Aurora Communicator - User Manual
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1. Fig 4 2 2 1 A chart with measurements shown 4 2 3 Edit Y Range Select this option to change the chart s default Y range in order to better adjust it if needed You will be asked for a new interval Edit Range Minimum Maximum lo 2o00 Ok Cancel Fig 4 2 3 1 Edit Y Range 4 2 4 Set visualization to current day This function shows the current day in the X axys of the chart from 6 00 AM to 8 00 PM Use it to quickly reset the visualization to the default one if you manually scrolled zoomed into the chart Preliminary 14 AN POWET 0ING S Changing the Shape of Power 4 2 5 View All This function automatically changes the X and Y axys of the chart in order to perfectly fit the waveform on it W Today Energy 1400 1200 i000 an B00 4 01 06 20 00 6 12 liliz Fig 4 2 5 1 Example of View All function 4 2 6 Y Axys Scale Mode Here you can choose how the Y axys works Fixed The Y axys range is fixed and depends by the one you defined yourself see section 4 2 3 Auto Scale Loose The Y axys range is determined by the minimum and maximum values with a small gap on top and bottom Auto Scale Exact The Y axys range is determined by the minimum and maximum values with no gap on top and bottom Scope Chart The Y axys range follows the waveform A small gap is left on top or bottom Strip Chart The Y axys range follows the waveform N2. Fig 3 1 3 PV Array Fig 3 1 4 System Status 3 1 1 Energy Harvesting In this section of the control panel you can see how much energy has been harvested by the inverter in different time spans The first time you enter here Aurora Communicator will load data from the inverter to generate the Statistics this operation may take a few moments Le Fig 3 1 1 1 Loading inverter statistics If you want to update the statistics press the Reload button in this section Preliminary 10 AN POWEr ONE S Changing the Shape of Power HE Inverter Control Panel Inverter 2 J x Day 2600 Last Week ee Last 7 Days e200 Last Month 2000 Last Year 1800 Last 366 Days 1600 Lifetime 1400 E Selected Period 1200 Energy 1000 17 0 kW 600 600 400 Reload ae l l I l l Export Chart l l l 0112 2007 06 12 2007 1112 2007 13 12 2007 i Inverter D Energy Harvesting a PY Array a System Fig 3 1 1 2 Energy Harvesting On the left side of this section you can choose which time period you want to see By using the Export Chart function you can also save a copy of the statistics in xls or csv format Preliminary l1 la POWET ONE S Changing the Shape of Power 4 Charts Aurora Communicator generates several charts while monitoring the system in order to collect data for the Statistics By default you can see in the main application window the charts of the daily
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4. Time If you double click on a row the control panel for the selected inverter will show up HA Inverter Control Panel Inverter 2 ae x Output Power Status Information 1000 2000 Power Serial Number 000014 No Alarm Week Year 23 05 3600 pe Part Number 3D28 Model P I 3600 DE Sleep Reference Standard DE0126 DcDcl MPPT 102 7 W Run DcDc2 Input Low P Array 1 Grid Output Power Voltage 211 9 Y voltage 237 8 Y R Current 0 5 4 Current 0 5 a Power 113 4 Vi Frequency 50 0 Hz R PY Array 2 Energy 600 Voltage 27 7 Y Today 172 0 Wh pe Current 0 0 Lifetime 4873 0 kWh i Power 0 0 yi a 200 Temperature P Power ee a 06 00 Int Temperature 45 9 a Gs Power 105 8 Wy 17 12 Inverter Energy Harvesting a PY Array System Fig 3 1 2 Inverter Control Panel Preliminary AN POWET ONE NS Changing the Shape of Power This panel shows the details of a single inverter Information are divided in four sections Inverter Shows the general details of the inverter Energy Harvesting Statistics of the energy collected by the inverter see section 3 1 1 PV Array Status of the photovoltaic array System A summary of the system status Sl Inverter Control Panel Inverter 2 azz Sl Inverter Control Panel Inverter 2 PY Array 1 Yoltage PY Array 2 Yoltage Output Power 1066 w Today Energy 1 0 wh 5000 4000 P Array 1 Power 2000
5. energy Today Energy and power These two are updated automatically from time to time see section 2 3 1 Sampling Time 10 x 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 18 12 8 12 18712 18 12 18 12 18712 18 12 18 12 1812 18 12 18 12 Fig 4 1 Power Fig 4 2 Daily Energy 4 1 Charts Interaction It is possible to interact with the charts by using a combination of keyboard and mouse There is an help inside Aurora Communicator that can show you how to operate to open it from the menu on the top select Help then Charts Information Py Aurora Communicator v2 5 5 BETA File Configuration Language Statistics Windows a About E 3 2 ie Ghasifamatin Fig 4 1 1 Charts Help In any case here is a summary of the most important operations Zoom In Shift Left Mouse Click Zoom Area Shift Drag Mouse with the Left Button Pressed Reset Zoom Shift Backspace Undo Zoom Shift Right Mouse Click Zoom In Out Shift Mouse Wheel Move Chart Ctrl Drag Mouse with the Left Button Pressed Preliminary 12 la POWET ONE S Changing the Shape of Power Move Left Ctrl Left Arrow Move Right Ctrl Right Arrow Move Up Ctrl Up Arrow Move Down Ctrl Down Arrow Reset Move Ctrl Backspace Undo Move
