SMA SUNNY SENSORBOX User manual

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CA
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System Monitoring
SUNNY SENSORBOX
Installation Manual

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
This manual contains important instructions for Sunny SensorBox system monitoring unit, that must be
followed during installation and maintenance of the system monitoring unit.
The Sunny SensorBox is designed and tested according to international safety requirements, but as
with all electrical and electronic equipment, certain precautions must be observed when installing
and/or operating the Sunny SensorBox. To reduce the risk of personal injury and to ensure the safe
installation and operation of the Sunny SensorBox, you must carefully read and follow all instructions,
cautions and warnings in this installation guide.
Warnings in this document
A warning describes a hazard to equipment or personnel. It calls attention to a procedure or practice,
which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to or destruction of part or all
of the SMA equipment and/or other equipment connected to the SMA equipment or personal injury.
DANGER
DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or
serious injury.
WARNING
WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or
serious injury.
CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or
moderate injury.
NOTICE
NOTICE is used to address practices not related to personal injury.

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Other symbols in this document
In addition to the safety and hazard symbols described on the previous pages, the following symbol
is also used in this installation guide:
Information
This symbol accompanies notes that call attention to supplementary information that you
must know and use to ensure optimal operation of the system.

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General warnings
General warnings
All electrical installations must be done in accordance with the local and
NationalElectrical Code® ANSI/NFPA 70 or the Canadian Electrical Code®
CSAC22.1. This document does not and is not intended to replace any local, state,
provincial, federal or national laws, regulation or codes applicable to the installation and
use of the system monitoring unit, including without limitation applicable electrical safety
codes. All installations must conform with the laws, regulations, codes and standards
applicable in the jurisdiction of installation. SMA assumes no responsibility for the
compliance or noncompliance with such laws or codes in connection with the installation
of the system monitoring unit.
Before installing or using the Sunny SensorBox, read all of the instructions, cautions, and
warnings on the Sunny SensorBox in this installation guide.
Wiring of the Sunny SensorBox must be made by qualified personnel only.

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Table of Contents
1 Notes on this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Target group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3 Storage of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4 Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 Nomenclature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1 Appropriate usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 The Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1 Scope of delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2 Identifying the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.1 Type label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.2 Firmware version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5 Device overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.1 Device overview of the Sunny SensorBox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2 Device overview of the RS485 Power Injector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.3 Device overview of the SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth . . 21
5.3.1 LED for the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.3.2 LEDs indicating connection quality (Bluetooth LEDs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.3.3 LED for data communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6 Mounting the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.1 Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.1.1 Requirements for the mounting location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.1.2 Mounting the Sunny SensorBox on a mounting rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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6.1.3 Mounting the Sunny SensorBox on rafters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.2 Mounting the temperature sensor on the PV module . . . . . . . . 30
6.3 RS485 Power Injector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.3.1 Requirements for the mounting location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.3.2 Mounting the RS485 Power Injector on a wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.4 SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.4.1 Requirements for the mounting location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.4.2 Information on SMA Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6.4.3 Determining the mounting/installation location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6.4.4 Mounting the SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth on a wall . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.4.5 Mounting the SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth on a top hat rail . . . . . . . 39
7 Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.1 Information on starting up the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.2 Connecting the module temperature sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.3 Connecting the anemometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.4 Connecting the ambient temperature sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.5 Startup via the RS485-Power Injector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.5.1 Information on starting up the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.5.2 Connecting the RS485-Power Injector to a RS485 bus node. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.5.3 Connecting the RS485 Power Injector to the Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.5.4 Connecting the Sunny SensorBox to another Sunny SensorBox. . . . . . . . . . 51
7.5.5 Connecting the Sunny SensorBox to an additional RS485 bus node. . . . . . 55
7.5.6 Connecting the RS485 Power Injector to the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.6 Startup via the SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . 58
7.6.1 Information on starting up the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.6.2 Grounding the Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.6.3 Connecting the Sunny SensorBox to the SMA Power Injector with
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.6.4 Connecting the SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth to the power supply. . . 63

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8 Opening and closing the Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . 66
8.1 Opening the Sunny SensorBox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
8.2 Closing the Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
9 Maintenance and care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
9.1 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
9.2 Terminating the RS485 bus on the Sunny SensorBox. . . . . . . . 67
9.3 Connecting the integrated solar radiation sensor . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.4 Replacing the gaskets of the Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.5 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
10 Decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
10.1 Dismantling the Sunny SensorBox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
10.2 Dismantling the RS485 Power Injector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
10.3 Dismantling the SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth . . . . . . . . 72
10.4 Dismantling the sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
10.5 Packaging the Sunny SensorBox and sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
10.6 Disposing of the Sunny SensorBox and sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
11.1 Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
11.2 RS485 Power Injector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
11.3 SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
12 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
12.1 RS485 Power Injector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
12.1.1 Display values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
12.1.2 Configurable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
12.2 SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
12.2.1 Display values* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
12.2.2 Configurable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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13 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
13.1 Sunny SensorBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
13.2 RS485 Power Injector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
13.3 SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
13.4 Plug-in Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
14 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14.1 Mounting plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14.2 Roof bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
14.3 Gasket set for Sunny SensorBox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
14.4 RS485 Power Injector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
14.5 SMA Power Injector with Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
14.6 Anemometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
15 Compliance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
16 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88