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User Guide (Installer)

Rev 4.0 12/16

OnlineEnergyMonitoring&Analysis(EMA)

TableofContents

LogontoEMAWebsite 5AddaNewCustomerInstallation 6 Step1:EnteringtheCustomer’sPersonalInformation 6 Step2:ConfiguretheECU 9 Step3:ConfiguretheInverters 11 Method1:ImportingtheIDsfromtheECU 11 Method2:ManuallyEnteringIDsintotheEMA 13 Step4:ConfiguringGroupView 16 Method1:CreatingaViewAutomatically 17 Method2:CreatingaViewManually 17 Step5:UploadingtheInstallationDrawingsand/orPhoto 20ResumeanIncompleteRegistration 21EditanExistingCustomer’sPassword 22ModifyanExistingUserAccount 24 AddinganECU 24 EditinganECU 26 ReplacinganECU 27 DeletinganECU 28 AddinganInverter 30 Method1:ImportingtheIDsfromtheECU 31 Method2:ManuallyEnteringIDsintotheEMA 33 EditinganInverter 37 ReplacinganInverter 38 DeletinganInverter 39 EditingBasicCustomerInformation 40MonitoringandAnalysis 42 ReviewingtheCustomer’sDashboard 42 ReviewingtheCustomer’sModules 44 ReviewingtheCustomer’sSystemReports 46 SummaryReports 47 ECUReports 48 InverterReports 49 DownloadReports 54 ReviewingSystemMaintenanceHistory 55 ECUHistory 56 InverterHistory 57

RemoteECUManagement 58 ManagingtheECURemotely 58 ECUStatus 59 ECUSettings 60 ManageTimeZone 60 ManageInverterLinks 61 ACProtectionParameters 61 InverterStatus 62 InverterGFDI 63 InverterPower 63 SettingList 64ManagingYourInstallerAccountInformation(andPassword) 66IntroductiontoYourCustomer’sSystemDashboard 67

LogontoEMAWebsite

1. Gotohttp://www.apsystemsema.com

TheAPsystemsEMALoginpageisdisplayed.

Username Password

Note:YouareissuedapermanentUsername,andatemporaryPasswordwhenyoucompleteInstaller

TrainingwithAPsystems.ContactAPsystemsTechnicalSupporttoregisterforInstallerTraining(goto

https://usa.apsystems.com/resources/training,orcall1.844.666.7034).

2. Enteryour“Username”and“Password”.

Note:ThePasswordiscasesensitive.

Note:Ifyouforgetyourpassword,select“Lostyourpassword?Clickhere…”.

3. Pressthe“Login”button.

YourspecificCustomerListpageisdisplayed.

Continued…

Note:Youwon’thaveanycustomersinyourCustomerListthefirsttimeyoulogintothesystem.

AddaNewCustomerInstallation

Therearefive(5)majorstepsinvolvedinaddinganewinstallation(registering)intheEMA.

Step1:Enteringthecustomer’spersonalinformation.

Step2:ConfiguringtheEnergyCommunicationUnit(ECU).

Step3:Configuringtheinverterinformation.

Step4:ConfiguringtheGroupView.

Step5:Uploadingtheinstallationdrawingsand/orphoto.

Step1:EnteringtheCustomer’sPersonalInformation

1. LogontotheEMA.

REGISTRATIONIcon

2. SelecttheREGISTRATIONiconatthetopofthepage.

TheNewUserpageisdisplayed.

Continued…

ProcessStepsIndicator

RegistrationFields

Note:Optimizernotavailableinallregions.

3. Fillinthecustomerdetailsbyfield,makingsuretoincludeallrequiredinformation.

UserName Thisisasingle“name”(typicallythecustomer’slastname)thatidentifies

thisspecificcustomer’sinstallation.Theusernameappearsinthecustomer’s

areaontheEMA.(Required)

Only“letters”,“numericdigits”,“underscores”,“@”,“spaces”,and“.”Can

beusedwhencreatingausername.

Note:Ausernamecannotbemodifiedonceithasbeensubmitted.

Password Thisisatemporarypasswordthatisemailedtoyourcustomersotheycan

accesstheiraccountontheEMA.Yourcustomercanchangetheirpassword

shouldtheysochoose.(Required)

ConfirmPassword Enterthesamepasswordagaintoconfirm.(Required)

Continued…

Email Thisisyourcustomer’semailaddress.(Required)

APsystemssendsyourcustomertheirpasswordandallsystemrelated

notificationstothisemailaddress.