6. modify them from the menu on the top select Configuration then Preferences This will open the preferences window Preliminary lan POWETr ONE S Changing the Shape of Power Sampling Take a sample every 120 seconds D fhe ranog bine wred fo create the charis Shorter hiner means More accurate charts but sh shorter Adtory cagacty DateTime Synchronization If Enable automatic inverter synchronization LGA Bench anatied fhe date and fine of erery verter connected fo fhe serfan whe seochronized ahh te date and fine of Aa ec Spontan executed every day at 70000 and T600 V x Ok Cancel Fig 2 3 1 Preferences 2 3 1 Sampling This parameter defines the interval in seconds from one sample and the next It is recommended to enter a value of at least 60 seconds Using shorter times will result in more accurate charts but more memory will be used both in RAM and in the hard disk to store the statistics 2 3 2 Date Time Synchronization If you enable this option this application will update the date and time of each inverter with the system time two times in a day at 10 AM and at 4 PM This is to ensure that there is no time discrepancy between the PC where Aurora Communicator is running and the inverters 2 4 Inverters Configuration Before using this application for the first time you must configure the inverters you have connected to the system to do so open
7. statistics will be stored the next daw V x Ok Cancel Fig 5 2 1 System Statistics Select on the left side the measurements you want to appear on the chart daily energy can be shown either with a scatter or an histogram chart Then select the time period on the right either select a single day or look for a particular interval Press Ok and the program will search for the required information then a chart will be shown 5 2 1 Statistics Results The chart generated by the statistics functions can contain more waveform 4 Daily Energy ait Export Chart Show Measures Edit Y Range Set visualization to current day View All Select Waveform Show Waveform b Fig 5 2 1 1 Example of System Statistics Preliminary Le lan POWET ONE S Changing the Shape of Power If you right click on the chart you will see two new menus Select Waveform and Show Waveform Select Waveform let you choose which one of the waveforms is currently selected It is necessary to select a waveform to make measurements using the cursors see section 4 2 2 change the units in the Y axys and the title of the chart and finally to export it only the selected waveform can be exported when you choose the Export Chart function see section 4 2 1 Show Waveform let you hide and show the single waveforms shown in the chart NOTE you will not find any d
8. the inverter configuration window by clicking on this button in the upper toolbar or from the menu on the top select Configuration then Configure Inverters Preliminary 5 AN POWET ONE NS Changing the Shape of Power PT Aurora Communicator 2 5 3 BETA Language Statistics Windows Help Fig 2 4 1 Configuring inverters This will open the inverters configuration window T Inverters Configuration AURORA INVERTERS Auto Scan C ddress SIM Add Remore a Edit wil ba Cancel 0 Inverters Fig 2 4 2 The Inverters Configuration window To configure the inverters you can either add each one by entering their addresses or you can scan the system to check which inverters are currently connected TO manually add an inverters click on the Add button Preliminary la POWEr ONE S Changing the Shape of Power To search for inverters click on the Auto Scan button this operation may take a few minutes You can modify the list with the Remove and Edit buttons and also change the position of an inverter in the list with the up down buttons Once you are done with the configuration press Ok to exit Preliminary d AN POWET ONE S Changing the Shape of Power 3 Using Aurora Communicator Aurora Communicator 2 5 3 BETA ol x File Configuration Language Statistics Windows Help E 3 Se SI
9. 007 17 05 45 24 E02 Error Meas Y 06 06 2007 0 00 10 14 Inverter iy 000014 z Export Alarms Warnings Loading Completed Alarms Progressive Mo oOo O nes 7 TES 1 usseseeeee se ererereres Close Fig 5 1 2 Alarms Warnings Use the Alarms and Warnings buttons located on the bottom to switch between the two tables You can sort these lists by clicking on the column titles in the table s header By using the Export button you can also save these lists in different formats txt A simple text file that can be opened with any editor XIs A TAB separated file that can be opened with any version of Excel CSV included Another type of file that can be opened with various applications Excel NOTE you can save these files in 2 ways european or american The first uN VW one uses the character one uses the character uN VW E a Preliminary as separator for decimal digits while the second 17 AN POWET ONE NS Changing the Shape of Power 5 2 System Statistics This function generates a chart with the system statistics jail System Statistics EEE zi E A j A Measurements _ Period BS St AE RATA ed Ben AT Sa SS gt i Input Power W Output Power Single Day lunedi 17 dicembre 7007 kl Daily Energy Period Scatter Histogram Day by Day Today s
