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SMA Sunny Boy Control Light User Manual

Sunny Boy Control
Light
User Manual
Issue 1.1
Intelligent Powerline Modem for
SUNBCL-11:NE3400
PV-Plant Monitoring
Sunny Boy Control Light User Manual
Alteration Review
Document-
Number
SUNBCL
-11:NE4899 1.0 A First Edition, as translation from first German issue Salisbury
-11:NE3400 1.1 A First Revision Salisbury
Issue
and Alteration
Review
1
)
Comments Author
1
) A: Alterations due to faulty documents or improvement of the documentation
B: Alterations maintaining full or upward compatibility
C: Alterations limiting or excluding compatibility
Name Date Signature
Approved L. Müller 08 / 14 / 2000
Sunny Boy Control Light User Manual
SMA Regelsysteme GmbH
Hannoversche Straße 1-5 D-34266 Niestetal
EG-Conformity Declaration
in accordance with EG-Regulation 89/336/EWG concerning Electromagnetic compatibility
Published in the "Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaft" (AB1. No. L 139, 23.5.1989, page 19)
We declare that the component / device and the according product distributed by us, specified below complies to the standards listed in the following due to its design and type of construction.
Device type: SBCOLI
Device Description: Intelligent Powerline-Modem “Sunny Boy Control Light“
The device mentioned above complies to the following generic standards:
• Generic Emission Standard EN 50 081, Part 1
• Generic Immunity Standard EN 50 082, Part 2
Niestetal, August 2000 ______________________ P. Drews, managing director
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Explanation of Symbols used in this Document
To enable optimal usage of this manual and safe operation of the device during installation, operation and maintenance routines, please note the following description of symbols:
This indicates a feature that is important either for optimal and comfortable usage or optimal operation of the system.
Example: „Useful C routines for this purpose are on the support disk.“
This indicates a fact or feature very important for the safety of the use and / or can cause a serious hardware defect if not appropriately applied.
Example: „Disconnect the mains plug before opening the case!“
This indicates an example.
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Content
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Technical Requirements................................................................................. 9
1.2 Normal Operation......................................................................................... 10
1.3 Security Notes.............................................................................................. 10
1.4 Usage of the Sunny Boy Control Light ......................................................... 11
2 Commissioning the Sunny Boy Control Light ............................................. 14
2.1 Switching on the Sunny Boy Control Light ................................................... 14
2.2 Plug & Play Setup ........................................................................................ 15
2.2.1 Language Selection ................................................................................. 15
2.2.2 Setting Date and Time ............................................................................. 16
2.2.3 Detection of Connected Devices.............................................................. 16
3 Installation of the Connectors....................................................................... 20
3.1 Connection to Sunny Boy Inverters.............................................................. 20
3.2 Connection to a PC...................................................................................... 20
3.2.1 Cabling a PC with RS232......................................................................... 20
3.2.2 Cabling a PC with Modem on RS232....................................................... 23
3.3 Connecting a Modem................................................................................... 24
3.4 Connection of an External Display ............................................................... 25
3.4.1 DATALITE, HvG and Siebert ................................................................... 26
3.4.2 EnergieCom............................................................................................. 26
4 Working with the Sunny Boy Control Light ................................................. 29
4.1 Display on Power-Up ................................................................................... 29
4.2 Online Info.................................................................................................... 31
4.3 Main Menu ................................................................................................... 32
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4.3.1 Total Plant................................................................................................ 32
4.3.2 Spot Values.............................................................................................. 33
4.3.3 Daily Yield................................................................................................ 34
4.3.4 Events...................................................................................................... 35
5 Menu Functions for Configuration................................................................ 37
5.1 Password ..................................................................................................... 37
5.2 System ......................................................................................................... 38
5.2.1 Language Definition................................................................................. 39
5.2.2 Date / Time .............................................................................................. 39
5.2.3 Online-Info ............................................................................................... 40
5.3 Interfaces ..................................................................................................... 41
5.3.1 Communication........................................................................................ 41
5.3.2 Modem..................................................................................................... 41
5.3.3 External Display....................................................................................... 43
5.4 PV-Plant - Setup .......................................................................................... 52
5.4.1 Registration.............................................................................................. 52
5.4.2 Detection - Setup ..................................................................................... 54