FirstName Yourcustomer’sfirstname.(Required)

LastName Yourcustomer’slastname.(Optional)

PhoneNumber Yourcustomer’sphonenumber.(Optional)

InstallationCompany Thisfieldisautomaticallygeneratedbythesystemandcanbechangedusing

thepulldownselectorifnecessary.(Required)

Country Thisfieldisautomaticallygeneratedbythesystemandcanbechangedusing

thepulldownselectorifnecessary.(Required)

State/Province Customer’sstateorprovince.(Required)

City Customer’scity.(Required)

Address Customer’sstreetaddress.(Optional)

PostalCode Customer’spostalcode.(Optional)

SystemSize Calculatetheoverallsystemsizeandenterithere.(Optional)

Remarks Addanynotesthatyoumayfindusefulatalaterdate.(Optional)

4. Selectwhetherto“Allowvisitorstoaccessthissite”.

Note:Thisisanoptionalselectionstep.Ifselected,thesystemdisplaysanauthorizationcodetobeusedin

embeddingthisspecificcustomer’sEMAdatawithinanotherwebsite.

5. SelectwhethertohaveAPsystems“Sendaweeklyproductionreport”.

Note:Thisisanoptionalselectionstep.Ifselected,thecustomerwillreceiveanautomaticallygenerated

productionreportonaweeklybasis.

Continued…

6. Selectthe“Submit”button.

Note:Onceyouhaveselectedeitherthe“Next”or“Submit”buttonsinanyofthemajorregistrationsteps(1-

5),yourcustomerinformationissavedinthesystemandyoucanstepawayfromtheprocessandresumeby

selecting“IncompleteCustomer”(seepage21–ResumeanIncompleteRegistration).

TheECUInformationpageisdisplayed.

AddECUButton

Step2:ConfiguretheECU

7. Pressthe“Add”ECUbutton.

TheAddECUwindowisdisplayed.

AddECUWindow ECUIDField

8. Enterthe12-digitECUUIDnumber(s)intotheECUIDfield.

Continued…

TheECUUIDislocatedonthetopoftheECU,aswellasonthefrontflapoftheshippingbox.

ECUUIDNumber

Note:TheECUUIDisauniqueAPsystems“serialnumber”thatisassignedtotheECUduringmanufacture.It

isNOTtheIPAddressofthedevice.

ItiscriticalthatyouentertheECUUIDcorrectlybecausetheEMAusesthisnumbertoidentifythesystemit

ismonitoringandreporting.

9. SelectthetimezonewheretheECUistobeinstalled.

10. Pressthe“OK”button.

Note:CheckResumeanIncompleteRegistration–Page21ifyougetasystemmessagethatindicatesthat

theUIDalreadyexistswhilemakingtheseentries.

OnceyouhaveenteredalloftheECUUIDnumberstobeinstalledataspecificlocation…

11. Pressthe“Next”button.

TheInverterInformationpageisdisplayed.

ECUSelectionField AddButton

Step3:ConfiguretheInverters

InthisstepyouareassigningtheinverterstotheirassociatedECU(s).

12. SelecttheECU(ECUSelectionfield).13. Pressthe“Add”button.

TheInputInverterIDspageisdisplayed.

InputIDsWindow TemporaryInverterList

14. Enterthe12-digitinverterIDnumbers.

Therearetwo(2)methodsforaddinginverterstotheEMA:

1) ImportingthemfromtheECU.

2) ManuallyenteringthemintotheEMA.

Method1:ImportingtheIDsfromtheECU

Note:WhenimportingtheinverterIDsfromtheECU,makesurethatyouhaveenteredalloftheinverterIDs

intotheECU,andthattheECUiscorrectlyconnectedtotheInternetsothattheAPsystemsservercan

retrievetheIDs.

ImportfromECUTab ECUIDPulldown

InsertIDtoListButton

1) Selectthe“ImportFromECU”tab.

Continued…

2) SelecttheECUfromthe“ECUID”pulldown.

3) Pressthe“InsertIDtoList”button.

TheEMAbeginsimportingalloftheinverterIDsontheECUandplacingthemontothe

Temporary

InverterList.

TemporaryInverterList

4) VerifythatthetemporarylistofinverterIDsiscompleteandcorrect.

5) Pressthe“Submit”button.

The“permanent”inverterlistisdisplayed.

Note:Thislistcanbeeditedifnecessarybyselectingeither“Edit”or“Replace”foreach

inverteranditsassociatedchannel.

EditReplace

GotoStep4:ConfiguringGroupViewtocompletetheRegistrationProcess.

Method2:ManuallyEnteringIDsintotheEMA

EachinverterhasauniqueUIDwhichislocatedonthefrontoftheinverter,aswellasonthebackflapofthe

inverter’sshippingbox.

InverterIDs

ManualADDButton ECUIDPulldown InverterTypePulldown

InverterIDField InsertIDtoListButtonChannelPulldown

1) Selectthe“ManualADD”button.

3) SelecttheInvertertypefromthe“InverterType”pulldown.

4) SelecttheChannel(s)fortheinvertertype.

Continued…

Note:You’llbepresentedwithanumberofinvertertypes.Selectthetypeyouareinstalling,

rememberingthattheYC500hastwo(2)channels(A&B),andtheYC1000hasuptofour(4)

channels(1,2,3&4).

5) Enterthe12-digitinverterIDnumbers.

