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1. 2 To confirm messages individually select 3 in the message row and in the Confirmed column To confirm several messages mark the desired messages e To mark individual messages activate the relevant checkboxes on the left of the messages To mark all messages select the Select all checkbox A Select Submit 6 3 Reports 6 3 1 Report Overview Reports are documents containing plant data or plant events You can set the contents to be included in the reports and have them sent to you via e mail from Sunny Portal The following report types are available e Info reports Contain plant data and are sent to you regularly e Event reports Inform you if certain plant events occur Report Possible content Daily info report e Daily yield kWh Feedin compensation today CO avoided today kg Monthly info report e Monthly yield kWh e Monthly feedin compensation e Monthly CO avoided kg Event report e Information e Warnings e Disturbances e Error 24 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 6 Plant Monitoring 6 3 2 Creating Info Reports You can create three daily info reports and three monthly info reports with different content Sunny Portal sends you the daily info reports when it has processed all the data of the previous day You receive the info reports Month as soon as Sunny Portal has processed all data of the month s last day Requirements O O
2. O The new inverter must be connected to the router switch and be connected to the Internet 44 see installation manual of the inverter with integrated Webconnect function or the retrofitted Webconnect Data Module or Webconnect Piggy Back The PIC and RID of the new inverter must be available see type label or separate label supplied with inverter Webconnect Data Module or Webconnect Piggy Back You must have the user role Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Device replacement Do not delete the old inverter If you delete the inverter that you wish to replace out of the Sunny Portal all data of the inverter is irretrievably deleted from Sunny Portal To retain the data of the old inverter in Sunny Portal do not delete the old inverter Open www SunnyPortal com Register The Plant Setup Assistant opens Select Next M The User registration page opens Enter the e mail address and the Sunny Portal password in the E mail address and Password fields Select Next The Select plant page opens Select the option Add or replace devices In the row for the plant and the Option column select and Next M The Select devices page opens Enter the PIC and RID of a new inverter in the PIC and RID fields Select Identify To add other inverters enter the PIC and RID of another inverter and select Identify Select Next M The Replace devices page opens In the l
3. Monitoring and Visualisation of Plant Data Webconnect Plants in SUNNY PORTAL User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 Version 1 0 END Table of Contents SMA Solar Technology AG Table of Contents 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 5 5 1 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 1 3 5 1 4 5 2 5 3 5 3 1 5 3 2 5 3 3 Information on this Document 6 Sunny Pontal pus lg a qa Dt as 8 Intended A ala diese conan dp ereer 8 SMA Webconnect Function 000 000 cece eee e eee 8 System Requirements 00 cee cece cent eee 9 Getting Started sai cscee yet neue vaca dene de 10 Registering the inverter in Sunny Portal 10 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal src aos 12 Setting the Language bar een tae 12 User interlace cessa pie oe Lead DE ingens 13 Overview of the User Interface oooooooocooooo 13 Overview of Menus and Pages e seve eee 14 Information in the Plant Profile 17 Page SeHINGS suecas esses a ada tiee esso 18 Configuring Settings on Diagrams ooooccocccoo 18 Setting the Display Period 0 cece cece a 18 Saving Diagram Data 6 eee eee 18 Printing Diagram Dats eis aus cus ee ia ee ae aa ee eee a ee add 19 Enlarging the View nao eas acu lta kaw de aie gate Ieee edad 19 Sorningthe Plant List ss sonia ete e le eee pi 19 Publishing Sunny Portal Pages 00ooocooccoo 19 Pages to be Pu
4. Requirement O 1 2 M You must already be registered in Sunny Portal Enter the e mail address and the Sunny Portal password in the E mail address and Password fields Select Next The Select plant page opens Create Webconnect plant in Sunny Portal 1 Select the option Create a new plant and enter a plant name e g My Webconnect plant in the Plant Name field Enter the plant password for the user role Installer of your plant in the Plant Password field If you have not yet changed the plant password for the user role Installer the standard plant password 1111 is set In such cases you must now assign a new plant password Enter the plant password again in the Repeat password field Select Next M The Select devices page opens Enter the PIC and RID of an inverter in the PIC and RID fields Select Identify The Plant Setup Assistant adopts the data entered without displaying an error message To add up to three other inverters enter the PIC and RID of another inverter and select Identify A Webconnect plant can consist of up to four inverters To add more inverters after completion of the registration create another Webconnect plant Select Next M The Extended Plant Properties page opens Enter the plant properties Select Next The Plant Setup Assistant shows a summary of your entered data Select Finish E Sunny Portal will confirm in a window that your plant registration
5. 4 8 kWp Predicted annual yield 900 kWh kWp x 4 8 kWp 4 320 kWh PV array Technical device for the conversion of solar energy into electrical energy All electrically connected in series and in parallel PY modules of a PV plant are referred to a PV array For plants with micro inverters a PV array consists of one PV module as only one PV module can be connected to a micro inverter PV array capacity The PV array capacity is the maximum power of the PV modules that are connected to one inverter PV module Electrical circuitry of several PV cells that are encapsulated in an enclosure to protect the sensitive cells against mechanical stresses and environmental influences RID See abbreviations Section 1 Information on this Document page 6 SMA Connection Assist SMA Connection Assist helps you configure the devices for your network if they do not automatically integrate into your network and connect to Sunny Portal User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 55 12 Glossary SMA Solar Technology AG Specific annual yield kWh kWp The specific annual yield is a calculated average value of specific plant yield values of different PV plants for a location You can obtain the specific annual yield for your PV plant location from irradiation maps You can assess the efficiency of your PV plant by comparing the specific plant yield of your PV plant with the specific annual yield for your PV plant location Specific plant yield k
6. 9 10 You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 The CO avoided value must be entered see Section 7 9 Entering the Value of CO Avoided page 36 Select Configuration gt Report Configuration in the page and drop down menu In the Report Configuration drop down list select a Daily info report or a Monthly info report Select Edit In the Activate Report area activate the active checkbox In the E mail Address es field in the Recipient area enter the e mail addresses of the recipient s Separate multiple e mail addresses using commas The number of characters for the input field is limited Therefore you can enter only a certain number of e mail addresses In the Send Report at field in the Interval area set the time from which the report is to be sent In the Content and Select Channel s area activate the content that is to be displayed in the e mail In the Content and Send Report as area select the format in which Sunny Portal is to send the report To send a test report to the stated e mail address select Send test report Select Save 6 3 3 Creating Event Reports You can create three event reports with different content Requirement O BR wWN gt You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Select Configuration gt Report Configur
7. Configuration gt User Management in the page and drop down menu 2 Inthe row for the user and the Edit column select Le M The E mail Address and Roles areas open 3 Activate the desired user role in the Roles area Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 49 10 User Management SMA Solar Technology AG 10 5 Changing User Information Each user can enter user information User information includes the name and the address for example 1 Select User Info Logout gt User Information in the page and drop down menu 2 Select Edit The setting menu for user information opens 3 Enter the user information 4 Select Save 50 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 11 Password Information 11 Password Information 11 1 Selecting Secure Passwords You can increase the security of your password as follows Select passwords that contain at least eight characters Use combinations of upper and lowercase letters special characters and numbers mm Do not use names or common words e g dog cat house e Avoid using words that have any personal relevance to you such as the names of persons or pets personnel numbers identification numbers or car license plates Do not repeat names or words e g househouse or catcat Do not combine numbers or letters in the same order as they appear on your keyboard e g 12345 qwerty 11 2 Required Passwords 11 2 1 Sunny Po