10. AN POWET 0IG VJ G hanging the Shape of Power Aurora Communicator Monitor tool for Aurora Inverters User Manual 20 12 07 This is an unpublished work the copyright in which vest in Power One S p A All rights reserved This document and its information is supplied without liability for errors or omissions and no party may be reproduced used or disclosed except as authorized by contract or other written permission Important This manual has been written considering English as the default language since Aurora Communicator let the user change the language you may not find correspondance between the version you are running and the entries in this manual unless you set the language to English i e the Configuration menu Is called like this only if the selected language is English but it changes to Configurazione if the language Is Italiano and Konfiguration in Deutsch AN POWET 0IG S Changing the Shape of Power Index OOX ca a E E E ee eee ace eee eee 1 EEE S i EEE A TAE E ee ee E E EE re T ee E re 2 UA SR OUTONO NE aE T AEA 2 MZ NAS AO e E E E EE OE E E E cece ee 2 Be ANG U e E E E E 3 Tike ENU E O O a E E wea nens sacs a eens 3 R POE ee O esa E E E E E 3 Lom P TE a E T ee ee ae 4 PA Ae SAIMOUING E T E E AE E E EE E E E E 5 2 3 2 Date Time Synchronization s s ssssssssssusnsnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnunnnnnunnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnni 5
11. Changing the Shape of Power 1 Setup 1 1 Requirements This application can run on any PC with Windows based operating systems but for better performances we suggest a 2GHz processor and at least 512 MB of RAM Microsoft NET Frameword v2 0 is installed automatically during the setup Aurora Communicator has been successfully tested with the following operating systems Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista 1 2 Installation Just run the setup exe file provided and follow the instructions until the installation is completed i Aurora Communicator Selezione cartella di installazione Aurora Communicator verra ingtallato nella cartella seguente Fer utilizzare questa cartella scegliere Avanti Fer scegliere un altra cartella speciticamne una oppure scegliere Sfoglia Cartella C ProgrammitPower D ne Aurora Communicator Sfoglia Spazio richiesto su disco Installazione di Aurora Communicator per l utente corrente o per tuth gli utenti f Tutti gli utenti C Utente corrente Annulla z Indietro Fig 1 1 Installation window During the setup your PC may need to be restarted Once the program is successfully installed it will create a launch icon in the desktop and in the start menu Preliminary AN POWET ONE NS Changing the Shape of Power 2 Starting up Configuring Aurora Communicator When you run the program for the first time these are the setting
12. Ctrl Mouse Right Click 4 2 Charts Options Right click on a chart to open this contextual menu 4 2 1 Export Chart Export Chart Show Measurements Edit Y Range Set visualization to current day View All Y Axis Scale Mode Fig 4 2 1 Chart Menu With this feature you can export a chart in different formats cht xIs CSV This is the default format used in this application you can only open these files inside Aurora Communicator These are TAB separated files that can be opened with any version of Excel These files contain data of each point in the chart they can be opened with various applications NOTE you can save these files in 2 ways european or american The first one uses the character as separator for decimal digits while the second one uses the character 4 2 2 Show Measurements This option shows hides the small panel in the upper right area of a chart that reports various measurements values times and intervals Drag the two cursors those dotted lines you see in the chart to change their position Preliminary 13 la POWES ONE S Changing the Shape of Power Power 6 70 OW 9 22 116 76 W 1 02 116 76 U ol 1i MAF martae aM an anaes Ea a a Daa rete ater 06 00 OF 00 09 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 15 00 20 00 M2 ize 1z 18 12 1812 182 18fl2 182 i182 ifflz 18fl2 182 18f2 18flz 18flz
13. N Model Status 3000 000014 PY I 3600 DE 2500 2000 1500 1000 06 00 07 00 08 00 03 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 17 12 17 12 17 12 1712 17 12 17 12 17 12 1712 17 12 1712 1712 17 12 1712 17 12 17 12 Energy Output Power Today 0 2 kWh a 3000 4000 oo Lifetime 4873 3 kwh 1000 7000 P Power Power W Ja i i i i l 06 00 MPAT 08 00 09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 17 12 Monitoraggio in corso COM7 TX amp RX Fig 3 1 Aurora Communicator Once you have configured the system you can start monitoring the inverters gt Press it again when you want to stop the start button is replaced by the stop button when the monitoring is Press the Start button on the toolbar to begin enabled The windows you see by default are Inverters List General Status Today Energy Power Preliminary 8 AN POWET 0IG S Changing the Shape of Power 3 1 Inverters List This window shows the status of the inverters connected to the system See section 2 4 to learn how to configure this list Inverter List SIN Model Status OU0014 PYyI 3600 DE Fig 3 1 1 Inverters List You can manually change the date and time of each inverter by right clicking on it then selecting Edit Date