Tip:YoucanscantheinverterUIDsintoaspreadsheetandthencopyandpastetheUIDsfrom

thespreadsheetintotheEMA,whichmakestheentryprocesseasiertomanage.TheEMAdoes

howeverhavealimitationof20UIDsperpaste.

Note:CheckResumeanIncompleteRegistration–Page21ifyougetasystemmessagethat

indicatesthattheUIDalreadyexistswhilemakingtheseentries.

TheEMAplacestheinverterontotheTemporaryInverterList.

Continued…

EditReplace

LinkButton

NextButton

CompleteRegistrationButton

9) Pressthe“Link”buttontoremotelylinktheinverterstotheECU.

Atthispointintheregistrationprocessyoucandecideto“completetheregistration”,capturingthe

customer’spersonalinformation,ECUconfiguration,andInverterIDs,comingbacktomappingtheinverters

atalatertime(seepage16--Step4:ConfiguringGroupView)–or–continuetomoveforwardwiththe

invertermappingbeforecompletingtheregistration.

Note:Ifyouchooseto“completetheregistration”atthistime,you’llstillneedtoreturntothecustomer’s

accounttofinishthejobbymappingtheinverters.Onceyouhave“completedtheregistration”,the

customeraccountwillmovefrom“INCOMPLETED”tothestandardcustomerlistandyourcustomerwillbe

abletoviewtheiraccountonline.

To“completetheregistration”process,pressthe“CompleteRegistration”button.

Tocontinuewiththemappingprocessbeforecompletingtheregistration,pressthe“Next”button.

Step4:ConfiguringGroupView

Thisstepassumesyouhavepressedthe“Next”buttonafterenteringtheinverterIDs.

TheGroupViewpageisdisplayed.

AddViewButton

15. Pressthe“Add”viewbutton.

TheCreateViewwindowisdisplayed.

CreateViewWindow

Therearetwo(2)methodsforcreatingaview(inverterlayout)intheEMA:

1) Havingthesystemdoitforyouautomatically.

2) Layingoutthepanelsmanually.

ECUIDPulldown ArrangementToggle

ViewNameField RowField ColumnField

Method1:Creatingaviewautomatically.

Automaticviewcreationisbestforrelativelysimplelayouts.

2) Selectthe“Auto”arrangementtoggle.

3) EnteraviewnameintheViewNamefield.

4) Enteranumber(1-50)intheRowfield(rowsarehorizontal).

5) Enteranumber(1-50)intheColumnfield(columnsarevertical).

6) Pressthe“Create”button.

TheEMAarrangesthepanels(andtheirassociatedinverters)arelaidoutfromtop-lefttobottom

rightbasedontheirentryintotheInverterList.

Method2:Creatingaviewmanually.

Manualviewcreationisbestformorecomplexinstallationswhereyou’llwanttohavecompletecontrolof

wherethepanels(andtheirassociatedinverters)arelaidout.

2) Selectthe“Manual”arrangementtoggle.

3) EnteraviewnameintheViewNamefield.

4) Enteranumber(1-50)intheRowfield(rowsarehorizontal).

5) Enteranumber(1-50)intheColumnfield(columnsarevertical).

6) Pressthe“Create”button.

TheEMAarrangesthepanels,withouttheassociatedinverters,onapanellayoutpagebased

ontherowsandcolumnsyouhavespecified.

Continued…

Thepanellayoutpageisdisplayed.

InverterIDsyouhaveentered SpecialFunctionalityButtons

PanelLayoutArea

Emptypanelsbasedonrow/column

specifications

Note:Rightclickingonanyindividualpanelexposesalistofpossibleshortcuts.

ImportID ImportaspecificinverterIDtotheselectedpanel.

DeleteID DeleteaspecificinverterIDfromtheselectedpanel.

ChangeOrientation Changepanel’sorientationtoverticalorhorizontal.

Continued…

ChangeModule

Type Changethemoduletypeforthespecifiedpanel.

DeleteModule DeleteboththeinverterIDandpanelposition.

AddRowAbove Addsarowabovethecurrentpanellocation.

AddColumnAbove Addsacolumnnexttothecurrentpanellocation.

DeleteCurrentRow Deletetherowwherethespecifiedpanelislocated.

DeleteCurrentColumn Deletethecolumnwherethespecifiedpanelislocated.

SpecialFunctionalityButtons

MultiplePanelMovementToggle

ZoomIn ZoomOut

SearchforInverterID CreateEmptyPanels

SaveView BackwithoutSaving

7) DraganddropInverterIDsontospecifiedinverters.

8) Dragthepanelsonthelayoutareaastheyarearrangedonthesite.

9) Pressthe“Save”button.

TheUploadDrawingspageisdisplayed.

DrawingNameField DrawingTypePulldown DrawingList

UploadButton CompleteRegistrationButton

Step5:Uploadingtheinstallationdrawingsand/orphoto

Theinstallationdrawingsaredisplayedonthecustomer’sModulePerformancepage,andthesitephotois

displayedonthecustomer’sDashboard.