5.4.3 Parameter Setup...................................................................................... 56
5.4.4 Adding a New Device............................................................................... 57
5.4.5 Removing a Device.................................................................................. 57
5.5 Control.......................................................................................................... 57
5.5.1 Tolerances ............................................................................................... 57
5.5.2 FAX-Info................................................................................................... 59
5.6 Diagnosis ..................................................................................................... 64
5.6.1 Report ...................................................................................................... 64
5.6.2 Communication........................................................................................ 65
6 PC and Sunny Data Control........................................................................... 66
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7 Appendix ......................................................................................................... 69
7.1 Error Messages............................................................................................ 69
7.2 Troubleshooting Powerline Communication................................................. 71
7.2.1 Transmission Errors................................................................................. 72
7.2.2 Interference Suppression......................................................................... 78
7.2.3 Communication........................................................................................ 81
7.3 Technical Data ............................................................................................. 83
7.4 Default Parameters ...................................................................................... 84
7.5 AT-Commands............................................................................................. 88
7.6 Guarantee Regulations and Liability ............................................................ 89
7.7 Sources of supply......................................................................................... 91
7.8 Sunny Boy Control Light Service.................................................................. 93
7.9 Sunny Boy Info Service................................................................................ 95
7.10 Menu Overview ............................................................................................ 96
Sunny Boy Control Light Chapter 1: Introduction
1 Introduction
Thank you very much for purchasing a Sunny Boy Control Light. The Sunny Boy Control Light will continuously monitor the PV-plant performance and lets you
modify the operating parameters of the Sunny Boy inverters.
We definitely know that there are very few people that actually appreciate reading technical documents - we therefore have kept this manual as short as possible. But the more you read this manual the more you can utilize the Sunny Boy Control Light and optimize your PV-plant. Nevertheless, if you find any topics hard to understand, please notify us and we will try to get things more understandable in the next issue of this manual. Thank you.
This "User Manual" is split in the following sections:
Introduction Chapter 1 Commissioning the Sunny Boy Control Light Chapter 2 Installation of the Connectors Chapter 3 Working with the Sunny Boy Control Light Chapter 4 Menu Functions for Configuration Chapter 5 PC and Sunny Data Control Chapter 6 Troubleshooting, Guarantee, Technical Data, Service etc. Chapter 7
The Sunny Boy Control Light supports a firmware update function, which is easy to use without opening the device or similar. The firmware update is done with the PC program Sunny Data Control. The latest version of this software and additional information is available on http://www.sma.de installation or have any serious problems feel free to contact SMA, simply send an email to sunnyboy@sma.de
. SMA will be glad to help you.
. If you encounter trouble with the
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1.1 Technical Requirements
Necessary for the usage of the Sunny Boy Control Light:
• an electricity socket
• grid voltage and frequency must lie within the specified range
(90..260 V, 50/60 Hz)
• for Powerline communication, all devices must be equipped with a Powerline
modem
The parallel operation of the Powerline communication with a Sunny Bo Control Light and other devices that also use the mains for data transmission and do not comply to the standardized transmission protocol (e.g.: baby phone) is normally not possible.
For the operation of the Sunny Boy Control Light it is necessary that following safety measures are kept to:
1. The power supply socket must be equipped with a Protective Earth.
2. The grid plug must be accessible at any time.
Use the Sunny Boy Control Light only in dry and dust free environments!
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1.2 Normal Operation
The Sunny Boy Control Light has no on/off switch. You can turn it off by pulling the plug-in out of the mains socket. You must enter the time and date after every restart.
Never pull out the grid plug while the Sunny Boy Control Light is saving data. Saving is indicated on the display.
During operation, the Sunny Boy Control Light switches to idle mode at night (when no device can be reached within 15 min). In 15 minute intervals the Sunny Boy Control Light activates itself and checks the communication line for other devices. If no device is available, the Sunny Boy Control Light falls back to standby, otherwise it goes into normal operation mode. The user may interrupt the idle mode any time by pressing any key. In case no key is pressed within 15 minutes, the Sunny Boy Control Light will drop back to standby mode again.
1.3 Security Notes
Sunny Boy Control Light may only be opened by qualified personnel and only when disconnected from the power supply.
Repairs of Sunny Boy Control Light are only to be done by the manufacturer.
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1.4 Usage of the Sunny Boy Control Light
The operation of the Sunny Boy Control Light is done with 4 keys below the LC­Display.
Fig. 1.1: Display and keys of the Sunny Boy Control Light
Description of the Symbols
Often information consisting of more than four lines is displayed. An indicator appears in the lower right of the display in this case, indicating that further lines are available above and below the actual display.
