SMA BEAM-BT-11 User Manual
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Device for plant monitoring
SUNNY BEAM with Bluetooth
User Manual
®
Wireless Technology
BeamBT11-BA-BEN112713 | 98-0012813 | Version 1.3
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Table of Contents
1 Information on this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Sunny Beam with Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1 Use and Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Supported Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3 Device Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4 Scope of Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4 Commissioning (Installer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1 Commissioning the Sunny Beam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2 Notifying the Plant Owner of the new NetID and
Plant Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.3 Installing the Sunny Beam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.1 Operating the Sunny Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.2 Display Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.3 Explanation of the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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5.4 Power and Energy Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.5 Chart Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.5.1 Charts Displayed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.5.2 Accessing the Plant View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.5.3 Accessing the Inverter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.5.4 Symbols in the Chart View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.6 Accessing and Reading Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.7 Storing Plant Data on the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.1 Menu Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.2 Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6.2.1 Change device name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6.2.2 Setting the CO
6.2.3 Deactivating Overnight Shutdown for Wind Inverters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.2.4 Setting Plant Power in kWp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Factor for Calculating the CO2 Savings Factor . . . . . . . . . 44
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6.3 Adjusting the Display Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6.4 Adjusting the Display Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.5 Adjusting the Repetition of the Signal Tone for Errors. . . . . . . . 47
6.6 Formats and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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6.6.1 Changing the Date Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.6.2 Changing the Timestamp Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.6.3 Changing the Format of the Decimal Separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.6.4 Changing the Currency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.6.5 Changing the Weight Unit of the CO
Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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6.7 Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.7.1 Changing the Time Settings After Sunset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.7.2 Changing the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.7.3 Changing the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.7.4 Changing the Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.7.5 Switching Daylight Saving Time On/Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.8 Changing the Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.9 Changing the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.10 Repeating the Plant Search/Requesting Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.11 Changing the Plant Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.12 Changing the Data Query Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.13 Checking the Connection Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.14 Accessing Device Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.15 Performing an Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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6.16 Restoring Factory Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7 Device Replacement/Plant Extension (Installer) . . . . . . . 62
7.1 Device Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.1.1 Replacing Inverters in the Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.1.2 Replacing the SMA Bluetooth Repeater in the Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.1.3 Adjusting the Energy Meter of an Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.2 Plant Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.2.1 Adding Inverters to the Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.2.2 Adding the SMA Bluetooth Repeater to the Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7.2.3 Setting the Revenue Per kWh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
8 Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.1 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.1.1 Charging the Accumulators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.1.2 Replacing the Accumulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.2 Cleaning the Sunny Beam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
9 Decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
9.1 Decommissioning the Sunny Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
9.2 Disposing of the Accumulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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9.3 Disposing of the Sunny Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
11 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
12 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
13 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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1 Information on this Manual
Validity
This manual applies for the "Sunny Beam with Bluetooth" type BEAM-BT-11.GR1. You can read the
type designation on the type label on the underside of the Sunny Beam with Bluetooth.
Target Group
This manual is intended for the operator and the installer. Certain section headings are marked with
the additional specification "(Installer)". The tasks described in these sections may only be performed
by electrically qualified persons.
Additional Information
Additional information is available at www.SMA.de/en:
Document Title Document Type
factor Technical Information
CO
2
SMA Bluetooth Wireless Technology Technical Description
SMA Bluetooth Wireless Technology in Practice Technical Information
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Symbols
Symbol Explanation
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or
serious injury.
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death
or serious injury.
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor
or moderate injury.
Indicates a situation that can result in property damage if not avoided.
Indicates information that is important for a specific topic or objective, but
is not safety-relevant.
☐ Indicates a requirement for meeting a specific goal.
☑ Desired result.
✖ Undesired result. Followed by a solution on how to achieve the desired
result.
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Typography
Typography Explanation Example
"light" Designates elements on software
user interface or on a display or
mentions device connections.
bold Designates elements that can be
selected or entered in software user
interface or on a display.
> Designates multiple elements that
should be selected on the software
user interface or on a display.
[Button/key] Designates buttons or keys that
should be selected or pressed.
• The value can be read in the
field "Energy".
•Select Settings.
•Enter 10 in the "Minutes" field.
•Select Settings > Date.
•Select [Next].
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Nomenclature
In this manual, the Sunny Beam with Bluetooth Wireless Technology is designed as Sunny Beam.
In this manual, the SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back and the SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back Plus are referred
to collectively as the SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back.
In this manual, the SMA Bluetooth Repeater and the SMA Bluetooth Repeater Outdoor are referred
to collectively as the SMA Bluetooth Repeater.
In this manual, PV plants and small wind turbines are referred to collectively as plants.
Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description Explanation
PV Photovoltaics –
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2Sunny Beam with Bluetooth
2.1 Use and Function
The Sunny Beam is a communication device which queries, displays, and stores data from up to 12
inverters from SMA Solar Technology AG. Communication with the inverters takes place via
Bluetooth. The Sunny Beam always establishes a direct connection to only one device. Using this
device, the Sunny Beam has a connection to the other devices of the plant.
