Commissioning Fronius Monitoring

via SMART PHONE/TABLET

Using the Datamanager V 2.0

For Fronius SnapINverters: Galvo/Primo/Symo/Eco

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1 BEFORE YOU START
Get the password and the name (SSID) of the WiFi network you want to get connect to.

Connect your smart phone or smart device to the WiFi network in order to check the availability of the internet.

Check the status of all the four LEDs on the Datamanager (DM) Card inbuilt in the
inverter. The ‘tick LED’ and the ‘cross LED’ light up need to be green.
If not, check the DM card and also termination plugs are inserted properly (located in the
data communication compartment at the bottom of the inverter).

2 SETTING UP MONITORING USING A SMART PHONE OR A TABLET

Download Fronius Solar.Web App from App store or Google Play and install it on a smart phone or tablet. Or go
to: https://wizard.solarweb.com/downloadApp.html

Android
iOS Android
Mac OSX iOS

1. Activate the ‘WIFI Access Point’ via the ‘SETUP menu’ on the display of the inverter. If using a Datamanager
Box move the IP switch into position ‘A’.

Fig.1: Activating the WiFi access point on the Inverter’s display - Setup menu

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 2. Connect the smart device (Tablet or
Smartphone) to the WiFi network of the inverter.

o Search for the network with the

name ”Fronius_240.xxxxx” on the device.

o Enter password: 12345678

Fig.2: Network connections settings on Apple IPad

3. Open the SolarWeb App on the smart device. If the SolarWeb App recognizes that it is already
connected to an inverter it will ask whether to start the Setup wizard. -> select ‘Yes’
Alternatively click on the red button in the right bottom corner or go to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Setup inverter’

Fig.3: SolarWeb App screen shows how continue to the installation wizard.

4. Run the SolarWeb Wizard and follow the

instructions.

Fig.4: Start of the installation wizard in Fronius SolarWeb App

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 5. Enter the correct date and time.
(it might be pulled from your smart device
automatically)

6. Select the right time zone.

(it might be pulled from your smart device
automatically)

Fig.5: Fronius SolarWeb App General Settings

7. Assign a system name to your system.

8. Enter the solar module power connected to

the inverter in Watts (Wp).

Fig.6: Fronius SolarWeb App Inverter Settings

9. To get the internet connection settings done

chose the connection type (1):
a. Hard wired LAN connection or
b. wireless LAN (WiFi) connection (default)

10. For wireless LAN: Select the customer’s WiFi

network under ‘Available networks’ (2).
1
Note: The option ‘Add WLAN’ is used to enter
2 the name and password for the customer’s
hidden Wi-Fi network.

11. Click ‘Set’ (3) to enter the password for the

3 customer’s WiFi network in the popup window.

Fig.7: Fronius SolarWeb App Connection Settings

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 12. Enter the password of the customer’s WiFi
network in the popup window.

13. Click ‘Save’.

Fig.8: Fronius SolarWeb App Connection Settings - WiFi password

14. Optional: If a static IP address is required

follow the instructions at chapter
‘5 INTERNET CONNECTION WITH A
STATIC IP ADDRESS’ at this stage and
continue here later again.

15. Click ‘Connect’

Fig.9: Fronius SolarWeb App Connection Settings

16. Close the Solar.Web App.

17. Connect your smart device (Smartphone or

Tablet) to the customer’s WiFi network.
(in order to check whether the inverter has
successfully connected to the customers
network). Therefore go to the Wi-Fi settings
of the smart device and change to the
network.

Hint: In case the smart device has been

connected to the homeowners Wi-Fi network
before the App will reconnect automatically
(no need to manually change the WiFi
connection on the smart device).
Fig.10: Wizard in Fronius SolarWeb App

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 18. Re-open the Solar.Web App and wait for
the Network status window to appear.

o If the internet availability is displayed

with ‘Yes’, click on ‘Forward’.

o If the internet availability is displayed

with ‘No’ please, click on ‘Back’ to re-
enter the (correct) password or talk to
the network administrator.

Fig.11: Wizard in Fronius SolarWeb App – Network status

19. Choose a password. (Also note down the

password for your record!)

20. Click on ‘Finish’.

Note!: The inverter is now successfully

connected to the internet. The system need still
to be added to a SolarWeb monitoring account.
Therefore see next chapter.

Fig.12: SolarWeb App – Password protection for the settings

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3 ADDING A SYSTEM TO SOLARWEB MONITORING
There a two ways of registering a PV system (or data source) on SolarWeb, either automatic via the SolarWeb
App by continuing the SolarWeb Wizard or register it manually.

A) Automatically

 To add the new system / logging source to

your monitoring account on SolarWeb,
 Login with your username and
password if you have already
registered an account in the Fronius
SolarWeb portal.

 If you don’t have a SolarWeb

account, click on ‘Register’ to
create your account first.

Fig.13: SolarWeb App – Adding a system to a SolarWeb account

 Fill in the form for system details

Fig.14: SolarWeb App – Adding a system to a SolarWeb account

 Select whether you want to

i. Create a new PV system
ii. Add a datasource to an
existing system
iii. Exchange a datasource

Fig.15: SolarWeb App – Adding a system to a SolarWeb account

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 B) Adding the System manually

 Alternatively the system / logging source can

Datalogger ID be added manually to www.solarweb.com.
 Note down the Datalogger ID from the
inverter’s display (it is part of the name of
the WiFi Access Point starting with
240.xxxxx)

Fig.16: Inverter display – WiFi hotspot name

 Go to www.solarweb.com login and select

the icon -> ‘Add system’

Fig.17: www.SolarWeb.com – Icon to add a system

 Fill out the online from in the popup

window.
o PV system name
o Datalogger ID
o Address of the installation
o Email address
o Currency
o Time zone

Fig.18: www.SolarWeb.com – Adding a system to a SolarWeb account

If everything went well the PV on solarweb.com will look like this.

Fig.19: www.SolarWeb.com – PV System Overview page

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4 REGISTER AN ACCOUNT ON SOLAR WEB
There a two ways of registering a monitoring account on SolarWeb, either automatic via the SolarWeb App by
continuing the SolarWeb Wizard or register it manually.

 Click ‘Register’

Fig.19: SolarWeb App – Setup Wizard

 Fill out the registration form

Fig.20: SolarWeb App – Setup Wizard

 Alternatively go to www.solarweb.com and

select ‘Register’

Fig.21: www.SolarWeb.com – start page

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5 INTERNET CONNECTION WITH A STATIC IP ADDRESS
For a commercial installation it may be required to connect the inverter via a static IP address.
Get the details of static IP address and the required network from the local IT administrator.

14a. Select ‘Configure WLAN IP’.

14b. Configure the wireless LAN connection

o Chose ‘static’.
o Static IP address
o Subnet mask
o Gateway IP address
o DNS-Server IP address

14c. Save settings by pressing OK and continue

with the settings described above in chapter 2/
step 15.

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