l Physical Layout:Showsaschematicphysicallayoutofthecomponentsinthesystem,suchas:
inverters,stringsandmodules,aswellastheirelectricalconnectivity.Thisviewenablesabird’seye
viewoftheactuallocationofasystemcomponent.
Usingtheplatform,youcan:
l Viewthelatestperformanceofspecificcomponents.
l Findunder-performingcomponents,suchasmodules,bycomparingtheirperformancetothatof
othercomponentsofthesametype.
l Pinpointthelocationofalertedcomponentsusingthephysicallayout.
l Seehowcomponentsareconnectedtoeachother.
l Pairpoweroptimizersremotely.
Todisplayalogicallayout,inserttheinverterserialnumberinthenewsitecreatedintheapplication.
Whenthecommunicationbetweentheinverterandthemonitoringserverisestablished,thelogical
layoutisdisplayed.
Todisplayaphysicallayout,youneedtomapthelocationsoftheinstalledpoweroptimizers.Togenerate
aphysicalmapping,useeithertheSiteMapperapplicationorthephysicallayouteditorinthemonitoring
platform.
ThelogicalandphysicalmappingcanbeusedfordebuggingaproblemusingtheSolarEdgemonitoring
platform.
IfyoudonotreportthephysicalandlogicalmappingoftheinstalledpoweroptimizerstoSolarEdge,the
SolarEdgemonitoringplatformwillshowthelogicallayoutindicatingwhichpoweroptimizersare
connectedtowhichinverter,butwillnotshowstringsorthephysicallocationofpoweroptimizers.
TheinvertermaybeconnectedtotheSolarEdgemonitoringplatformviaLANor,usingaSolarEdge
ZigBeeHomeGatewaysystem,oraSolarEdgeCellularModem.Alternatively,youcanconnectthe
invertertoanotherinverterthatisalreadyconnectedtotheserver,inamaster-slaveconfiguration.Refer
toSettingUpCommunicationtotheMonitoringPlatformonpage72
Providing Installation Information
UseoneofthefollowingmethodstoconnectyourPVsystemtotheSolarEdgecloud-basedmonitoring
platform(monitoringplatform).
Site Mapper Application
Android
UsetheSolarEdgeSiteMappersmart-phoneapplicationtoscanthepoweroptimizerandinverter2Dbar-
codes,andmapthesystemphysicallayoutintheSolarEdgemonitoringplatform.Thisapplicationis
integratedwiththeSolarEdgemonitoringplatformandenables:
l Simpleon-siteregistrationofnewsystems.
l Creating,editingandverifyingsystemphysicallayout.
l Scanningandassigningthepoweroptimizerserialnumbertothecorrectlocationinthesystem
physicallayout.
Fordetailedinformation,refertotheSolarEdgeSiteMapperdemomovies:
l CreatingnewsitesusingtheSolarEdgeSiteMappermobileapplication
Chapter 7: Commissioning the Installation
SolarEdge-StorEdge Installation Guide MAN-01-00262-1.3
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