Conditions 3.2 Installation Methods of Shine Pano 3.3 Connection with PV Devices 3.4 Connection with Network Device System Setting 4.1 Shine Pano Setting as a Terminal Display 4.2 Shine Pano Setting as an Intermediate Device 4.3 Environment Monitor, Smart Meter,...
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6.3 Access via the Shine Station Power Management 7.1 Active Power Reduction 7.2 Reactive Power Control 7.3 Manage Active and Reactive Power Simultaneously 7.4 PV Power Station Solution Maintenance 8.1 Shine Pano firmware upgrade 8.2 Factory Default 8.3 Troubleshooting Shine Pano datasheet Contact Us...
1.2 About Manual Distinguished users, thank you very much for your trust in our Shine Pano product, which is developed and manufactured by our R&D department. We sincerely hope it can satisfy your need, also, we’re glad to receive your suggestions on improving our product.
1.4 Guideline Before using the Shine Pano, please read the manual carefully. In the meantime, please keep it well, lest maintenance staff may couldn’t find it later. All the content, pictures, logos, symbols are reserved. No part of this document may be transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of our internal staff.
Description The appearance of Shine Pano is shown below. Friendly user interface are provided with ture color touch screen containing 800x600 pixels. 2.1 Device Overview 9.Normal-LED 8.Fault-LED 4.COM 3.LAN 2.POWER 1.SWITCH...
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7.ANTENNA 10.Touch Pen 5.USB 6.SD-CARD 2.1.1 Indicator Led Indicator led can be divided into fault led and normal led. Fault led indicates fault state, normal led indicates normal state. There are five different led color combinations which stand for different situations. Green led Red led Description...
2.2.2 Interface The description of Shine Pano Interface is listed below. Name Function Label Switch Power Switch:Turn On/Off Shine Pano Power Line:Connect the power line to charge Power RJ45 port:Connect Shine Pano to the local network or Ethernet As the Figure shows, port 2 and port4 are used for RS485;Others for active and reactive power...
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2pcs Plastic Column 2pcs M3.5*20 Screw Spike Shine Pano Instruction Disc Bracket 2.2.2 Label The label is sticked on the back side of the Pano, indicating the type of product, the voltage and current of the power supply, IP grade, ambient temperature and...
2.3 Introduction of Product Function Shine Pano is a monitoring device designed and manufactured by Growatt. Shine Pano could monitor inverters via RS485 and ZigBee wireless module. Besides inverters, it can also monitor other devices like environment monitor and smart meter.
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Pano is more than 1 piece, the connection mode between inverters is RS485. As an intermediate device, Shine Pano collects the data of PV system and sends it to an upper computer or dedicated server. For convenience of custom-tailored communication solution and cost control, Shine...
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The monitoring data of Shine Pano contain two aspects: 1.Operation Data of PV plant ·The total volume of inverters ·The total volume of standing-by inverters ·The total volume of error inverters ·The total volume of normal inverters ·Capacity per day ·Total capacity...
Product Installation and Connection 3.1 Installation Environmental Conditions The installation environmental conditions of Shine Pano and requirements communicating with other devices: (1) Indoor, temperature 0~45℃ ,humility0~95%,avoiding moisture and direct sunlight. (2) Communication distance is 1200m by Rs485. (3) Communication distance in open space is 300m by Zigbee Module.
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(4) Connect the portal RS485 of Pano with portal RS485 of inverter (details refer to chapter 3.3.1 hereinafter) or put ZigBee module into portal RS232 of our inverter (5) Cable connection (put web cable into LAN portal of Shine Pano)
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(6) Insert SD card ( Start up the Shine Pano after the action of putting SD card inside, otherwise SD card cannot be identified) (7) Connect the Power supply line (8) Switch on Shine Pano 3.2.2 Horizontal Placement Method Installation steps: (1)Take out the rod from the back of Pano, supporting the Pano, and then put it on a level.
3.3 Connection with PV Devices Shine Pano can communicate with devices like inverters, environment monitors, smart meters etc. 3.3.1 RS485 Wire Connection 1. To set up RS485 wire communication, please notice the identification number of portal RS485 of inverters. 2# of RS485 corresponds with 2# of Pano COM, 1# of RS485 corresponds with 4# of Pano COM as following figure.