Onlythefollowingdrawingandphotoformatsaresupported:

• jpeg–jpg

• png

• pdf

16. Enterthedrawing’snameinthe“DrawingName”field.

17. Selectdrawingtypeinthe“DrawingType”pulldown.18. Locatethefileyouwanttoupload(ScanbuttonfunctionsjustlikeaBrowsebutton)..19. Pressthe“Upload”button.

ThedrawingsyouwantuploadedtotheEMAarereflectedintheDrawingList.

20. Pressthe“CompleteRegistration”button.

ResumeanIncompleteRegistration

Onceyouhaveselectedeitherthe“Next”or“Submit”buttonsinanyofthemajorregistrationsteps(1-5),

yourcustomerinformationissavedinthesystemandyoucanstepawayfromtheprocessandresumeby

selecting“IncompleteCustomer”underRegistration.

REGISTRATION

INCOMPLETECUSTOMER

1. LogontotheEMA.

2. Selectthe“REGISTRATION”icon.

3. Selectthe“INCOMPLETECUSTOMER”intheleftsidebar.

Alistofyourincompletecustomerregistrationsisdisplayed.

4. Selectthecustomeraccountyouwanttocomplete.

5. Continuewhereyouleftofffollowingthestepsintheprevioussection.

EditanExistingCustomer’sPassword

Note:YourcustomercanchangetheirownpasswordbygoingintotheSettingsectionontheiraccountpage.

1. LogontotheAPsystemsEMAwebsite.

2. Selectthecustomerthatwantstohavetheirpasswordchanged.

Thecustomer’sDashboardisdisplayed.

USERREGISTRATION

3. Select“USERREGISTRATION”intheleftsidebar.

TheUSERREGISTRATIONpulldownisdisplayed.

BASICINFORMATION

Continued…

4. Select“BASICINFORMATION”under“USERREGISTRATION”.

Theuser’sbasicinformationpageisdisplayed.

EditPasswordFields

5. Enterthenewpasswordinthe“Password”field.

6. Confirmthenewpassword.

7. Pressthe“Submit”button.

ModifyanExistingUserAccount

AddinganECU

1. LogontotheEMAwebsite.

2. Selectthecustomeraccountyouwanttomodify.

Thecustomer’sDASHBOARDisdisplayed.

USERREGISTRATION

ECUCONFIGURATION

Continued…

4. Select“ECUCONFIGURATION”under“USERREGISTRTATION”.

TheECUinformationpageisdisplayed.

AddButton

5. Pressthe“Add”button.

TheADDECUwindowisdisplayed.

ADDECUWindow

6. Enterthe12-digitECUUIDnumber(s)intotheECUIDfield.

7. SelectthetimezonewheretheECUistobeinstalled.

EditinganECU

EditButton

5. Pressthe“Edit”button.

TheEDITECUpageisdisplayed.

EDITECUWindow

Continued…

6. EdittheECUUIDand/orthetimezone.

Note:EditingtheECUdoesnotupdatethesystem“History”,sonorecordofthechangesaremade.Goto

ReplaceanECU(seebelow)ifyouhavereplacedanECUandwantitrecordedinthesystem“History”.

ReplacinganECU

ReplaceButton

5. Pressthe“Replace”button.

Continued…

TheREPLACEECUwindowisdisplayed.

REPLACEECUWindow

6. SelecttheECUyouwanttoreplace.

7. Enterthenew12-digitECUUIDnumberintothe“ReplaceECU”field.

DeletinganECU

4. Select“ECUCONFIGURATION”under“USERREGISTRATION”.

DeleteButton

Continued…

5. Pressthe“Delete”button.

TheDELETEECUconfirmationwindowisdisplayed.

DELETEECUConfirmationWindow

6. SelecttheECUyouwanttodelete.

AddinganInverter

USERREGISTRATION

INVERTERCONFIGURATION

4. Select“INVERTERCONFIGURATION”under“USERREGISTRATION”.

Continued…

AddButton

5. Pressthe“Add”button.

TheInputInverterIDspageisdisplayed.

InputIDsWindow TemporaryInverterList

Therearetwo(2)methodsforaddinginverterstotheEMA:

1) ImportingthemfromtheECU.

2) ManuallyenteringthemintotheEMA.

Method1:ImportingtheIDsfromtheECU

Note:WhenimportingtheinverterIDsfromtheECU,makesurethatyouhaveenteredalloftheadditional

inverterIDsintotheECU,andthattheECUiscorrectlyconnectedtotheInternetsothattheAPsystems

servercanretrievetheIDs.

Continued…

ImportfromECUTab ECUIDPulldown

InsertIDtoListButton

1) Selectthe“ImportFromECU”tab.

TheEMAbeginsimportingalloftheinverterIDsontheECUandplacingthemontothe

Temporary

InverterList.

Continued…

EditReplace

Method2:ManuallyEnteringIDsintotheEMA

EachinverterhasauniqueUIDwhichislocatedonthefrontoftheinverter,aswellasonthebackflapofthe

inverter’sshippingbox.