8. The new inverter must be commissioned in your plant The new inverter must be connected to the router switch and be connected to the Internet see installation manual of the inverter with integrated Webconnect function or the retrofitted Webconnect Data Module or Webconnect Piggy Back The PIC and RID of all inverters must be available see type label or separate label supplied with inverter Webconnect Data Module or Webconnect Piggy Back You must have the user role Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Open www SunnyPortal com Register The Plant Setup Assistant opens Select Next M The User registration page opens Enter the e mail address and the Sunny Portal password in the E mail address and Password fields Select Next The Select plant page opens Select the option Add or replace devices In the row for the plant and the Option column select and Next M The Select devices page opens Enter the PIC and RID of a new inverter in the PIC and RID fields Select Identify To add other inverters enter the PIC and RID of another inverter and select Identify Select Next MA summary is displayed Select Finish User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 43 9 Plant Management SMA Solar Technology AG 9 2 Replacing an Inverter Requirements O The new inverter must be an inverter with Webconnect function O The new inverter must be commissioned in your plant
9. eu can indicate the yields to be expected for the different locations Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Data releases tab Select Edit The setting menu for the data releases opens Activate or deactivate the data releases checkbox Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 39 8 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 8 Device Settings 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties The tab with the device properties displays information on each device Depending on the device and the device settings various device properties can be displayed on this tab Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Device Overview in the page and drop down menu 2 In the row for the device and the Properties column select 2 8 2 Calling up the Device Parameters The parameters of a device are described in the respective device manual You can only read the device parameters on this page you cannot change them If you want to change the parameters use the Sunny Explorer software see Sunny Explorer help You can obtain Sunny Explorer free of charge from the download area at www SMA Solar com Inverters with Webconnect functi
10. have technical problems concerning our products contact the SMA Service Line We require the following information in order to provide you with the necessary assistance e For inverters with integrated Webconnect function Inverter type and serial number of the inverter see type label of the inverter If possible firmware version of the inverter see Sunny Explorer e For inverters with retrofitted Webconnect function PIC of the Webconnect Data Module or the Webconnect Piggy Back see label on the inverter Inverter type and serial number of the inverter see type label of the inverter If possible firmware version of the inverter see Sunny Explorer Number and types of all inverters e Error description SMA Solar Technology AG Sonnenallee 1 34266 Niestetal Germany www SMA de SMA Service Line Inverters 49 561 9522 1499 Communication 49 561 9522 2499 Fax 49 561 9522 4699 E Mail ServiceLine SMA de User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 57 Legal Restrictions SMA Solar Technology AG The information contained in this document is the property of SMA Solar Technology AG Publishing its content either partially or in full requires the written permission of SMA Solar Technology AG Any internal company copying of the document for the purposes of evaluating the product or its correct implementation is allowed and does not require permission SMA Factory Warranty The current warranty conditions come enclosed w
11. mail address select Send test report Select Save 6 3 4 Manually Regenerating Reports You can create a report for a specific date in the past Requirement O 26 You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Select Configuration gt Report Configuration in the page and drop down menu Select the desired report in the Report Configuration drop down list In the Report Date field in the Regenerate Report Manually area enter the date for which you wish to create a report Tip Click the calendar icon and select a date in the calendar Select Generate A message that the report has been successfully sent is displayed SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 6 Plant Monitoring 6 4 Overview of the Plant Monitoring Page The page My Webconnect plant gt Plant Monitoring consists ofthe Communication Monitoring and Inverter Comparison areas The communication monitoring area Communication monitoring shows the current communication status between the inverters and Sunny Portal If an inverter cannot be reached Sunny Portal informs you by e mail see Section 6 5 Setting the Communication Monitoring page 28 The communication monitoring status is displayed in Sunny Portal with the following icons Symbol Status Explanation O Deactivated Communication monitoring is not set see Section 6 5 Setting the C
12. was successful User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 11 3 Getting Started SMA Solar Technology AG 12 Select To the plant to change to the Sunny Portal plant M Your Webconnect plant in Sunny Portal opens 3 2 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal Logging into Sunny Portal Requirement O You must already be registered in Sunny Portal 1 Open www SunnyPortal com Enter your e mail address in the E Mail field in the Login area Enter the Sunny Portal password in the Password field Activate the SSL checkbox to transmit the encrypted login data ak WN Activate the Remain logged in checkbox to stay logged in for your next Sunny Portal visits This means you remain logged into Sunny Portal until you actively log out 6 Select Login Logging Out of Sunny Portal When you log out of the Sunny Portal user interface you protect your plant against unauthorized access e Select Logout in the header or Select User Info Logout gt Logout in the page and drop down menu 3 3 Setting the Language 1 In the user interface header move the mouse pointer onto M A drop down menu opens 2 Select the desired language 12 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 4 User Interface 4 User Interface 4 1 Overview of the User Interface SUNNY PORTAL Engl Plant Overview BM Figure 1 User interface of Sunny Portal Position Description Explanation A Heade
13. Explanation On this page you can configure your Sunny Portal plant on different tabs Plant presentation On this page you have the following options e Send third parties a hyperlink to your released pages see Section 5 3 2 Releasing Pages for Viewing in Sunny Portal page 20 Incorporate the Plant profile page into other websites Device Overview All the devices of your plant are listed on this page You can call up device properties parameters and messages Report configuration On this page you can select a setting so that Sunny Portal informs you of events and other information such as yield by e mail see Section 6 3 Reports page 24 User management This page displays a list of all users to whom you have given access to the plant see Section 10 2 Creating a New User page 49 User Info Logout Menu Page User information Explanation This page shows your user information Logout Ends your session in Sunny Portal 16 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 4 User Interface 4 3 Information in the Plant Profile Sunny Portal compiles the plant profile from information that you can enter on different Sunny Portal pages The following table includes the possible information in the plant profile and the sources for changing or entering the information Information Configura
14. Leis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 date F If there are drop down lists between the arrow lan 4 2012 10 icons select the desired period in the drop down lists 5 1 2 Saving Diagram Data You can save diagram data as csv files Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 If there is a gearwheel icon amp on the right below the diagram move the mouse pointer onto the gearwheel icon and select amp in the drop down menu If there are two icons on the right below the diagram select amp Select Save Select the destination directory ak oN Select Save 18 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 5 Page Settings 5 1 3 Printing Diagram Data 1 Move the mouse pointer onto on the right under the diagram M A drop down menu opens 2 Select O and then select Print 3 Select desired printer and select Print 5 1 4 Enlarging the View If lt is on the right below the diagram move the mouse pointer onto and select 2 e If there are two icons on the right below the diagram select E3 5 2 Sorting the Plant List By default the plant list is always sorted in ascending order according to the specific plant yield You can also sort the plant list by other values and in descending order e To sort the list by another value click another blue value in the header of the list e To sort the li
15. Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Device name requirement O The device name may consist of a maximum of 20 characters 1 Call up properties of the SMA device see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 Select Edit The menu for setting the device properties opens 3 Enter a device name in the Device Name field 4 Select Save 8 6 Changing a Device Description You can enter an arbitrary description for each device The description of the device is displayed in the Device Characteristics Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Call up properties of the SMA device see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 Select Edit The menu for setting the device properties opens 3 Enter a description in the Description field Select Save 42 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 9 Plant Management 9 Plant Management 9 1 Adding an Inverter A plant in Sunny Portal can consist of a maximum of four inverters with Webconnect function If your Webconnect plant in Sunny Portal already consists of four inverters you must create a new plant in Sunny Portal see Section 3 1 Registering the inverter in Sunny Portal page 10 Requirements O O O The new inverter must be an inverter with Webconnect function
16. The setting menu for parameters opens 4 In the Factor area enter the CO factor in the field or click the slide control and set the CO factor holding the left mouse button pressed 5 Select Save 36 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 7 Plant Settings 7 10 Calculating the Predicted Annual Yield Sunny Portal can display in a table how the predicted annual yield of your plant is likely to be distributed throughout the months of a year The predicted annual yield of the plant is calculated from the specific annual yield kWh kWp at the plant location multiplied by the plant power You can obtain the specific annual yield for your plant location from irradiation maps Local conditions such as shading of your plant or the plant orientation are not taken into account by Sunny Portal Requirements O The plant power must be set see Section 7 4 O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Selectthe Parameters tab Select Edit M The setting menu for parameters opens 4 In the Yield expectations area enter the specific annual yield in the Specific Annual Yield field The predicted annual yield is displayed in the Predicted Annual Yield field 5 To make it possible to configure the average expected yield on the Energy and Power and A
17. Wh kWp The specific plant yield is a key figure that describes the efficiency of a PV plant regardless of its size The specific plant yield is dependent on the irradiation in the location the ambient temperature shading tilt and azimuth angle of the PV modules and the module and inverter power You can assess the efficiency of your PV plant by comparing the specific plant yield of your PV plant with the specific annual yield for your PV plant location The specific plant yield is calculated from the actual measured energy yield kWh of a PV plant for a specific period e g a year or a month divided by the peak power kWp of the PV plant Example calculation of the specific plant yield for a year Your PV plant consists of 40 PV modules each with a peak power of 120 Wp watt peak according to manufacturer specification Thus your PV plant has a peak power of 40 x 120 Wp 4 800 Wp 4 8 kWp To calculate the specific plant yield of your PV plant for the year 2011 for example you will need the actual measured energy yield of your PV plant for 2011 e g 3 200 kWh You can now calculate the specific plant yield of your PV plant for the year 2011 3 200 kWh divided by 4 8 kWp 666 kWh kWp in 2011 Tilt angle The tilt angle indicates by how many degrees the tilt of the the module surface deviates from the horizontal 56 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 13 Contact 13 Contact If you
18. ant in Sunny Portal The Plant Setup Assistant guides you step by step through user registration and the registration of your plant in Sunny Portal 1 Open www SunnyPortal com Register The Plant Setup Assistant opens Select Next The User Registration page opens Register as a new user in Sunny Portal Activate the am not yet registered checkbox and select Next Enter data necessary for registration Select Next M You will receive an e mail containing a hyperlink and your access data to Sunny Portal after a few minutes X You haven t received an e mail from Sunny Portal Possibly the e mail was automatically redirected to your spam mail folder Check whether the e mail was redirected to the spam mail folder You may have stated a different e mail address e Check whether the e mail was sent to another e mail address e If the other e mail address is an unknown address restart the Plant Setup Assistant and register as a user again SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 3 Getting Started 4 Ed Follow the hyperlink in the confirmation e mail within 24 hours M Sunny Portal will confirm in a window that registration was successful Select Next The Select plant page opens Login as an existing user in Sunny Portal An additional plant for your Webconnect plant is created for your existing plant in Sunny Portal You can call up the plants using the Plant Selection menu
19. ation in the page and drop down menu In the Report Configuration drop down list select an event report Select Edit In the Activate Report area activate the active checkbox User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 25 6 Plant Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 8 9 In the E mail Address es field in the Recipient area enter the e mail addresses of the recipient s Separate multiple e mail addresses using commas The number of characters for the input field is limited Therefore you can enter only a certain number of e mail addresses Configure the settings in the Interval area To receive an hourly e mail with the event report activate the option Hourly To receive one daily e mail with the event report activate the option daily and in the drop down list select the time you would like to receive the e mail Configure the settings in the Contents area e Activate the checkboxes for the desired messages In each case you can select up to four event types from Sunny Portal and the plant Information Warnings Disturbances Errors Inthe Send Report as area select the format in which Sunny Portal is to send the report e Inthe Limit messages in one report area use the drop down list to select the maximum number of messages to be displayed in the e mail e if you wish to send reports even if there are no new events activate Send empty reports if no new events are available To send a test report to the stated e
20. blished zzmazs serena a 19 Releasing Pages for Viewing in Sunny Portal 000 eee eee 20 Presenting Pages on the Internet 2 20 0 0 c cece eee eee eee 20 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Table of Contents 6 1 6 2 6 2 1 6 2 2 6 3 6 3 1 6 3 2 6 3 3 6 3 4 6 4 6 5 6 6 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 4 1 7 4 2 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 10 7 11 7 12 User Manual Plant Monitoring o o ooooococoooocrrrom r o 21 Plant Monitoring Options cerro ina 21 System logbook ec ee ree e e a RE E S 22 Calling up and Filtering Messages ooccococccccccocc 22 Confirming Messages inoata a nh ETA T Eo 24 REPOS AA E EE A e eas 24 Report Overview 0 cc rnern 24 Creating Info Reports causa tur doa Bob E eee urea 25 Creating Event Reports 0 cece cece teens 25 Manually Regenerating Reports 0 00 c cece eee eee eee 26 Overview of the Plant Monitoring Page 27 Setting the Communication Monitoring 28 Setting the Inverter Comparison 00000ee eee ee 29 Plant Settings lt 4 fae cdcae nidad parda 30 Entering the String Properties asa caco A 30 Changing Plant Data as tirada 31 Changing the Plant Name 0oooooooooccccco 32 Setting the Plant Powers andadas a E SA 32 Manually Entering the Plant Power ooooccccocccccccococcc 32 Having the Plant Power Calculated oooooccccccoccccccc 33 Changin
21. cific yield is outside the average yield of all inverters for at least one monitored inverter Use the Details hyperlink to access the following information e The level of the specific yield of the affected inverters e The level of the average value of all monitored inverters 6 5 Setting the Communication Monitoring By means of communication monitoring you can be informed by e mail if an inverter cannot be reached for a period of 24 hours Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select My Webconnect plant gt Plant Monitoring in the page and drop down menu 2 In the Communication Monitoring area select Settings The Configuration communication monitoring page opens 3 To activate the communication monitoring activate the active checkbox and enter the e mail address of the recipient s in the Recipient field Separate multiple e mail addresses using commas To deactivate the communication monitoring deactivate the active checkbox 5 Select Save 28 SPortalWebcon BA en 1 O User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 6 Plant Monitoring 6 6 Setting the Inverter Comparison Sunny Portal can recognize possible yield losses via the inverter comparison If the specific yield of an inverter differs significantly from the mean yield of all the inverters Sunny Portal can inform you by e mail The inverter compa
