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
From eVault MAX 18.5kWh to Gateway/Insight Facility
green, (wire 6) Gateway/Insight Facility port 16
green-white, (wire 3) Gateway/Insight Facility port 18
blue-white, (wire 5) Gateway/Insight Facility port 20
Battery-Battery Connection
It does not matter which battery communication ports are used for battery-battery or
battery-inverter communication. The eVault communication ports are bi-directional and
accomplish the same functions, regardless of labeling. In other words, you can connect
the battery-battery communicaiton cables in any communication ports between
batteries, and plug the inverter into either side of the battery-battery communication
chain.
One eVault battery:
It is not necessary to use the canbus terminator. Either port can connect to the inverter
communication circuit.
One or two eVault batteries:
Place the included canbus terminator on both ends of the communication circuit.
Remove one of the canbus terminators to wire any battery-inverter communication
circuit.
Three or more batteries:
Place the included canbus terminator on both ends of the communication circuit and do
not wire the battery-inverter communication circuit. Operate the battery in "voltage
mode" using "open loop" settings.