ManualADDButton ECUIDPulldown InverterTypePulldown

InverterIDField InsertIDtoListButtonChannelPulldown

1) Selectthe“ManualADD”button.

3) SelecttheInvertertypefromthe“InverterType”pulldown.

4) SelecttheChannel(s)fortheinvertertype.

Continued…

Note:You’llbepresentedwithanumberofinvertertypes.Selectthetypeyouareinstalling,

rememberingthattheYC500hastwo(2)channels(A&B),andtheYC1000hasuptofour(4)

channels(1,2,3&4).

5) Enterthe12-digitinverterIDnumbers.

Tip:YoucanscantheinverterUIDsintoaspreadsheetandthencopyandpastetheUIDsfrom

thespreadsheetintotheEMA,whichmakestheentryprocesseasiertomanage.TheEMAdoes

howeverhavealimitationof20UIDsperpaste.

Note:CheckResumeanIncompleteRegistration–Page21ifyougetasystemmessagethat

indicatesthattheUIDalreadyexistswhilemakingtheseentries.

TheEMAplacestheinverterontotheTemporaryInverterList.

Continued…

EditReplace

LinkButton

NextButton

CompleteRegistrationButton

9) Pressthe“Link”buttontoremotelylinktheinverterstotheECU.

10) Pressthe“Next”button.

VIEWCONFIGURATION

11) Select“VIEWCONFIGURATION”under“USERREGISTRATION”.

TheViewConfigurationpageisdisplayed.

Continued…

6. Select“Edit”.

TheEDITVIEWWindowisdisplayed.

EDITVIEWWindow DetailedToggle

7. Selectthe“Detailed”toggle.

Thepanellayoutpageisdisplayed.

NewlyAddedInvertersExistingInverters

SaveViewIcon

9. Draganddropthenewinvertersintopositiononthelayoutmap.

10. Pressthe“SaveView”icon.

EditinganInverter

5. Select“Edit”fortheinverteryouwanttoedit.

TheEDITINVERTERwindowisdisplayed.

EDITINVERTERWindow

Continued…

6. Edittheinverterinformation.

ReplacinganInverter

Replace

5. Select“Replace”fortheinverteryouwanttoreplace.

TheREPLACEINVERTERwindowisdisplayed.

REPLACEINVERTERWindow

Continued…

6. Enterthenew/replacementinverter’sIDintheInverterIDfield.

DeletinganInverter

DeleteButton

5. Selecttheinverteryouwanttodelete.

6. Pressthe“Delete”button.

Aconfirmationmessageisdisplayed.

EditingBasicCustomerInformation

2. Selectthecustomerthatwantstohavetheirpasswordchanged.

Thecustomer’sDashboardisdisplayed.

USERREGISTRATION

BASICINFORMATION

Continued…

4. Select“BASICINFORMATION”under“USERREGISTRATION”.

Theuser’sbasicinformationpageisdisplayed.

5. Edittheinformationyouwantchanged.

MonitoringandAnalysis

ReviewingtheCustomer’sDashboard

2. Selectthecustomeryouwanttoreviewfromthecustomerlist.

Theinstaller’sviewofthecustomer’sDashboardisdisplayed.

Note:Whileyouareviewingthecustomer’ssystemdata,itispresenteddifferentlythantheSystemOwner’s

SystemStatus DataTypePowerCurveSystemDate/Time Personal

Information

Today’sEnergy CurrentPower Action InstallerContact

Information

Continued…

CustomerViewforComparison

SystemStatus Workingnormally.

NoData–Systemnotreportinginasexpected.Systemrequiresattention.

SystemconfiguredwithoutInternetconnection.

DataType Datareportingperiod;Powerforthecurrentday,dailypowerforthe

currentmonth,monthlyforthecurrentyear,andyearlyforthe

lifetime

ofthesystem.

PowerCurve Graphicrepresentationofeachofthedatatypes.

SystemDate/Time Thedateandtimeatthearraylocation.

PersonalInformation Thecustomer’spersonalinformation.

Today’sEnergy Theamountofenergyproducedfortoday’sdate–expressedinkWh.

CurrentPower Theamountofenergybeingproducedatthisgiventime–expressed

inwatts.

Action AshortcuttoECUreporting(Detail)andreviewingtheECUstatus

(Status).

InstallerContact Theinstaller’scontactinformation.Thisinformationshowsupon

Information yourcustomer’sviewoftheiraccount.

Continued…

Note:Youcancheckpowerproductionatanygivenpointalongthe“PowerCurve”graphsbymovingthe

cursertothespecifictimeordateinquestion.

CursorLocation

ReviewingtheCustomer’sModules

MODULE

3. Select“MODULE”intheleftsidebar.

TheModulePerformancepageisdisplayed.

GroupViewName ViewingPeriod QueryDate TimelineController

Panels/Modules Timeline TimelineMarker

Continued…

GroupViewName Pulldownofthegroupnamesassociatedwiththisaccount.