22. con BA en 10 35 7 Plant Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 7 8 Entering the Feed in Compensation Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Parameters tab Select Edit M The setting menu for parameters opens 4 In the Feed in compensation area enter the feed in compensation per kWh in the Feed in compensation field Also select the desired currency in the accompanying drop down list 5 Select Save 7 9 Entering the Value of CO Avoided The CO factor indicates how much CO is produced during the power generation of one kilowatt hour The CO factor can vary depending on the network operator You can find out the level of the CO factor for one kilowatt hour of current by contacting your network operator Sunny Portal can use the CO factor value to calculate how much CO was saved due to the power generation of your plant You can view the value of CO avoided on the following pages Plant profile page Daily info report or Monthly info report see Section 6 3 Reports page 24 Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Parameters tab Select Edit M
23. e memory of the inverter is retained The amount of data depends on the size of the inverter memory Check whether it is sufficient to deactivate the inverter see Section 9 3 Deactivating Activating an Inverter page 45 1 Call up the inverter properties see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 Select Edit Select Delete M A window containing a security question opens 4 To irretrievably delete the inverter select Delete User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 45 9 Plant Management SMA Solar Technology AG 9 5 Deleting a Sunny Portal Plant If you delete your plant the plant and its data are irretrievably deleted in Sunny Portal Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Characteristics in the page and drop down menu Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit In the Plant Data area select Irretrievably delete plant AOUN M A security question opens 5 To irretrievably delete the plant select Yes 46 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 10 User Management 10 User Management 10 1 User Roles and User Rights If you have the user role Plant Administrator you can create other users in Sunny Portal so that they have access to your Sunny Portal plant You must assign every user a user role The difference between the user rol
24. elect Edit The menu for setting the device properties opens 3 Select Add string to add a new string M The menu to set the string opens 4 In order to copy a string that is already set proceed as follows In the line of the string in the Copy column select e Inthe line of the copied string select TE in the Edit column M The menu to set the string opens 5 Enter the string properties Input field or Explanation drop down list Description Name of the string e g String 1 Manufacturer PV module manufacturer Module type Depending on the selected manufacturer various module types are displayed in the drop down list Module power These values are entered automatically after you select the module da t Meadulesurface type You can change the values using S or the keyboard s arrow keys Efficiency Number of modules Number of PV modules that a string contains 30 SPortalWebcon BA en 1 O User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 7 Plant Settings Input field or Explanation drop down list Azimuth angle The azimuth angle indicates in degrees the amount by which the module surfaces deviate from a southern orientation In the field enter the number of degrees by which the module surfaces deviate from a southern orientation Enter a negative value e g 20 for a deviation to the east and a positive value e g 20 for a deviatio
25. er role see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 The image Feed in compensation is only displayed if you entered the feed in compensation see Section 7 8 Entering the Feed in Compensation page 36 The average expected yield is also displayed in the diagram in the Year and Total tabs if the Display the monthly distribution in the annual comparison as well as energy and power checkbox is activated see Section 7 11 Setting the Monthly Distribution of the Predicted Annual Yield page 38 Plant profile Sunny Portal compiles the plant profile from information that you can enter on different Sunny Portal pages see Section 4 3 Information in the Plant Profile page 17 Power and energy This page provides you with an overview of the energy and power curve of your plant 14 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 4 User Interface Page Annual comparison Explanation This page provides you with an overview of the total yield and the specific plant yield per month in a yearly overview The average expected yield is also displayed if the Display the monthly distribution in the annual comparison as well as energy and power checkbox is activated see Section 7 11 Setting the Monthly Distribution of the Predicted Annual Yield page 38 Plant monitoring On this page the following plant monitoring functions are available Communication monitoring monitor
26. er to display the following data e Specific plant yield e Average expected yield Requirements O The PV array capacity of all inverters must be entered see Section 8 4 Entering the PV Array Capacity page 41 O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit MI The setting menu for the plant data opens 4 Inthe Power area activate the Calculate plant performance from device properties checkbox The calculated plant power is displayed 5 Select Save 7 5 Changing the Plant Description You can enter important features of the plant in the description The text is displayed on the Plant profile page The editor only supports text and does not support typography with HTML tags Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit The setting menu for the plant data opens Enter a description in the Description area 5 Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 33 7 Plant Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 7 6 Changing Operator Data The operator is a private individual or legal entity who owns plants for b
27. es is in the rights that the users have in your Sunny Portal The following user roles are possible e Guest Standard user e Installer e Plant administrator General rights Rights User role Guest Standard Installer Plant user administrator View pages Release pages for viewing in Sunny Portal and publish pages Save diagram data View and change user information Change Sunny Portal password Change the plant password View device properties View plant properties Change plant properties Configure PV modules View report configuration Change report configuration Change device properties Replace devices Delete devices Delete plant Set communication monitoring User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 47 10 User Management SMA Solar Technology AG Rights User role Guest Standard Installer Plant user administrator Set inverter comparison View system logbook and confirm entries Import data View user management Create delete users and assign user roles Rights for the Plant Overview Page Plant Data area Rights User role Guest Standard Installer Plant user administrator View the current inverter status View the status of the i
28. g a Us IS 49 Changing User Rights v 50 a At 49 Changing User Information ses spas io sas id 50 Password Information 51 Selecting Secure Passwords 00 0c cece eee ee 51 Required Passwords adn 51 Sunny Portal Password 00 eee eee eee 5 Plant Password oia ala 51 Changing Passwords by treks daddies e ATE DUE A 52 Change Sunny Portal password 0 cece eee eee 52 Changing the Plant Password 0 0 0 cee eee 52 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Table of Contents 11 4 Forgotten Sunny Portal password ooooooocccccoco 53 12 Glossary sacia cases dg aa 13 Contacta mes sds sina ee eke ened a ir OT User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 5 1 Information on this Document SMA Solar Technology AG 1 Information on this Document Validity This document applies to plants in Sunny Portal that consist of inverters with SMA Webconnect function Target Group This document is intended for end users Additional Information Links to additional information can be found at www SMA Solar com Document title Document type CO Factor Technical Information Symbols Symbol Explanation A DANGER Indicates a hazardous situation which if not avoided will result in death or serious injury Indicates a hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury Indicates a hazardous situation which if no
