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User ManualSUNNY DESIGN 3 and SUNNY DESIGN WEBSD3-SDW-BA-en-20 | Version 2.0 ENGLISH Legal Provisions SMA Solar Technology AGLegal ProvisionsThe information contained in this document is the property of SMA Solar Technology AG. Publishing its content, either partially or in full, requiresthe written permission of SMA Solar Technology AG. Any internal company copying of the document for the purposes of evaluating the product orits correct implementation is allowed and does not require permission
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Inverter DataThe employed technical data of the SMA inverter is continuously checked and, if necessary, adapted. Nevertheless, deviations and errors cannotbe excluded. We accept no responsibility for the completeness and/or correctness of the data (The data does not represent guaranteedcharacteristics)
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2 SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG Table of ContentsTable of Contents1 Information on this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1 Sunny Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1 Installing Sunny Design Desktop Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Registering for Sunny Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.1 Personal Homepage After Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.2 Project Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.3 Project Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Creating a Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.1 Project Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.2 Creating a PV Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5.3 Creating a PV Project with Self-Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5.4 Creating a PV Hybrid Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6.1 Starting Sunny Design and Selecting the Required Project Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6.2 Entering Project Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6.3 Defining the Load Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6.4 Configuring the Gensets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.5 Configuring the PV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.6 Wire Sizing (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 6.7 Determining Self-Consumption (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 6.8 Plan System Monitoring (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6.9 Analyzing Efficiency (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.9.1 Analyzing Efficiency (PV Project with and without Self-Consumption) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 6.9.2 Analyzing Efficiency (PV Hybrid Project) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 6.10 Overview of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.11 Creating the Project Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.12 Changing the Password for Sunny Design/Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.13 Forgot Password? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.14 Have Design Suggestions Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6.15 Setting Criterion for Sorting the Design Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6.16 Setting the Method for Calculating Design Suggestions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6.17 Changing the Share of the Inverter Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6.18 Creating Your Own Load Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6.18.1 Importing Consumption Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 6.18.2 Importing Consumption Data from Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 6.18.3 Creating Consumption Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 6.19 Deleting Own Load Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29User Manual SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 3 Table of Contents SMA Solar Technology AG 6.20 Importing Data from Sunny Design Desktop Version from Software Version 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6.21 Synchronizing Sunny Design Desktop Version and Sunny Design Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6.22 Performing an Update for Sunny Design Desktop Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6.23 Entering Prices for PV Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6.24 Entering Prices for Inverters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.25 Setting Own Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.26 Displaying Deactivated Messages Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.27 Exiting Sunny Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324 SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 1 Information on this Document1 Information on this DocumentValidityThis document is valid for the desktop version "Sunny Design 3" from software version 3.20 and for the online version"Sunny Design Web" from software version 3.20
Target GroupThis document is intended for PV system designers. PV system designers must have the following qualifications: • Knowledge of how an inverter works and is operated • Knowledge of all applicable standards and directivesAdditional InformationLinks to additional information can be found at www.SMA-Solar.com. The documents are not necessarily available in alllanguages:Document title Document typePerformance Ratio Technical InformationDesigning PV Systems Optimized for Efficiency Technical InformationLeading Leakage currents – Information on the design of transformerless inverters of type Technical InformationSunny Boy/ Sunny Mini Central / Sunny TripowerGrid connection – Influence of the Grid Conditions in Terms of Connected Power of PV Technical InformationInvertersReverse current – Advice on PV Array Configuration for PV Systems using Technical InformationSunny Mini CentralModule Technology – SMA Inverters Provide the Optimum Solution for Every Module Technical InformationAuslegung von PV-Anlagen im Polystring-Betrieb – Eigenverbrauchsoptimierung vs. ArticleMismatch-Verlust (Design of PV systems in polystring operation – Increasedself-consumption vs. mismatch loss)SMA Systemlösungen zur VDE-Anwendungsregel und dem EEG 2012 (SMA system Advertising materialsolutions for the VDE application guide and the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)2012)SymbolsSymbol Explanation Information that is important for a specific topic or goal, but is not safety-relevant ☐ Indicates a requirement for meeting a specific goal ☑ Desired result ✖ A problem that might occurUser Manual SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 5 1 Information on this Document SMA Solar Technology AGTypographiesTypography Use Examplebold • Display texts • The value can be found in the field • Elements on a user interface Energy
