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
Battery- Battery Connection
The eVault MAX uses canbus to communicate from battery to battery.
This occurs over the COM_Parallel ports.
The ports are bidirectional.
Canbus communication requires resistor termination to function without blips.
Fortunately, the eVault MAX has internal canbus resistors!
Terminate these resistors by using the dipswitches in the upper service cabinet within
the battery.
The dip switches should be in the ON position for the batteries at the end of the
communication circuit.
The dip swiches should in in the OFF position for the batteries in the middle of the
communication circuit.
Example - 4 batteries with end battery dipswitch ON and middle battery dipstiches OFF
Number of
Batteries
Dipswitch Order
1
ON