Installation and Operation Manual Delta Distributed Power Information Collector Before you use this equipment, please read this important operation manual. Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing the Delta Distributed Power Information Collector. This device is a part of the Delta Solar Energy Monitoring System (EMS). With this device, you can monitor Delta PV micro inverters that are connected to the photovoltaic modules.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Table of Contents 1. DDP Function…………………………………………………………………………………………….... 4 2. DDP Installation …………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 Preparation…..……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Installation ....……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 For US Users ..……………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 For European Users ..…………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Wall Mounting ………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 Relocating the DDP………………………………………………………………………………..10 3. DDP Operation……………………………………………………………………………..…………….
1. DDP Function The DDP information collector is a device for Delta Solar Energy Monitor System to communicate with Delta PV micro inverter. This device monitors Delta PV micro inverters that are connected to the photovoltaic modules. The DDP collects energy and performance data from the PV micro inverter over in-home AC power lines and forwards that data to the Delta Solar EMS via the Internet for statistical reporting.
2. DDP Installation Preparation Before you install this device, first please check if the following items are included in the DDP package box.
5. Don’t equip to operate in environments that have particular flammability or explosive conditions. For US Users: See below PV micro inverter system installation instructions. After installing Data Collector, you can plug into 120Vac wall socket. In order to have good communication between Data Collector and PV micro inverter system, you should install a power line phase coupler(see below picture).
For European Users: See below PV micro inverter system installation instructions. After installing Data Collector, you can plug into 230Vac wall socket. And then, you should set Internet Interface. See page 20 to finish all of installation. L‐N, 230V, 50Hz PE N L 230V, 50Hz No Fuse Breaker Data Collector European PV Micro‐Inverter Wall Mounting (Caution: For safety consideration, the device must be mounted on a wall) Customer can choose to wall mount this device.
Z ROTATING ANGLE OF ANTENNA 90° (AXIS： XÆ Z) 180° (AXIS： XÆ YÆ -X) Y X SLOT FOR RESET -X For wall-mounting SOCKET FOR AC CABLE PHONE JACK RJ45 Attention Please follow rotating angles of Antenna same as the above picture. Please install during the daytime to make sure it can connect with inverters.
Refer to the following pictures and steps for wall-mounting. 1) To drill two holes at the distance of 83mm on the wall. Recommended drill size:3/16(ψ4.7) 2) To insert two conical anchors in the drilled holes. 3) To use two screws to mount the wall-bracket on the conical anchors. Looking at the picture shown below, the function of three marks is “MENU”, “DOWN” and “SELECT”. To press down lightly on these marks to operate the DDP menu functions (Refer to page 12).
Reallocating the DDP If you ever lose power, or need to relocate the DDP to another location, just plug it in (if not already done) and let the DDP restart again. It will resume operation when power and internet connection are restored. Attention Please put DDP on the Recycle Bin because it can be recycling.
3. DDP Operation Starting the DDP After plugging the power cord, you will see the “Wi-Fi DEVICE” and “ETHERNET DEVICE” message display on the LCD of the DDP. It requires you to choose one device to be the data transmitter. If you do not have an AP router or Wi-Fi function, you only can choose the “ETHERNET DEVICE” option. Otherwise, the device will not operate. > Wi-Fi DEVICE ETHERNET DEVICE After the initial setup, the system restores the default value or user setting.
The Ethernet speed supports 10/100 Mbps. Please change router setting to support it if you use the 1000Mbps router. Our device can’t support the internet which has “Proxy” or “Firewall” and “ISP disconnect” to transmit the data. So, please kindly checking about these conditions if you meet the data can’t transmit to the server. DDP MENU The DDP has three buttons on the box labeled, “MENU”, “SELECT” and “DOWN”. The user can depress the “MENU” button to turn on the LCD Display (OLD) menu.
Interface Screen (OLED / DATE) This screen lets the user adjust the function status. User can press “OLED CONFIG” menu to choose the OLED fonts display or dormancy mode. You can manually configure the calendar when you choose the enable item in “DATE/TIMING SET UP” menu. OLED CONFIG DATE/TIMING SET UP In OLED menu, the user can select “POWER ALWAYS ON” or “POWER SAVE MODE”. “POWER ALWAYS ON” means the OLED fonts will always stay lit.
Other Screen (DST / LCD DISPLAY) In this screen, you can choice Daylight Saving Time (DST) mode or change the LCD display information. DST CONFIG LCD DISPLAY CONFIG DST is different with other countries. So, you can select the DST menu to “ENABLE” (+1 hour) or “DISABLE” (-1 hour) it to choice. The default value is “DISABLED”. ENABLE #DISABLE LCD DISPLAY can change the inverter power information to inverter status. The status event message can be referenced on page 32. The default is POWER DISPLAY.
The other has no above menus if user choices Ethernet to be transmitter. SYSTEM RESET EXIT MENU If you choose the wrong one or want to change the transmit device, you can go into the “SYSTEM RESET” item and then display confirm message “RESET DEVICE?” It will return to select the transmit device menu again by pressing “SELECT”. Note, it will also clear all the setting after pressing. You can return to original menu if you press “MENU”.
You can press “MENU” button back to menus or back to power information after 30 second timeout. You will see the WiFi signal strength display on LCD as bellow: 192.168.xxx.xxx ID: 1 If your AP router has logo Web POWER:123.4W and use the WiFi to be transmitter, it also can use the WPS function to do quick communicate with AP router. It just only can support the security above WPA mode, such as WPA, WPA2…etc. (It can’t support WEP serials.
