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1. decreases the time interval by 20 increases the time interval by 20 p moves the time interval forward by 40 pe moves the time interval forward by 90 The graph is automatically regenerated after pressing one of these buttons To change the selection of the measures to be plotted return to the system and device measures display screen by pressing the button E Select Select or clear the measure by using the check box again The measures currently selected are listed in the tree menu structure on the left These can also be removed by pressing the icon 5 2 2 Exporting data to Excel Once a graph has been generated the data can be exported in Excel format by pressing the button Export data You will be prompted to save the dataExport xlsx file containing ALL of the values recorded by MaxBox for the measures that are currently selected within the selected time interval in Excel 2007 format N B Excel 2007 limits the number of rows in an Excel spreadsheet to 65536 If the number of data exported is greater the excess data will be automatically deleted With the default recording settings this limit corresponds to approximately 220 days 51 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved I S THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 3 Alarms The current active alarms on all devices to which the MaxBox is connected can be viewed in the Alarms section The list is
2. gt Request code Enter authorization code Figure 68 Authorisation code request Press the Request code button to access your Dropbox account if necessary by entering your email and password Figure 69 68 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 3 Sign in to Dropbox to link with Alleantia MaxBox Forgot your password C gt Sign in New to Dropbox Create an account Figure 69 Dropbox account access On the subsequent screen click Allow to allow the MaxBox access to your Dropbox folder Figure 70 Ss Davide Alleantia v PE Alleantia Alleantia MaxBox would like access to the files and folders in your Dropbox Figure 70 Authorisation Enter the code shown in Figure 71 Authorisation code in the start popup window see Figure 72 Authorisation code shown in MaxBox 69 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PMs Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Se Davide Alleantia Alleantia Enter this code into Alleantia MaxBox to finish the process 5766mjsXkokAAAAAAAAABO2yvc2ca_4AQORRXcC aMo Figure 71 Authorisation code Request Dropbox authorization code gt Request code J Enter authorization code 5766mjsXkokAAAAAAAAABO2yvc2ca 4AQORRXCC aMo Figure 72 Authorisation code shown in MaxBox Press Confirm to terminate the procedure If successful the accoun
3. Documents Favorites Configuration U License Manual Aif Logout py ME ww TCP IP configuration Configuration Local Network Network Interface Use DHCP Z eth6 r IP Parameters Check Point Virtual Network Adapter For Endpoint VPN Client Net mask State Inactive Interface MAC address 54 9E 93 F 9 91 11 IP Address fe80 0 0 0 9931 1e59 b514 9479 18 IP Address Card Name Gateway DNS 1 a Subnet mask 164 DNS D eth12 g Save D eth14 D eth13 eth11 eth3 5 sisisisisisies gt S Server date and time 6 3 14 4 58 PM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 6 Network configuration If there is a DHCP server in the LAN network to which the MaxBox is connected you can check the Use DHCP box and press the Save button The MaxBox will take the IP configuration directly from the DHCP server If the DHCP server is not available or you prefer to manually set the configuration remove the check mark in the Use DHCP box and enter all the P Parameters including the IP addresses of the DNS servers that may coincide with that of the gateway in simple network configuration CAUTION Changes to the network configuration become effective ONLY AFTER the rebooting of the MaxBox hardware The right area Network Interface displays the current network configuration for both the wired interface LAN as well as the Alleantia VPN Virtual Private Network through which the MaxBox communicates with any
4. 2014 All rights reserved Alleanti Edita MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Insert the readings on the fiscal meter i e the readings of F1 F2 F3 in the case of low voltage systems or the total reading in the case of medium voltage systems and press the Save button As a reference the date of the last self reading will be shown at the bottom If for example synchronization with the fiscal meter is lost due to the MaxEye or another meter being turned off the self readings must be entered again by repeating the above described procedure For the generation of the UTF report see paragraph 5 5 6 3 1 Examples of energy report configurations Below is an example of some of the most common energy report configurations IV Conto Energia Feed in Tariff FiT On site exchange Energies monitored energy produced by the production meter Energy reports gt UTF report on produced energy IV Conto Energia FiT Total transfer Energies monitored energy fed in from the exchange meter Energy reports gt UTF report on fed in energy V Conto Energia FiT self consumption Energies monitored energy produced by the production meter energy fed in from the exchange meter self consumed energy as difference between the two Energy reports energy report on energy produced energy report on self consumed energy V Conto Energia FiT Total transfer Energies monitored energy fed in
5. Add the network analyzer to the system in the Configuration gt Installation gt System device configuration following the instructions in paragraph 4 4 1 Add device to system Filter devices y Supplier amp Model Version Max Power ryvveriyv SMA Sunny Sensorbox Socomec Countis E43 Post 01 2009 Socomec Countis ECi2 Socomec DIRIS A10 Post 01 2009 Socomec DIRIS 440 Post 01 2009 Socomec ITY TW020B Socomec SUNSYS B15 15 kW Socomec SUNSYS B20 20 KW 4 g Number of devices Socomec Countis E43 Post 01 2009 to be added to the system 3 Cancel Figure 61 Adding a network analyzer The newly installed device already provides the values in kWh as shown in Figure 62 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History if Report Documents Favorites if Configuration License Manuali GH Logout I ME M Eee 2 ad ll be 1 nae L ar Devices and system measures T ews Powermeter ONLINE Pot Gras Device Production Meter arna System variables Model Countis E43 Inverter amp Inverter 1 J Data Alarms Inverter 2 Filter measure 7 Powermeter i iii i Power Meter Measure Min Range Max Production Meter Controllo energie amp Production Meter 2 m String a Partial Negative Active Energy Ea String Control 1 Partial Positive Active Energy Ea String Control 2 ay nat 1 Partial Positive React
6. 09 Al MAXBOX sovar e0 Alleantia Figure 43 Communication error device To facilitate the search for a measure it can be filtered by name with the appropriate field Filter measure Figure 44 Measure name filter Or use the breakdown in sections if any selecting a single section from the tree menu structure on the left such as for example MPPT2 which will result in the closure of all the sections except that selected making visible only part of the device measures Measure Value D System D MPPT1 2 MPPT2 DC Input Voltage 499 V Inverter Active Power 13 4 kW Module Board Temperature 24 C Partial Energy Accumulated today 118 4 kWh Total Energy Accumulated 78 451 kWh Figure 45 Device sections 49 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved m p Sere THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 2 1 Graphs To generate a graph of the time trend of one or more measures select those interested checking the appropriate box and then pressing the button x Graph CAUTION The graph can only be generated for measures that were recorded in the time interval chosen To change the recording state of a measure see paragraph 4 13 A screen will appear as in Figure 46 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Aij Logout J BE Devices and system measures Start date 21 09 12 fen Final d
7. 6 6 0 6 EE ee ee ee eee 68 NOE GN 72 9 1 RUNES of automatic Mapping REE anaa 72 10 FENOMEN 74 11 MAO SIO OU F AC EEE 75 11 1 Unable to complete Internet communication test rrnrnnnnnnnnnnvnnrnnnennnnrnrnrnennnnnnnnvrennne 75 11 2 Communication problems with Serial AQVICES cccccccceecceseeeeceeeeeeeeeeseeeesseeeeseeesaaees 75 11 3 Unable to access MaxBox from the local network ccscceceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeseeeeseeeenes 75 11 4 Unable to access MaxBox from the internet network cccceceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeseeeesanees 75 12 CONIO SEE EOE 76 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 2 Device switching on and access mode The MaxBox SOLAR is supplied ready to use for the monitoring of solar plants and of all devices that can usually be associated with these 2 1 Switching on off The MaxBox can be switched on and off via the button with blue light when on at the front of the device The complete system and monitoring application start up is confirmed by the emission of 3 consecutive beeps From that moment on you can access the web interface and proceed with the configuration If the system has already been configured you can begin to interrogate the devices If the device fails to issue the 3 beeps there may be a problem in which case contact the vendor for assistance The MaxBox is turned on automatically as soon as it is connected
8. GH Logout Fy BE v FTP remote backup FTP Backup Remote FTP backup enabled FTP backup configuration FTP server name FTP port Username Password Server date and time 6 4 14 11 55 AM MA X BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 66 FTP remote backup configuration A test file can be sent to check the correctness of the settings entered by pressing the corresponding Backup Test button 7 1 Details of the transferred files MaxBox will send 3 files every night called backup date hour zip backup date hour zip md5 backup date hour zip sig in which date represents the date and hour the UTG time in which the backup was made such as for example backup 23062012 0144 2ip The file with the zip extension contains the CSV file with the MaxBox data and an encrypted file with its configuration 66 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN The file with the md5 extension contains a signature with the MD5 algorithm to verify the correct transfer of the file The file with the sig extension contains a RSA signature to verify that the file was actually generated by an Alleantia product and has not been manipulated to alter the content The remote backup function is incremental in respect to the previous backup If the previous backup is of the previous night the zip will contain the data of a single day If the previous backup
9. centralised server optional service 19 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING NG MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN If the network to which you are connected has internet access refer to paragraph 4 2 to verify the correctness of the LAN configuration set 4 2 Internet communication test Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Dy TCP IP Test Host Reachability Host Name Google DNS Google VPN Alleantia Testweb Modbus Test Ping Server date and time 6 3 14 5 00 PM Host 8 8 8 8 www google com vpn alleantia com Plant Monitoring Host Poi Host State 80 443 80 502 Report Documents Favorites Configuration D Test lg est amp Test amp est amp Test He amp Test MAXBOX soar rev Alleantia Figure 7 Internet communication test GJ License Manual Aij Logout Py BE In the Communication gt TCP IP test section the correctness of the LAN configuration to the outside internet network can be verified by testing the reachability of some default hosts and others of your choice By pressing the Test button next to each host or alternatively the Test all one the reachability of these hosts can be verified and the result of the test will be shown in the Host state column In the event that the host cannot be reached check the configuration of the MaxBox LAN network the network wiring or c
