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,useeithertheSiteMapperapplicationoramappingtemplate,whichshouldbefilled
outusingthedetachablestickers(seeProvidingInstallationInformation,below).
ThelogicalandphysicalmappingcanbeusedfordebuggingaproblemusingtheSolarEdgemonitoring
platform.
IfyoudonotreportthephysicalandlogicalmappingoftheinstalledpoweroptimizerstoSolarEdge,the
SolarEdgemonitoringplatformwillshowthelogicallayoutindicatingwhichpoweroptimizersare
connectedtowhichinverter,butwillnotshowstringsorthephysicallocationofpoweroptimizers.
TheinvertermaybeconnectedtotheSolarEdgemonitoringplatformviaLANorviaanexternalmodem
connectedtotheinverter'sRS232connector.Alternatively,youcanconnecttheinvertertoanother
inverterthatisalreadyconnectedtotheserver,inamaster-slaveconfiguration.RefertoSettingUp
CommunicationtotheMonitoringPlatformonpage69.
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