Figure1: Communication principle between the Sunny Beam and three inverters (example)
Position Description
A Sunny Beam
BInverter
C Inverter to which the Sunny Beam connects directly
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Function Overview
• Display of faults and warnings
• Acoustic alarm in the event of faults in the plant and critical state of charge of the accumulator
• Filing of plant data in CSV files for at least 90 days for storing on the computer
• Graphical display of the following data for the whole system and for each inverter:
– Performance today/performance yesterday
– Energy for the last 31 days/energy for the last 12 months
– Specific annual yield for the complete plant
– Revenue for the current day/feed-in tariff for the total runtime of the plant
–CO
avoided for the current day/CO2 avoided for the total runtime of the plant
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• Display of the following data for the entire system and for individual inverters:
–Current AC power (Power)
– Daily yield for today (E-Today)
– Daily yield for yesterday (E-Yday)
– Total energy yield (E-Total)
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2.2 Supported Products
The Sunny Beam can establish a connection to the following products from SMA Solar Technology AG:
• All SMA inverters with SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back installed* or SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back Plus
installed** from firmware version 02.00.03.R.
• SMA PV inverter with integrated Bluetooth:
– From software package 3.20: SB 3000TL-20/SB 4000TL-20/SB 5000TL-20
(SB = Sunny Boy)
– SB 2000HF-30/SB 2500HF-30/SB 3000HF-30
– STP 8000TL-10/STP 10000TL-10/STP 12000TL-10/STP 15000TL-10/STP 17000TL-10
(STP = Sunny Tripower)
• SMA wind inverter with integrated Bluetooth:
– WB 2000HF/WB 2500HF/WB 3000HF (WB = Windy Boy)
– From software package 3.20: WB 3600TL-20/WB 5000TL-20
• Devices with repeater function:
–SMA Bluetooth Repeater
–SMA Bluetooth Repeater Outdoor
– SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth
* A list of supported inverters can be found in the SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back installation manual.
** A list of supported inverters can be found in the SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back Plus installation manual.
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2.3 Device Overview
Figure2: Device Overview
Position Description
APV cell
B Control button
CDisplay
D Accumulator compartment
EUSB port
F Type label
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2.4 Scope of Delivery
Figure3: Scope of Delivery
Position Quantity Description
A1Sunny Beam with Bluetooth Wireless Technology
B1USB connecting cable
C 2 Nickel-metal hydride accumulators (NiMH), type Mignon (AA)
with low self discharge
D1User manual
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3Security
Intended Use
The Sunny Beam is only suitable for indoor use. The Sunny Beam must only be used with original
accessories from SMA Solar Technology AG or accessories recommended by
SMA Solar Technology AG. The Sunny Beam must only be used with accumulators with the following
characteristics:
• Rechargeable nickel-metal hydride accumulators (NiMH), type Mignon (AA) with low self
discharge, e.g. Eneloop.
The Sunny Beam data are not suitable for billing purposes. Data collected by Sunny Beam regarding
the power generated by your PV plant may deviate from the electricity meter data.
Additional Information for France
In France, outdoor use of the Sunny Beam is forbidden due to legal restrictions regarding
Bluetooth transmitting power.
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4Commissioning (Installer)
4.1 Commissioning the Sunny Beam
For PV plants with one inverter, NetID 1 is possible
You may keep the default NetID set to 1 in your inverter upon delivery if your Bluetooth
PV plant consists of the following products:
• A maximum of one inverter
• A maximum of one computer with Bluetooth and Sunny Explorer software
•A maximum of one Sunny Beam of the type BEAM-BT-11.GR1
or
• A maximum of one inverter
• A maximum of two Sunny Beams of the type BEAM-BT-11.GR1
In all other cases, you must detect a free NetID (see Sunny Explorer help).
Requirements:
☐ You have detected a free NetID using Sunny Explorer, also at the planned installation location
of the Sunny Beam (see Sunny Explorer help).
☐ You have configured the same free NetID for all devices.
☐ You have started all the devices in the plant.
☐ Using the Sunny Explorer, you have changed the plant passwords configured upon delivery
(see Sunny Explorer help). All inverters have the same plant password for "User". All inverters
have the same plant password for "Installer". The plant passwords for "User" and "Installer" are
different.
☐ For plants with inverters with SMA Bluetooth Piggy-Back: All inverters feed in.
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Prior to commissioning, familiarize yourself with the operating principle of the Sunny Beam
(see section 5.1).
Sunny Beam will guide you through the commissioning procedure. After commissioning, configure the
first settings in the Sunny Beam (see section 6.2).
Procedure:
• Configure the basic settings
• Search for your plant
• Set the plant time and plant power
Configure the basic settings
1. Open the underside of the accumulator compartment.
2. Insert accumulators into the accumulator compartment. For this purpose, observe the marking in
the accumulator compartment.
Tip: You do not have to load the accumulators in advance. Sunny Beam loads the accumulators
using a PV cell.
3. Close the accumulator compartment.
☑ The start screen appears.
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New plant search
Would you like to search
for a system?
Main menu
Start detection
4. Press the control button.
☑ The page for setting the language and the
country appears.