10. does not exist or it is the first run the zip file will contain ALL the data of the system starting from its commissioning 67 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PP Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 8 Dropbox account In addition to the FTP an existing Dropbox account can be indicated as an additional destination for the backup files This account can also be used to upload the documents generated by MaxBox on the Dropbox by pressing the buttons in the application for example in energy reports Figure 55 Before connecting a Dropbox account make sure internet connection is available on the device from which you are configuring Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration Gp License Manual Aij Logout PN m w Dropbox 3 Cancel changes S Apply changes Dropbox link d no user connected Remote backup service Enable Dropbox remote backup Dropbox destination folder Send a test file T Send Server date and time 6 4 14 11 56 AM MA xX BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 67 Dropbox account configuration Go to Configuration gt Cloud Services gt Dropbox and press the Connection button to start the connection procedure of the MaxBox to a Dropbox account The popup window of Figure 68 Authorisation code request will open Request Dropbox authorization code
11. pP Modify E Calibrate amp Fiscal Energy Report 4 P Modify g Ca Q Fiscal Energy Report 5 P Modity gp Ca Fiscal Energy Report 6 J Modify fa Ca aS eas Fiscal Energy Report 7 p Modify E Ca amp Fiscal Energy Report 8 P Modify Gy Ca Fiscal Energy Report 9 P Modify 6 Ca amp Fiscal Energy Report 10 gt Modify gp Ca Server date and time 6 4 14 11 49 AM A4A XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 63 Energy configuration for the UTF report The monitored system can be equipped with a number of fiscal meters A UTF report can be generated for each one of these To allow the system generating the UTF report it must be configured by accessing the Solar gt UTF Report Configuration section wherein one or more Energies for fiscal energy reports will appear depending on the license purchased The meanings of the icons present in Figure 63 are provided below vu No measures set for the UTF report generation A The measure has been set but the self reading has not Measure and self reading have both been set the report will be generated 62 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN The measure to be used to create the report for each fiscal meter must be set A popup window will appear when the Edit button is pressed in which it is possible to choose the measure as in Figure 64 Select the measures that su
12. sorted by date and time but the order in any column can be changed by clicking on the corresponding heading Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Aif Logout py ME Date andTime Device name Section Measure Alarm description State Server date and time 6 4 14 11 20 AM MA XBIX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 47 Active alarms If there is no alarm the message No active alarm will be displayed If alarms are present the text in the Alarms tab will be red even when the tab is not open Custom alarms are also reported in this section 52 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a gt j A lleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 4 Alarms history To display a history of the alarms that were triggered in the devices connected to MaxBox enter the Alarm history section lf alarms are present the screen that appears is like that in Figure 48 Alarm history per event Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration OG License Manual Ai Logout JI ME FN Data sorting lt Alarm type filter r Date filter Per event Measure Start Date s 4 B Do Pa Update SOR Final Date ni 4 System Alarm Data ON Alarm Data OFF Alarm type Device Description Section Alarm Description Notification Timestamr
13. to indicate that they have just been added 23 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Al ean tI d MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN THINGS COMMUNICATING Plant Monitoring G License Manual Ai Logout py ME Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration v Devices configuration Cancel changes E Apply changes amp Troubleshooting Device Description Communication Port ID IP Address TCP UDP Port Inverter a A Eee MA XBOX sovar eeso Alleantia Server date and time 6 4 14 9 22 AM Figure 12 New devices added The MaxBox now knows the topology of the system with the type and number of devices present Each one must be assigned a unique name to recognise it in the user interface e g West Inverter 1 a unique numeric identifier to allow addressing on the RS232 485 bus or Ethernet the ID in the case of the Modbus protocol and the communication port on which to poll it The parameters of a device can be inserted directly in the line of the device itself The IP Address and TCP UDP Port fields will also be completed for the devices with Ethernet interface which in the case of Modbus TCP IP is generally 502 Repeat the operation for all devices on the page The devices with lt disconnected gt communication port are not polled as they are not associated with any communication line Ethernet or serial If a device is
14. traffic e 80 TCP HTTP Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 3 Installation and wiring 3 1 Use ofthe built in serial ports The MaxBox has two serial ports in the rear one RS485 called COM1 and one RS232 called COM2 neither of which is optically isolated These ports should not be used to create very long lines especially outdoors as they are not protected against overloads and EMC interference Figure 1 Rear view of the MaxBox The RS485 serial pinout is indicated on the terminals themselves while the pinout of the RS232 serial with DB9 connector is shown in Figure 2 Pinout connector DB9 RS232 Pin 2 Pin 4 Receive Data terminal data ready DTR RXD inot used Pin3 AA Transmit din ata carrier in data TXD detect DCD r Ground not used for s Pin 6 Ping Data set Ringing indicator RI ready DSR not used not used Pin 7 Pin 8 Request to Clear to send RTS send CTS Figure 2 Pinout connector DB9 RS232 15 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 3 2 Use of the USB serial converters Should you need to use several serial communication lines or should you prefer to have them optically isolated a compatible interface converter from those in the Alleantia catalogue must be used These converters can be either optically isolated u
15. type Internet Rete 4 Wisi naivat Connections amp Connessione alla rete locale LAN Change your networking settings i Set up a new connection or network Set up a wireless broadband dial up ad hoc or VPN connection or set up a router or access point Connect to a network Seesko Connect or reconnect to a wireless wired dial up or VPN network connection HomeGroup Choose homegroup and sharing options Internet Options Access files and printers located on other network computers or change sharing settings Windows Firewall Troubleshoot problems e Select the connection to be amended usually Local area connection LAN Click mouse right button and select Properties 11 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Pa Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN re mr GOP gt Control Panel Network and Internet Network Connections gt v Search Network Connections Organize v Disable this network device Diagnose this connection Rename this connection Disable Ak A Connessione alla rete locale LAN i Connessione alla rete locale LAN 2 Status Network cable unplugged Diagnose Bridge Connections Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties e Select Internet protocol version 4 a and click on Properties TUR TTF Li pane are ala fore e locale LAN Properties Networking Shar
16. 014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN control to be performed on the monitored value to be specified In this case the alarm will be triggered if the power of the inverter 1 falls below a certain threshold ewe name EE Production Inverter 1 Alarm notification text Low Production on Inverter 1 Alarm condition Inverter 1 System Inverters Active Power alarm if sum of values of Okw is less than v 3 kW enabling condition not Time condition l Enable alarm condition From 11 00 AM gt To 2 00 PM Foi Figure 35 Low production alarm Naturally a time range of activity within which to test the alarm condition has to be specified otherwise the control would be performed during the night as well when the drive is not active To save and activate the alarm press Save and then click on Apply Changes in the Custom alarms screen Once this alarm is entered it is displayed on the main screen where it can be enabled or disabled using the checkbox and it is possible to set the delay time before which the alarm is to be considered as true for example 5 minutes thus limiting the effect of transients 4 Name Delay 4 Low Production Inverter 1 5 minutes g Modify Delete Duplicate Figure 36 New alarm It is also possible to enable an alarm in relation to another for example with a pyranometer the alarm prev
17. 014 All rights reserved Pa Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN flonmeaam met iwan O na me f EE Production Inverter ET Alarm notification text Low Production on Inverter 1 Alarm condition Inverter 1 System Inverters Active Power alarm if sum of values of bi OkW Is less than vis kW High Irradiance enabling condition not bd Time condition Enable alarm condition From 44 00 AM amp Kea To 2 00 PM Fok Figure 39 Change low production alarm enabling condition At this point the time condition can be removed from this alarm as well since there will not be high irradiation during the night and hence the low production alarm will not be enabled It is useful to create an alarm that acts as an enabling condition for many others If there are 10 inverters it would then be possible to insert the High irradiance condition only once and use it in the 10 Low production alarms 45 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PE Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 User interface 5 1 Home synoptic Figure 40 shows a complete synoptic of a system in which the measures have been configured in the Configuration gt Solar gt Home page configuration section see paragraph 4 9 1 The text measures on instant and daily production and a chart of the irradiation and daily production are therefore display
18. 27 06 12 14 06 22 The device measures read are divided into the two tabs Data and Alarms Information and icons can be associated with each Logging enabled Logging disabled Alarm enabled Alarm disabled 47 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved par Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN ds Active alarm During normal operation the Alarms tab will look the same as the Data tab In the presence of active alarms however the text of the Alarm tab will appear in red and the number of active alarms will be indicated Selecting this tab will display all the measures associated with an alarm and those in active alarm condition will have a red background Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License Manual Aij Logout JI ME Devices ond system messureg Category Inverter Inverters Active Power 0 kW ONLINE Device Inverter 1 Partial Energy Accumulated today 0 kWh ANAAO AM System variables Model SUNSYS STATION P02 Total Energy Accumulated 0 kWh Inverter TE as Data Alarms 1 Inverter 1 A If 1 Inverter 2 Filter measure Ky Powermeter r Power Meter reeunrourn a Value Min Range Max YI i i JE i RE mai Leak sensor Fault false 4B String String Control 1 p Insulation sensor fault false 4A String Control 2 interface protection fault false 49B Maintenance alarm fa
19. Add or remove user accounts is Set up parental controls for any user Appearance and Personalization Change the theme Change desktop background Adjust screen resolution Clock Language and Region Change keyboards or other input methods Change display language Ease of Access Let Windows suggest settings Optimize visual display Programs Uninstall a program e Click on Network and sharing center r Gr Ly gt Control Panel Network and Internet v AM Network and Sharing Center z a network View network computers and devices Add a wireless device to the network Control Panel Home System and Security Network and Internet Hardware and Sound Q Programs HomeGroup Choose homegroup and sharing options Internet Options User Accounts and Family 4 nen Giel Safety Appearance and Personalization Manage browser add ons Delete browsing history and cookies Clock Language and Region Ease of Access e Click on Change adapter settings f PG 1 a dl 28 E r _ N Gr S gt Control Panel Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center X gt Search Control Panel p Control Panel Home Change adapter settings hange advanced sharing settings View your basic network information and set up connections J A i See full map QUATTRO PC This computer Internet View your active networks Connect or disconnect Access