• Elements to be selected • Select Settings
• Elements to be entered • Enter the value 10 in the field Minutes
> • Connects several elements to be selected • Select Settings > Date
[Button/Key] • Button or key to be selected or pressed • Select [Next]
NomenclatureIn this document the designation "Sunny Design" is used when both Sunny Design versions are referred to(Sunny Design desktop version and Sunny Design Web)
6 SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 2 Product Description2 Product Description2.1 Sunny DesignSunny Design is a software for planning and designing PV systems and PV hybrid systems. Sunny Design provides youwith a design recommendation for your planned PV system or your planned PV hybrid system. Sunny Design alsoproposes a combination of PV array(s) and inverter(s) which meet, as closely as possible, your requirements regardingpower class, energy yield and efficiency
In addition, you have the option of determining and optimizing your potential self-consumption, sizing the cables,evaluating efficiency and, in PV hybrid systems, configuring gensets
Difference Between Sunny Design Web and Sunny Design Desktop VersionSunny Design is available as an online version "Sunny Design Web" and as a desktop version "Sunny Design 3"
The range of functions of both versions is identical. You can only use Sunny Design Web via the Internet. You must installthe desktop version of Sunny Design on your computer and, after initial registration, you do not need an Internetconnection. To ensure that your Sunny Design desktop version remains current, (e.g. new inverters, new PV modules),you should occasionally perform an update for the Sunny Design desktop version via the Internet (see Section 6.22"Performing an Update for Sunny Design Desktop Version", page 30). Sunny Design Web is always up-to-date
You can synchronize Sunny Design Web and the Sunny Design desktop version via the Internet. This means that yourSunny Design projects are available in the Internet in Sunny Design Web and on your computer in theSunny Design desktop version. For synchronization, you must have an Internet connection
Sunny Design Web: registration required for full range of functions To use the full range of functions of Sunny Design Web, you must register
Sunny Design Desktop version: registration required and usable by one user per computer To use the Sunny Design desktop version, you must first register for Sunny Design Web
The Sunny Design desktop version can only be used by one user per computer. After initial login to the Sunny Design desktop version on the computer, the Sunny Design desktop version can only be used by this user on this computer
2.2 FunctionsUsing Sunny Design, and in compliance with all current legal and industrial requirements, you can plan various designscenarios with all SMA inverters in the form of projects. In Sunny Design the following project types are available: • PV project: for planning a PV system • PV project with self-consumption: for planning a PV system with self-consumption • PV hybrid project: for planning a PV system with electric generatorsDepending on the selected project type, Sunny Design provides the following functions:Function PV project PV project with PV hybrid project self-consumptionDetermine and optimize self-consumption ✓Determine the potential fuel savings and CO2 ✓savingsUse predefined load profiles, import own ✓ ✓consumption data, import consumption datafrom Sunny Portal, create own load profilesConfigure the gensets ✓Wire sizing ✓ ✓ ✓Plan PV system monitoring ✓ ✓ ✓Analyze efficiency ✓ ✓ ✓Enter prices for PV modules and inverters ✓ ✓ ✓User Manual SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 7 2 Product Description SMA Solar Technology AGFunction PV project PV project with PV hybrid project self-consumptionCreate personal locations using ✓ ✓ ✓meteorological data from the Sunny Designdatabase or imported meteorological dataCreate project templates with default values ✓ ✓ ✓Print project documentation or save as PDF file ✓ ✓ ✓2.3 System RequirementsSunny Design WebSystem requirements: ☐ A computer with Internet access must be available
☐ A supported web browser must be installed on the computer
☐ JavaScript must be activated in the web browser
Supported web browsers:The following web browsers are supported without restrictions: • Microsoft Internet Explorer from version 9 • Mozilla Firefox from version 17 • Google Chrome from version 24 • Opera from version 12 • Apple Safari from version 6Sunny Design Desktop VersionSystem requirements: ☐ A computer must be available
☐ A supported web browser must be installed on the computer
☐ JavaScript must be activated in the web browser
☐ The computer must have at least 400 MB of free memory
☐ The computer's main memory must be at least 2 GB
Supported operating systems: • Microsoft Windows XP from Service Pack 3 • Microsoft Windows 7 • Microsoft Windows 8Supported web browsers: • Microsoft Internet Explorer from version 88 SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 3 Installation3 Installation3.1 Installing Sunny Design Desktop VersionIn order to use Sunny Design Web, it is not necessary to install the Sunny Design desktop version
Requirement: ☐ System requirements for the Sunny Design desktop version must be met (see Section 2.3)
Procedure: „".NET Framework 4.0" is installed automatically if required If .NET Framework 4.0 has not been installed on your computer, the Sunny Design installation file automatically installs it
1. Download the Sunny Design desktop version to the computer from the download area at www.SMA-Solar.com
2. Run the file SDesign-x.xx.x.x_Internet-exe
☑ The Sunny Design Setup dialog box opens
3. Confirm the security prompt if it appears
4. Select the desired language
5. Select [OK]
☑ The installation wizard opens
6. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard
3.2 Registering for Sunny DesignYou must complete an initial one-time registration in order to use the Sunny Design desktop version and the full range offunctions of Sunny Design Web. Upon registration, you are given an account which you can use for Sunny Design Web,the Sunny Design desktop version and Sunny Portal. If you are already registered for the Sunny Portal, you can use thisaccount to log in to Sunny Design Web. You do not need to register again
