SMA WINDY BOY User Manual

Software

WINDY BOY Setup Tool

User Manual

WBSetup-BEN100411 | Version 1.1

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Table of Contents

1 Notes on this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 Area of Validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Target Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.3 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1 Appropriate Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 Licensing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 Description of the user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.1 Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.1 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.1.1 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.1.2 Installing the software onto Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.1.3 Installing the software onto Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.2 Select COM interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.3 Setting the software language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.4 Detecting Inverters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

5.1 Taking over the inverter factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

5.2 Entering the inverter parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

5.3 Displaying the power curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5.4 Adjusting the power curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5.4.1 Entering nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5.4.2 Entering Coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5.5 Changing the section of the power curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6 Saving and loading data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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6.1 Saving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6.2 Loading data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

7 Sending data to the inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

8 Uninstalling the software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

8.1 Uninstalling the software from Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

8.2 Uninstalling the software from Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

9 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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SMA Solar Technology AG Notes on this Manual

1 Notes on this Manual

This manual describes how to install and operate the Windy Boy Setup Tool.

1.1 Area of Validity

This manual applies to the Windy Boy Setup Tool software version 1.0.2, and later.

1.2 Target Group

This manual is for qualified personnel. The tasks described in this manual may be performed by qualified personnel only.

1.3 Additional Information

Further information on the power curve can be found in the inverter installation guide.

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2 Safety

2.1 Appropriate Usage

Windy Boy Setup Tool is a software which creates an interface between the wind power inverter and the wind turbine system and offers the installer the possibility to enter all wind parameters. The recorded parameters can be transferred to the wind power inverter via this software.

Ad dit ion all y th e Wi ndy Boy Set up T ool fea tur es gr aph ica l re pre sentation of the power curve. You can set and transfer the desired power curve for an inverter. For this, the inverter must be in operation and detected by the software. In addition you have the possibility of setting the power curve without an inverter being in operation and detected by the software. You can set the power curve i n the so-ca lled "offline operation" and save it locally onto your computer and transfer it to the inverter later.

2.2 Licensing agreements

With the installation of the Windy Boy Setup Tool® software, you express your approval of the following licensing agreements.

The Windy Boy Setup Tool® software has been developed by SMA Solar Technology AG and is copyright protected. It is provided to the user free of charge and for an unlimited period.

PASSING ON TO THIRD PARTIES

Windy Boy Setup Tool® is freeware and may be freely copied and used and may only be passed completely and unmodified on to third parties when maintaining all legal property right notes. The commercial passing on to third parties (e.g. within shareware and/or freeware distributions) is not permi tted. The user is not allo wed to change in any way the o riginal code and the original data. SMA reserves the right to improve and/or modify the product described here at any time. You can obtain the current version on the Internet at www.SMA.de/en or from the usual sales channels.

WARRANTY AND LIABILITY

The software is provided to the user free of charge. SMA cannot accept responsibility for its proper operation, for its suitability for certain purposes and for the non-violation of any rights of third parties. The software is exclusively used at the user's risk and responsibility. SMA does not accept liability for defects and consequential damage, for incorrect profit calculations, loss of profit, loss of feed-in tariff, damage to user hardware, loss of data, loss of use, interruptions in operation or other damage, especially not for those damages resulting from changes of the inverter's configuration.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Please direct any questions or feedback to:

SMA Solar Technology AG

Sonnenallee 1 34266 Niestetal Germany Tel. +49 561 9522-0 Fax +49 561 9522-100 www.SMA.de E-Mail: info@SMA.de

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