20. GS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Once the Apply Changes button has been pressed the MaxBox will poll the device calculating the energy production based on the ratio set Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License Manual Ai Logout py ME Devices and system measures Category Powermeter ONLINE Device Production Meter at 0 4 14 11 46 51 AM System variables Model Countis ECi2 Inverter PER A Inverter 1 A Data id amp Inverter 2 Filter measure NW Powermeter i Power Meter Measure Value Min Range Max Production Meter Active energy Input 1 1000 imp 1 kWh 0 kWh AR amp Production Meter 2 df Total pulse meter Input 1 Oimp B amp String String Control 1 String Control 2 Server date and time 6 4 14 11 46 AM MAXBOX solan e Alleantia Figure 60 Measures read by the pulse meter 60 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PP Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 6 1 2 Reading configuration via network analyzers Once the network analyzer has been installed in parallel to the fiscal meter and the current transformer ratio Suitably configured from its display the configuring of the MaxBox can continue A Socomec Countis E43 is used in the configuration example provided below but the procedure is the same for other network analyzers
21. Notification Timestamp Notification 6 4 14 11 10 13 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Low Impedance to Ground 6 4 14 11 05 14 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Low Production on Inverter 1 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Output Trasfo overtemperature 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System System AC Frequency fault 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System System AC Voltage fault 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System System AC Voltage Quality fault 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Parallel fault 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Leak sensor Fault 6 4 14 10 56 16 AM 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System External Shutdown Activated 1 127 gt DI Server date and time 6 4 14 11 21 AM MAXBOX sovar ree Alleantia Figure 48 Alarm history per event The list is sorted by date and time in descending order and the alarms displayed can be filtered based on a date interval to be specified in the Date Filter fields and on the type of alarm to be specified in the Alarm type filter box Thereafter the alarm corresponding to the filters set will be displayed by clicking on the Update button There are 3 types of alarms in MaxBox e Measure alarms o These are default alarms set on catalogue device measures or defined by the user as shown in paragraph 4 14 e Device alarms o These ar
22. O O O O O COM1 gt TCP 502 port COM2 gt TCP 503 port COM3 gt TCP 504 port COM4 gt TCP 505 port COM5 gt TCP 506 port Ethernet gt TCP 565 port e Within each Modbus slave the devices maintain the address configured on the physical device If however this address is greater than 247 the maximum limit of the Modbus protocol it will be arbitrarily reassigned 72 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN The Modbus devices maintain the same identical mapping of the original device both with regard to the areas as well as the addresses data types etc Byte and word swaps will not be considered Non Modbus devices will show the Boolean types in the coil area and numeric types both in Holding as well as in Input The number will be in 2 word float format The register address will be calculated arbitrarily The bits within a word of the gateway are in Big Endian format More Significant Byte First and the word in data types in 32 or 64 bits are in Little Endian format Less Significant Word First If a physical device becomes offline this will not respond when contacted through the gateway and the request will go to time out If the value of a register containing a measure which is in turn not read by MaxBox see paragraph 4 13 is requested the gateway responds with a default value of 0 for numeric data types and false for Boo
23. PE Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN USER MANUAL AND INSTALLATION GUIDE All rights reserved Alleantia s r l 2014 a n Zz Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 1 Contents USER MANUAL AND INSTALLATION GUIDE rmmmnrrrnnnnnrorrrnnnnnnvorrrrnnnnnornnrnnnnnnrrnnrrnnnnnnrnnnnnnnn 1 2 Device switching on and access MOOG rrrrrrrarrnrnnernnrnrnnrnnnrennrnrnnennnrrnnnennnnennnennnsennunennsennnee 5 20 OWE O OE EEE EEE 5 2 2 Local ACCESS ecccecccecccececeeeceeeseeese ees eee ees eeseees esse esse sess esse eesaeesaeeseesaeeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeenes 5 2 ACOS VI 9 0 EE E 6 24 ENN 7 2 4 1 INE CU COMME CHOU Oe OE EE NE 7 2 4 2 Connection to an existing LAN network ccccceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeess 14 HES EATING IC WINO NN 15 31 USG Ne HUN seral POS rispis ne kes 15 32 Used he USB seal CONV SHOTS sciescscecsscsnexscceeannesennasneceteacnesewoes tnartvemnesssees kassene 16 3 3 Use of MODBUS Ethernet Serial ConverterS rrrrnnrrrrrnnnrvrnnrnvnrnnnrnnrnnnrnrnnnrrnrnnnrnnnnnne 16 24 Wing TSB EN v re 16 4 SENNA 18 4 1 Ethernet LAN network configuration Appliance version Only rrrarerarerareraneranenanennner 19 4 2 Internet COMMUNICATION teST cccceccsecceccescceecceeeceeeceueceueceueceesseusseeeseeeseeeseeeseetsaeees 20 4 3 Port and communication parameters configuration cccecc sees eeceeece
24. a Pax G U ae X x Arv Ar HS 222 Server date and time 6 4 14 9 49 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 20 System synoptic customization The home page of the Maxbox can be customised in the Solar gt Home page configuration section e The measures displayed in the home page are configured in the Measures section see paragraph 4 9 1 e In the Background Image section an image can be loaded to be used as wallpaper on the home page with the synoptic activated or deactivated as desired by ticking the Show background box e Images to be displayed on the home page alternating with the instant power chart can be uploaded and selected in the Slideshow section The function is enabled or disabled as desired by ticking the Enable slideshow box e Inthe Custom Message section a message of your choosing can be inserted with HTML formatting to be displayed on the home page of the synoptic under the chart This can be activated or deactivated as desired by checking the Show custom message box After having inserted the text of the message press the H button to save 4 9 1 Customized measures in home page After having completed the steps described in section 4 4 the MaxBox is able to communicate with the connected devices and display the relevant measures However to display all the 32 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved e i p THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User man
25. ability of the synoptics as explained in paragraph 4 13 4 4 2 Removing a device If a device is no longer present in the system it can be removed from the configuration by pressing the Delete button at the end of device line The device will disappear from the list and the change will become effective after pressing the Apply Changes button 7 Warning Device Inverter 1 will be removed and all 2 its data will be lost Continue Figure 14 Confirmation popup window for the removal of a device 25 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved JA gt Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 4 3 Installation support manuals During both the choice of the device as shown in Figure 11 as well as in the device list as shown in Figure 12 two icons can appear next to each device that allow you to download and view the help documentation during installation a User manual Y Quick installation guide The User Manual is the same as that provided by the device manufacturer being configured in MaxBox while the Quick Start Guide is a concise guide created by Alleantia to help you configure the device and MaxBox In the event that there are communication problems between the MaxBox and devices refer to the troubleshooting guide that can be downloaded by pressing the button Troubleshooting 26 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved E Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User ma
26. ate 23 09 12 fen Ea Update graph Export data 3 Select Starttime 0 00 2 Endtime 1129 3 Reset date Save graph System variables Inverter 65 AN i inverter 1 AF 60 FN by esata Systen 55 N inverters Active Power Q MPPT1 50 MPPT2 as I MPPT3 PA FP Inverter 2 E System 35 i f nverters Active Power o 59 4 MPPT1 MPPT2 sl MPPT3 20 Powermeter 15 Power Meter Production Meter 10 String 5 String Control 1 Ae g String Control 2 DR 00 00 04 00 08 00 12 00 16 00 20 00 00 00 04 00 08 00 12 00 16 00 20 00 00 00 04 00 08 00 12 00 Inverter 1 System Inverters Active Power kW Inverter 2 System Inverters Active Power kW L9 LJ 9 8 L Lel la Server date and time 6 4 14 11 12 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 46 Graphs The temporal controls for the generation of the graph are located at the top The default date and time interval runs from the current date and time to midnight on the previous day These can however be edited and a new graph generated by pressing the Update graph button To restore the default interval press the Reset date button Once a graph has been created the reference time interval can be changed using the buttons below if moves the time interval back by 90 moves the time interval back by 40 50 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN
27. ated today 0 kWh SORES System variables Model SUNSYS STATION P02 Total Energy Accumulated 0 kWh 3 Inverter r Data Alarms 1 Inverter 1 A 1 Inverter 2 Filter measure Powermeter i 7 Dower Meter Measure Value Min ange Wax Production Meter i Total Energy Accumulated 0 KWh B String Warning present false String Control 1 l iex gp J i B String Control 2 o MPPT1 DC Input Voltage 0V o E j 900 B Inverter Active Power 0 KW OL 136 Module Board Temperature 0 C 5 Partial Energy Accumulated today 0 kWh B Total Energy Accumulated 0 kWh im Warning present false BB 2 MPPT2 DO InnutValtans Od OW ono 2 d nn og Server date and time 6 4 14 11 01 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 41 System measures display All of the devices being polled by the MaxBox can be seen in the tree menu structure on the left sorted by category and beside each device there is an icon that represents the reachability state If operating normally the icon will appear and if the device is not reachable the icon will appear if there are alarms for a device an additional warning icon amp will appear next to the name and if some measures were not read correctly the 2 icon will appear Once you select a device the reachability state will be replicated in area on the right as well together with the date and time of the last communication attempt made ONLINE OFFLINE at 27 06 12 14 05 30 at
28. can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IF address automatically 8 Use the following IF address IF address 197 768 1 5 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Obtain DNS server address automatically 8 Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred ONS server fe Alternate DNS server 2 4 1 2 Configuration for Windows 7 e Access the Start menu and then click on Control panel Google Chrome Notepad ca Documents ecf ST Visual Develop Pictures 8 Mozilla Thunderbird Music al Microsoft Excel 2010 wil Games p MW Microsoft Word 2010 Computer rn Control Panel Pal Calculator Devices and Printers Snipping Tool Default Programs Help and Support Shut down ma e Click on Network and Internet Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved lleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN rreh n ral A v earch Control Panel Adjust your computer s settings System and Security Review your computer s status Back up your computer Find and fix problems Network and Internet View network status and tasks Choose homegroup and sharing options View devices and printers Add a device View by Category Y User Accounts and Family Safety
29. case it is necessary that the default IP address is compatible with those in the existing network If so a direct connection to your switch router is sufficient otherwise the MaxBox network configuration must be changed For Appliance version follow the procedure described in paragraph 19 For the software version use the Windows interface as in paragraphs 2 4 1 1 and 2 4 1 2 Once you have obtained the network configuration to assign to MaxBox edit it by accessing the web interface via one of the methods described in paragraphs 2 2 2 3 or 2 4 1 and then connect the MaxBox to the existing LAN In the event that the LAN is equipped with a firewall configured to block access to the Internet network unless specific rules are defined a list of the TCP and UDP ports used by MaxBox which must necessarily be open to outbound traffic to ensure proper operation is provided below e 123 TCP NTP to synchronise the date and time e 53 UDP DNS for domain names resolution which is essential for the connection to the remote support VPN e 443 TCP and 1194 UDP for the connection to the remote support VPN e 21 TCP FTP for remote backup on FTP if enabled on a server not within the LAN network e 25 TCP SMTP to send email notifications if enabled by a server not within the LAN network Some SMTP servers may use a different TCP port In this case open the specific port to traffic If you want to remotely view the Web interface enable the port to inbound