IT HAS CONNECTED WPS CAN NOT WORK NOTE: We suggestion you don’t use WPS function if your AP router doesn’t have logo. If you want to do it when you have already connected, you must press “SYSTE RESET” to do again. Finally, it will return to power information when you press the “EXIT MENU”. Restart the DDP If the utility power fails, or you need to restart the DDP equipment, just press the Reset button to start up again. It will resume operation when power and internet connection are restored.
z z z The Web appears if the DDP gets DHCP from user AP router. Otherwise, it will disappear.
4. Troubleshooting If you experience problems, some of them are described below. For system status and event message information, please see Event Messages on page 32. Potential Problems and Solutions IP Address Problem: If the IP address displayed on the DDP LCD does not match or you get the DHCP subnet from your internal network or AP router, it always shows “169.254.0.1”, it means it was unsuccessful to obtain a DHCP from your AP router. Check network connectivity to the AP router or other DHCP server.
5. DDP Internet Interface You need the Internet to connect with our Delta Solar EMS webpage to monitor and analyze the information recorded. If you use Wi-Fi to be your transmitter type, please follow the method below to connect to our Delta Solar EMS webpage step by step. If you press the “WPS START” to get the new IP address successful, you can skip to step 4 operate. Skip to step 5 and press the I Accept button if you use the ETHERNET. Login and Register Screen with Connect to Internet Step 1.
Step 3. Please select your AP router to be your data transmitter. There is no need to do anything further if your AP router is not set to encryption mode. Otherwise, input the password if your AP router is set to encryption protect mode.
Step 4. Your PC must change the AP router which you selected. Then your PC can communicate with the DDP again.
Step 5. After selecting finish, user needs to choice “User Register Page” firstly and then, pressing the I Accept button to connect with our website. Step 6. Once the Delta Solar EMS appears, the user needs to register one new account for our database. You must register one account for our webpage to monitor the information if you have never registered.
Step 7. Register your detail personal data if you are new user. Step 8. Login Delta Solar EMS.
Step 9. If you are newer, it will show the PV micro inverter Serial Number register information. You just register serial numbers which you have. Or else skip to step 12 to reactive device or update setting. Register Step 10.
Step 11. Check the DDP and other information Step 12. You will see this page if you ever registered your device. There are two statuses will display as bellow: one is reactive directly if you ever register. Another is updating the inverter serial number and collector location information if you want to add new inverters or change your DDP location.
Step 13. After pressing the “SUBMIT” or “REACTIVE”, you can see the message “PLEASE AWAIT CONFIG” display on LCD. The time count is depending on your PV micro inverter numbers to connect with DDP. The power information displays after time counting finishes. PLEASE AWAIT CONFIG XX:XX Attention The DDP connects with PV micro inverters by using the power line communication (PLC) method. It takes some times to connect, but it doesn’t connect successful because the PLC can’t verify success.
Step 14. After checking, you can scroll the lists to see the detail information of all inverters from the website as shown below. Step 15. You also can see the power data of the individual panel display by different date types. Attention The best resolution is 1024x768. The browsers are below: Google Chrome Firefox 4.0+ Internet Explorer 8.0+ Safari 5.
Monitor with no Internet Step 1. Please select the DELTA_XXXXXXXXXXXX and connect to it after the system startup. X is Wi-Fi MAC address. Step 2. Press 169.254.0.1 on your notebook (or computer) with Wi-Fi or ETHERNET function to connect device. Then choice the “User Register Page”. Step 3. Keying your inverter serial number in this page. You can press “+” to increase and “-” to decrease the inverter number. Press “Setting” if you set it finish. And please repeat step 3 and step 4 again if you set fail.
Step 4. After pressing the “SETTING”, you can see the message “PLEASE AWAIT CONFIG” display on LCD. The time count is depending on your PV micro inverter numbers to connect with DDP. The power information displays after time counting finishes. PLEASE AWAIT CONFIG XX:XX Attention The DDP connects with PV micro inverters by using the power line communication (PLC) method. It takes some times to connect, but it doesn’t connect successful because the PLC can’t verify success.
Status 2： It connects fail if LCD doesn’t display power information. For this status, it needs to spend some time to connect again until it connects successful. Please kindly inform our service if it always can’t display after half hour or above. 169.254.0.1 ID: 1 POWER: W User Host with Connect to Internet Step 1. Please refer the “Login and Register Screen with Connect to Internet” session to follow from step 1 to step 4 if user select the WiFi transmitter or reference Step 2.
Step 3. Then, please keep following the step 5 until finish all operations with “Login and Register Screen with Connect to Internet” session. Event Messages The table below lists the all messages that the DDP can produce to indicate certain conditions. These messages are displayed on our webpage and they can provide Delta Customer Support with needed information, if you should call for assistance.
from second thermal sensing point 4000 Loss feedback message This data collector can’t communicate with PV micro-inverter P.S: For example, if “Input over voltage” and “Output over current” happen on the same time, the LCD status indication will display “0011”. Attention Please don’t dismantle the device or make any repairs if you are not installer or qualified personnel. These error messages must perform by these personals. So, please call these personals if you can’t solve error problems.
6. Technical Data Communication Interface Power Line Narrowband PLC Up to 28.8kbps Ethernet 10/100BASE-T / IEEE 802.3™ Wi-Fi IEEE Std. 802.11b/g™ 2.4 GHz / 11/54 Mbps DHCP Client Service Yes AC Input Power Requirements Minimum Input 90(Vrms) Maximum Input 264 (Vrms) Nominal Input 100-240(Vrms) Minimum Input Frequency 47(Hz) Maximum Input Frequency 62(Hz) Nominal Input Frequency 50-60(Hz) Input power (maximum) 6W Mechanical Data Outside Dimension (W x H x D) 172.4mm x 114.9mm x 31.