Procedure: 1. If you are using Sunny Design Web: • Start the web browser and call up www.SunnyDesignWeb.com
☑ The Sunny Design Web homepage opens
• In the Login area, select the button [Register for Sunny Design Web]
2. If you are using the Sunny Design desktop version: • Select on the desktop by double-clicking or select Sunny Design from the list of installed programs
☑ Sunny Design starts
• In the Login area, select the button [Register for Sunny Design Web]
3. Fill in the details on the user registration form
4. Select [Register user]
☑ You receive a confirmation of registration by e-mail
5. Open the e-mail and select the activation link
☑ You are registered and your account is activated. You can log in to Sunny Design Web and to Sunny Design desktop version in the Login area using your account's e-mail address and password
User Manual SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 9 4 User Interface SMA Solar Technology AG4 User Interface4.1 Personal Homepage After LoginFigure 1: Personal homepage in Sunny Design Web after login (example)Position Designation ExplanationA Header In the header, the following functions are available: • Language selection • For the Sunny Design desktop version: synchronization with Sunny Design Web • My Sunny Design menu: – Making settings for location specification, notification dialogs, units of measurement, temperature units – Making settings for calculation of design suggestions, for display of result values, for the letterhead on project documentation, for efficiency analysis and for tariff information – Creating own PV modules and favorites – Creating own locations – Creating own load profiles – Creating own price lists for inverters • Menu "First name, last name": – Changing the password – Logout (for the Sunny Design desktop version, you do not have to use the Logout button to log out. You can simply close the application window to exit Sunny Design.)B Navigation area This area contains a list of the projects you have already planned
C Work area In this area you have access to your projects, templates and settings. In the project overview, you can, for example, delete, rename, export, and duplicate projects and save them as templates
10 SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 User Manual SMA Solar Technology AG 4 User Interface4.2 Project PagesThe project pages are displayed after you have selected a project on the start page. You plan your project on the projectpages
Figure 2: Enter project data project page (example)Position Designation ExplanationA Header Explanation see table in Section 4.1B Main menu Using this menu, you can call up the project planning pages that are displayed in the work area. The main menu maps the steps for planning a PV system or a PV hybrid system (see Section 5.1 "Project Types", page 13)
C Navigation area On small screens, the entire navigation area is automatically hidden and the button is displayed. Using this button, you can then hide or display the entire navigation area
Navigation On the Navigation tab, hyperlinks are available for the settings on the page that is currently displayed
Help On the Help tab, you can call up help on the project page currently displayed
Project tree Explanation, see Section 4.3
D Work area In this area, the content of the page currently selected in the main menu is displayed. Here you make settings and thus plan your project
Next steps At the end of each page in the work area, the next possible steps are displayed in the Next steps area. The buttons in this area can only be selected if you have made the necessary settings on the page
E - Button to hide and display the header and the main menuUser Manual SD3-SDW-BA-en-20 11 4 User Interface SMA Solar Technology AG4.3 Project TreeThe project tree displays important project information, provides quick access to functions and enables navigationbetween the individual elements of the project
Figure 3: Project tree (example)Position Designation ExplanationA Navigation area On the project page Configure PV System, the planned PV system is displayed in the navigation area in the form of a project tree
Project Tree SymbolsSymbol Designation Explanation Project A project is always present as the top element in a project tree
Subproject Subprojects are elements of a project. There is always at least one subproject present in a project
PV array PV arrays are elements of subprojects
* Inverter Inverters are elements of subprojects. An inverter is assigned to one or more PV arrays, depending on whether it is a string inverter or a multi-string inverter
* Example symbol; the relevant inverter is shown in each case
Status Symbols of the Elements in the Project TreeSymbol Explanation Element in progress Element completed Observe information on element Error during element configuration - check element configuration
Warning - check element configuration
Functions in the Project TreeIf you select an element in the project tree, a menu is displayed where you can rename, delete or duplicate the element,for example. You can also remove elements from a subproject or copy them to a different subproject
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Sunny Design projects are available in the Internet in Sunny Design Web and on your computer in the Sunny Design desktop version. For synchronization, you must have an Internet …
In the Login window, sign in with your e-mail address and the password of your user account. or In the home page header, click on [Login] and log in with the e-mail address and password of your user account. 3. When you log in to Sunny Design for the first time, you must agree to the terms of use and privacy statement.
You require an additional access authorization for Sunny Design Pro to be able to design an energy system and to use the advanced settings. You get information by clicking on the button [Energy systems] on the Sunny Design home page or on your personal home page after login.
To change the customer data from My Sunny Design, click on My Sunny Design > Own customer data. Search the customer (see Section 5.1.10, page 24) and click on [Edit] in the dialog Customer data. 3. To make changes to the customer data, select the line of the customer, then select New Project from the selection menu and make the changes.
On the page Define load profile, click on [+ New load profile]. or In the menu My Sunny Design > Own load profiles, click on [Add new load profile]. 2. Under Name, enter a name for the load profile.