30. ding such as System cameras the address itself and then the Ok button must be pressed You must be logged in to delete a favorite in which case the Delete button next to each document will appear Favorite address setup x Address Figure 28 Favorite addresses insertion This will open in a new browser window when clicking on the address 38 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 13 Configuration of measures read by the devices Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual i Logout Py BE ww Devices measures setup af Apply ch Measures and Devices Category inverter pt Inverter Device Inverter 2 OPT ORT Inverter 1 F st 6 4 14 10 25 27 AM 4 inverter 2 Model SUNSYS STATION P02 Powermeter Filter measure Power Meter amp Production Meter mi Measure value B 4 String System String Control 1 all String Control 2 AC Mains Cos phi 0 i z AC Mains Input Frequency 0 Hz v p Z AC Mains R S Voltage OV A we 7 AC Mains S T Voltage ov v 2 AC Mains T R Voltage OV v AC side lightning protection false v v ADC Boards I2C communication fault false v v Alarm present false v Y Ambient Overtemperature false v Ambient Undertemperature false Y DC Input undervoltage false v DC sid
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32. e generated when a device does not respond to requests and becomes offline e System alarms o These are generated by multiple abnormal situations such as a backup failure an improper shutdown of the MaxBox an error while sending a notification etc 53 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN In Figure 48 Per event selected in the Data sorting box the alarm ON and the corresponding OFF alarm if any are grouped together in the same row thereby facilitating the relationship between alarm events If it is not possible to display all the alarms on the same page the list can be scrolled by means of the page navigation controls at the bottom If the alarm notification has been configured see paragraph 4 7 there is a button at the end of each row If this is pressed a popup window as in Figure 49 will be displayed with details on the forwarding of the notification Type Notified Notification Date Retries mail No 1 Figure 49 Notification details The alarm history can also be viewed by sorting the data in a chronological manner i e selecting the option Chronology in which the alarms are presented in the reverse order in which they occurred that is with the most recent at the top of the list together with the information about the state of the alarm ON device in alarm separate from that of the alarm OFF status device alarm o
33. e liohtnino nrotection false v Y x nn Server date and time 6 4 14 10 25 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 29 Device measures setup Each device supported by MaxBox carries with it information about anything that can be read by the device itself In order to avoid showing too many measures and slow the scanning of the devices in the system only the measures actually considered useful for the monitoring are read when the device is added To change the read or registration default configuration access the Installation gt Devices measures setup section there is a tree menu on the left where all of the devices that the MaxBox is polling can be seen organised by category Once you have selected a device all the measures that can be obtained will appear on the right By checking the boxes at the beginning of each line the reading of a single measure can be enabled or disabled while with the check boxes in the column with the 4 symbol it is possible to enable or disable its logging in the MaxBox If the measure represents an alarm there will also be a check box in the column with the g symbol If checked MaxBox will display an alarm in case of abnormal value of the measure see Figure 42 and if the alarm notification is configured see paragraph 4 7 an e mail will be sent to the recipients of the notification 39 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved men i THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User ma
34. e present on both Dropbox as well as FTP 71 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved gt Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 9 Modbus Gateway The Modbus gateway feature makes the system data accessible to external software via the Modbus protocol enabling for example the integration with SCADA systems regardless of the protocol used by devices to which the MaxBox is connected To enable the Modbus gateway access to the Communication gt Modbus Gateway section by checking the box Enable Modbus TCP IP gateway Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration amp License Manual i Logout Ii w Modbus Gateway 9 Cancel changes gj Apply changes Modbus TCP IP Gateway Enable Modbus TCP IP Gateway Download Modbus map Server date and time 6 4 14 12 04 PM MA bd BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 75 Modbus gateway The Modbus map with information on the measures shown is created automatically and can be downloaded in Excel format by pressing the button Download Modbus map Excel XLSX which is enabled when the gateway is in turn enabled 9 1 Rules of automatic mapping The mapping of the measures of the devices on the Modbus gateway follows the following rules e For each serial port on the MaxBox to which devices are connected and configured a TCP Modbus slave is created on a different TCP port O
35. ed Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual GH Logout pe BE Saved CO2 Daily Production _ _ r Total Production _ _ Instant Power i 0 kWh 0 kWh i 0 kW 0 Ton 35 30 4 25 20 4 15 10 4 5 4 0 OG _ y _ e m _ gt y m 05 00 06 00 07 00 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 21 00 22 00 Instant power kW pm l Server date and time 6 4 14 10 46 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 40 Complete home synoptic This screen is automatically displayed on the HDMI output of the MaxBox providing a synoptic with the data on the system performance If a device in the system is in alarm the Alarms text in the respective tab turns red The background of the text measures turns purple if at least one device from which they draw a value does not respond to requests Instant Power 46 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 2 System measures display Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration O License 23 Manual Ai Logout HI E Dorice sand system possurne lt Category Inverter Inverters Active Power 0 kW ONLINE Device Inverter 1 Partial Energy Accumul
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37. erver date and time 6 4 14 11 44 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 58 Predefined pulse meter measures The MaxEye in fact detects the optical pulses of the fiscal meter and reports these electrically to the pulse meter which calculates the total count The transformation in kWh depends on the ratio between the number of optical pulses and the KWh measured previously retrieved To continue the configuration select the energy measure corresponding to the input used and to its transformation ratio and clear those relating to unused inputs if necessary as in Figure 59 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration OG License Manual Ai Logout py ME v Devices measures setup 3 Cancel changes E Apply changes Measures and Devices Category Powermeter ONLINE EE F Device rrocucton Meter ROMAAN 44 50 AM amp inverter 2 Model Countis ECi2 Powermeter Filter measure Fy amp Power Meter 4 Production Meter Measure Value Af Production Meter 2 amp active energy Input 1 1000 imp 1 kWh 7 E String i e String Control 1 Mt String Control 2 r Active energy Input 1 2000 imp 1 kWh v v M5 Cn on a a a a a a a _ Server date and time 6 4 14 11 44 AM MAXBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 59 Pulse meter configuration 59 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THIN
38. ey My Documents Google Chrome i 2 My Recent Documents a E mail Sa Qutlook Expres PR PAPER Coy my Pictures Notepad c My Music ig My Computer a My Network Places ei Control Panel Peazip Set Program Access and Defaults KS Printers and Faxes vw Help and Support Search J Run All Programs gt 3 Windows Security P Log OFF Disconnect e Click on Network connections amp Control Panel File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Oo Back 3 p Search Key Folders Fi E Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices vg Control Panel zx d Speech System J Switch to Category View 9 Administrative Tools WA Taskbar and Start Menu Automatic Updates QU User Accounts i 3 Windows CardSpace See Also SA Di 3 Windows Firewall Ver st 22 Wireless Network Setup Wizard indows Update Q Help and Support S Malicious Software Removal Tool oy Network Connections Vero OG vies La Phone and Modem Options Power Options aPrinters and Faxes pr Regional and Language Options Scanners and Cameras Scheduled Tasks 5 Security Center e Select the connection to be amended usually Local area connection LAN Click mouse right button and select Properties Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Em Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN S Network Connections File Edit View Favori
39. f UTF reports that can be generated is based on the license purchased 6 1 Fiscal meter reading devices configuration The following steps depend on the type of reading instrument of the fiscal meter installed the production meters are generally read optically by MaxEye and impulse meter while the exchange meters are read using a bidirectional network analyzer 6 1 1 Reading configuration via MaxEye and pulse meter Once the MaxEye is installed on the fiscal meter and connected to the pulse meter following the instructions provided verify the ratio between the number of optical pulses and the kWh measured by the fiscal meter This information should preferably be retrieved from the meter calibration sheet issued by the person who carried out the certification or on the meter itself This ratio is generally 1000 or 2000 pulses per kWh Once this is completed you can proceed with the configuration the MaxBox The example provided below is with a Socomec Countis ECi2 but the procedure is the same for other pulse meters Add the pulse meter to the system in the Configuration gt Installation gt System devices configuration section following the instructions in paragraph 4 4 1 Add device to system Filter devices Model Version Max Power UUUHV Sunny Sensorbox Countis E43 Post 01 2009 Countis ECi2 DIRIS A10 Post 01 2009 A DIRIS A40 Post 01 2009 X ITY TW020B SUNSYS B15 15 KW x SUNSYS B20 20 kW ye
40. f communication problems increase this value by up to a few seconds in order to avoid under performing electronic systems being overloaded by the repeated polling The non functioning device will be called up in each scan cycle 21 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved A gt A Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 3 1 Serial ports detection If an additional USB serial converter is installed the system must be prepared for its use by performing the following detection procedure 1 Insert the USB serial converter even with the MaxBox functioning 2 Wait approximately 10 seconds 3 Press the Scan serial port button The new ports will appear with a green background Communication ports parameters COM1 J Deactivate COM2 i Deactivate Ethernet Figure 9 New serial port Proceed to the configuration of the port parameters and press Apply Changes A serial port can be disabled by pressing the Deactivate button in which case it will no longer be possible to use it during the procedure described in section 4 4 In order to identify to which USB serial converter a COM port is associated see the adhesives on the MaxBox 22 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved ZS ay E 2 Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 4 System devices configuration 4 4 1 Adding new devices Plant Monitoring H