ViewingPeriod Viewingperiodselection;Powerforthecurrentday,anddailyenergyover

thelast30days.

QueryDate Selectdateyouwanttoreview.

TimelineController AdvancestheTimelineMarkeronthetimeline.

Panels/Modules Agraphicrepresentationofhowthearrayislaidout.Thenumberinthe

centerofeachmodulerepresentsthepowerbeinggeneratedbythemodule

atthecurrenttime–expressedinwatts/DC.

SystemPerformance Graphicrepresentationofthepowerbeinggeneratedbytheentiresystemduring

theTimeline currentviewingperiod.

TimelineMarker Timeindicatorfortimeline.Powerissimultaneouslydisplayedonthe

panels/modules.Therearetwowaystodisplaypoweracrosstime;One,selectthe

timeperiodand

Pressthe“TimelineController”,andtwodraggingthetimelinemarkeracrossthe

timelinetoviewaspecificproductiontime.

Note:Detailedinformationoneachmodulecanbereviewedbyclickingonthemodule.

ModulebeingReviewed

ReviewingtheCustomer’sSystemsReports

REPORT

3. Select“REPORT”intheleftsidebar.

Thesub-menuareasaredisplayedunder“REPORT”.

Sub-Menu

SummaryReports

1) Select“SUMMARYREPORT”under“REPORT”intheleftsidebar.

TheSummaryReportpageisdisplayed.

EnvironmentalBenefits YearlyEnergyProduction Production/CostSavings

GraphofYearlyProduction TableofYearlyProduction

DetailsbyMonth DetailsbyMonth

Note:ThesavingsreflectedintheProduction/CostSavingstimelinearecalculationsbasedonthe

utilitycompany’spriceperkWhatthislocation.ThepriceperkWhisenteredinthe“PricePerkWh”

fieldinthetimeline.

ECUReports

1) Select“ECULEVELDATA”under“REPORT”intheleftsidebar.

TheECUleveldatapageisdisplayed.

DataReportingPeriod QueryDate ExportButton

PowerProductionGraph

DataReportingPeriod Datareportingperiod;Powerforthecurrentday,dailypowerforthe

currentmonth,monthlyforthecurrentyear,andyearlyforthe

lifetimeofthesystem.

ExportButton Exportsthedatainaspreadsheetformat.

PowerProductionGraph Graphicrepresentationofthesystem’spowerproductionovertime.

InverterReports

Tip:Thisreportingareaisextremelyusefulintroubleshootinginverterproblems.

TheInverterLevelreportsareusedtoanalyzemodulepower(DC–power/watts,volts,and

current/amps),gridparameters(ACvolts,frequency,andtemperature).

1) Select“INVERTERLEVELDATA”under“REPORT”intheleftsidebar.

Theinverterleveldatapageisdisplayed.

InverterIDDataType ComparisonToggle

QueryDate DataLevelDataGraph DataToggles

2) SelectinverterIDyouwanttoreviewfromtheInverterIDpulldown.

ThedatagraphicfortheselectedinverterIDisdisplayed.

InverterID PulldownfieldforviewingandselectingtheinverterIDsassociated

withtheaccount.

DataType Datareportingperiod;Powerforthecurrentday,dailypowerforthe

currentmonth,monthlyforthecurrentyear,andyearlyforthelifetime

oftheinverter.

ComparisonToggle ONandOFFtoggleforcomparingthedata/performanceofmorethan

oneinverterordatalevel(seedirectionsforcomparisonspage52).

Continued…

DataLevel PulldownfieldforselectingACorDCdatabychannel.

DataGraph Graphicrepresentationoftheselecteddatatypesanddatalevelsover

DataToggles UsedtotoggleDataLevelsgraphsONorOFF.

ExamplesofInverterDataGraphs

DCPower/Watts DCVolts DCCurrent(Amps)

Notethefollowingintheexampleabove:

ECUID:21300019948–Becauseof213prefix,itisazigbeebasedECU

InverterID:503000000687–Becauseof503prefix,itisaYC1000inverter,whichwillhaveuptofour

(4)Channelsidentifiedas1,2,3,and4

QueryDate:Dec5,2016(2016-12-05ininternationaldateformat)

DataType:Powerforthecurrentday

DataLevel:DCPower/Watts,Volts,Current(Amps)

Comparison:OFF(soonlyseeingoneinverterchanneland/ordatalevel)

Youcanseepowerlevelsforaspecifictimebydraggingthecursoralongthegraph.

CursorPosition

Continued…

ToviewtheAC(grid)parametersonthesamechannelforthesameinverter:

1) Select“AC-1”inthe“DataLevel”pulldown.

DataLevelPulldown ACVolts ACFrequency Inverter

Temperature

Youcanseeparametersforaspecifictimebydraggingthecursoralongthegraph.

CursorPosition

Continued…

Tocomparethedatalevelsfortwodifferentinverters:

1) TurnONthe“Compare”toggle.

