3) Reference Solar Irradiance Setting
Reference Solar Irradiance dialog window appears when the [Irradiance Sensor] button is clicked.
(1) Select a sensor which will measure the irradiance;
choose from pyranometer or reference cell. Enter
the sensitivity of the selected sensor.
(2) Enter the Threshold Irradiance (Er) and Averaging
value (mean number). Threshold irradiance value
is a setup value which hides the data less than the
set irradiance from the display tab or save tab, also
hides data from data lists on irradiance graph tab.
(3) Irradiance is measured by clicking the [Measure]
button.
(4) After the values are entered, click [OK] button. To
clear all entered values, click [Cancel] button.
4) PV Module/Array Temperature Setting
When [Temperature] button is clicked, below dialog window appears.
The “PV Device Temp. (Temp.1)” represents the PV
module/array temperature input to “Temp 1” on the
Sensor Unit terminal block; this value will be used in
the conversion for Standard Test Condition.
The “Temperature (Temp.2)” represents the ambient
temperature, input to the Temp2 on the Sensor Unit
terminal block.
By clicking each [Measure] button, the measured
values will appear in each box.
The “Averaging” represents the number of time to
average the measurements. The measurements are
repeated as many times as the entered value in this
box.
After the values are entered, click [OK] button. To clear all entered values, click [Cancel] button.