41. from the exchange meter Energy reports UTF report on fed in energy IV Conto Energia FiT Multi section systems Energies monitored energy produced by each production meter Energy reports UTF report on energy produced 1x each production meter 64 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleanti Edita MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN V Conto Energia FiT Multi section systems Energies monitored energy produced by each production meter energy fed in from the exchange meter self consumed energy as difference between produced energy and fed in energy Energy reports energy report on energy produced 1x each production meter energy report on self consumed energy 65 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved gt ai Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 7 FTP remote backup The remote backup function to FTP provides for the creation and sending of daily backups of MaxBox data and the configuration on an FTP server in order to ensure recovery in case of hardware failure of the internal hard disk To use this function an FTP server must be available on which to make the transfer as well as all the parameters necessary for its access which are to be entered in the Configuration gt Cloud Services gt FTP remote backup section Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual
42. guration License Manual A Logout JI EE Custom alarms Cancel changes 3 Apply changes 4 Name Delay Onsala Server date and time 6 4 14 10 29 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 33 Custom alarms start screen By accessing the Customization gt Custom alarms section it is possible to define new and more complex alarm conditions in addition to those that are already present and inserted at the factory For example if you want to create a new alarm condition that notifies an anomalous situation of low production on an inverter Pressing the Ada button will open a popup menu that allows you to configure the new alarm in detail News OOOO O nme 1 Alarm conditi0n alarm if sum of values of kaal is v enabling condition not Time condition Enable alarm condition From To S HSC Cancel Figure 34 New custom alarm configuration In the popup window it is necessary to insert the name for the alarm and the text that describes it and that will be used during the notification to the user Below in the Alarm Condition section proceed to the selection of all the measures that you intend to monitor by pressing the button In this case we select only the power of inverter 1 Following the selection the list of measures selected will appear next to the button At this point the check boxes below enable the type of 42 Alleantia s r l 2
43. he device from that moment on 40 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN The values of the measures so aligned will appear in italics as a reminder that these values are not the real ones read but those purposefully distorted by the user 4 13 2 Measure scaling f Range Offset Scaling Adancedmeasurecontouaton Enable scaling Configure scaling Value read from device 0 kWh Logged value 0 kWh Rapporto di trasformazione Figure 32 Measure scaling configuration popup window The measure scaling feature is very useful in the case of fiscal meters that measure energy through external current transformer The measured value is a fraction of the real value i e 1 K with K the transformation ratio of the current transformer In the advanced configuration popup window Scaling tab see Figure 32 a value can be set in the Transformation ratio The MaxBox will multiply the value aligned see paragraph 4 13 1 for the transformation ratio set The values of the measures scaled in this manner will appear in italics as a reminder that these are not real values but those purposefully distorted by the user 41 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved aa PW SE Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 14 Custom alarms Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms AlarmHistory Report Documents Favorites Confi
44. iit Ke Number of devices Socomec Countis ECi2 to be added to the system Figure 57 Adding a pulse meter 58 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved _ THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN The measures that show the values in pulses i e without any conversion in kWh for the device just installed are preselected in the Configuration gt Installation gt Device measures setup section as shown in Figure 58 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Aij logout PI BE v Devices measures setup y Cancel changes 3 Apply changes Measures and Devices Category Powermeter faa wie Inverter rype A es producion Meter at 6 4 14 11 44 12 AM inverter 2 Model Countis ECi2 Powermeter Filter measure Hr Power Meter i EGGE Production Meter Measure Value A 4 KREdJCUVE Energy mpu TUUU IMP T Wam v 4 Production Meter 2 z E z ad E String Re f input 7 10000 imp 7 led String Control 1 ei amr 5 ad String Control 2 ejj V Reactive energy Input 7 40000 imp 1 kvarh Y hel 4 Total pulse meter Input 1 0 imp Y l A Total pulse meter Input 2 0 imp v ba Z Total pulse meter Input 3 0 imp v kaj Z Total pulse meter Input 4 0 imp v Z Total pulse meter Input 5 0 imp v hl Z Total pulse meter Input 6 0 imp Total pulse meter Input 7 0 imp v ka sy 7 S
45. ing Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller This connection uses the following items S Client for Microsoft Networks ai Shrew Soft Lightweight Filter Z GoS Packet Scheduler i File and Printer Saran for Microsoft Networks W Link Te Teha Discovery Responder Install Uninstall Description Transmission Control ProtocolIntemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks e Set the network parameters as in the figure namely IP address 192 168 1 5 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Pa Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN fA Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties X You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP address 192 168 1 5 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server Validate settings upon exit 13 Alleantia s r l 2014 Al rights reserved _ ere os THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual Version 2 3 10 EN 2 4 2 Connection to an existing LAN network In this
46. iods After filling in the parameter input form a preview of the report can be generated by pressing the Generate button A few moments later a popup window will open displaying the generated document consisting of a graph and one or more tables at the bottom of the popup window there are buttons that are used to save or forward the report displayed via email The email forwarding occurs after the recipients of the mail have been entered in the appropriate popup window that appears after the Sena button is pressed To use this feature the notification parameters must be configured as described in paragraph 4 7 Energy Report 23 20 20 19 RQ y 16 13 0 5 H 0 4 1 2 3 4 656 7 Plant Monitoring Monthly energy report for July 2014 21 22 94 21 21 20 20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 Giomo 18 19 8 9 kin a 4 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Giomo Energia kWh Giorno Energia kWh Giorno Energia kWh 1 0 00 12 21 10 23 0 00 2 22 52 13 19 64 24 0 00 3 16 34 14 17 45 25 0 00 19 26 15 19 87 26 0 00 5 20 43 16 21 12 27 0 00 19 53 17 18 23 0 00 28 Figure 55 Single measure energy report 56 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a gt Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 5 2 UTF report To generate the UTF report the energy measure concerned must first be selected from the Report on dro
47. iously created can be reinforced by connecting the value of irradiation and then testing the low production only at times when it is expected to be high To do this simply create a new alarm to act as an Enabling condition an alarm that shall not be notified and therefore without the relevant box being checked 43 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PW Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN g Name Delay s J Low Proaucion anerer 1 6 rinus High Irradiance 0 minutes g Modify ij Delete 5 Duplicate Figure 37 Multiple custom alarms High Irradiance Alarm name m m FF 7 irradiance Alarm notification text High Irradiance Alarm condition ee Solarimeter Current irradiation level alarm if sum of values of led wi greater than v 600 Wimq enabling condition not Lucia Time condition Enable alarm condition From To lt gt Figure 38 High irradiance condition The alarm condition is unusual in this case and is in fact not notified but allows the user to avoid the application of a time condition a low irradiance condition without a time slot would be triggered every night Once the alarm condition has been saved change the low production alarm to link it to that of the irradiation thanks to the Enabling Condition 44 Alleantia s r l 2
48. ison between the energy produced in July 2012 with that produced in the same month of 2013 lt contains a line graph and one or more data comparison tables between different periods The measures and the periods over which the analysis is to be performed must be defined in each of these reports by filling in a special form of input parameters 55 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved JP Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Report parameters Report on Inverter 1 System Total Energy Accumulated Period Daly Monthly Month June v 2014 v List Generate Figure 52 Input parameters form for the single measure report If the report is a comparison of several measures then more than one measure can be chosen Similarly for the comparison report between several periods more than one period can be chosen Report parameters Report parameters Measures Inverter 2 System Total Energy Accumulated Measures Inverter 1 System Total Energy Accumulated Inverter 1 System Total Energy Accumulated Period Daily Monthly June 2014 Month June v 2014 Delete Months Period Daily Monthly May 2014 jp Add Grafico 2 include graph in report Graph Include graph in report Figure 53 Choice of multiple measures for the Figure 54 Choice of multiple periods for the comparison report between different measures comparison report between different per
49. ive Energy Er Total Negative Active Energy Ea Total Positive Active Energy Eat FEBEBBBE Total Positive Reactive Energy Er Misure affette da trasformatori Current 11 Current I2 Current 13 Phase to Phase Voltage U12 Phase to Phase Voltage U23 PEDE Server date and time 6 4 14 11 49 AM MAXBOX SOLAR Povereddy Alleantia Figure 62 Network analyzer measures 61 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a A lleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 6 2 Measure alignment configuration In both previous cases the energy measure instantly read by the pulse meter or the network analyzer is not identical to the value reported by the fiscal meter since the meter is installed later on Optionally therefore the alignment as described in section 4 13 1 can be configured in order to facilitate the reading of the instant value displayed in the System section This feature does not replace the alignment required to calculate the UTF report described in section 6 3 6 3 Energy configuration for the UTF report Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms AlarmHistory Report Documents Favorites Configuration OG License Manual GB Logout py ME w UTF Report Energies for Fiscal energy reports Fiscal Energy Report 1 2 Modify B Calibrate f Fiscal Energy Report 2 2 Modify Calibrate amp Fiscal Energy Report 3
50. lean If the value of a non existent Modbus register is requested the gateway responds with the exception code 2 that is IllegalDataAddress The gateway does not support writing so if these are carried out by an external Modbus master the Modbus register values are immediately restored to the value prior to the writing 73 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a j Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 10 Technical data MaxBox SOLAR consists of an industrial mini PC where the monitoring application for the photovoltaic systems developed by Alleantia srl is already installed Figure 76 MaxBox Solar CPU INTEL Atom N2600 1 6GHz RAM memory 2048 MB DDR3 800 So DIMM Mass storage SATA SSD hard disk from 32GB to 128GB Graphics Integrated Graphics CPU LAN 10 100 1000 Mbps integrated Ethernet port I O 1 x HDMI port Power supply 1 x RJ 45 Gigabit Lan port 5 x 2 0 USB ports 3 for RS485 converters 2 for peripherals 1 x not opto isolated RS232 1 x not opto isolated RS485 12 VDC 5 A 60 W with screw terminals or jacks Dimensions 190 x 62 x 196 mm length height width Operating 0 C 60 C temperature Operating system Linux Accessories 1 x Support for DIN rail mounting 74 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 11 Troubleshooting FAQ 11 1 Unable to complete Internet communication te
