SMA sunny home manager - System Management Operations; Adding or Replacing Devices

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10.1 Adding or Replacing Devices
You can add devices to your SunnyHomeManager system or replace devices.
You have to capture the new device with the SunnyHomeManager. The configuration wizard in
SunnyPortal assists you in capturing, adding and replacing devices.
If you need to replace the SunnyHomeManager, you must use the PV System Setup Assistant (see
Section10.3, page96).
General requirements:
☐ You must have the user role Installer or PV System Administrator (see Section13.1,
page120).
Requirement for SMA devices:
☐ For new SMA BLUETOOTH devices:
– The NetID of the PV system must be set on the new SMA BLUETOOTH device.
– The BLUETOOTH LED on the new inverter or on the new BLUETOOTH Piggy-Back or
BLUETOOTH Piggy-BackOff-Grid in the new inverter must be glowing blue.
☐ For the new SMA device, the default password 1111 for the user group Installer or the
system password of the existing system must be set (see Section14.3, page124).
☐ The new device must be in operation.
☐ The data request interval must be set to Automatic (see Section8.7, page69).
Device replacement: The old device must NOT be deleted, but deactivated
If you delete the device that you wish to replace from SunnyPortal, all the device data is
irretrievably deleted.
• To retain the data of the old device in SunnyPortal, do not delete the old device, but
deactivate it (see Section10.2, page96).
• Add the new device as an additional device to the SunnyHomeManager system
(system extension).
Smart appliances cannot be replaced
Smart appliances which communicate via a data exchange protocol with the
SunnyHomeManager cannot be replaced in SunnyPortal.
• To retain the data of the old load in SunnyPortal, do not delete the old load, but
deactivate it (see Section10.2, page96).
• Add the new load as an additional device to the SunnyHomeManager system (system
extension).
Procedure:
1. Go to www.SunnyPortal.com.
2. Log into SunnyPortal (see Section4.1, page28).
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