Character Description
ñ
ò
more rows above the display
more rows below the display
more rows above and below the display
Fig. 1.2: Description of the arrow right bottom corner of the display
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Display-Contrast
Independent from the selected menu: Changing the display contrast is done by pressing the [ESC] and the [↑↑↑↑] or [↓↓↓↓] keys simultaneously.
Key Description
[ESC] + [ ↑ [ESC] + [ ↓
↑ ]
↑↑ ↓ ]
↓ ↓
- increase display-contrast
- decrease display-contrast
Table 1.1: Modifying display-contrast
Description of Characters
The selection arrow indicates the active line
Character Name Description
Warnings  15 min  15 min
[ MENU ] submenu
"normal" arrow
"selection" arrow
"selection" arrow but blinking
"double" arrow on the left: sub-menu
change lines with the [
[ENTER] selects the menu item in the current line
[ENTER] confirms selection [ESC] cancels selection current menu, press [ESC] to leave
↑↑↑↑ ] and [ ↓↓↓↓ ] keys
+495619522 Pac 1234W
"double" arrow on the right: more characters to come
three points more values follow
points continued line
Fig. 1.3: Description of the characters on the display
• [ ↑↑↑↑ ] and [ ↓↓↓↓ ] switch between the lines.
• Sub-menus are marked with "
" and are activated with [ENTER].
• A " " is on the end of lines that exceed 16 characters, more characters can be
seen in "Edit" mode.
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Edit mode
The edit mode enables modifications of specific settings or operation parameters.
You may activate the editing mode of the respective parameter (see selection arrow above) if you select it with the arrow keys and press the [Enter] key.
The edit mode will only be started if it is actually possible to modify the parameter. In that case the parameter begins to blink and you can make changes with both arrows
[[[[↑↑↑↑]]]] and [[[[↓↓↓↓]]]]. Changing numerical values can be accelerated by holding the arrow key down. The longer you press the arrow key the bigger steps are used to change the value.
• [Enter] accepts and saves your current settings.
• [ESC] cancels the current modification.
• If a parameter was changed in the "Edit" mode, the selection arrow blinks until
confirmed once more with the [Enter] key or is cancelled with the [ESC] key.
• If no further key is pressed the new setting will be automatically cancelled after
60 sec.
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2 Commissioning the Sunny Boy Control Light
The initial installation and setting up of a Sunny Boy Control Light is quite simple (Plug & Play). This means that the installation can be done without any tools while the procedure is self-explaining.
For initial installation simply follow the configuration steps described in this chapter and the Sunny Boy Control Light will be ready for performance. After the hardware installation you will be systematically lead through the configuration dialogs in the remaining passages of this chapter. Most dialogs are simply confirmed by pressing the [[[[Enter]]]] key.
Please keep in mind that the initial installation is only done once. It defines basic settings like language, display settings, date and time and finally starts the automatic device detection. After the completion of the initial installation the Sunny Boy Control Light begins its normal startup sequence. The initial installation is also executed after resetting the device to the default values.
2.1 Switching on the Sunny Boy Control Light
The installation of the Sunny Boy Control Light is as simple as the connection of an electric household device. You simply plug the plug-in into the socket. During the initialization of the Sunny Boy Control Light, "BOOT Sunny Boy Control Light display contrast is adjusted automatically. You will notice a short darkening of the display.
BOOT" appears on the display, the
BOOTBOOT
BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT BOOT
Fig. 2.1: Initialization of the Sunny Boy Control Light
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The initialization phase is finished after 15 sec and the Sunny Boy Control Light shows the serial number and the software version number for 30 sec. After pressing any key you may start the configuration procedure.
[ SUNNY BOY ] [CONTROL LIGHT ] SerNrxxxxxxxxx SoftwareV2.xx
Fig. 2.2: Initial Message of the Sunny Boy Control Light
2.2 Plug & Play Setup
During the initial installation the Sunny Boy Control Light automatically starts the Plug & Play setup with the following message:
[ SUNNY BOY ] [CONTROL LIGHT ] PLUG&PLAY SETUP
Fig. 2.3: Starting Display of the Plug & Play Setup
All settings necessary for the initial installation (language, date/time and device registration) will be displayed one after the other. Confirm the following configuration steps one after the other. During the Plug & Play setup you may return to the start message by pressing the key combination [[[[↑↑↑↑]]]] + [[[[↓↓↓↓]]]] and restart the initial installation any time.
2.2.1 Language Selection
The Sunny Boy Control Light supports several languages.
