Emanuele Figliolia, Product Management – Monitoring and Control – January 2015

VSN300 Wifi Logger Card

Installation Guide

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Agenda

Mechanical Mounting
Package content
Mounting antenna
Installing VSN300 board

Installation wizard

Aurora Vision® Web Management Platform

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Package

 External label

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Package content

Expansion board Identification label

Antenna Quick Installation Guide

Mounting kit
Preserve this label by
applying it to the space
reserved for it on the
Quick Installation Guide
– page 6 *

FCC ID label is to be
FCC ID applied to a visible
label
location on the exterior
of the inverter

Note: The MAC address of the VSN300 board is required

when registering your inverter in Aurora Vision® web platform.

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Package content

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Components for installation

Note: Adapter kit used

only for installing
antenna on certain
inverter models

Note: Plastic washer

used only for installing
VSN300 with plastic
bracket boards on
certain inverter models

Components for installng

both VSN300 expansion
board and the antenna
into any ABB string
inverter

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Adapter kit for the installation of the antenna

Adapter for installing the antenna in the

inverters listed in blue in the table below

Inverter model Adapter Kit

UNO-2.0/2.5-I-OUTD Yes
PVI-3.0/3.6/4.2-TL-OUTD No
PVI-3.8/4.6-I-OUTD No
PVI-5000/6000-TL-OUTD No
PVI-6.0/8.0/10.0/12.5-TL-OUTD No
TRIO-5.8/7.5/8.5-TL-OUTD Yes
TRIO-20.0/27.6-TL-OUTD No

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Plastic washer for installing the VSN300 with plastic bracket

Plastic washer for securing the VSN300 board to

the inverters listed in blue in the table below

Inverter model Plastic washer

UNO-2.0/2.5-I-OUTD Yes
PVI-3.0/3.6/4.2-TL-OUTD No
PVI-3.8/4.6-I-OUTD No
PVI-5000/6000-TL-OUTD No
PVI-6.0/8.0/10.0/12.5-TL-OUTD No
TRIO-5.8/7.5/8.5-TL-OUTD No
TRIO-20.0/27.6-TL-OUTD No

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Agenda

Mechanical Mounting
Package content
Mounting antenna
Installing VSN300 board

Installation wizard

Aurora Vision® Web Management Platform

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Antenna installation

 M20 service cable gland (external view)

to be removed with a 25mm wrench for
installing the antenna

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Antenna installation

 M20 service cable gland (internal view)

to be removed with a 25mm wrench for
installing the antenna

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Antenna installation

 Place the adapter kit if required (see

table below)

Inverter model Adapter Kit

UNO-2.0/2.5-I-OUTD Yes
PVI-3.0/3.6/4.2-TL-OUTD No
PVI-3.8/4.6-I-OUTD No
PVI-5000/6000-TL-OUTD No
PVI-6.0/8.0/10.0/12.5-TL-OUTD No
TRIO-5.8/7.5/8.5-TL-OUTD Yes
TRIO-20.0/27.6-TL-OUTD No

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Antenna installation

 Insert antenna cable

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Antenna installation

 Antenna cable inserted

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Antenna installation

 Screw down the antenna

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Agenda

Mechanical Mounting
Package content
Mounting antenna
Installing VSN300 board

Installation wizard

Aurora Vision® Web Management Platform

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Expansion board installation

 Expansion slot found in all ABB string

inverters

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Expansion board installation

 Detail of the expansion slot available in

all ABB string inverters

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Expansion board installation

 Insert the VSN300 expansion board into

the expansion slot found inside the ABB
string inverter

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Expansion board installation

ATTENTION: The expansion board’s

connector must be aligned with the
inverter’s expansion slot.
A wrong alignement between board’s
connector and expansion slot may cause
damages to both inverter and VSN300
board

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Expansion board installation

ATTENTION: When installing the VSN300 with

plastic bracket in the inverter listed in blue in
the table below, the plastic washer in the kit
has to be placed between the VSN300’s
bracket and the inverter’s chassis before
securing the VSN300 with the screw in the kit.

Inverter model Plastic washer

UNO-2.0/2.5-I-OUTD Yes
PVI-3.0/3.6/4.2-TL-OUTD No
PVI-3.8/4.6-I-OUTD No
PVI-5000/6000-TL-OUTD No
PVI-6.0/8.0/10.0/12.5-TL-OUTD No
TRIO-5.8/7.5/8.5-TL-OUTD No
TRIO-20.0/27.6-TL-OUTD No

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Expansion board installation

 After attaching the expansion board to

the inverter chassis with the screw in the
Expansion board kit, the antenna cable must be
connector for connected
antenna cable (unless this has already been done)
connection

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Expansion board installation

 ATTENTION: Make sure that the

terminal of the antenna cable is correctly
aligned with its mating connector.

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Expansion board installation

 The antenna cable can be rolled up and

attached to the hole in the mounting
bracket using the cable tie from the kit

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Agenda

Mechanical Mounting
Package content
Mounting antenna
Installing VSN300 board

Installation wizard

Aurora Vision® Web Management Platform

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Installation wizard

Any Wi-Fi ® device can be

used for configuring the
VSN300 board

A Samsung tablet was

used for running the
installation wizard for this
guide

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Installation wizard

Turn on your Wi-Fi® device

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Enable Wi-Fi® on the device used to configure the VSN300 board

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Installation wizard

Open Wi-Fi® setting section

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Installation wizard

Find the Wi-Fi® network “generated”

by the VSN300 Wifi Logger Card.
Look for a SSID structured as shown
below:
ABB-XXXXX-ZZZZ-WWYY
Never Inverter S/N Inverter Week and Year of
changed P/N production of the inverter

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Installation wizard

Connect the Wi-Fi ® device to the Wi-Fi ® network generated by the

VSN300 Wifi Logger Card

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Make sure that you are connected to the Wi-Fi network created by the
VSN300 WIFI LOGGER CARD

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Open the Internet browser again

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Installation wizard

Access the board’s internal Web User Interface (WUI)

by typing the following address:
http://192.168.117.1

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Installation wizard

The installation wizard will start immediately

Make sure to fill out all fields properly

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Installation wizard

“Longitude” and “Latitude” data should be filled in

automatically. Confirm those values are correct.