14. ata from the current day in these statistics because they are stored the next day 5 3 Inverter Statistics This feature is similar to System Statistics section 5 2 but only shows data of a single inverter do Inverter Statistics i i x Measurements Inverter C P 1 oltage G M LJ P 1 Current O P i Power O P 2 Voltage Period LJ P 2 Current C P 3 Power Single Day lv Output oltage lunedi 17 dicembre 27007 W Output Current i Period k Output Power lv Daily Energy Scatter stagram Today s statistics will be stored the next day V x Ok Cancel Fig 5 3 1 Inverter Statistics First select an inverter from the combo box on the top Preliminary 13 la POWEr ONE S Changing the Shape of Power Then select on the left side the measurements you want to appear on the chart daily energy can be shown either with a scatter or an histogram chart Finally select the time period on the right either select a single day or look for a particular interval Press Ok and the program will search for the required information then a chart will be shown W Daily Energy Se Export Chart Show Measures Edit Y Range Set visualization to current day View All Select Waveform H Show Waveform e n oe ae ee Fig 5 3 2 Example of Inverter Statistics This chart works exacly like the one generated by System Statistics se
15. e section 5 2 1 Statistics Results for more information Preliminary a la POWEr ONE S Changing the Shape of Power 5 4 Store Statistics Aurora Communicator automatically stores daily statistics to files each day at midnight then clears the charts This is done to save memory only information for the current day is shown and to organize data for the Statistics You can also manually store these files by using Save and Reset and Save Statistics in the Statistics menu Save and Reset saves the current charts to files then clears all of them it s the same thing that is automatically done each day at midnight Save Statistics works the same way but does not reset the charts 5 5 Opening Chart Files It is possible to load chart files that you previously exported by using the Open Chart File function You can load charts in these formats cht XIs CSV Please note that if if you have modified charts files with other applications for example you opened an xls file with Excel and saved it again you most likely will not be able to open them again with Aurora Communicator Preliminary 21
16. o gap is left on top or bottom Preliminary 15 AN POWET ONE NS Changing the Shape of Power 5 Statistitcs From the menu on the top select Statistics to open this section Aurora Communicator v2 5 5 BETA File Configuration Language Statistics Windows Help gt a amp a Today Energy Power Alarms Warnings System Statistic Inverter Statistics Open Chart File Save and Reset Save Statistics Fig 5 1 Statistics Menu Today Energy and Power are the charts that you can see in the main application window see section 4 if you close them you can open them again by clicking on these entries 5 1 Alarms Warnings This is a list of past alarms and warnings reported by a single inverter From the combo box on the bottom select the inverter you want to analyze and the program will start loading data from it Loading Warnings ee 73 Fig 5 1 1 Loading alarms and warnings This operation may take a few seconds according to the total number of events occurrent in the inverter Once this operation is completed you can abort it any time you want by pressing the Stop button you will be shown the list of alarms and warnings Preliminary 16 AN POWET ONE S Changing the Shape of Power A Alarms Warnings Code Description Date Time T ae E02 Error Meas Y 30 06 2007 22 53 49 44 E02 Error Meas v OF io 6 2
17. s that you may need to configure Language Serial port Preferences Inverters 2 1 Language Selection Aurora Communicator automatically configures the language according to the system language Nevertheless it is possible to change it in any moment from the menu on the top select Language then pick the one you desire Py Aurora Communicator 2 5 35 BETA File Configuration Language Statistics Windows Help gt i Deutsch J English Espa ol Fran ais Italiano Fig 2 1 Language Selection 2 2 Serial Port Selection This application uses a serial connection to communicate with the inverters To change these settings from the menu on the top select Configuration then Select Serial Port Preliminary AN POWET One NS Changing the Shape of Power PT Aurora Communicator 2 5 35 BETA Configuration Language Statistics Windows Help p gt RR Select Serial Port CTRLYS Configure Inverters CTRL I E Freferences CTRL P Fig 2 2 1 Serial port selection This will open the serial port configuration window Configuration Serial Configuration rto C Baud Rake 19200 i LI Advanced Settings Ok Cancel Fig 2 2 2 Serial port configuration window Just select from the Port combo box the appropriate port It is recommended to leave the other settings unchanged 2 3 Preferences These are general settings To
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