[ LANGUAGE ]
deutsch
 english
francais

Fig. 2.4: Language selection

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Choose the language with the [[[[↑↑↑↑]]]] and [[[[↓↓↓↓]]]] keys. Confirm your selection with [[[[Enter]]]].
After confirming, the selection arrow in front of the selected language blinks. The selection must be confirmed once again ([Enter] key) in order to save the current setting or can be cancelled with the [Esc] key. You may exit the dialog with the [Esc] key.
2.2.2 Setting Date and Time
[ DATE/TIME ]  MM.DD.YYYY hh:mm: h
Fig. 2.5: Date / Time setting
Now you may adjust the clock of the Sunny Boy Control Light. The [[[[↑↑↑↑]]]] and [[[[↓↓↓↓]]]] keys allow the selection of date or time. Input is possible after pressing [[[[Enter]]]]. Every digit can be set separately in the sequence day, month, year resp. hours and minutes with the [[[[↑↑↑↑]]]] and [[[[↓↓↓↓]]]] keys. The [[[[Enter]]]] key switches to the next input field. After the rightmost digit has been entered, the selection arrow in front of the adjusted value will start to blink. Now you can confirm the new setting by pressing [[[[Enter]]]] or cancel your new settings with [[[[ESC]]]]. You can exit the dialog by pressing the key [[[[ESC]]]].
2.2.3 Detection of Connected Devices
Usage of Powerline Transmission
Sunny Boy
mains 230 V / 50 Hz
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy Control Light
Fig. 2.6: Powerline Communication
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The electricity facilities in buildings supply energy to electric devices with 230 V / 50 Hz (or e.g. 120 V / 60 Hz in the USA). This electricity distribution system is not optimized for the transmission of high frequency signals (approx. 132 kHz). Therefore the interference-free communication in this frequency range essentially depends on the selection of the transmission line between the units and the Sunny Boy Control Light.
The transmission link should:
• use only one phase and
• be as short as possible
Pay attention about connecting all devices that transmit and receive data to one phase or preferably even to the same line. Therefore you should choose a socket for the Sunny Boy Control Light installed on the same line resp. at least on the same phase as the device and is as near as possible to its feeding point.
In case the Sunny Boy Control Light and the according devices must be connected to different phases the installation of a phase coupler can be necessary. Phase couplers are available from SMA and must be installed on the site by a qualified technician.
Further information on optimizing the installation is available in chapter 7.2.1 "Transmission Errors".
If there are any other users of Powerline equipment in your neighborhood, you should have an eye on the device detection and pay special attention to the according dialogs in order to ensure that you detect your own devices only. Sunny Boy Control Light can run the device detection automatically if there is no special interference. All device detection dialogs will be confirmed automatically after 60 sec and therefore all devices found will be registered. All you have to do after the automatic device detection is done by Sunny Boy Control Light is to exit the device
detection by pressing the [[[[ESC]]]] key and confirm the final security dialog with [[[[Enter]]]].
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Automatic Device Detection
Sunny Boy Control Light begins with the detection of all accessible devices.
[ DETECTION ] searching for new devices 
Fig. 2.7: Sunny Boy Control Light searching for new devices
This process may take several minutes depending on the number of devices that have to be detected. An hourglass in the lower right corner of the display shows that the program is active. In the bottom line of the display you will find the serial number of every detected device.
After each detection cycle all devices found by Sunny Boy Control Light will be displayed one after the other as follows:
New Device Type xx S.No xxxxxxxxxx accept?
Fig. 2.8: Sunny Boy Control Light detecting new device
Please compare the serial numbers of the devices found by Sunny Boy Control Light with the serial numbers of your devices, which you have written down before. Register the devices with [[[[Enter]]]] in the device list resp. remove devices that you do not want to register with [[[[ESC]]]]. Please note that the respective detected device is registered automatically without confirmation if no key is pressed.
After this you will see the total number of newly registered devices. Please check if all installed devices were found by Sunny Boy Control Light. If not, you should activate "search again
search again" with [[[[Enter]]]].
search againsearch again
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[ DETECTION
[ DETECTION ] new xx devices tot xx devices search again?
Fig. 2.9: Display Message on end Search
By pressing the [[[[Enter]]]] key you may re-run the search as it is possible that the Sunny Boy Control Light does not find all devices in the first search cycle. If no key is pressed the Sunny Boy Control Light will automatically begin a new detection cycle after 60 sec. If several attempts were unsuccessful, please check whether you have correctly installed the devices to be detected. If Sunny Boy Control Light does not detect a device in spite of a repeated search, please read chapter 7.2, "Troubleshooting Powerline Communication".
