How to add a device in myPower24

Scope

How to connect a device to the LoggerV of a plant with the Add Device wizard, so that the LoggerV reads its data. You can find the model by manufacturer or by device type. Before you start, make sure of these conditions:

• Logger: must be online, with firmware 9.177 or a higher version.
• Device: must have a cable connection to a LoggerV port, and must be energized.
• Modbus device: you must know its Modbus Slave ID. For Modbus TCP, you must also know its IP address.

Location

• Path: My Devices in the menu.
• Button: add device, above the device list.

Permissions

• Add a device: Editor, Installer or Full control.
• About the levels: see Access levels field definitions

Step 1: Model Selection by Manufacturer

Use this route if you know the brand of the device.

1. Click add device. The wizard opens on the Manufacturer view.
2. Click the manufacturer card.
3. Click the model card.

• Type to search devices: the search box shows only the cards that contain the text. Type a part of the manufacturer name, for example solar.

Step 2: Model Selection by Device Type

Use this route if you know the type of the device, but not the brand.

1. Click add device.
2. Click Type at the right of the search box.
3. Click the device type card, for example Hybrid Inverters.
4. Click the manufacturer card. The wizard shows only the manufacturers that have models of that type.
5. Click the model card.

• Type button: shows only if the logger firmware sends the device type of each model. With older firmware, use the manufacturer route.
• Step bar: shows Type Selection, Manufacturer Selection, Device Selection, Interface Selection and Scan.
• Question mark: on a model card, it opens the article for that model.

Step 3: Interface Selection

1. Click the port that has the cable connection to the device.

• Port card: shows the port name, the connection type and the serial settings.
• Attached: the LoggerV uses this port.
• Gear: opens the serial settings of the port. It is available on serial ports only.

Some devices do not use a Modbus scan. For those devices, the device can operate when the port shows Attached, for example the Li-ion Storage EX - battery on CAN.

Step 4: Modbus Scan

1. In Modbus Slave ID, type the address of the device.
2. If the Serial Number field shows, type the serial number in Serial Number.
3. For Modbus TCP, type the address in IP Address.
4. For Modbus TCP, make sure that TCP Port is the Modbus TCP port of the device.
5. Click Try to connect.

If the scan works, the wizard closes and shows Device succesfully scanned.

Step 5: Address Range Scan

Do this step if you do not know the address. It operates only on serial ports, with logger firmware 9.269 or a higher version.

1. Click Try scan range.
2. In Modbus Slave address begin, type a range such as 1-10, or numbers such as 1, 5, 6.
3. Click Scan.
4. On a row that shows Discovered, click Select.
5. On the Scan step, click Try to connect.

Troubleshooting

• Logger Offline: Unable to load devices. Please connect logger and try again Connect the logger, then click add device again.
• Logger Version Outdated: This feature is not supported by the current logger version. Update the logger, or use the Interfaces tab.
• No Type button: the logger firmware does not send the device types. Use the Manufacturer view.
• No port of that type: No CANBUS interface detected, or the same message for a different type. The LoggerV has no port of that type.
• Serial number missing: Serial Number required. Please provide serial number Type the serial number, or a unique text.
• Scan failed: Search for device Fail! Examine the Modbus Slave ID, the port settings and the wiring.
• Timeout: Timeout. Please check logger connection Examine the logger connection. Then do the scan again.

Tips and Gotchas

• Serial settings: Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits and Parity. Click Change to apply them.
• CAN port: shows Bus Speed, which you cannot change.
• Older firmware: open the Interfaces tab on the LoggerV device page, then click Add Device on the port. Select the model in Select Device to Add, then click Add.
• After you add it: the device shows in My Devices in its type group, for example HYBRID INVERTERS. It also shows in Enabled devices on the Interfaces tab.