Schneider Electric Integration Guide
Table Of Contents
- Unpack Batteries + Check Voltage
- 1. Unpack the batteries and turn each battery on by itself.
- 2. Note the voltage of each battery and serial number. The serial numbers are useful during warranty submittal.
- 3. The batteries must be within +/-0.5V of each other before commissioning. Groups of 4 batteries or more may require a narrower voltage range to commission properly.
- 4. Turn off the batteries and install them in parallel. Notes
- If the battery voltages are significantly different, one technique is to finish battery installation and only turn on the lowest voltage battery using the pushbutton. Charge the battery, and when the charging voltage is ~0.2V above the resting voltage...
- If the batteries are slightly more than +/-0.5V from each other, turning on the highest voltage batteries only will reduce their voltages, and turning on the lowest voltage batteries only will lower the highest voltage. Likewise, turning on the lowest...
- Use of the Fortress firmware update tool can help speed up commissioning times. Fortress installers should request a firmware update tool by filling out a support ticket at https://support.fortresspower.com
- Schneider Monitoring w/Fortress
- Battery-Battery Connection
- Running on 1 eFlex
- Battery-Inverter Connection
- Battery- Battery Connection
- Battery Touch Screen
- Battery -Inverter Connection
- Battery-Battery Connection
- Battery Touch Screen
- Battery-Inverter Connection
- Battery/Inverter Integration
- Universal Parameter Settings (Closed Loop)
- Universal Parameters Settings (Open Loop)
- Important Note
- Off-Grid
- AC Coupling, Back Up
- Grid-Tied Export
- Self-Consumption (Zero Grid Export)
- Generator Settings
- Firmware Updates
- Voltage to % Chart
Note: TheRJ45 pin-out converter is not a simple female-female RJ45 connector! It
includes a terminating resistor similar to the other end of the battery communication
circuit, but also passes through the inverter communication.
Running on 1 eFlex
Running any Schneider Inverter with 1 eFlex is not compliant with Fortress
minimum sizing standards.
If operating with one eFlex, please adjust the following settings:
In the Batt Setup Menu, adjust amperage as follows:
If waiting on a repair -> change charge/discharge amps to 60A.
Reminder: Charge deeply discharged eFlex at 10A when recovering below 49V.
Battery-Inverter Connection
The eFlex communication ports are bi-directional and exactly the same - it does
not matter which port you use to connect to other batteries or the inverter.
1. While batteries are off. Install the battery-battery communication cables. Do not
over tighten the IP65 weatherproof cap that covers the ethernet port.
2. Install the IP65 Bus terminator (including the stand-alone ethernet plug) into one
end of the communication circuit.