Sofar R10000TL User manual

TRACKSO INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR SOFAR

Brand: SOFAR

Type: Solar On Grid String Inverter

Models: SOFAR10000TL-20000TL, SOFAR30000TL-40000TL, SOFAR50000TL-70000TL

CONNECTION DIAGRAM

Locate communication terminals (RS485) as shown in the picture below. There are two connection terminals on the configuration

circuit board: RS485IN and RS485OUT (used for Daisy Chain connections)

Figure S1: Sofar String Inverter communicatio port & Connections

Connection steps

•Please unscrew the RS485 terminal as shown in A part of Figure

S1.

•Please make the connections from the Terminal Block to TrackSo

IoT Gateway as mentioned in Table – ST1.

•Provide 12V external supply to TrackSo IoT Gateway via 12V, 2A DC

adaptor provided in the package

Table ST1 – SOFAR RS485 chip connections with TrackSo

IoT Gateway

SOFAR Pin no. & Assignment

TrackSo Pin No.&

Assignment

485-IN

Data-

Data+

485-OUT

Used for Daisy

Chain

Connection

DEFAULT CONFIGURATION IN TRACKSO IOT GATEWAY

Inverter ID: 1, 2, 3, 4 …. Continuous numbering starting with 1, (Range: 1 to 247)

Baud Rate: 9600 (Default) (Values: 9600, 19200, 38400)

Data Bits: 8 ,Stop Bit: 1 ,Parity: None

CONFIGURATION AT THE INVERTER END

Inverter Screen has 4 buttons Back, Up, Down, Ok

SETTING THE INVERTER ID

The inverter ID is used to identify the inverter in a RS485 connection

•Set a different inverter ID for each inverter in the PV plant. Otherwise, the inverters cannot be correctly identified.

•On the last inverter in the RS485 connection, switch on the RS485 termination resistor.

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Set correct Inverter Ids

•Users press “Back” button to enter “1.Enter setting” interface, Press ”OK“ button to enter main setting interface.

•Enter “9. Set Address” by pressing “Up” button or ”Down“ button.

•Press “OK” button and enter setting interface “Success” or “fail” is displayed after setting.

SET DATE & TIME OF INVERTER

For a precise calculation of the statistics in the inverter itself and in a monitoring system, date and time have to be correct.

•Users press “Back” button to enter “1.Enter Setting” interface, Press “OK button to enter main setting interface.

•Enter “1. Set Time” by pressing“Up” button or “Down” button, then press”OK“button and start to set up time.

•Time set from year, month, day, minutes, & seconds in turns, “Up or “Down”button to choose different value to set date.

•Set each value is need to press “OK” button to confirm setting. “success” is displayed if the setting time is correct, “fail”

means failure settings

Communication Card Settings

Single Inverter Terminal Resistor-off

Multiple Inverters

If multiple Sofar Inv are used, connect all Sofar Inv in daisy chain mode over theRS485 communication cable. Set different Modbus

address(1~31) for each inverter in LCD display and set SWT2 (match resistance) at the first and last inverter

NOTE: The above details are mentioned in the Installation & Operation Manual of Sofar Inverters

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Set the Correct Date & Time

TRACKSO WORKING

1. Insure correct connections as detailed in the installation guide.

2. Insert the SIM card.

3. Switch on the power to the TrackSo device. (Minimum 12V/1A input is required)

4. Power LED (Red) of TrackSo IoT gateway glows and stays ON.

NOTE: TrackSo IoT Gateway will only be able to send data if the GPRS network is available at the installed location.

LED

NAME

DESCRIPTION

GREEN

POWER

Light when Power on the device

RED GSM

LED Status

Connection State

Flashing (ON for 100ms and OFF for

100ms)

SIM Card not found

Flashing (ON for 500ms and OFF for

500ms)

Searching for GSM Network

Flashing (ON for 0.1s and OFF for 2.9s)

Once at every 3sec

GSM Network Registered

Flashing twice at every 3sec

GPRS IP Connected

Flashing 5times

GPRS IP Sending data

LED OFF

GSM Fault

GREEN

COM TX

Blink on data transmission in RS485 port

YELLOW

COM RX

Blink on data reception in RS485 port

5. To check the exact network status send the following message to mobile number of the device

SMS Command= *2222#<Stat.gsm>

IMEI

IMEI No. of the data logger (Device Key)

Network

SIGN

Signal Strength out of 31

GPRS

CONT- connected , NC- not connected

PIP

Connected to TrackSo Server or not

CONT- connected, NC- not connected

LOG

no. of data points stored in devices incase of no interet

6. If the GSM light starts flashing 5 times then Login to www.trackso.in with your Username/Password.

7. Click on ‘Units’ from the menu bar. You will be able to view your installed unit in the table as shown below.

8. Check if the Status becomes Receiveing for the relevant Unit.

9. If the state remains Not receiveing for more than 10 minutes, click on your email ID at the top right of the screen and click

on ‘Event Ingestion Logs’ in the dropdown.

10. Check if there is some log generated at the time of installation of the TrackSo IoT Gateway device.

a. If NO, please restart the device and try the same flow again.

b. If YES, email us at we@trackso.in to consult the same.

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