51. lse Joe Module 1 in parallel general alarm false 4A Module 2 in parallel general alarm false JR Module 3 in parallel general alarm false 4 H Module in parallel with different configuration false JR Modules communication fault false 4 H Output AC Mains Contactor fault false JB v Server date and time 6 4 14 11 02 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 42 Measures in alarm state In the event that the device is offline the background colour of all its measures will be purple and the value displayed will be that related to the last valid reading or a series of dashes if there has been no communication 48 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PVP Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration OG License Manual Qi Logout PI ME Devices ond system messares lt Category Powermeter OFFLINE Salari It Granh A 5 14s select i Graph Device Production Meter ene System variables Model DIRIS A40 last answer at 6 4 14 11 02 57 AM Inverter Alarm Inverter 1 A U un Aarne Inverter 2 Filter measure Y Powermeter Sone ink Measure Value Min Range Max Production Meter Controllo energie String String Control 1 String Control 2 d EN a Misure affette da trasformatori v Server date and me 6414 14
52. m up into the energy values to be used for the fiscal energy report No 1 If a power meter is connected select its i measured energy if a MaxEye optical probe is connected select the measure returned by the pulse counter connected to the MaxEye Measure name Fiscal Energy Report 1 _ Measures and devices Category Powermeter ONLINE Device Production Meter 2 aa 3 5 Inverter iis PA at 6 4 14 11 53 25 AM COuUunNnt wl Inverter 1 A System Measure Value MPPT1 A Active energy Input 1 1000 imp 1 kWh 0 kWh MPPT2 i MPPT3 Inverter 2 Powermeter r ami Power Meter s Production Meter Production Meter 2 Active energy Input 1 1000 imp String String Control 1 String Control 2 Y Fo Figure 64 Energy choice for UTF report Once the measure has been selected the self readings of the production meter must be entered to synchronize them with the readings made by the reference meter e g MaxEye or network analyzer To enter the self readings press the Align button and a popup window will appear as in Figure 65 Alignment of Fiscal Energy Report 1 x Enter the power meter readings atthe end of the day with the facility in idle state Power meter reference readings Total energy 0 Energy F1 band 0 Energy F2 band 0 Energy F2 band 0 Last reference readings date 04 06 14 Figure 65 Self reading configuration 63 Alleantia s r l
53. measures East Power and West Power and select the power of the inverters associated to each level for each one Please note that it is only possible to choose measures with the same measure units 27 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a P EE Allean tia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Therefore after selecting the first one an automatic filter will remove all those that have different units of measures from the list on the right 4 6 General settings Under Configuration gt Installation gt General configuration you can set the data sampling interval by changing the text field Sample every entering the time in seconds between one sampling and the other Figure 17 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms AlarmHistory Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License manual Af Logout py ME Yv General configuration Cance hanges Gal Api cha es Data sampling period Sample every 300 seconds Server date and time 6 4 14 9 42 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 17 Data sampling configuration This time will affect the accuracy of the graphs since it will make a more or less large number of samples available to be analysed A too high number of samples could excessively slow the processing 28 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Allean tia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual ver
54. ments that are deemed useful to the system being monitored such as wiring diagrams or other can be loaded in MaxBox A popup window as shown in Figure 26 opens when the Add button is pressed Thereafter the Upload button must be pressed and the document to be loaded chosen A description such as System Wiring must be entered and subsequently the Ok button pressed You must be logged in to delete a document in which case the Delete button next to each document will appear Document upload x WARNING For security reasons files with the following extensions cannot be loaded exe com bat cmd htm html mht js Document Upload No file uploaded Description Fo Figure 26 Document upload 37 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Pa Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 12 Favorites Plant Monitoring If Home Devices fi Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual i Logout Fy ME Name E Address IP Camera http 192 168 1 23 I Server date and time 6 4 14 10 14 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 27 Favorite addresses Favorites that is addresses of IP cameras present in the system or of other sites that are of interest can be entered in the MaxBox configuration By pressing the Add button a popup window opens as shown in Figure 28 A name must be entered to help understan
55. nfiguration section go to the Installation gt Password Change section and enter the old password the initial installation default password is webloggerSU as specified in paragraph 2 Select the new password and re enter to confirm the selection When finished press the Save button Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History v Password change Password must have length between 5 and 15 characters and can inclued letters and numbers Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License Manual Aij Logout py BE Change password Old password New password Confirm new password Server date and time 6 4 14 9 47 AM MA X BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 19 Password Change 31 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Al eantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 9 Configuration of the home page Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Af Logout JI EE v Home page configuration Measures Measure configuration Eo Daily Production 7 Modify a Total production 7 Mosity vw Instant power 7 Modify Solar irradiance 7 Modify Background image Show background image a Upload max 1Mb Slideshow Enable slideshow D Select Upload max 1Mb Images rotation interval time seconds 10 Custom message Show custom message u
56. nual version 2 3 10 EN 4 5 Custom measures In addition to the measures read by the devices you can define custom measures such as for example sums of other measures clicking the Add button in the Configuration gt Synoptic measures configuration gt Custom measures section Figure 15 a popup menu will open that allows you to enter the name of the new measure and select the existing ones which when summed will contribute to its value Figure 16 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Aij Logout PN BE v Synoptics measures configuration Custom measures Server date and time 6 4 14 9 26 AM MA XBOX SOLAR fovered by Alleantia Figure 15 Custom measures Insert a name for the new measure and select the measures adding up to the value Measure name East Power Measures and devices l Category Inverter Device Inverter 1 ONLINE at 6 4 14 9 41 28 AM System variables adua i Model SUNSYS STATION P02 Inverter 2 Measure System 1 AC Mains Cos phi 0 AC Mains Input Frequency 0 Hz AC Mains R S Voltage 0V AC Mains S T Voltage OV AC Mains T R Voltage OV AC side lightning protection false ADC Boards I2C communication fault false Alarm present false Fok Figure 16 Custom measures popup window For example if the system is divided into two levels you can create the custom
57. nual version 2 3 10 EN The name of the measure can be directly changed in the text box To change the other settings if any a dedicated popup window can be opened by clicking on the L Jbutton Advanced measure configuration x Range Offset Scaling Min KWh Max KWh Figure 30 Measure range configuration popup window By specifying a minimum and maximum value in the popup window Range tab it will be possible to make the screen reading of the measure easier see for example the horizontal bars of some measures in Figure 41 4 13 1 Measures offset Adancedmeasurconiguaton Range Offset Scaling Enable offset Configure offset Value read from device 0 kWh Logged value 0 kWh Aligned offset KWh JO Cancel Figure 31 Measure offset configuration popup window The measure offset feature is very useful in the case of network analyzers that measure the energy produced or consumed These devices are in fact often installed in parallel to an exchange meter and begin counting from 0 KWh while the meter has a higher value To facilitate the reading it can be aligned with that of the existing meter correcting the value displayed and recorded In the advanced configuration popup window Offset tab see Figure 31 a value can be set in the Aligned offset box The MaxBox will calculate the difference between the actual value and that desired and this will be applied to the measures read by t
58. ome Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration OG License Manual Aij Logout JI ME w Devices configuration amp Troubleshooting Device Description Communication Port ID IP Address TCP UDP Port i i Server date and time 6 3 14 5 18 PM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 10 System devices configuration All of the devices in the system from which you want the MaxBox to collect measures must be inserted in the section Installation gt Devices configuration To add a device press the Ada button and a popup window will appear as in Figure 11 Supplier Model Version Max Power Socomec Countis E43 Post 01 2009 Socomec Countis ECi2 Socomec DIRIS A10 Post 01 2009 Socomec DIRIS A40 Post 01 2009 Socomec ITY TW020B Socomec SUNSYS B15 Socomec SUNSYS B20 Socomec Sunsys IFB Socomec SUNSYS PRO 18K Socomec SUNSYS PRO 24K v Select a device from the list vo Figure 11 List of supported devices The list contains all of the devices supported by MaxBox and can be sorted and filtered by manufacturer model and version in order to facilitate the search For inverters the rated power is also indicated given that it contributes to the limitation of the license To add a device to the system configuration select it set the number of devices present and press the Ada button The number of devices selected will be inserted in the main page and will appear with a green background
59. ontact your network administrator Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved 20 A lleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual Version 2 3 10 EN 4 3 Port and communication parameters configuration The default configuration of the ports is carried out in the section Communication gt COM and Ethernet configuration and is illustrated in Figure 8 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License Manual Aij Logout JI BE v COM and Ethernet configuration y Cancel changes Apply changes Communication ports parameters Timeout ms 3000 Poll pause ms 10000 Retries 1 Baud rate bps 9600 v Data bits 8 v Parity None v Stop Bits 1 v Flow control None v Ethernet Server date and time 6 3 14 5 10 PM MA X BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 8 Communication ports configuration The configuration must be modified according to the characteristics of the connected devices referring to their installation manuals The system provides for the polling of all devices on each communication line inserting a pause between one cycle and the next equal to the Poll pause ms value In the event that the polling of a device is not successful within the Timeout ms the system performs a number of attempts equal to Retries before highlighting a communication error and moving on to the next device In the event o