2) Selecttheinvertersyouwanttocompare.

Note:Youcanselectthesameinverterandcomparedifferentchannelsifrequired.

3) SelecttheChannelsyouwanttocompare.

4) SelectwhetheryouwanttocompareDCorAC.

Thegraphwithbothinverterdatalevelsisdisplayed.

DataToggles

Note:YoucantogglegraphdataelementsONandOFFbyusingtheDataTogglesifneededforclarity

ofthedata.

DownloadReports

Thereportsinthisareaaredetailednumericreportsthatcanbeexportedtoaspreadsheet.

1) Select“DOWNLOADREPORT”under“REPORT”intheleftsidebar.

TheDownloadReportsdatapageisdisplayed.

ECUIDPulldown TypePulldown

QueryDate QueryButton ExportButton

ECUIDPulldown PulldownfieldforviewingandselectingtheECUID.

TypePulldown Thereareanumberofreport“types”youcanselect.

• HourlyEnergyfortheday

• DetailedDailyEnergyforaweek(priortotheQueryDate)

• DailyEnergyforaspecifiedperiod

• DailyEnergyforaspecifiedyear

• WeeklyEnergyforaspecifiedyear

• MonthlyEnergyforayear

• YearlyEnergyforthelifetimeofthesystem

QueryDate Selectdate,ordatarangewhereappropriate,youwanttoreview

QueryButton TheQueryButtonactivatesthereportingprocessfortheTypeandDate(s)

Youhaveselected.

ExportButton Exportsthedatainaspreadsheetformat.

ReviewingSystemMaintenanceHistory

HISTORY

3. Select“HISTORY”intheleftsidebar.

Thesub-menuareasaredisplayedunder“HISTORY”.

Sub-Menu

1) Select“ECUHISTORY”under“HISTORY”intheleftsidebar.

TheECUHistorypageisdisplayed.

ECUIDList CreateDate ReplaceDate LifetimeEnergy

ECUIDList AlistofalloftheECUthathavebeenonthesystem.

CreateDate ThedatetheECUwasactivatedontheEMA.

ReplaceDate ThedatetheECUwasreplacedandeditedontheEMA.

LifetimeEnergy Ahistoryoftheamountofenergy(expressedinkWh)produced

whiletheECUwasonthesystem.

Note:ClickingontheECUIDintheECUIDListallowsyoutoreviewpowerproductionfromthe

datetheECUwasfirstactivatedontheEMA.

InverterHistory

1) Select“INVERTERHISTORY”under“HISTORY”intheleftsidebar.

TheInverterHistorypageisdisplayed.

InverterIDList CreateDate ReplaceDate

InverterIDList Alistofalloftheinvertersthathavebeenonthesystem.

CreateDate ThedatetheinverterwasactivatedontheEMA.

ReplaceDate ThedatetheinverterwasreplacedandeditedontheEMA.

RemoteECUManagement

TheECUhasbeendesignedwithremoteconnectionandmanagementfunctionality.Youcanaccessthis

remotefunctionalitythroughtheEMAwebsite,usingyourinstallerlogincredentials.Changesmaderemotely

throughtheEMAdonottakeaffectuntiltheECU’snextreportingcycle.

TheECUmustfirstbeinstalledwithverifiedPowerLineCommunication[PLC]andInternetconnectivity.

RefertotheECUInstallation/UserManualfordetailedECUinstallationandoperationinstruction.

TheECUremotefunctionalityallowsyoutodothefollowing:

• SettheECUStatus

• SetTimeZones

• ManageInverterUIDs

ManagingtheECURemotely

REMOTECONTROL

3. Select“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

Thesub-menuareasaredisplayedunder“REMOTECONTROL”.

Continued…

Sub-Menu

ECUStatus

EnteringtheECUStatusisfor“informationonly”.

1) Select“ECUSTATUS”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheECUstatuspageisdisplayed.

ECUIDPulldown ConnectionStatusPulldown

2) SelecttheECUIDfromtheECUIDpulldown.

3) Selectthecurrentconnectionstationfromthepulldown.

ECUSettings

1) Select“ECUSTETTINGS”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheECUsettingspageisdisplayed.

TIMEZONECONFIGURATIONWindow

INVERTERLINKSCONFIGURATIONWindow

ManageTimeZone

ECUIDPulldown ECUTimeZonePulldown

2) SelectthecorrecttimezonecorrespondingtotheECU’slocation.

3) Pressthe“Send”button.

ManageInverterLinks

ECUIDPulldown OperationPulldown

InverterList ChoosetheInvertersPulldown

2) Selecttheoperation(Add,Clear,orDelete)fromtheOperationpulldown.

3) SelecttheinverterfromtheInverterList,orinputtheinverters.

ACProtectionParameters

TheACprotectionparametersarepresetatthefactory,butcanbeadjustedtomeetthespecificlocal

gridrequirements.

1) Select“ACPROTECTIONPARAMETERS”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheACProtectionConfigurationpageisdisplayed.

