PLENTICORE plus ‑ additional scope for storage from AC energy sources

Install KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter as shown at the grid connection point (position 2) in the house grid.

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The installation position of the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter is set in the inverter.

Set up RS485 communication cable between inverter and KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter and connect.

Establish LAN connection from KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter and inverter to the Internet. As an option, the LAN connection from the inverter can also be connected directly to the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter (switch function).

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For details, see the inverter's operating manual and the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter's installation instructions.

In this variant, the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter runs as a slave and transmits data to the inverter.

The inverter does not have to be set up in the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter because it is pre-configured to the Modbus RTU RS485 interface (A) as standard.

In the inverter, “Storage of excess AC energy from local generation” must be activated by going to Service menu > Energy management.

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For details, refer to the inverter’s operating manual. Setting on inverter only possible after logging in as an installer.

If changes are to be made to the settings, perform the following steps:

Call up online interface of KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter Calling up user interface
Call up Modbus configuration under Modbus settings.
Select PIKO IQ/PLENTICORE from drop-down list
Press the Save button to adopt the settings.
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When an inverter is selected, the predefined default values are adopted. These can be adapted if necessary.
In the inverter, activate Storage of excess AC energy from local generation by going to Service menu > Energy management.

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For details, refer to the inverter’s operating manual. Setting on inverter only possible after logging in as an installer.

Parameter	Value
Interface	RS485 A
Mode	Slave
Presetting	PIKO IQ/PLENTICORE
Slave address	1
Baud rate	38400
Data bits	8
Parity	None
Stop bit	2