60. ord MaxBoxWIFI Once connected access the web interface of the MaxBox using the preferred internet browser and typing the URL in the address bar http maxbox or alternatively http 10 10 0 1 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual Version 2 3 10 EN 2 4 Ethernet LAN access MaxBox default Ethernet LAN configuration is as follows IP address 192 168 1 29 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 1 DNS 1 208 67 222 222 DNS 2 208 67 220 220 2 4 1 Direct connection to a PC This procedure requires a direct link point to point to a PC via an Ethernet cable not necessarily twisted The network configuration of the PC to which the MaxBox is connected must have e 192 168 1 nnn with n between 2 and 254 with the exception of 29 which is already used by MaxBox type Static IP e subnet mask 255 255 255 0 If this is not the case the configuration of the PC must be changed by following the directions in the following paragraphs Then it will be possible to access the web interface of the MaxBox using the preferred internet browser and entering the following URL in the address bar http 192 168 1 29 2 4 1 1 Configuration for Windows XP e Access the Start menu and then click on Control panel Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PW Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Administrator e Internet
61. out of service its communication port can be set to lt disconnected gt to avoid any communication errors and speed up the reading of data from the system without losing the configuration entered Once the system configuration is complete press the Apply Changes button at the top to make the changes effective After a few moments the MaxBox will begin to poll the devices and an icon will appear next to each representing the communication status with the device itself 24 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Pa Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN If the configuration and wiring are correct the icon will be green while if the device is not reachable the icon will be red Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License Manual Aj Logout HI ME QG Devices configuration 3 Cancel changes E Apply changes Device Description Communication Pot ID IP Address TCP UDP Port Inverter Socomec SUNSYS STATION P03 100kW Inverter 1 COM1 vii Socomec SUNSYS STATION P03 100kW Inverter 2 COM1 vif Is Server date and time 6 4 14 9 23 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 13 System configured The measures collected by the devices will appear in the Devices section in the main menu see paragraph 5 2 Each device provides a number of measures that can be appropriately chosen by the user to facilitate the read
62. p down menu Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Aif Logout JI BE UTF Report UTF report generation Report on Fiscal Energy Report 1 v Report format Adobe Acrobat PDF v Type of report Low Voltage Report v Month June v 2014 v Server date and time 6 4 14 11 39 AM MA p BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 56 UTF report generation Select the format of the document with which the report will be generated from the Report Format dropdown menu select the type of report corresponding to the self readings set low or medium voltage select the month and year for which you wish to have the report and press the Generate button The browser will open a preview of your document in a popup window from which it can either be saved or sent by email The email is forwarded after the e mail recipients have been entered into the popup window that appears after pressing the Sena button To use this feature the notification parameters must be configured as described in paragraph 4 7 To configure the MaxBox in order to automatically generate the UTF report see paragraph 6 57 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved AE a E Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 6 UTF report configuration Below are the steps for configuring the system for the automatic generation of the UTF report Please note that the number o
63. p to 3 kV or without galvanic insulation The first solution is always to be preferred for any installation for extra protection against overloads and EMC interference but it becomes absolutely necessary when the RS485 serial cable must be laid outside and is therefore exposed to lightning lt is not necessary to install any drivers to use these converters Simply connect them to MaxBox with a special USB cable wait for the beep to confirm successful installation and carry out the serial ports detection procedure described in paragraph 4 3 1 3 3 Use of MODBUS Ethernet Serial converters The Ethernet Serial converters for the Modbus protocol are devices that not only change the physical transmission medium but also perform the additional functions of converting the protocol from Modbus TCP IP to Modbus RTU So the MaxBox will have access to the devices downstream of these converters configuring them as directly connected to the Ethernet interface 3 4 Wiring an RS485 network There are a few simple rules that make RS485 serial connection reliable e The cable used must be shielded with the shield grounded at one end only e Star configurations are not allowed Only linear ones are as shown in Figure 3 The line should be terminated at the end the master or the MaxBox is not necessarily at an end of the line with a suitable resistance which can often be inserted by means of a selector switch on the devices themselves If the non o
64. porting data t0 gt CCl EEE 51 Io A EN ON 52 5 4 Alarms history cea eta attics atte nee te ona tao mera ute nein ata ogee uta naa ta ones uate anainaatesonmes ete anuingustefonmesuatyfonte 53 23 REPOLLO NAUN ssk aE E RENE aE 55 9 0 1 Energy reports ccccecceecceecceeeceeeceeeceueceueceueseueceeeseueseeesueseeseeeseeeseeetseeseesseesseees 55 Io UIF TEDO EE t 57 6 UTF report configuration cc eecceccceeeceeeceeeeeeeteeeceeeseeeseeeseeesaeeseeesseeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeenes 58 6 1 Fiscal meter reading devices configuration ssessssssrreerserreerrsrrerrrsrrrrrrsrrrrrrsrrerrrnne 58 6 1 1 Reading configuration via MaxEye and pulse meter cccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeens 58 6 1 2 Reading configuration via network analyzers ccccecesececeeeceeeceeeseeeseeeseeeneeeseeenes 61 6 2 Measure alignment configuration ccccceeccseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeeeeeneeeaeeenaes 62 6 3 Energy configuration for the UTF report ccccccseccceeeeceeeceeeeceeeceueeceeeeceeessueesseessneess 62 6 3 1 Examples of energy report CONTIQUIATIONS cccceeeceeeeeeeceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeteeeseeens 64 TT FL TI 66 3 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 7 1 Details of the transferred files ccccccceeccceececeeeceeeeceeeeceeceueeceeeceusessueeeeessueeseeesaeeens 66 O 6 610 0 lt
65. ptically isolated RS485 serial port on the MaxBox is used you can possibly take advantage of the internal termination bridging the terminals D and T as in Figure 4 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved FP Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Disp slave 1 Disp slave 2 Disp slave n Presa RJ45 vista frontalmente Dispositivo master PC Bila A 300000 Figure 3 RS485 wiring diagram Figure 4 Built in RS485 with internal termination activated bridge between the terminals D and T If you do not want to use the termination do not bridge the terminals e A separate communication line must be realised for each communication protocol used in the system For example if you have network analyzers that use Modbus RTU and inverters that use a proprietary protocol you will need two separate cables and an equal number of USB serial converters Additional information can be found in the troubleshooting guide in the section nstallation gt Devices configuration that can be downloaded by pressing the button a Troubleshooting 17 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a nI Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 System configuration The configuration consists in the identification of the components that are physically connected to MaxBox in the description of the connections and any graphical customizations of the interface Access the Config
66. rt will have a predetermined scale 35 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved e a oe ee Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 10 Logos and title customization Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration License Manual Aij Logout PI ME w Logos and title Title Pen Monitoring ZF Appl Logo Max size 2MB Upper left logo Upper right logo Server date and time 6 4 14 10 10 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 24 System logos and title customization In the Customization gt Logos and title section the MaxBox interface can be customized e inthe Title section the upper title present in all the pages of the interface can be set e inthe Logo section 2 logos can be entered one on the upper right and one on the upper left These are also always present in all the pages of the interface 36 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 11 Documents Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration OG License Manual Aif Logout Py BE os Add Description Upload date 6 4 14 20131203162858664 p f Electric schemas Server date and time 6 4 14 10 12 AM MA XBOX solar 2 Alleantia Figure 25 System documents For convenience docu
67. sence of a summary list of the measures used by a configured measurement To configure one of the measures required press the corresponding Edit button A popup window will appear with a tree structure on the left where all the devices that the MaxBox is polling are displayed organized by category Once a device has been selected all the measurements thereon polled that have the same measure units as the measure to be configured will appear on the right If for example the Total production has to be configured which is an energy value only the measurements read by the device that are themselves in turn energy values will be displayed as shown in Figure 22 33 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Po Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Select the measures that sum up into the total instant plant power If one or more power meters are connected select their measured power output for the purpose otherwise sum the output instant power of each inverter Measures and devices ha Category Inverter Device Inverter 1 E Inverter Model SUNSYS STATION P03 inverter 1 A E System Measure Value ONLINE at 6 4 14 10 03 31 AM System variables Inverters Active Power System MPPT1 3 MPPT2 Inverters Active Power MPPT3 I CE Inverter 2 T MPPT System inverter Active Power MPPT1 a MPPT2 MPPT2 MPPT3 Inverter Active Power MPPT3 Inverter Ac
68. sion 2 3 10 EN 4 7 Email and SMS notifications The MaxBox can automatically send e mail notifications in the following cases e an alarm condition occurs e you want to be notified of the backup occurring See paragraphs 6 and 7 To take advantage of these features Cloud Services gt E mail and SMS configuration must be enabled Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration Q License Manual Aij Logout py ME v E mail and SMS configuration Cancel changes d Apply changes Alarm notification enablement Alarm notifications Enable alarm notifications Backup notifications Enable backup notifications E mail notification parameters GSM modem configuration Mail server configuration SMS notification parameters SMTP server Modem communication port Port PIN code opt Use SSL SMS center phone number opt Username Destination numbers Password 1 every line r E mail configuration r Modem test From e mail address Modem status Disconnected E mail subject Signal To e mail addresses Gy Update 1 every line CC e mail addresses 1 every line Server date and time 6 4 14 9 44 AM MA XBOX SOLAR owered by Alleantia Figure 18 Alarm and data logging configuration After having ticked at least one checkbox to enable notifications the email notification in the E mail notification parameters and SMS notifica
69. ssible to select whether to generate an energy report or a UTF report Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration GJ License Manual II F Energy reports Q UTF Report Single measure reports UTF Report Comparison between measures Comparison between periods Server date and time 6 4 14 11 30 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 51 Types of report 5 5 1 Energy reports Energy reports enable the daily or monthly progress of the energy measures to be analysed in different ways e the single measure energy report represents the simplest type of energy reports focusing the analysis on a single energy measure This is the most compact of the various reports as It is composed of a single page with a bar graph and data table e the energy report comparison between measures highlights the differences between energy measures over the same period of time This is useful in comparing energy production and consumption in a system as well as for discovering any inefficiencies in devices regarded as similar e g different production by inverter of the same model connected to the same number of strings This contains a line graph and one or more data comparison tables between different measures e the energy report comparison between periods analyses the performance of one energy measure over several days or several months It enables for example the compar
