Envoy IQ Installation
Table Of Contents
- Enphase IQ Envoy
- Contact Information
- FCC Compliance
- Other Information
- This Class B digital apparatus complies with Industry Canada ICES-003.
- For third-party license information, refer to enphase.com/licenses.
- For Enphase patent information, refer to enphase.com/company/patents/.
- For warranty text, refer to enphase.com/warranty.
- Copyright © 2017 Enphase Energy Inc. All rights reserved.
- Audience
- Table of Contents
- SAFETY
- The Enphase IQ Envoy
- Installation Planning and Preparation
- Review the following pre-installation checks before you install the IQ Envoy.
- To install the production CT
- Installing the IQ Envoy – Part 1
- Installing the IQ Envoy – Part 2
- Use one of the following methods to detect devices (Enphase Microinverters and/or Enphase Batteries).
- IQ Envoy Operation
- You can track system installation progress with the Enphase Installer Toolkit mobile app.
- Connecting to IQ Envoy
- Once your mobile device and the Envoy are on the same LAN, you can connect to the IQ Envoy.
- Refer to enphase.com/installer-toolkit/ for more information on the Enphase Installer Toolkit.
- Select Diagnostic Tools to ping the Envoy, check network connectivity, and check the network route.
- Troubleshooting
- The following sections describe possible problems and solutions.
- Troubleshoot power line communication issues as follows.
- This means that communications from other Envoy(s) have been detected. To prevent this issue:
- Check for the following conditions.
- If Enphase Customer Support authorizes an IQ Envoy replacement (RMA), perform the following steps.
- Technical Data
IQ Envoy Installation and Operation
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Local Networking Considerations
DHCP versus Static IP Addressing
If the site owner prefers not to use DHCP, you can set up the Envoy to use a static IP address. Use the
Installer Toolkit to configure the static IP. Refer to enphase.com/installer-toolkit/ for more information on the
Enphase Installer Toolkit.
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WARNING: Do not change the Envoy DHCP setting to use a static IP address unless you
also reserve the same IP address on the broadband router. See the section on DHCP
reservations in the router instructions. Failure to reserve the static IP address on the router
may result in duplicate IP addresses and intermittent Internet connection problems with the
IQ Envoy.
MAC Filtering
Check to see if Media Access Control (MAC) filtering is in use at the site. An example of a MAC address
would be: 00:17:F2:D6:B1:45
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If MAC filtering is in use at the site, identify the specific MAC address of the Envoy and add it to list of
authorized devices on the router. The MAC addresses (wired and wireless) are located on a label on the
back of the Envoy.
Firewall Settings
The Envoy initiates outbound connections to Internet servers. Such connections may be restricted by
firewall rules se
connections but restrict any/all inbound connections.
If outbound firewall rules are applied at the site, you must configure a static IP address for the Envoy and
add new rules that allow outbound access as follows:
Direction
Source
Protocol
Port
Destination
OUT
<Envoy IP address>
TCP
80, 443
reports.enphaseenergy.com
OUT
<Envoy IP address>
UDP
80
ping-udp.enphaseenergy.com
OUT
<Envoy IP address>
TCP
80, 443
home.enphaseenergy.com
The Envoy connects to these servers using their DNS names. If you add firewall rules for Envoy reporting,
Enphase recommends using the DNS names rather than the underlying IP addresses. This is because the IP
addresses are subject to change without notice.