Adding or Replacing Devices

You can only access all devices as an installer or system administrator ( > User Groups and User Rights).

Tip: Keep note of the serial number of the device you want to add.

You have to capture the new device with the Sunny Home Manager.

The Sunny Home Manager uses the system password to log in to the devices of the system. If new devices (inverters, batteries, etc.) are to be added to the system, the Home Manager must also log in there. For this, the default password 1111 (factory-preset) or the system password must be set for these devices. The Sunny Home Manager then first tries to log in to the new devices with the system password. If this fails, the Sunny Home Manager repeats the process with the preset default password 1111.

Requirements:

If you need to replace the Sunny Home Manager, you must use the system setup assistant ( > Replacing the Sunny Home Manager).

A device can only be assigned to 1 Sunny Portal system.

To use a device that has already been used in another system, it must be deactivated in the old system.

Device replacement: The old device must NOT be deleted, but deactivated

If you delete the device that you wish to replace from Sunny Portal, all the device data is irretrievably deleted.

  1. To retain the data of the old device in Sunny Portal, do not delete the old device, but deactivate it.
  2. Add the new device as an additional device to the Sunny Home Manager system (replacement device).

Smart appliances cannot be replaced

Smart appliances which communicate via a data exchange protocol with the Sunny Home Manager cannot be replaced in Sunny Portal.

  1. To retain the data of the old load in Sunny Portal, do not delete the old load, but deactivate it ( > Activating Data Acceptance).
  2. Add the new load as an additional device to the Sunny Home Manager system (system extension).

Procedure:

  1. Select Device overview > Overview of new devices in the page and menu selection.
  2. Click on [Refresh devices]. The Sunny Home Manager then searches for new devices in the local network.
  3. After a maximum of 1 minute, all new devices will be displayed and you will be informed how many more devices you can add to your installation if needed.
    Unencrypted devices might not be shown ( > Enabling Speedwire Encryption).
  4. If a new device has been detected in the system, this is also indicated by an exclamation mark in the page and menu selection System monitoring and you are prompted to configure this new device under System monitoring > System configuration.
  5. If you do not want to configure a new device for the time being, you can remove it from the display with .
  6. This action does not delete the device from the system ( > Deleting devices from Sunny Portal), but only hides it. Since the device is not yet configured, only the serial number is registered and will not be lost during this deletion process. You can undo this deletion at any time on the Overview of new devices tab by clicking on the line Restore deleted new device.
    This deletion is not identical to the process in which a device with all its data is irrevocably deleted from Sunny Portal (see Section 11.7, page 67).
  7. If detecting new devices was the only reason for the exclamation mark next to the System monitoring menu item, this action will make the exclamation mark disappear.
  8. If you want to add several newly detected devices in one step instead of one by one, you can select these devices and click on [Add].
  9. The selected devices are added directly, i.e. without the configuration wizard. Default values are used for configuration, but you can change them at any time.
  10. If you want to add a single device separately, select in the line of the device.
  11. The Sunny Home Manager connects to the new device. Page 2 of the configuration wizard opens.
  12. To replace a device, select in the line of the new device.
  13. The Sunny Home Manager connects to the new device. Page 2 of the configuration wizard opens.
  14. Follow the instructions of the configuration wizard.
  15. The new SMA device is displayed under Configuration > Device overview.
  16. The new device connected via Ethernet is displayed under Configuration > Load overview and planning.
  17. Replacing a device can take up to 20 minutes.
  18. If you have just changed the system password of the existing system to the password of the new SMA device, reset the old system password ( > Changing Passwords).
  19. Select and configure the new device.
    Maximum Number of Supported Devices
    Configuring the Sunny Home Manager