Step 4, Reporting And Monitoring Installation Data; The Solaredge Monitoring System - SolarEdge Solar Inverter Installation Manual

Chapter 4: Commissioning the Installation

Step 4, Reporting and Monitoring Installation Data

NOTE:
This step requires connecting one of the communication options. Refer to Chapter 6: Setting Up
Communication on page 41

The SolarEdge Monitoring System

The SolarEdge monitoring portal enables accessing SolarEdge site information, including up-to-date
information viewed in a physical or logical view.
The monitoring portal is described in detail in the SolarEdge Monitoring Portal User Guide, available on the
SolarEdge website at http://www.solaredge.com/files/pdfs/solaredge-monitoring-portal-user-guide.pdf.
The SolarEdge monitoring portal can display logical and physical layouts of the installed system, as follows:
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Logical Layout: Shows a schematic logical layout of the components in the system, such as: inverters,
strings and modules, as well as their electrical connectivity. This view enables you to see which
modules are connected in each string, which strings are connected to each inverter, and so on.
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Physical Layout: Shows a schematic physical layout of the components in the system, such as:
inverters, strings and modules, as well as their electrical connectivity. This view enables a bird's eye
view of the actual location of a system component.
Using the portal, you can:
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View the latest performance of specific components.
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Find underperforming components, such as modules, by comparing their performance to that
of other components of the same type.
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Pinpoint the location of alerted components using the physical layout.
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See how components are connected to each other.
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Pair power optimizers remotely
To display a logical layout, insert the inverter serial number in the new site created in the application.
When the communication between the inverter and the monitoring server is established, the logical layout
will be displayed. .
To display a physical layout, you need to map the locations of the installed power optimizers. To generate
a physical mapping, use either the iPhone Site Mapper application or a mapping template, which should
be filled out using the detachable stickers (see Providing Installation Information below).
The logical and physical mapping can be used for debugging a problem using the SolarEdge monitoring
portal.
If you do not report the physical and logical mapping of the installed power optimizers to SolarEdge, the
SolarEdge monitoring portal will show the logical layout indicating which power optimizers are connected
to which inverters, but will not show strings or the physical location of power optimizers.
The inverter may be connected to the SolarEdge monitoring portal via LAN or via an external modem
connected to the inverter RS232 connector. Alternatively, you can connect the inverter to another inverter
that is already connected to the server, in a master-slave configuration. Refer to Chapter 6: Setting Up
Communication on page 41.
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