5. To change the language and the country, select Deutsch (Deutschland) and set the desired
language and the desired country.
6. Select [>>].
☑"New plant search" appears.
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Searching for Your Plant
1. Set up the Sunny Beam at the intended installation location (see section 4.3).
2. Select [Search now].
☑ The plant search will start.
☑"Plants found" appears. The NetID of your plant
is shown.
✖ Is the NetID of your plant not shown?
• See section 10.
3. Select the NetID of your plant.
☑"Establish connection" appears. Sunny Beam
establishes a connection to the inverters and to
the devices with repeater function
☑"Devices found" appears. The serial numbers of
all your inverters are listed.
✖ Are not all of your inverters listed or are other
inverters listed?
• See section 10.
*
.
4. If the plant consists of more than 12 inverters, select 12 inverters that are to be managed by the
Sunny Beam. For this purpose, deactivate the selection fields of the inverters that are not to be
managed by the Sunny Beam.
* SMA Bluetooth Repeater, SMA Bluetooth Repeater Outdoor, SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth
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Devices connected
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OK
Plant password
5. Select [OK].
☑"Data administration" appears.
6. On the "Data administration" page, you do not need to configure any settings if the Sunny Beam
is being commissioned for the first time. If a plant has already been detected by the Sunny Beam
and data has already been requested, see section 6.10.
7. Select [>>].
☑"Establish connection" appears. Sunny Beam establishes a connection to the inverters and
devices with repeater function
*
and requests data.
☑"Connected devices" appears. Inverters and
devices with repeater function* ( ) are listed.
All devices are marked with a lock.
✖ Are not all devices marked with a lock?
• See section 10.
8. Set the plant password configured for the plant for
the user group "User":
–Select [Plant password].
☑ The input page appears.
– Select the arrow [ ] until the plant password
(0000) at the bottom of the display has been
deleted.
– Select the desired characters one after another.
– To cancel the entry, select the cross [ ].
* SMA Bluetooth Repeater, SMA Bluetooth Repeater Outdoor, SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth
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OK
Devices connected
Plant password
– Select the checkmark [ ]. In this way, you save the entered plant password.
☑"Connected devices" appears. All devices are
marked with a checkmark.
✖ Are not all devices marked with a checkmark?
• See section 10"Troubleshooting",page71
9. Select [OK].
☑"Time zone" appears.
Set the plant time and plant power
1. Select +1 - Berlin, Rome, Paris, Madrid and set the desired time zone.
2. Select [>>].
☑"Time and date" appears.
3. Select Date and set the current date.
4. To switch to daylight saving time, select Daylight saving time.
5. Select Time and set the current time.
6. Select [>>].
☑"Plant power" appears.
7. Select Plant power in kWp and set the plant power of the plant in kWp.
8. Select [>>].
☑"Power today" appears. Sunny Beam is ready for operation. Sunny Beam loads the plant data
in the background. This process can take several minutes. During this time, you can change the
chart views.
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4.2 Notifying the Plant Owner of the new NetID and Plant Password
Notify the plant owner of the following data:
• NetID of the plant
• Plant password for "User"
4.3 Installing the Sunny Beam
Installation location requirements:
☐ The installation location is indoors. Tip: Select a location that is exposed to sunlight if possible.
As a result, the Sunny Beam can optimally charge the accumulators using its integrated PV cell.
☐ Ambient temperature is always between 0°C and + 40°C.
☐ The installation location is protected against dust, moisture, and corrosive substances.
☐ The distance to devices that use the 2.4 GHz frequency band (e.g. WLAN devices,
microwaves) must be at least 1 m. As a result, you avoid reductions in the connection quality
and the data transmission speed.
☐ Connection quality is at least "good".
1. Set up the Sunny Beam at its intended installation location.
2. Check the connection quality (see section 6.13).
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5Operation
5.1 Operating the Sunny Beam
• Y ou o perate t he Sunny Beam us ing the cont rol butt on
that can be turned and pressed.
Moving the Selection Frame
The selection frame indicates which menu item is currently
selected.
• By turning the push button, you can move the selection frame to the next menu item or the
previous menu item.
☑ If you move the selection frame on a button, the display of the button is dark. The selection
frame can no longer be seen.
Selecting a Menu Item, Setting Values
When the selection frame is placed over a menu item, you may open the menu item by pressing the
push button. When you have opened a menu item with a colon, you can set the values by turning the
button.
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A
B
Main menu
Inverter views
Events
Settings
Plant view
Service
5.2 Display Layout
Figure4: Display Layout
Position Explanation
A Area for menu and charts
B Power and energy display
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Main menu
Inverter views
Events
Settings
Plant view
Service
Settings
Alerts
Date & time
Data query
Display options
Country settings
PV plant
A B
C
D
5.3 Explanation of the Menu
Using the menu, you can configure settings and access plant data.
Figure5: "Settings" main menu and sub-menu (example)
Position Symbol Explanation
AMain menu
B Sub-menu (example "Settings")
C Navigate backward in the menu
D Accessing the Main Menu
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