70. st Verify that the Ethernet connections have been made correctly and check LEDs activity state on the MaxBox and the switch router If the IP address has been manually configured verify the parameter configuration with your network administrator or with the router 11 2 Communication problems with serial devices In the event of communication problems with serial devices refer to the troubleshooting guide in the section Configuration gt Installation gt Devices configuration that can be downloaded by pressing the button Troubleshooting 11 3 Unable to access MaxBox from the local network Check that the IP address and subnet mask of the device from which you want to reach MaxBox are compatible with the IP address and the subnet mask of the MaxBox itself See paragraphs 2 4 and 4 1 11 4 Unable to access MaxBox from the internet network Check that NAT has been configured on the local router on port 80 of the IP address of the MaxBox In the event that you are trying to access the MaxBox through a name and not through an IP address e g mioimpianto no ip org check the DDNS configuration of the router 75 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved a Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 12 Contacts Alleantia s r l http www alleantia com Registered offices Via Tosco Romagnola 136 56025 Pontedera PI Operating headquarters via Umberto Forti 24 14 56121 Pisa VAT code Tax cod
71. t appears correctly connected Figure 73 70 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms AlarmHistory Report Documents Favorites Configuration Q License Manual Ai Logout PI ME v Dropbo y Cancel changes d Api Dropbox link Connection ok user Davide Alleantia Remote backup service Enable Dropbox remote backup Dropbox destination folder Send atest file Server date and time 6 4 14 12 02 PM MA X BOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 73 Dropbox account connected At this point the Send to Dropbox buttons of MaxBox can already be used to send documents on Dropbox To disconnect the account in the future simply press the Disconnect button Figure 73 Dropbox account connected If you want to enable the sending of backups to Dropbox press Enable Dropbox Remote Backup Figure 74 and choose a destination folder for the files by clicking on the button To test the backup feature send a test file to the specified folder by pressing the Send button When finished press the Apply changes button to save the configuration Remote backup service Enable Dropbox remote backup Dropbox destination folder Backups ba Send attest file Figure 74 Backup parameters The backup files sent to Dropbox are not related to those of any FTP backup in other words complete backups of MaxBox will b
72. tes Tools Advanced Help Q Back 19 3 gt Search Key Folders HEL Address e Network Connections A SEE cable Network Tasks Status Repair Create anew connection Set up a home or small office network Create Shortcut Change Windows Firewall settings f Disable this network e Rs Repair this connection 2 Bridge Connections mi Rename this connection View status of this connection Change settings of this connection Other Places E Control Panel J My Network Places 3 My Documents iy My Computer Details VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter e Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on Properties Local Area Connection Properties General A Connect using B VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Ad This connection uses the following items 3 amp Install Uninstall Description Transmission Control Pratocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks C Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity e Set the network parameters as in the figure namely IP address 192 168 1 5 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved PW Alleantia THINGS COMMUNICATING MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General Tou
73. tion in the GSM modem configuration can be configured For the e mail notification the details of your SMTP server for sending email and that of the recipient must be included At the end a test email can be sent to verify the correctness of the settings entered by pressing the corresponding Send test mail button For the SMS notification a GSM modem must first be connected to one of the MaxBox serial ports selecting from among those supported The serial port must be properly configured according to the GSM modem manufacturer s instructions see section 4 3 The parameters of the recipients must subsequently be entered 29 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleanti Edita MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN If the settings are correct following the application of the changes the MaxBox will connect to the modem and Modem Status Connected will appear in the Modem Test box then check the GSM signal strength in the appropriate Signal indicator and evaluate the displacement of the GSM antenna or the purchase of a magnified one if the signal is low otherwise an SMS alarm notification may not be received You can send a test SMS to check the correctness of the settings entered by pressing the corresponding Send test mai button 30 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved pyy Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 8 Password change To change the access password to the co
74. tive Power 7 0x cence Figure 22 Synoptic measures configuration Select one by one all the measures of devices that when summed together represent the measure required The values of the Total production and Instant power are always displayed on the home page therefore they should better be configured If you decide to configure also the Daily production and or the Irradiation values then these values normally hidden will also be inserted on the home page The chart will instead display the daily performance of the Instant power and if configured also that of the Irradiation Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved pg Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 9 2 Customization of chart scale The Instant power and Irradiation measures that are configured to be displayed on the home page are also automatically displayed in the chart and the upper limit of the scale is automatically calculated in order to occupy all the available vertical space If you prefer to have a fixed scale this can be set in the window that appears automatically once the measure is configured as shown in Figure 23 Home page chart axis ranges Automatic Instant power Fixed KW Automatic Solar irradiance Fixed Wimq sj Save Figure 23 Chart scale configuration in home page By selecting Fixed and entering the value in kW or W m for the respective measure the cha
75. to the power supply if previously turned on in order to enable the automatic restart of the device in the event of a temporary interruption in the electricity supply 2 2 Local access By connecting to a monitor with HDMI interface and a USB mouse and keyboard it is possible to proceed with the configuration described in the following paragraphs without using another terminal The peripherals can be connected even after the device is turned on and it is recommended that the front USB ports are used leaving the rear ports open for the installation of USB serial converters Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 2 3 Access via WI Fi dongle The Wi Fi dongle optional present in the Alleantia catalogue allows you to turn the MaxBox into an Access Point or to create a wireless network to which your PC tablet and smartphone can connect and display the web monitoring interface enabling the configuration of the system and the display of the data without the use of external routers or without changing the network configuration of the device from which you want to connect To install the dongle just plug it into a free USB port preferably a front port in order to leave the rear ports intended for USB serial converters free and wait for the beep to confirm successful installation Then connect to the network using the following data Wi Fi SSID network name maxbox Passw
76. ual version 2 3 10 EN measures required by the main synoptic home page the associations must be defined in the Measures on the home page section Measure configuration Daily Production J Modify ef Total production J Modify P Instant power J Modify amp Solar irradiance SP Modify Figure 21 Measure configuration in home page For example to define the Total production it is possible to sum up the measures of the energy produced by the individual inverters taking these from the inverters themselves However the inverters are not measuring instruments and consequenily do not feature a high accuracy It is therefore very likely that the fiscal meter reports a value lower that that reported by the inverters To overcome this problem an energy meter with Modbus interface maybe compliant with the MID directive can be inserted in the system from the outset or added later and the Total production can be configured associating it solely with the value provided by this instrument The MaxBox will use this measure it in the synoptics or reports thereby increasing their accuracy An icon that describes the state of the configuration is associated with these measures In Figure 21 for example the Daily production measure has been configured and will be used in the synoptics or in the reports while the Irradiance measure has NOT been configured and will NOT be used in the synoptics or in reports Please note also the pre
77. uration section from the main navigation bar and enter the following credentials User name admin Password webloggerSU A screen will appear as in Figure 5 Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents Favorites Configuration G License Manual GH Logout pe E wy Communication Res Installation pg Customization Pr Cloud services vw Information TCP IP Test Devices configuration Logos and title E mail and SMS configuration Devices catalogue s Synoptics measures COM and Ethernet configuration Devices measures setup configuration Dropbox License management Modbus Gateway General configuration Custom alarms FTP remote backup MaxBox general information Password change Logs jo O Solar VA Home page configuration UTF Report Ss Server date and time 6 3 14 4 54 PM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 5 System configuration 18 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Zam Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 4 1 Ethernet LAN network configuration Appliance version only If the MaxBox is connected to a LAN network where there are also other devices its default network configuration could lead to a conflict If this happens the network settings of the MaxBox must be changed in the Communication gt TCP IP Configuration section A screen as shown in Figure 6 will be displayed Plant Monitoring Home Devices Alarms AlarmHistory Report
78. ver as in Figure 50 Plant Monitoring i Home Devices Alarms Alarm History Report Documents li Favorites Configuration License Manuali GH Logout py BE FA Data sorting _ ____ r amp Alarm type filter r Y Date filtee _ _______________ a ver Start use Bh x Final Date MX System Alarm Timestamp Alarm type Device Description Section Alarm Description Alarm State Notification Timestamp Notification 6 4 14 11 10 13 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Low Impedance to Ground ON 6 4 14 11 05 14 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Low Production on Inverter 1 ON 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Output Trasfo overtemperature OFF 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System System AC Frequency fault OFF 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System System AC Voltage fault OFF 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System System AC Voltage Quality fault OFF 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Parallel fault OFF 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System External Shutdown Activated OFF 6 4 14 11 00 54 AM Measure Inverter 1 System Leak sensor Fault OFF h 130 gt i Server date and time 6 4 14 11 23 AM MA XBOX SOLAR Powered by Alleantia Figure 50 Chronological alarms history 54 Alleantia s r l 2014 All rights reserved Alleantia MaxBox SOLAR User manual version 2 3 10 EN 5 5 Report generation In the Report section of the main menu it is po

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