Installation Manual

Step 3: Verifying Proper Activation and

Commissioning

1. SelectInformationandverifythatthecorrectfirmwareversionsareinstalledoneachinverter.

2. SelectStatusandverifythatinverterisoperatingandproducingpower(seealsoViewingSystem

Statusonpage50).

3. Verifythatthenumberofpairedoptimizersisthesameasthenumberofphysicallyinstalledpower

optimizers.

4. VerifythatadditionalconfigurationswereproperlysetbyviewingtherelevantStatusscreens.

5. VerifythatthegreeninverterLEDissteadilylit.

YourSolarEdgepowerharvestingsystemisnowoperational.

Reporting and Monitoring Installation Data

NOTE

This step requires connecting one of the communication options. Refer to Setting Up

Communication on page 56.

The SolarEdge Monitoring System

TheSolarEdgecloud-basedmonitoringplatformenablesaccessingSolarEdgesite

information,includingup-to-dateinformationviewedinaphysicalorlogicalview.The

monitoringplatformisdescribedindetailintheSolarEdgeMonitoringPlatformUser

Guide,availableontheSolarEdgewebsiteat

http://www.solaredge.us/files/pdfs/solaredge-monitoring-platform-user-guide.pdf.

TheSolarEdgemonitoringplatformcandisplaylogicalandphysicallayoutsofthe

installedsystem,asfollows:

l Logical Layout:Showsaschematiclogicallayoutofthecomponentsinthesystem,suchas:inverters,

stringsandmodules,aswellastheirelectricalconnectivity.Thisviewenablesyoutoseewhich

modulesareconnectedineachstring,whichstringsareconnectedtoeachinverter,andsoon.

l Physical Layout:Showsaschematicphysicallayoutofthecomponentsinthesystem,suchas:

inverters,stringsandmodules,aswellastheirelectricalconnectivity.Thisviewenablesabird’seye

viewoftheactuallocationofasystemcomponent.

Usingtheplatform,youcan:

l Viewthelatestperformanceofspecificcomponents.

l Findunder-performingcomponents,suchasmodules,bycomparingtheirperformancetothatof

othercomponentsofthesametype.

l Pinpointthelocationofalertedcomponentsusingthephysicallayout.

l Seehowcomponentsareconnectedtoeachother.

l Pairpoweroptimizersremotely.

Todisplayalogicallayout,inserttheinverterserialnumberinthenewsitecreatedintheapplication.

Whenthecommunicationbetweentheinverterandthemonitoringserverisestablished,thelogical

layoutisdisplayed.

Todisplayaphysicallayout,youneedtomapthelocationsoftheinstalledpoweroptimizers.Togenerate

aphysicalmapping,useeithertheSiteMapperapplicationorthephysicallayouteditorinthemonitoring

platform.

Chapter 5: Activating, Commissioning and Configuring the System Using SolarEdge

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