reserved Relative humidity Reserved Reserved Reserved Rain Reserved 27 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 28 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Data point Scale factor Unit Reserved Reserved Soiling Reserved Reserved Reserved Pyranometer 1 W/m² Pyranometer 2 W/m² Pyranometer 3 W/m² Pyranometer 4 W/m² Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reference cell 1 W/m² Reference cell 2 W/m²...
  • Page 29 Time stamp UTC ss Time stamp local time YYYY Time stamp local time MM Time stamp local time DD Time stamp local time hh Time stamp local time mm Time stamp local time ss 29 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 30 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Data point Scale factor Unit Ambient temperature 0.1°C Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind speed 0.1 m/s Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind direction ° Reserved Reserved Reserved Presure Reserved Reserved Reserved Humidity 0.1% Reserved 30 / 44 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 31 Data point list Data point Scale factor Unit Reserved Reserved Rain Reserved Reserved Reserved Soiling Reserved Reserved Reserved Pyranometer 1 W/m² Pyranometer 2 W/m² Pyranometer 3 W/m² Pyranometer 4 W/m² Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved 31 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 32 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Data point Scale factor Unit Reference cell 1 W/m² Reference cell 2 W/m² Reference cell 3 W/m² Reference cell 4 W/m² Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Back of module temperature 1 °C Back of module temperature 2 °C...
  • Page 33 Time stamp UTC ss Time stamp local time YYYY Time stamp local time MM Time stamp local time DD Time stamp local time hh Time stamp local time mm Time stamp local time ss Ambient temperature 0.1°C 33 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 34 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Data point Scale factor Unit Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind speed 0.1 m/s Reserved Reserved Reserved Wind direction ° Reserved Reserved Reserved Presure Reserved Reserved Reserved Humidity 0.1% Reserved Reserved 34 / 44 PHOENIX CONTACT 110213_en_00...
  • Page 35 Data point Scale factor Unit Reserved Rain Reserved Reserved Reserved Soiling Reserved Reserved Reserved Pyranometer 1 W/m² Pyranometer 2 W/m² Pyranometer 3 W/m² Pyranometer 4 W/m² Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reference cell 1 W/m² 35 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 36 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Data point Scale factor Unit Reference cell 2 W/m² Reference cell 3 W/m² Reference cell 4 W/m² Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Back of module temperature 1 °C Back of module temperature 2 °C Back of module temperature 3 °C...
  • Page 37 UTC time of virtual sen- sor data as STRING for display in WBM udiLT Local time of virtual sen- sor data measurement strLT Local time of virtual sen- sor data as STRING for display in WBM 37 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 38 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Item Description Unit Min. Max. arr- udtWndDir sName WMS_- xError DataCur xValid rValue Current value ° uiCounter Counter of samples for mean value calculation rValueMax Maximum value rValueMin Minimum value strUtcMax UTC time of maximum...
  • Page 39 Not used udiUTC UTC time of virtual sen- sor data strUTC UTC time of virtual sen- sor data as STRING for display in WBM udiLT Local time of virtual sen- sor data measurement 39 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 40 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN Item Description Unit Min. Max. arr- strLT Local time of virtual sen- WMS_- sor data as STRING for DataAvg display in WBM udtWndDir sName xError xValid rValue Current value ° uiCounter Counter of samples for...
  • Page 41 Equals udtWndDir Equals udtWndDir °C udtTMPBOM3 Equals udtWndDir Equals udtWndDir °C udtTMPBOM4 Equals udtWndDir Equals udtWndDir °C udtTMPBOM5 Equals udtWndDir Equals udtWndDir °C udtTMPBOM6 Equals udtWndDir Equals udtWndDir °C udtSoiling Equals udtWndDir Equals udtWndDir 41 / 44 110213_en_00 PHOENIX CONTACT...
  • Page 42 Photovoltaic park management – SOL-SC-WTH-STN 42 / 44 PHOENIX CONTACT 110213_en_00...
  • Page 43 The receipt of technical documentation (in particular user documentation) does not constitute any further duty on the part of Phoenix Contact to furnish information on modifications to products and/or technical documentation. You are responsible to verify the suitability and intended use of the products in your specific application, in particular with regard to observing the applicable standards and regulations.
  • Page 44 Should you have any suggestions or recommendations for improvement of the contents and layout of our manuals, please send your comments to: tecdoc@phoenixcontact.com PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG • Flachsmarktstraße 8 • 32825 Blomberg • Germany 44 / 44 phoenixcontact.com...
  • Page 46 PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG Flachsmarktstraße 8 32825 Blomberg, Germany Phone: +49 5235 3-00 Fax: +49 5235 3-41200 E-mail: info@phoenixcontact.com phoenixcontact.com...

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