29. g the Plant Description vectra 33 Changing Operator Dato darla Pak a peas 34 Changing Deleting the Plant Image 34 Entering the Feed in Compensation 00oooooo o 36 Entering the Value of CO Avoided 0 000 36 Calculating the Predicted Annual Yield 37 Setting the Monthly Distribution of the Predicted Annual Yield 38 Editing your Data Releases 00000 cere eee 39 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 3 Table of Contents SMA Solar Technology AG 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 10 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 11 11 1 11 2 11 2 1 11 2 2 11 3 11 3 1 11 3 2 Device Settings ai 40 Calling up the Device Properties oooooooooooo 40 Calling up the Device Parameters ooooooocccooco o 40 Entering the Line Conductor 00oocccccccccooo 40 Entering the PV Array Capacity aa hq age aia 41 Changing the Device Name 00 eee eee e eee 42 Changing a Device Description ooooooococoooo 42 Plant Management 0c cece eee eee eees 43 Adding an Inverter ado ie 43 Replacing an Inverter le Dio 44 Deactivating Activating an Inverter oooooo o 45 Deleting alter occ A EU aaa adi 45 Deleting a Sunny Portal Plant ooooooooo 46 User Management o oooocococnocncocomm mo so 47 User Roles and User Rights sais atenas rita 47 Creating a New User 0 0 eee eee eee 49 Deletin
30. h 0 via west 90 with positive values from south 0 via east 90 with negative values DHCP DHCP is short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and is a server service with which devices are automatically integrated into a network If no DHCP is activated in the network e g on the router devices must be integrated into the network manually In order to do this an IP address and subnet mask that are suitable for the network must be created manually for the device to be integrated for example kWp See peak power Log file A log file is an automatically run log of events on a computer system A log file contains errors that have occurred during operation of the computer system for example Nominal power kWp See peak power Peak power kWp The peak power is the maximum output for a PV module calculated under STC Standard Test Conditions The peak power is measured in watt peak Wp kilowattpeak kWp or megawattpeak MWp The peak power is also referred to as nominal power STC standard test conditions in the laboratory under which the electrical characteristics of a PV module are measured This allows different PV modules to be compared with one another The PV modules are exposed to vertical irradiation of 1 000 W m an ambient temperature of 25 C and a wind speed of 1 m s The electrical characteristics are then measured The test conditions are designed to correspond to the ideal ambient conditions f
31. imum of 30 characters 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Selectthe Plant Data tab Select Edit M The setting menu for the plant data opens 4 Inthe Name field enter the desired plant name 5 Select Save 7 4 Setting the Plant Power 7 4 1 Manually Entering the Plant Power The plant power is the sum of the maximum power of all PV modules You can obtain the plant power specifications from your installer The plant power is required in order to display the following data e Specific plant yield e Average expected yield Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit The setting menu for the plant data opens 4 Enter the plant power in the Plant power field in the Power area 5 To set the manufacturer of the PV modules select the manufacturer in the Manufacturer drop down list 6 To set the module types select the module types in the Module Type drop down list Select Save 32 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 7 Plant Settings 7 4 2 Having the Plant Power Calculated The plant power is the sum of the power of all PV modules It can be calculated directly from the data in the device properties The plant power is required in ord
32. in messages 1 Select System Logbook in the page and drop down menu 2 To filter messages set one or more of the following filters Input field or drop down list Explanation Go to e To display messages up to a certain date enter the date Tip Click the calendar icon and select a date in the calendar Status The status of a message indicates whether you have already confirmed the message see Section 6 2 2 To display all unconfirmed messages select Not confirmed To display all confirmed messages select Confirmed To display all confirmed and unconfirmed messages select All Plant Devices To display Sunny Portal plant and device messages select All To display Sunny Portal messages select Portal To display plant messages select Plant To display device specific messages select the desired device Number per page Select the number of messages that you would like to display Type e To display messages of a specific type activate the desired checkbox Info Warning Disturbance or Error User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 23 6 Plant Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 6 2 2 Confirming Messages You can confirm messages in order to mark them as read Requirement O You must have the user role Standard user Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select System Logbook in the page and drop down menu
33. ine of the old inverter select the new inverter in the drop down list Replace with Select Next M A summary is displayed Select Finish SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 9 Plant Management 9 3 Deactivating Activating an Inverter In the following cases you must deactivate inverters in Sunny Portal e You have removed an inverter with integrated Webconnect function or a Webconnect Data Module or Webconnect Piggy Back from your plant or e You no longer wish to display an inverter in Sunny Portal The data of the deactivated inverter is retained in Sunny Portal Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Call up the inverter properties see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 Select Edit M The menu for setting the device properties opens 3 To deactivate the inverter in Sunny Portal deactivate the active checkbox in the Data Collection area To activate the inverter in Sunny Portal activate active checkbox in the Data Collection area 5 Select Save 9 4 Deleting an Inverter Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 i Inverter data is irretrievably deleted If you delete the inverter all data of the inverter is deleted irretrievably from Sunny Portal The data on th
34. ing of the communication between Sunny Portal and the inverters e Inverter comparison plant monitoring via comparison of the inverter yields provided that at least two inverters are present in the plant System Logbook This page shows messages regarding the plant status e g disturbances to your plant The number after the colon shows the number of unread messages Inverter On this page on the tab Day you can view the power values of all inverters for single days On the tabs Month Year Total you can view the energy values of all inverters You can select the display type above the diagram e absolute displays the plant yield kWh e specific displays the specific plant yield kWh kWp Report Daily report The page displays the data of the daily report This page is only displayed if you have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 User Management page 47 Monthly report The page displays the data of the monthly report This page is only displayed if you have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 User Management page 47 User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 15 4 User Interface Configuration Menu SMA Solar Technology AG This menu contains pages on which you can carry out configurations The menu is only displayed if you have the user role Installer or Plant administrator Page Plant properties
35. irements O O 1 9 o Now E O 11 12 13 Maximum image size 500 kB Possible image formats JPG PNG GIF Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit The setting menu for the plant data opens Select Load image in the Plant image area Select the desired image from one of your directories Select Open To change the plant image size move the gray squares with the mouse To move the image section click the image section and move it while holding the left mouse button pressed Select Save To save an image in the gallery upload the image to the gallery Select Select from the gallery Select Upload Select Browse Select the desired image from one of your directories Select Upload selected file e Close the window of the gallery The image is saved in the gallery To upload an image from the gallery as the plant image select Select from the gallery Double click the desired image Select Save Deleting the user defined plant image If you delete the user defined plant image Sunny Portal displays the default plant image l 2 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit MI The setting menu for the plant data opens Select No plant image in the Plant image area Select Save User Manual SPortalWeb