ParameterFields

InverterList ChoosetheInvertersPulldown Continued…

3) Entertheparametersthatneedtobeadjusted.

WARNING:Beextremelycarefulwhenadjustingtheseparameters.AllAPsystemsmicroinvertersare

factory-settoinherentlymeetIEEE1547/UL1741by-designanddo-notrequireadjustment

bythesiteownerorinstallationteam.APsystemsmicroinvertersmonitorvoltage

disturbances,frequencydisturbances,lossofsynchronizationand/orlossofphase.If

required,pleaseconsultyourlocalAuthoritiesHavingJurisdiction(AHJ)andAPsystems

TechnicalSupportbeforeadjustinganyparameters.

4) Usingthe“ChoosetheInverters”pulldown,decidedwhetheryouwanttoadjustallofthe

inverters,orspecificonesfromtheInverterList.

InverterStatus

TheInverterStatusareaisforturningONandOFFtheinverters.

1) Select“INVERTERSTATUS”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheInverterStatuspageisdisplayed.

InverterStatus(ON/OFF)

3) SelecteitherONorOFF.

4) Usingthe“ChoosetheInverters”pulldown,decidewhetheryouwanttoturnONorOFFallofthe

InverterGFDI

ChecktheGFDIstatustoseeiftheGFDIprotectionhasbeentripped.Ifso,youcanreset.

1) Select“INVERTERGFDI”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheInverterGFDIpageisdisplayed.

ChoosetheInvertersPulldown

InverterList GFDIStatus

3) ChecktheGFDIStatusforeachoftheinvertersintheInverterList.

4) Usingthe“ChoosetheInverters”pulldown,decidewhetheryouwanttoresetallofthe

InverterPower

Canadjusttheinternalpower(DC/Watts)basedonpanelandutilityrequirements–uptothedesign

limitationsoftheinverter.

1) Select“INVERTERPOWER”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheInverterPowerpageisdisplayed.

Continued…

MaximumPowerField

3) Entertheadjustedmaximumpowerrating(inWatts)intotheMaximumPowerfield.

4) Usingthe“ChoosetheInverters”pulldown,decidewhetheryouwanttoadjustallofthe

SettingList

ThispageisusedtoconfirmthataremotecontrolcommandhasindeedbeensendtotheAPsystems

server,andthattheECUhas“replied”thatthecommandhasbeenreceived.

1) Select“SETTINGLIST”under“REMOTECONTROL”intheleftsidebar.

TheSettingListpageisdisplayed.

CommandPulldown

CommandList SendTime ReplyTime

Continued…

3) SelectthecommandthatyouwantconfirmedfromtheCommandpulldown.

TheSendandReplytimesaredisplayedoncethecommandshavebeensentandreceived.

Note:Itcantakeafewreportingcyclesforthecommandstobereflectedinthemonitoringsections

oftheEMA.

ManagingYourInstallerAccountInformation

1. LogontotheEMA.

SettingIcon SettingTab

2. Selecteitherthe“SettingIcon”or“Setting”tab(theybothdothesamething).

TheInstallerAccountPersonalInformationConfigurationpageisdisplayed.

3. EditthePersonalInformationform,orchangeyourpassword.

IntroductiontoYourCustomer’sSystemDashboard

FunctionalityIconsSettingsTab

SystemStatus

DailyPowerLifetimePower

FunctionalityIcons SelectareaoftheEMAsitethatyouwanttoreview:DASHBOARD,MODULE,REPORT,or

MANAGEMENT.

SystemStatus Green (Normal)–Thesystemisoperatingandreportingasexpected.

Grey (NoData)–Thereisasystemmalfunctionthatshouldbeinvestigated.No

ProductiondataisbeingcommunicatedtotheEMAserver.ChecktheECUconnectiontosee

ifyoucanisolatetheproblem.Ifnot,contactyourinstaller.

SettingsTab Whereyoucanchangeyourpersonalinformation,includingyourpassword.

DailyPower Theamountofpowergeneratedduringthecurrentday.

LifetimePower Theamountofpowerthesystemhasgeneratedduringitslifetime.

Continued…

CO2Equivalent SystemInformation

InstallerContactInformation

CO2Equivalent TheequivalentamountofCO2(expressedintons)benefitthesystemhas

providedinitslifetime.

SystemInformation Thecurrentdateandtimeforthesystem,andthedatetheoriginalaccountwas

created.

InstallerContact Yourinstaller’scompanyname,phonenumberandemailaddress.

Information

Continued…

CurrentDailyPowerGraph CurrentWeeklyEnergyGraph

YearlyEnergybyMonthGraph

CurrentDailyPower Graphicrepresentationofthepowerbeinggeneratedduringthecurrentday.

CurrentWeekly Graphicrepresentationoftheenergythathasbeengeneratedeachdayduringthe

PowerGraph currentsevendayperiod.

YearlyEnergyby Graphicrepresentationoftheenergythathasbeengeneratedeachmonthduring

MonthGraph thelast12monthperiod.

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