“Longitude” and “Latitude” parameters are really

important and need to be set properly; Incorrect
values may cause the VSN300 to not work
properly

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An error message
appears if data is not
in the right format

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Example In this example “,” was used in place of the correct “.”

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Installation wizard

Select the customer’s Wi-Fi ® network the VSN300 has to be

connected to. This step can be skipped if local monitoring
of the plant is requested only

Up to FW version 1.8.x
the VSN300 must be
connect to a Wi-Fi®
router in any use cases
(remote monitoring via
Aurora Vision® Web
Management Platform
provided only);

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Installation wizard

Select the Internet Connection

Type by choosing from DHCP or
STATIC mode in accordance with
the home’s Wi-Fi® router setting

Select the customer’s Wi-Fi ®

network by the dropdown menu
showing all wireless networks
detected by the VSN300 board
(in the example, the Wi-Fi ®
network to select is named
“AP_test_REACT”)

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Installation wizard

Type the Wi-Fi ® home network password, if requested

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The VSN300 Wifi Logger Card is now connecting to the home Wi-Fi ®
router, becoming a host of the customer’s Wi-Fi® network like any other
Wi-Fi® devices (for example a customer’s PC)

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Installation wizard

After connecting to the Wi-Fi ® home network, a new IP address will be assigned to
the VSN300 Wifi Logger Card.
The newly assigned IP address must now be used for accessing the VSN300’s
internal Web User Interface

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Installation wizard

Before continuing the installation wizard, connect the wireless device to same
Wi-Fi ® home network to which the VSN300 has just been connected

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Installation wizard

Open Wi-Fi® settings section again

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AP_test_REACT

Select the Wi-Fi® home network

(in the example the is identified by SSID “AP_test_REACT”)

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AP_test_REACT

Connect your Wi-Fi® device to the Wi-Fi® home network to which the
VSN300 Wifi Logger Card has just been connected to.

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AP_test_REACT

Insert the Wi-Fi® home network password, if required

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AP_test_REACT

Make sure that the Wi-Fi ® device is now connected to the Wi-Fi ® home network

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Return to the browser to access to the VSN300 Wifi Logger Card’s internal
Web User Interface by using the IP address just assigned to it

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After accessing the

VSN300’s Web User
Interface, the
installation wizard
continues the
installation process
asking to provide
additional data

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Installation wizard

Fill out all info related to the inverter / plant

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Installation wizard

A USER account has to

be created now GUEST user is allowed to read data only.
Defining a password for USER account
is not mandatory

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An ADMIN account has

to be created now
ADMIN user can read and write data and it is
the only one allowed to changing VSN300 board’s
parameters setting.
Defining a password for ADMIN user is mandatory

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The configuration of the board is completed !

Optional an Aurora Vision® account can be got by
selecting «Yes, I want to register» button.

The Aurora Vision® account so got

allows site owner to access to Plant
Viewer and Plant Viewer for Mobile for
remotely monitoring its own PV plant

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The IP address assigned to the VSN300 Wifi Logger Board during the installation wizard can be
used anytime to access to the internal Web User Interface as USER or ADMIN

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Agenda

Mechanical Mounting
Package content
Mounting antenna
Installing VSN300 board

Installation wizard

Aurora Vision® Web Management Platform

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Versions
Aurora Vision® Plant Management Platform is available in three versions accessible according to privilege rules
associated to the specific customer’s Aurora Vision ® account:

• PLANT VIEWER

Plant Portfolio Manager Plant Viewer Plant Viewer for Mobile

 Advanced Web interface helping  Simple web page interface allowing  It is a mobile version of Plant
operators (EPC, installer,…) to residential and commercial site Viewer
manage a portfolio of power plants owners to monitor their own plants
in an easy to view manner  Note: accessible by any Aurora
 Note: “Site Owner” account cannot Vision® account
access to it  Note: “Site Owner” account can
access to Plant Viewer only

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Aurora Vision® Plant Management Platform

The Aurora Vision®

account got by the site
owner by following the
installation wizard
steps allows him to
access to Plant Viewer
and Plant Viewer for
Mobile* only.

* Plant Viewer for Mobile

available on Apple Store and
Google Play Store

If the site owner would allow installer to administrate / manage its own plant via
Plant Portfolio Manager (for example because of maintenance agremeent) or site
owner itself would use Plant Portfolio Manager rather than Plant Viewer to monitor
its own PV plant, it has not to follow the installation wizard steps but should ask for
its Aurora Vision® account through New Account Sign Up web link or by contacting
ABB Service (dial number: 800 990 444)

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Any questions?

Emanuele Figliolia
Marketing Product Manager Monitoring and Control
Power Conversion Product Group Solar
Power-One Italy S.p.A. Via S.Giorgio, 642 52028 Terranuova Bracciolini, Arezzo, Italy
Phone: +39 055 919 5540 Mobile: +39 328 722 1570 Fax: +39 055 919 8185 e-Mail: [email protected]

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