3.3.2 ZigBee Wireless Conection ZigBee connection is a communication method between inverters and Pano by which we insert the ZigBee Module into inverters. Before setting up the connection, we need to set the ZigBee ID and Channel. Details please refer to the ZigBee Module User Manual which attached to the product when purchased.
System Setting 4.1 Shine Pano Setting as a Terminal Display The system setting interface is below: 1. When communicating with RS 485, please set the “Address Range” in “System Set”, all the inverter address monitored should be within the address range. After setting the inverter address range, click “OK”...
“Extra” and finish the related setting. Please reset the wireless module after all the setting. For more details, please refer to ZigBee Module User Manual. 4.2 Shine Pano Setting as an Intermediate Device 1. When communicating with RS485, please set the Address Range in System Set and set the inverter address within the address range.
ID and channel. After all the setting, reset the wireless module. Then you can set the IP Address of Shine Pano, including the Local IP and Server IP or domain name. When the server has both IP and domain name, the IP access would be prior.
Guideline on LCD Display 5.1 LCD Touch Screen The touch screen of Shine Pano is Resistive Touch Screen (RTS), as one of the latest technologies for HMI; it’s an apparent input system and absolute positioning system. The touch screen makes it available to operate Shine Pano by touching icons or words displayed in the screen and get away from mouse and keyboard.
5.3 Record Interface 1. Click or touch the “Record” on main interface using finger or the stylus to get access into the “Record” interface. 2. Click or touch the word “E_Histogram” shown in above figure then it will prompt out the drop-down menu. This menu contains submenu shown in following chart. Options Description Detail Data...
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3. Click or touch the box that shows the word “Daily in Month” and a drop-down menu will prompt out. Display following information: ·Daily in Month ·Monthly in Year ·Yearly Life time As shown in following figure, click or touch any option of this drop-down menu can select the option.
Note: ·Detailed power data can only be daily viewed. ·Power and energy curve can be daily, monthly and yearly viewed. ·Error information of inverter can only be monthly viewed. 5.4 Setting Interface 5.4.1 System Set Interface System setting interface is shown as following figure.
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Description Normal Set Remark Only English now Language English by default 5 minutes by default Update Time Protocol Modbus by default Users don’t need to set it Delay time (s) 2 second by default Address Range Address range of inverter System Time Time of inverter location Internet_Set...
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5.4.2 Inverter Set Interface Inverter setting interface is shown as following figure. In the box after Inverter is inverter serial number that to be set. Information of inverter setting is shown in following chart. Parameter Name Description Remark To start up or shut down PV_OnOff Startup/Shut inverter...
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Introduction to PF Model setting: ·PF_by_Set: Enable power factor settings. ·Inda_Reactive: Enable inductive reactive power control function. ·Capa_Reactive: Enable capable reactive power control function. To set active or reactive power control function, firstly corresponding enable option must be open. 5.4.3 Extra Set Interface Extra setting interface is shown as following figure.
4. Power adjust Select “ON” or “OFF” to open or close the function of power adjustment. Select Host or Slave to specify Shine Pano as host or slave devices during power adjustment. Once finished all the setting of ammeter, ambient sensor and power adjust, click “OK”...
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This interface will display following devices ·Serial number of Shine Pano. ·Model of Shine Pano. ·Software version of Shine Pano. ·Hardware version of Shine Pano 5.6 Operation Introduction to Inverter List Click any inverter shown in inverter list will turn to interface.
Network Access 6.1 Access via Integrated Web Server 1. Connect Shine Pano to local network via network cable. 2. Start the web browser, enter 192.169.1.230 in the address bar and press the ENTER key. 3. Click on “Record”, this page is about inverters which are monitored by the Shine...
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“Parameter”. 5. Setting parameter A. Set the address of the Shine Pano The address setting includes IP address, subnet mask, default gateway. If the first 3 figures of IP address and default gateway are the same, you could only set the IP...
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3) The subnet mask of the Shine Pano and that of the network which Shine Pano accesses should be same. 4) Set the default gateway of the Shine Pano same as that of the router which Pano connects to. Please confirm the default gateway is compliant with the network.
