TS-MPPT-600V-48 Manual

65TriStar MPPT 600V Operator’s Manual
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Networking and Communication
Custom Settings
The TriStar MPPT 600V 600VSetup Wizard in MSView
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provides an interface to adjust all oper-
ating parameters. Morningstar’s MSView
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PC software can connect to any TriStar MPPT 600V
on the Ethernet network or through a RS-232 serial connection. Refer to the help documentation
included with MSView
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for more information.
Email & SMS Alerts (Text Messages)
The email and SMS alerts feature sends notication to an email address or mobile phone if one
of the following occurs:
• TriStar MPPT 600V self diagnostics fault condition
• TriStar MPPT 600V self diagnostics alarm condition
• User-dened event (e.g. battery voltage is less than 46 Volts)
Up to four e-mails, SMS alerts, or SNMP Traps (see section on next page) can be congured
from the network settings web page in the MSView TriStar MPPT 600V Setup Wizard.
SMS alerts can be congured from MSView
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. Proceed to enter the outgoing SMTP server
address and username/password. NOTE: Most forms of webmail (Google, Yahoo, etc) are not
supported as the outgoing SMTP server. This step will be the same as conguring an e-mail
alert.
In the recipient’s e-mail address eld, you will need to enter the cell phone @ the cell phone
carrier’s SMS Gateway (i.e. [e-mail]). Essentially you will be sending an e-mail
to the recipient’s cell phone provider. The provider will then translate the e-mail into SMS format
and deliver it to the recipient’s cell phone as a text message.
Contact the cell phone provider or perform an internet search (several web sites exist listing
these SMS Gateways) to determine the proper gateway address.
View Logged Data
The TriStar MPPT 600V logs up to 200 days* of daily data. The controller always logs the stan-
dard values listed below. Using MSView, the controller can be congured to log additional option-
al values each day. The maximum number of days that can be stored decreases as the number
of logged values increases.
Standard Values
• Minimum Battery Voltage
• Maximum Battery Voltage
• Daily Events (Equalize triggered, Entered Float, Alarm/Fault occurred, Controller Reset)
• Faults / Alarms - recorded only if a fault or alarm occurs that day
Optional Values
• Maximum Array Voltage
• Maximum Power Output
• Charge Amp-hours
• Charge Watt-hours
• Minimum/Maximum Battery Temperature
• Charge stage regulation timers for Absorption, Float, Equalize
* logging only standard values
NOTE: If an RTS isn't installed, minimum and maximum battery temperatures will not
be available. In this case, minimum/maximum battery temperature will not be logged,
even if selected as an optional variable.
SNMP Traps and (Commands)
NOTE: The default IP port assignment for the SNMP
Trap Receiver is 162
Asynchronous SNMP traps are congured and behave similarly to e-mail/SMS alerts. An SNMP
trap receiver can be specied in MSView
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. When a specied condition is met (alarm, fault,
custom event), a trap is sent to the receiver, notifying it of the condition.
As with e-mail and SMS alerts, the Ethernet equipped controller may have traps triggered by
conditions of other MODBUS
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enabled units on the network (EIA-485).
For telecom and industrial applications that require full SNMP monitoring of deployed systems,
the TriStar MPPT 600V WILL NOT operate as an SNMP Agent supporting the commands below,
UNLESS, a Morningstar EMC-1 accessory is installed WITH the unit. Complete SNMP (v2c)
polling capabilities and implementation, available through the required EMC-1 accessory, are
described in Section 8.5 of the Morningstar Communications Document (Product Connectivity
Manual) and EMC-1 product manual located at:
http://support.morningstarcorp.com
“What Are You Looking For”: All Documents
“Choose Product”: Ethernet Meterbus Converter
“GO”, and then nd listed Morningstar Communications Document and EMC-1 Operator’s
Manual - EN
NOTE: SNMP does not support the SET message, which allows a user to alter a setting on the
device. This precaution helps to minimize the security and operational risks associated with the
unveried user access. Morningstar’s MSView PC software can be used to make changes to
device settings, if desired.
GET
Method used by the SNMP manager to request information from a SNMP Agent on a specic
OID.
GET NEXT
Method used by SNMP manager to work through an ordered list of OIDs according to the
standard MIB hierarchy.
GET BULK
A sequence of GetNext requests, allowing a large segment of the MIB hierarchy to be queried by
the SNMP manager from a managed device.
RESPONSE
Used by the SNMP Agent to deliver requested information. Also acts as an acknowledgment.