36. ith your device These are also available online at www SMA Solar com and can be downloaded and are available on paper from the usual sales channels if required Trademarks All trademarks are recognized even if these are not marked separately Missing designations do not mean that a product or brand is not a registered trademark The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc and any use of such marks by SMA Solar Technology AG is under licence QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED SMA Solar Technology AG Sonnenallee 1 34266 Niestetal Germany Tel 49 561 9522 0 Fax 49 561 9522 100 www SMA de E Mail info SMA de 2004 to 2012 SMA Solar Technology AG All rights reserved 58 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology www SMA Solar com SMA Solar Technology AG SMA France S A S www SMA de www SMA France com SMA America LLC SMA Hellas AE www SMA America com www SMA Hellas com SMA Technology Australia Pty Ltd SMA Ib rica Tecnologia Solar S L www SMA Australia com au www SMA Iberica com SMA Benelux SPRL SMA Italia S r l www SMA Benelux com www SMA ltalia com SMA Beijing Commercial Co Ltd SMA Technology Korea Co Ltd www SMA China com www SMA Korea com SMA Czech Republic s r o www SMA Czech com
37. n Sunny Portal the plant password of the inverter registered in Sunny Portal is also changed Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Plant password requirement O The plant password can be a maximum of 12 characters The following special characters are permitted e l 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties Select the Plant Data tab Select Edit Enter a new password in the Plant Password field in the Plant Data area Enter the new password again in the Repeat Password field in the Plant Data area oak WN Select Save 52 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 11 Password Information 11 4 Forgotten Sunny Portal password Open www SunnyPortal com Select the Forgotten Password hyperlink in the Login area Enter your e mail address in the E mail field RON a Select Generate New Password M You will receive an e mail with a new password 5 Change the assigned password see Section 11 3 1 Change Sunny Portal password page 52 User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 53 12 Glossary SMA Solar Technology AG 12 Glossary Azimuth angle In the northern hemisphere the azimuth angle indicates by how many degrees the module surface deviates from the compass point South In the southern hemisphere it indicates the deviation from the direction North The azimuth angle is counted from sout
38. n to the west e Ifthe module surfaces track the sun automatically activate the Tracking checkbox Tilt angle The tilt angle indicates in degrees the amount by which the module surfaces deviate from the horizontal For some plants the module surfaces are ideally aligned according to the latitude In Germany the optimum orientation is 30 degrees from the horizontal Inthe field enter the number of degrees by which the module surfaces deviate from the horizontal e Ifthe module surfaces are ideally aligned according to the latitude activate the Optimized checkbox Description e Enter any comments 6 Select Submit 7 Select Save 7 2 Changing Plant Data Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Selectthe Plant Data tab Select Edit The setting menu for the plant data opens Make the desired changes to the plant data Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 31 7 Plant Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 7 3 Changing the Plant Name You can change the plant name that you entered during registration of the plant Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Plant name requirement O The plant name may consist of a max
39. nnual Comparison pages activate the The monthly distribution can be configured in the diagrams checkbox 6 Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 37 7 Plant Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 7 11 Setting the Monthly Distribution of the Predicted Annual Yield The monthly distribution shows how the predicted annual yield is distributed throughout the months of the year You have the following options Have Sunny Portal suggest the monthly distribution e Enter the monthly distribution manually Having Sunny Portal suggest the monthly distribution Requirements O The plant location must be entered see Section 7 2 Changing Plant Data page 31 O Have the predicted annual yield calculated see Section 7 10 Calculating the Predicted Annual Yield page 37 O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the Parameters tab Select Edit M The setting menu for parameters opens 4 In the Yield expectations area select Suggest a Monthly Distribution The monthly distribution is displayed in the table with the months 5 To display the average expected yield and the monthly distribution in the diagrams on the Annual Comparison and Energy and Power pages activate the Display the monthly distribution in the annual comparison as well as energy and powe
40. nverter comparison View the energy yield View the financial yield View the value of CO avoided View the plant information Y Y Y Y View the meteorological data Y Y Y Y View the current plant power Y Y Also views the plant image if available Yield overview area Rights User role Guest Standard Installer Plant user administrator View energy and power Y Y Y 48 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 10 User Management 10 2 Creating a New User Requirement O You must have the user role Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Select Configuration gt User Management in the page and drop down menu Select New User Enter the e mail address of the new user in the E mail Address field Activate the desired user role in the Roles area ak WN gt Select Save The new user receives an e mail with the access data 10 3 Deleting a User Requirement O You must have the user role Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt User Management in the page and drop down menu 2 Inthe row for the user and the Delete column select fe Confirm the security question with Yes 10 4 Changing User Rights Requirement O You must have the user role Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select
41. ommunication Monitoring page 28 OK The communication with the inverters is faultless 000 The time of last contact is displayed Error The communication with the inverters is faultless om Use the Details hyperlink to access detailed y information on the time of last contact The error is displayed until it is cleared If the error is not cleared Sunny Portal sends another e mail reminder up to three days after the first e mail was sent activated reminder e mails for the current error K E mail reminder is Clicking the bell icon stops the sending of If a new error occurs the e mail reminder is sent again User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 27 6 Plant Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG Inverter comparison area Requirement for display of the area O The plant must contain at least two inverters Sunny Portal can recognize possible yield losses via the inverter comparison If the specific yield of an inverter differs significantly from the average yield of all the inverters Sunny Portal can inform you by e mail see Section 6 6 Setting the Inverter Comparison page 29 Symbol Status Explanation f D Deactivated The inverter comparison is not activated i 3 see Section 6 6 Setting the Inverter Comparison page 29 OK The specific yield of each inverter is in the average yield of all inverters The total yield of the last day for all inverters is displayed Es Error The spe
42. on are compatible with Sunny Explorer as of software version 1 04 Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Device Overview in the page and drop down menu 2 In the row for the device and the Parameters column select 5 M You can find the parameters in the parameter list 3 To display changes to the parameters select El in the History column 8 3 Entering the Line Conductor Sunny Portal can display the line conductor to which each inverter is connected in the device properties To display the line conductor you must enter the line conductor Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Call up the inverter properties see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 Select Edit M The menu for setting the device properties opens 3 In the Line conductor area activate the line conductor to which the inverter is connected 4 Select Save 40 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 8 Device Settings 8 4 Entering the PV Array Capacity The PV array capacity is the maximum power of the PV modules that are connected to one inverter Procedure Calculate the string properties using the PV array capacity see Section 7 1 Entering the St