Finish the device detection with the [[[[ESC]]]] key.
After the automatic detection you will be prompted to confirm the configuration. During the initial installation the number of new devices corresponds with the total number of registered devices.
] Do you want to save the changes?
Fig. 2.10: Saving the detected Sunny Boys
• [[[[ESC]]]] cancels the detection sequence.
• [[[[Enter]]]] confirms the configuration and Sunny Boy Control Light begins
standard operation.
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3 Installation of the Connectors
In the following chapters we define all possible connections for the Sunny Boy Control Light.
RELAIS OUT
PC (COM 2)
Sunny Boy
(COM 1)
LINE
90...260 V , 50/60 Hz
AC
Fig. 3.1: Bottom View of the Sunny Boy Control Light with interfaces and connectors
3.1 Connection to Sunny Boy Inverters
The data transmission is done via Powerline Communication The Sunny Boy Control Light is therefore connected to the Sunny Boy inverters by simply inserting the plug into the electricity socket.
3.2 Connection to a PC
The PC is connected to the Sunny Boy Control Light directly with RS232 or a modem via telephone line for remote PV-plant management.
3.2.1 Cabling a PC with RS232
Sunny BoySunny Boy
Sunny Boy
230 V / 50 Hz
Sunny Boy Control Light
RS 232
Modem elimination cable
PC
Fig. 3.2: Connection to a PC with RS232.
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The PC is connected via RS232 with a PC data cable (SMA ordering No. 36-5001).
Note that is may be necessary to use a DB9 to DB25 adapter plug. (SMA ordering No. 35-5010)
Pin Layout
PIN Signal RS232 Description
1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 /RXD Receive Data 3 /TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 /RTS Ready To Send 8 /CTS Clear ToSend
Fig. 3.3: Connecting Configuration Device PC (COM2)
Pin Layout of a DSUB9<>DSUB9 cable
DSUB9 socket DSUB9 socket
Signal PIN PIN Signal
/RXD 2 <> 3 /TXD /TXD 3 <> 2 /RXD
GND 5 <> 5 GND
| 1 DCD | 6 DSR
RTS 7 <> 8 CTS
DCD 1 | DSR 6 |
CTS 8 <> 7 RTS
Fig. 3.4: PIN designation of a PC data cable DSUB9<>DSUB9
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<>: These pins are connected to each other. Additionally to this PIN 1, PIN 6 and PIN 8 have to be connected with a bridge.
DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fig. 3.5: PC data cable DSUB9<>DSUB9
Cabling of a modem elimination cable DSUB9<>DSUB25
DSUB9 socket DSUB25 socket
Signal PIN PIN Signal
/RXD 2 <> 2 /TXD
/TXD 3 <> 3 /RXD GND 5 <> 7 GND
RTS 7 <> 5 CTS
| 6 DSR | 8 DCD
CTS 8 <> 4 RTS DCD 1 | DSR 6 |
Fig. 3.6: PIN designation PC data cable DSUB9<>DSUB25
<>: These pins are connected to each other short circuits on PIN 1, PIN 6 and PIN 8 on the DSUB9 socket and PIN 5, PIN 6 and PIN 8 on the DSUB25 socket.
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DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DSUB25 Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
: : :
25
Fig. 3.7: PC data cable DSUB9<>DSUB25
3.2.2 Cabling a PC with Modem on RS232
Sunny Boy Sunny Boy Sunny Boy
230 V / 50 Hz
Sunny Boy Control Light
RS 232
MODEMMODEM
PC
Fig. 3.8: Remote diagnosis via PC and modem
The modem is connected to the Sunny Boy Control Light with a standard 1 to 1 serial RS232 cable. The cables are connected to the "PC (COM 2)" port on the bottom of the Sunny Boy Control Light.
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Serial RS232 Cable DSUB9<>DSUB9
DSUB9-Socket DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fig. 3.9: Serial cable DSUB9<>DSUB9
For further information on how to connect a modem to the Sunny Boy Control please read chapter 3.3 "Connecting a Modem".
3.3 Connecting a Modem
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
unny Boy
Sunny Boy
Control
Modem
230 V / 50 Hz
RS232
telephone line

Fig. 3.10: Connecting a Modem

You need an external modem for connecting the Sunny Boy Control Light to the telephone line. We recommend „Microlink 56k“ from Elsa in most cases - check with SMA before you try to connect a modem. Note that the modem must be Fax class 2 compliant in order to reliably communicate with the Sunny Boy Control Light. The list of used AT-commands is included in this installation guide (See chapter 7.5, AT­Commands).