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2) Click on “save”, the configuration has been carried out successfully; Shine Pano could upload the data to specified server. Set the domain name of the server (Shine Pano will try to connect the server according to the specified server IP, when this fails, it will try to connect the Server by the domain name).
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Set smart meter, the address is 37. Open or shut down this function by selecting “ON” or “OFF”. System setting. To restart the Shine Pano, select “Enable_Reboot”. To restore factory setting, select “Enable_Reset”. Clear up the record by selecting “Enable_Clear_record”.
6.2 Access via the Shine Server 1. Start web browser and enter http://server.growatt.com . If you are the first time to login, please register in advance. 2. After registration, and fill in the login information.
6.3 Access via the Shine Station The monitoring data in the Shine Pano could be viewed via the Shine Station. 6.3.1 Installing the Shine Station The installation procedure is brief. Just double click the installer, and carry out the operation according to the prompt.
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Right click the small icon, select the “Start server”, then the prompt information will pop up. Start web browser (Google Chrome is recommended), enter the native IP address and port number 5678, e.g. the native IP address of the server or computer installed with Shine Station is 192.168.1.74, then enter 192.168.1.74:5678 or 127.0.0.1:5678 in the web browser.
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Click on “Start Server”, enable the monitoring service. When the Shine Pano is connected to the Shine station successfully, the setting status will display as below.
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6.3.4 Checking Up the Data When Shine Pano connects to the Shine Station well, the plant status could be viewed by the Shine Station.
To enable power management, a ripple control receive is required. When this function is required, user should activate it. The COM ports of the Shine Pano are shown as below. Pin 1,3,5,7,9,11 are used to connect the ripple control receiver.
100% 60% The output power level of inverter depends on the operating relay. The detailed information is shown as below. Pin 1 is connected to 3.3V dc source. Status Explanation 3.3V DC source Powering relays 100% output power When the relay corresponding to pin 3 actions, the inverter outputs 100% of nominal power.
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0.95 0. 97 0.98 0.99 The output reactive power level of inverter depends on the operating relay. The detailed information is shown as below. Pin 11 is connected to 3.3V dc source. Status Explanation 0.99 PF When the relay corresponding to pin 9 actions, the power factor of the output power is 0.99 0.98 PF When the relay corresponding to pin 9 actions,...
7.3 Manage Active and Reactive Power Simultaneously If active power and reactive power need to be managed at the same time, connect the Shine Pano with two ripple control receivers as below. 7.4 PV Power Station Solution In PV power station, there are more than one Pano. You can choose one Pano as the host connecting to the ripple control receiver.
Maintenance 8.1 Shine Pano firmware upgrade 1. Get upgrade package from Growatt 2. Copy the RAR archive file to the root directory of USB flash disk.
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3. Select the RAR archive, right click and select Extract here. Note: You need to have some compressing application like winzip, winRAR, zip7 or any.
4. Plug the USB flash disk to the Pano when the Shine Pano is turned on. Then the upgrade is carried out automatically. 5. If the Pano beeps twice, the upgrade is OK. If the Pano beeps 3 times rapidly, the upgrade is unsuccessful.
Shine Pano cannot Please confirm the ID channel of ZigBee Module coincide communicate with with that of the Shine Pano. If the communication is not OK inverters via ZigBee yet, please reconfigure the ZigBee Module referring to corresponding user manual.
Technical Data 9.1 Shine Pano Mechanical data 240mm* 160mm * 25mm Width*height*depth 820g Net weight Environmental conditions Ambient temperature 0 ℃… 45℃ IP 20 Degree of protection Mounting location Indoor Communication Rs485 communication Maximum 30 inverters ZigBee maximum 15 inverters...
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Interface English Language 800*600TFT, true color touch screen Display screen System operation state indicator LED indicator Power supply Input 100~240V 50/60Hz 5Vdc/2A Output...
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Contact Us If you have technical problems concerning our products, please contact the Growatt serviceline. GROWATT NEW ENERGY No.28 Guanghui Road, Longteng Community, Shiyan, Baoan District, Shenzhen, P.R.China. Growatt Serviceline Tel: +86 755 27471942 E-mail: service@ginverter.com Web:www growatt com GR - UM - 017 - 00...
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