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
3. Install a ethernet cable into one end of the battery communication circuit to land
on the RJ45 pinout converter. The cable on the other side of the RJ45 pinout
converter will need to be cut and modified before connecting to the Schneider
Insight Home/Gateway. If not using a battery-inverter communication circuit, install
an IP65 Bus Terminator instead.
4.
User will need an extra LAN Ethernet cable to make connection. Cut and strip the
green, brown-white, and brown cables. and proceed to connecting it to the
Schneider Insight Home/Gateway ports. Follow the Chart/Images below.
5.
Proceed turning batteries on and in sequence starting with Battery 1/Master.
Note: The RJ45 pinout 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.
From eFlex5.4kWh Insight Home
InsightHome port 7 green, (wire 6)
InsightHome port 9 brown-white (wire 7)
InsightHome port 11 brown, (wire 8)
From eFlex5.4kWh to Gateway/Insight Facility
green, (wire 6) Gateway/Insight Facility port 16
brown-white, (wire 7) Gateway/Insight Facility port 18
brown, (wire 8) Gateway/Insight Facility port 20