43. or operation of an installed PV module PIC See abbreviations Section 1 Information on this Document page 6 54 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 12 Glossary Plant power in kWp The plant power in kWp kilowatt peak is the maximum possible plant power The plant power in kWp is also known as the nominal power of the plant The peak power of a PV plant is the sum of the peak power of all installed PV modules see peak power of a PV module The peak power of a PV plant is used to compare the plant yield and plant costs with other PV plants for example The peak power of a PV plant is often referred to as plant power kWp An installed plant can rarely achieve peak power because it is not installed in laboratory conditions Plant Setup Assistant The Plant Setup Assistant is an application in Sunny Portal that helps you register your plant in Sunny Portal Predicted annual yield kWh The predicted annual yield of a plant is calculated using the specific annual yield kWh kWp at the plant location and the plant power in kWp also known as nominal power You can obtain the specific annual yield for your PV plant location from irradiation maps Specific annual yield kWh kWp x nominal power kWp predicted annual yield kWh Example calculation of the predicted annual yield The specific annual yield at a PV plant location is approximately 900 kWh kWp The nominal power of the PV plant is
44. r Contains the language selection and logout option of Sunny Portal B Contents area Contents of the selected page C Page and drop down Access to the pages and menu items menu Released pages of the My Webconnect plant menu are marked with the icon see Section 5 3 2 Releasing Pages for Viewing in Sunny Portal page 20 User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 13 4 User Interface SMA Solar Technology AG 4 2 Overview of Menus and Pages Plant Selection Menu Requirement for display of the menu O Your e mail address has to be assigned to more than 1 plant in Sunny Portal You can select the desired plant in this menu The name of the currently selected plant is used as the name of the second menu item All other pages always refer to the currently selected plant Page Explanation Plant list The page includes an overview of plants that are assigned to your e mail address By default the plant list is always sorted in ascending order according to the specific plant yield You can also sort the plant list by other values and in descending order see Section 5 Page Settings page 18 My Webconnect plant Menu This menu contains all pages with information plant data and visualizations for your plant Page Explanation Plant overview This page provides you with an overview of the most important information about your plant The display and range of functions of the page depend on your us
45. r checkbox 6 To make it possible to configure the average expected yield on the Annual Comparison and Energy and Power pages activate the The monthly distribution can be configured in the diagrams checkbox 38 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 7 Plant Settings Manually entering the monthly distribution Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Selectthe Parameters tab Select Edit M The setting menu for parameters opens In the Yield expectations area enter values in the in fields of the table with the months 5 To display the predicted annual yield and the monthly distribution in the diagrams on the Annual Comparison and Energy and Power pages activate the Display the monthly distribution in the annual comparison as well as energy and power checkbox 6 To make it possible to configure the predicted annual yield on the Annual Comparison and Energy and Power pages activate the The monthly distribution can be configured in the diagrams checkbox 7 Select Save 7 12 Editing your Data Releases You can set whether you would like to provide the www sonnenertrag eu PV database with your plant data By providing this data you can contribute to improve this PV database The more users participate the better sonnenertrag
46. ring Properties page 30 or e Enter the PV array capacity manually SMA Solar Technology AG recommends calculating the PV array capacity using the string properties A string describes a group of series connected PV modules Normally a PV plant is made up of multiple strings Each string has specific properties such as the deviation from south azimuth or the tilt angle of the roof If you enter the properties of the strings Sunny Portal can determine the PV array capacity more precisely Enter the PV array capacity manually You can find out the connected PV array capacity present on each inverter from your installer Using the PV array capacity Sunny Portal can calculate the plant power of your plant see Section 7 4 2 Having the Plant Power Calculated page 33 Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Call up the inverter properties see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 Select Edit The menu for setting the device properties opens 3 Enter the PV array capacity in the kWp field in the PV array capacity area 4 Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 41 8 Device Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 8 5 Changing the Device Name As standard the device type and the last three numbers of the serial number are displayed as device name Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or
47. rison is only displayed if there is more than one inverter in your Sunny Portal plant Requirements O O The plant must contain at least two inverters The PV array capacity of the inverters must be set see Section 8 4 Entering the PV Array Capacity page 41 You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Select My Webconnect plant gt Plant Monitoring in the page and drop down menu In the Inverter comparison area select Settings M The Configuration of inverter comparison page opens To activate the inverter comparison activate the active checkbox and enter the e mail addresses of the recipient s in the Recipient field Separate multiple e mail addresses using commas To deactivate the inverter comparison deactivate the Active checkbox Select Save User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 29 7 Plant Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 7 Plant Settings 7 1 Entering the String Properties A string describes a group of series connected PV modules Normally a PV plant is made up of multiple strings Each string has specific properties such as deviation to south azimuth or the roof s tilt angle Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Call up the inverter properties see Section 8 1 Calling up the Device Properties page 40 2 S
48. rtal Password You can log into Sunny Portal with the Sunny Portal password If you register a plant in Sunny Portal you must specify a Sunny Portal password during registration You can change the Sunny Portal password see section 11 3 1 11 2 2 Plant Password You can only access the devices of your plant with your communication product e g Sunny Explorer if all devices have the same plant password You must define the plant password in Sunny Portal when you register the Webconnect plant The plant password that you entered during registration is the password for the user role Installer User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 51 11 Password Information SMA Solar Technology AG 11 3 Changing Passwords 11 3 1 Change Sunny Portal password Sunny Portal password requirements O The Sunny Portal password may consist of a maximum of eight characters O You must have the user role Standard user Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 The following special characters are permitted 1 amp 2 _ lt gt Space 1 Select User Info Logout gt User Information in the page and drop down menu 2 Select the If you want to change your password please click here hyperlink on the User Information tab 3 Enter the old and the new Sunny Portal password in the fields provided 4 Select Save 11 3 2 Changing the Plant Password If you change the plant password i
49. ser Rights page 47 Select the desired page in the page and drop down menu In the Contents area select Configuration Name of the page To view a preview of the page select Open page in a new window Copy the URL from the URL of the Page field onto the clipboard O Ro No Copy the URL from the clipboard to a program for creating websites e g Microsoft Office Frontpage or integrate it into your own website by means of a so called inline frame 20 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 6 Plant Monitoring 6 1 Plant Monitoring Options 6 Plant Monitoring between the inverters and Sunny Portal You will be notified by e mail when an inverter cannot be accessed for a period of 24 hours Monitoring Option in Sunny Portal See Events of the plant System Logbook Section 6 2 You can view messages regarding events of your plant Report configuration Section 6 3 You receive e mails with the events of your plant Yield power and CO Report configuration avoided You receive e mails with the data of your plant Inverter yields Inverter comparison Section 6 6 You are informed by e mail if the specific yield of an inverter is outside the average specific yield of all the inverters This function is only possible if the plant contains at least two inverters Requirement for display of the inverter comparison O Your Sunny Portal plant must contain at least two inverters Comm
