Growatt ShineWiFi-X User manual

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Growatt After Sales Center
2020-04-16
Datalogger Wifi-X / Wifi-S
installation guide

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Monitoring Devices Overview
ShineWifi-X
1.USB port, ShineWifi-X
supports all -X series
inverters,including the MAX
series.
2.Tricolor indicating light
(RGB).
3.Reset button underneath.
3.QR code.
4.Bar codes at the back.
ShineWifi-S
1.RS232 port, ShineWifi-S
supports inverters with RS232
interface.
2.Tricolor indicating light
(RGB) inside the rubber cap.
3.Reset button inside the
rubber cap.
4.Bar codes at the back.
Note:
①ShineWifi-X compatible with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and 2.4GHz + 5GHz dual-band wifi in one.
②ShineWifi-S compatible with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi.
③The datalogger does not support single-band 5GHz router.

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Safety
Both ShineWifi-X and ShineWifi-S have the same indicator information.
1.Flashing Red.
The initial state of the configuration.
2.Solid Blue.
Datalogger is launching hotspot, waiting to use AP mode method.
3.Flashing Blue.
Datalogger has been connected to router and server.
4.Solid Green.
Failed connection, network not 2.4ghz.
Wrong Wifi name/password or in AP mode.
Wifi signal is too weak.
5.Flashing Green.
Datalogger is connected to router, but router has no internet.
Indicators on the datalogger

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Multiple
Color
Flashing
Red
Solid Blue
Shinephone
configuration
Solid Green
Fail
Single tap
Flashing
Blue
Succeed
AP mode
method
Single tap
Hold
Release
Indicators on the datalogger

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Shinephone App registration
Before opening the Shinephone App,
make sure your mobile device is
connected to the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi.
Before you begin, please make
sure that the datalogger light
is red flashing.

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The country where the inverter is installed.
Shinephone App registration
Enter your own email address.
Please use your own email address as username.
Set password (at least 6 digits).
Type password again.
Your phone number.
Enter Installer code.
Note:
①Ask the installer to provide the Installer code.
②Users in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany must
fill in the installer code when registering.

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Please enter ‘my plant’.
Enter the exact date of installation.
Open the permission to get the address on the
phone and select add automatically. The
following information about the address will be
filled in automatically.
Select the time zone of the country where the
inverter is installed.
Fill in the inverter rated power.
Correct choice of plant type.
Shinephone App registration

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1.For ShineWifi-X, scan the QR to get SN and CC.
2.For ShineWifi-S, scan the Bar code at back to get SN and CC.
Note:
①Shield the sunlight, aimed at scanning code.
②The serial number on the inverter is different from the
datalogger.Please add the datalogger serial number.
Shinephone App configuration

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Select the 2.4GHz band.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 1)

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After the phone is connected to the 2.4ghz network,
the Wi-Fi name is automatically filled in the blank.
Please fill in the correct password for Wifi, and
pay attention to case sensitivity.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 1)

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Click on ‘Yes’
and wait for it
counting down.
If it succeed,
it will turn
back to the
dashboard
directly and
show this
success
information.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 1)

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Select the 2.4GHz + 5GHz dual band.The
datalogger does not support single-band 5G
router.(You can enter the router's built-in
page to view the current band of the router).
Shinephone App configuration(Method 2 / AP MODE)

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Shinephone App configuration(Method 2 / AP MODE)
Note:If it changes to other colors, the hot spot will disappear.
1.Short press the datalogger button to enter the hotspot
mode (blue LED light is always on).
2.Only in the constant blue state, the datalogger will
make the hot spot.

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1.Open the phone and enter the Wifi Settings interface.
2.Find and connect the hotspot with the same name as the
datalogger serial number.
Note:
①In the process of connecting to this hotspot, it may show
‘unsecure network’, ‘whether to continue to connect to this
network’. Please continue to ensure that your phone is connected
to the datalogger hotspot signal.
②Due to the different security Settings of each phone, the
connection to the hotspot may drop and the original Wifi will be
automatically connected back. Please reconnect to the hotspot.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 2 / AP MODE)

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1.Please open a browser and enter the
IP address: 192.168.10.100
2.Look at the interface shown in the
picture on the left.
3.Username is ‘admin’.
4.Password is ‘12345678’.
5.Click ‘Login’.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 2 / AP MODE)

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WiFi mode
WiFi list
WiFi name
input
WiFi password
Wireless Router Setting Auto Manual
1.Please choose‘Auto’mode.
1.1 Please choose‘Auto’. Click Search,
when the search is complete, select the
your home Wifi name, and then fill in the
password.
1.2 Please double check you enter the
correct password as these parts are
capital sensitive.
1.3 Please click on‘Apply’if you are
sure the name and password are right.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 2 / AP MODE)
2.Please choose‘Manual’mode.
2.1 Manually input 2.4GHz + 5GHz dual
band or 2.4Ghz Wifi name and password
in‘Wifi’.
2.2 Please double check you enter the
correct Wifi name and password as these
parts are capital sensitive.
2.3 Please click on ‘Apply’ if you are
sure the name and password are right.

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1.When the website turns to the left page,
please click on ‘Restart Immediately’.
2.Check the indictor, Blue flashing means it
is connected. Solid Green light means it is
not connected.
Shinephone App configuration(Method 2 / AP MODE)

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1.If‘Existing datalogger SN’appears during the
process of adding a data logger.
2.Please refer to pages 19 and 20 to reconfigure
the datalogger.
Shinephone App reconfigures the datalogger

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Select the target Plant
Shinephone App reconfigures the datalogger
Select Plant Select the + symbol in
the upper right corner

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Long press the SN
Shinephone App reconfigures the datalogger
Select datalogger list After clicking the Configure
datalogger, please go back to
page 9 or 12 to do the
configuration again