Modem Cable to the Sunny Boy Control Light
Connect the modem (port: V24/RS232C) to the Sunny Boy Control Light (port: PC) with a RS232 cable. Use the cable supplied with the modem and not the cable that you use for connecting the Sunny Boy Control Light since these are different.
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The cable for connecting the modem must be a standard "one to one" serial cable (V24). The PC data cable for connecting the Sunny Boy Control to a PC is a so-called modem elimination cable, where the signals are interchanged within the cable. The problem is, that the cables mostly look identical.
Connect the modem to the mains with the transformer and connect the modem to the telephone line with the provided telephone cable. Read the modem instructions carefully.
Detection of the Modem by Sunny Boy Control Light
Switch the modem and the Sunny Boy Control Light on at the same time. The Sunny Boy Control Light will automatically detect the modem after approximately 1
minute. The parameter COM2:PC automatically switches from RS232 to RS232 (Modem). Check the connection to the modem and the modem’s power supply if the
modem was not detected and turn the Sunny Boy Control Light on again, as it only conducts a modem detection cycle on power-up.
The init-strings should be accepted by any FAX class 2 or 2.0 modem - in certain cases it can be necessary to modify the init-strings. Do not modify the init-strings if you are not absolutely sure about what you are doing.
3.4 Connection of an External Display
All data currently acquired by the Sunny Boy Control Light can be displayed on an external display.
The following display types are supported:
• DATALITE (DX-series, 8 lines with 16 digits)
• HvG (PV-plant display)
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• Siebert (PV-plant display or series S10, S30, S70)
• EnergieCom (mipan SI, one line, 2 to 15 digits)
Details concerning the different displays are available in the documentation of the manufacturer. The external display is activated in the “external display” menu, details about the activating are given in chapter 5.3.3.
3.4.1 DATALITE, HvG and Siebert
The external display is connected to the Sunny Boy Control Light with a serial cable, port „PC“ (COM2). The maximal cable length is 12 meters.
External Display
Sunny Boy
Powerline 230 V / 50 Hz
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy Control Light
kW
Fig. 3.11: Direct connection of an external display (DATALITE, HvG and Siebert)
3.4.2 EnergieCom
EnergieCom displays are connected to the Sunny Boy Control Light
• with RS232, ‘PC (COM 2)’ 3 up to 5 displays (see. Fig. 3.11)
• with a RS485 converter up to 99 displays (see Fig. 3.12)
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99
max. 3 to 5
EnergieCom
Displays
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Control
Powerline 230 V / 50 Hz
Fig. 3.12: Connection of EnergieCom displays with RS232
Sunny Boy
Powerline 230 V / 50 Hz
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Sunny Boy
Control
Converter
RS 232
RS 232
max.
EnergieCom
Displays
RS 485
Fig. 3.13: Connection of EnergieCom displays with RS485
The cabling for both connection types is described in the following figure. Further details are available in the manufacturer documentation of the display and furthermore in the documentation of the interface converter. The web-sites of the manufacturers are available at www.microsyst.de and www.phoenixcontact.de.
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+ 24 VDC
GND
DSUB9-Socket DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sunny Boy Control Light
DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sunny Boy Control Light
Display 3 to 5
RxD
GND
RS 232 / RS 485
Converter
Display 1
DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Display 2
Data -
Data +
GND
+ 24 VDC
GND
DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Display 1
DSUB9-Socket
PIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Display 2
Display 3 to 99
Fig. 3.14: Cabling EnergieCom displays RS232 and RS485
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4 Working with the Sunny Boy Control Light
4.1 Display on Power-Up
The Sunny Boy Control Light executes an automatic self-test at every start. On error during this self-test, the according error or failure is indicated and - according to system settings - an external signal is sent out or the beeper is activated. If no errors are detected, the Sunny Boy Control Light will simply display its serial number and software version.
[ SUNNY BOY ] [CONTROL LIGHT ] SerNoxxxxxxxxxx SoftwareV2.xx

Fig. 4.1: Display on Power-Up

After this you have to input the date and time.
[ DATE/TIME ]  MM.DD.YYYY hh:mm
Fig. 4.2: Date/Time settings
After completing the settings the Sunny Boy Control Light switches into Normal Mode and starts "
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