IVT – Solarcontroller – Manual
IVT GmbH, Dienhof 14, D-92242 Hirschau, Tel.: 09622 / 71222, Fax.: 09622 / 71220
Contents
Contents.................................................................................................................................1
Common information.............................................................................................................1
Main window.........................................................................................................................2
Menue: File – Save.............................................................................................................2
Menue: File – Close ...........................................................................................................2
Menue: Settings..................................................................................................................3
Command button color foreground.................................................................................3
Command button color background................................................................................3
Checkbox data grid.........................................................................................................3
Command button color data grid.....................................................................................4
Edit box sampling interval..............................................................................................4
Command button erase limits..........................................................................................4
Data view.......................................................................................................................4
Interface port..................................................................................................................4
Menue: Data view ..............................................................................................................5
Menue: Start.......................................................................................................................5
Menue: ? ............................................................................................................................5
Command button OK......................................................................................................6
Command button system info... ......................................................................................6
Common information
The program IVT Solarcontroller is used to visualize and to store the operating data of the
Solarcontroller. The operating data is transmitted via the serial interface and it is displayed in
numerical and graphical manner. The operating data can be stored optionally in file in the csvformat. Later the operating data can be evaluated with Excel or Wordpad.
The following data will be registrated:
• Charging voltage (current)
• Charging voltage (minimum)
• Charging voltage (Maximum)
• Charging current (current)
• Charging current (Minimum)
• Charging current (Maximum)
• Temperature (current)
The minimum and the maximum can be erased. The settings of the user (e.g. colors, etc) are
stored automatically by closing the application. They will be loaded automatically by the next
start of the application.
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Main window
After starting the software, the main window appears. The following commands can be
selected:
Menue: File – Save
By using this menue option a dialog appears, in which a file can be selected. In this file the
operating data is stored. If a file is selected, the menue option is marked with a small hook.
Pressing the command button again disables storaging. If no path is selected, the location of
the file is the current working directory. The current filename is displayed in the title of the
main window.
Menue: File – Close
By using the menue option, the current settings are stored, and the software is shut down.
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Menue: Settings
By using the menue option, a dialog opens and the graphical surface can be changed.
Command button color foreground
By clicking on this command button, a new dialog appears, with which the color of the
corresponding curve in the data view dialog can be adjusted. This setting will be saved and
reloaded by the next start of the application.
Command button color background
By clicking on this command button, a new dialog appears, with which the color of the
background of the corresponding diagramm in the data view dialog can be adjusted. This
setting will be saved and reloaded by the next start of the application.
Checkbox data grid
By clicking on this checkbox, a data grid in the corresponding diagramm in the data view
dialog can be activated or deactivated. This setting will be saved and reloaded by the next
start of the application.
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Command button color data grid
By clicking on this command button, a new dialog appears, with which the color of the data
grid of the corresponding diagramm in the data view dialog can be adjusted. This setting will
be saved and reloaded by the next start of the application. This command button is activated if
the corresponding data grid is activated.
Edit box sampling interval
With this edit box the sampling interval can be adjusted. The dimension of this input is in
seconds. After the adjusted value is over, new data is requested from the Solarcontroller and a
new interval starts. The range of the interval is limited from 1s up to 3600 s. This setting will
be saved and reloaded by the next start of the application.
Command button erase limits
By clicking on this command button, the minimum and maximum values in the
Solarcontroller will be erased.
Data view
In this frame the time base of the diagrams of the data view dialog can be adjusted. The
ranges days, hours or minutes are possible. The input of the number of ranges is limited from
1 up to 100. If the recording range exceeds the adjusted visible range, the display scrolls the
data from right to left. This setting will be saved and reloaded by the next start of the
application.
Interface port
With this option buttons the port is selected, which is connected with the Solarcontroller. No
other parameters are necessary, because other parameters are fixed. This setting will be saved
and reloaded by the next start of the application.
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Menue: Data view
By using this menue option the dialog data view appears:
The current operating data is displayed in numerical and analogue manner and in the
diagramm. There are no more command buttons.
Menue: Start
By using this menue option, the application starts to sample the operating data of the
Solarcontroller with the current settings. The caption of the menue option changes to „Stopp“.
If recording is activated, and the data file already exists, the user has to confirm to overwrite
the old data, or has to choose a new file, or the recording breaks.
Menue: ?
By clicking on this command button a dialog with information about the software and the
address of the hotline appears.
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Command button OK
This command button closes the dialog.
Command button system info...
Tis command button opens a new dialog with system info about the PC.
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