Kostal PLENTICORE plus, BYD HV H5.1, BYD HV H11.5 Manualline

Guideline

Commissioning PLENTICORE plus inverter in

combination with a BYD Battery-Box HV H5.1 -

H11.5

This guide does not replace the operating instructions or manuals required for proper assembly and installation.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Installation may only be carried out by a trained and qualified electrician!
Observe the safety instructions in the operating instructions for the inverter and
the battery.

In order to start up the system completely and to make all necessary settings,
the Service/PARAKO password and a computer/tablet as well as the battery
activation code are required.

The inverter and the battery must be completely disconnected from the voltage supply for all work on the inverter
or on the supply lines. Refer to the relevant operating instructions for the respective devices (inverter/battery).

 Install PLENTICORE plus inverter, connect AC cables and control cables but DO

NOT start up yet.

 DO NOT yet connect the DC plug of the PV strings to the inverter.
 Connect DC cable, connect ground cable, connect RS485 cable to the BCU and to

the SCB of the WR, but DO NOT yet put into operation.

 DO NOT yet connect the DC plug of the battery to the inverter.
 Install the Energy Meter or Energy Manager and connect the RS485 cable to the SCB

of the inverter.

 Establish LAN connection between inverter and router (customer network).

Connection of the RS485 cable of the Energy Meter or Energy Manager with the SCB (X452) of
the PLENTICORE plus inverter.

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ATTENTION: The B-control EM300 LR and the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter

have different RS485 pin connections.

 The Modbus RTU interface (A) is preconfigured as standard with the readout intervals

for the PLENTICORE plus or PIKO IQ inverters.

 The KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter can be installed directly in the sub-distribution

cabinet and connected to the inverter without a PC (adjustment of parameters) and
other settings. The device is immediately ready for use.

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X601 on the SCB in PLENTICORE plus inverter.

Position of jumper, it must be plugged
to JP2, newer BCU devices have two
jumpers plugged to (JP1 and JP2).

Connection of the RS485 cable of the BCU from the BYD Battery-Box HV to the SCB (X601) of
the PLENTICORE plus inverter.

Configuring the BCU of the BYD Battery-Box HV via WLAN

Activating the WLAN on the computer

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Select the BYD battery from the list of devices in the WLAN network

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Enter the network key for the WIFI of the BYD battery access: 123456789

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In the URL field of the browser now enter the IP of the BCU: 192.168.5.1

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A login window will open

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Enter username: installer and password: byd@12345 and confirm

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The web server opens with the "HOME" page

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Click on "Installation" in the menu

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The "Installation" window opens

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All necessary values for the configuration are now entered here

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