50. st in descending order click the blue value in the header again 5 3 Publishing Sunny Portal Pages 5 3 1 Pages to be Published You can publish the following pages of the menu My Webconnect plant e Plant overview e Plant profile e Power and energy e Annual comparison Daily plant report Monthly plant report User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 19 5 Page Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 5 3 2 Releasing Pages for Viewing in Sunny Portal If you release pages for viewing in Sunny Portal other Sunny Portal users can view the pages Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select the desired page in the page and drop down menu 2 In the Contents area select Configuration Name of the page 3 Inthe Release area activate the Also release page on www sunnyportal com checkbox 4 To send the page by e mail select Send the website by e mail enter the e mail address of the recipient select Send e mail and select EA 5 Select Save M The icon is displayed in the page and drop down menu next to the name of the released page 5 3 3 Presenting Pages on the Internet Each of your Sunny Portal pages has its own URL Using these URLs you can place a hyperlink to your Sunny Portal page on other websites Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and U
51. t avoided could result in minor or moderate injury NOTICE Indicates a situation which if not avoided could result in property damage Information that is important for a specific topic or goal but is not safety relevant Indicates an essential requirement for achieving a specific goal Desired result oi A problem that might occur SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual o SMA Solar Technology AG 1 Information on this Document Typographies Typography Usage Example bold e Display messages The value can be read from e Elements of a user interface the Energy field e Connections e Select Settings Elements to be selected Enter the value 10 in the Minutes field Elements to be entered gt e Several elements that are to Select Settings gt Date be selected Button Key Button or key to be selectedor Select Next pressed Nomenclature Complete designation Designation in this document Small wind turbine system Plant PV plant Plant SMA Webconnect Data Module Webconnect Data Module SMA Webconnect function Webconnect function SMA Webconnect Piggy Back Webconnect Piggy Back The designation My Webconnect plant is used as a placeholder for the name that you have given your Webconnect plant in Sunny Portal Abbreviations Abbreviation Designation Explanation DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Pro
52. tion Location See Section 7 2 Changing Plant Data page 31 Operator See Section 7 6 Changing Operator Data page 34 Commissioning See Section 7 2 Changing Plant Data page 31 Plant power See Section 7 4 Setting the Plant Power page 32 Annual production See Section 7 10 Calculating the Predicted Annual Yield page 37 CO2 avoided See Section 7 9 Entering the Value of CO Avoided page 36 Modules See Section 7 1 Entering the String Properties page 30 Azimuth angle Tilt angle Communication No configuration necessary this information is automatically detected Inverter Description See Section 7 5 Changing the Plant Description page 33 Plant image See Section 7 7 Changing Deleting the Plant Image page 34 User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 17 5 Page Settings SMA Solar Technology AG 5 Page Settings 5 1 Configuring Settings on Diagrams 5 1 1 Setting the Display Period Depending on the diagram you can set various display periods The control element for setting the display period can be found below each diagram If there is a date and arrow icon below the diagram set the date using the arrow icons or a calendar To set the date using the arrow icons browse backward using and browse forward using and set the desired date 4 os ogtapss gt To set the date using a calendar click the date Y August2011 h between the arrow icons and select the desired Mo bi Mi Do Fr Sa So Energie und
53. tocol for the dynamic assignment Protocol of IP configurations PV Photovoltaics IP Internet Protocol PIC Product Identification Code Identification key for registration in Sunny Portal RID Registration Identifier Registration key for registration in Sunny Portal User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 1 0 7 2 Sunny Portal SMA Solar Technology AG 2 Sunny Portal 2 1 Intended Use Sunny Portal is an Internet portal for the monitoring of plants as well as the visualization and presentation of plant data In order to use Sunny Portal you need an SMA product that can record your plant data and send it to Sunny Portal see Section 2 3 System Requirements page 9 Depending on which SMA product sends the data to Sunny Portal various functions are available in Sunny Portal 2 2 SMA Webconnect Function The SMA Webconnect function enables a data exchange between Sunny Portal and the inverters without the need of an SMA communication product e g Sunny WebBox Sunny Home Manager The data exchange via Internet access 8 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 2 Sunny Portal 2 3 System Requirements O A computer with Internet access must be available O An Internet browser must be installed on the computer O JavaScript must be activated in the Internet browser SMA producis required For the use of Sunny Portal for Webconnect plants you need an inverter with Webconnect function Inverter with integrated Webconnect f
54. unction Sunny Tripower STP as of firmware version 2 00 STP SOOOTL 20 STP 6000TL 20 STP ZOOOTL 20 STP 8000TL 20 STP 9OOOTL 20 Windy Tripower WTP as of firmware version 2 01 WTP 5000TL 20 WTP 6000TL 20 WTP ZOOOTL 20 WTP 8000TL 20 WTP 9000TL 20 Inverter with retrofitted Webconnect function by means of installation of Webconnect Data Module Webconnect Piggy Back Refer to the manual of the Webconnect Data Module or the Webconnect Piggy Back for a list of inverters in which the Webconnect function can be retrofitted Supported Internet browsers Google Chrome as of version 14 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer as of version 8 e Mozilla Firefox as of version 11 e Opera as of version 11 0 e Safari as of version 5 0 Recommended screen resolution e Atleast 1 024 x 768 pixels User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 9 3 Getting Started SMA Solar Technology AG 3 Getting Started 3 1 Registering the inverter in Sunny Portal Requirements O The plant must be commissioned O DHCP must be enabled for the router O The PIC and RID of all inverters must be available see type label or label at inverter Webconnect Data Module or Webconnect Piggy Back included in the scope of delivery Procedure Start the Plant Setup Assistant in Sunny Portal Register as a new user in Sunny Portal or Login as an existing user in Sunny Portal Create Webconnect plant in Sunny Portal Starting the Plant Setup Assist
55. unication Communication monitoring Section 6 5 User Manual SPortalWebcon BA en 10 21 6 Plant Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG 6 2 System Logbook 6 2 1 Calling up and Filtering Messages Messages help you detect disturbances of your plant for example Depending on your user role you can only view the messages that are relevant for your user group In the system logbook messages are entered for e Plant e Inverter e Communication device e Sunny Portal The following types of messages are available in ascending order according to the importance of the event Message type Meaning Info Displays events that serve as information Warning Displays events as warnings if an unusual operating condition is present Disturbance Displays events as disturbances if operation is temporarily not possible As soon as the disturbance is remedied operation is restarted automatically Error Displays events as errors if operation is permanently not possible Operation cannot be started automatically Requirement O You must have the user role Standard user Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 Calling up messages Select System Logbook in the page and drop down menu 22 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Filtering messages 6 Plant Monitoring You can filter messages in the system logbook to only call up certa
56. usiness purposes for example The operator can farm out use of the plant without necessarily being the user himself The name of the operator is displayed on the Plant profile page Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 1 Select Configuration gt Plant Properties in the page and drop down menu 2 Selectthe Operator tab Select Edit The setting menu for the operator data opens 4 Enter the operator data 5 Select Save 7 7 Changing Deleting the Plant Image The plant image is the image in the page and drop down menu next to the menu item My Webconnect plant SUNNY PORTAL AN RHE HM 7 Figure 2 Plant image You can replace the standard plant image with a user defined plant image The user defined plant image is also displayed on the following pages Plant profile page e If pages for Sunny Portal are released it is also displayed on the list of released plants on the www SunnyPortal com homepage You can save several images in a gallery in Sunny Portal This allows you to easily change the plant image and access your images from different computers Changing the plant image Requirement O You must have the user role Installer or Plant administrator see Section 10 1 User Roles and User Rights page 47 34 SPortalWebcon BA en 10 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 7 Plant Settings Plant image requ

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