Communication connection for KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter via LAN

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Inverter

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LAN interface to inverter

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KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter

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LAN interface for KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter

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Feed meter

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Public grid

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Read the operating manual for the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter.

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Use a current transformer for currents above 63 A

Connecting the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter

  1. De-energise the mains cable.

  2. DANGER

    danger

    Risk of death due to electrical shock and discharge!

    De-energise all devices and secure them against being switched on again.

  3. Install the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter as shown in the illustrations at the grid connection point in the house grid.

  4. INFO

    Info

    Use an Ethernet cable of category 7 (Cat 7, FTP) with a maximum length of 100 m as a network cable (Ethernet 10BaseT, 10/100 MBit/s).

  5. Guide the Ethernet cable through the LAN cover provided.
  6. Connect Ethernet cable to one of the LAN sockets.
    The second LAN socket is used to continue the network connection to further inverters.
  8. Tighten LAN cover to the specified tightening torque.
    Tightening torque: 3 Nm.
  9. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the router.
  10. Establish a LAN connection from the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter to the router.
  11. In this variant, the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter works as a slave and sends data to the inverter.
  12. In the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter, set Modbus settings > Modbus TCP > Slave (Enable TCP Slave) to ON.
  13. To make the home consumption visible in the KOSTAL Solar Portal, in the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter set Inverter > Solar portal > Activate solar portal to ON.

After commissioning

After commissioning, the following settings still have to be configured in the KOSTAL PIKO CI Conf Tool app.

  1. The usage and installation position of the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter (KSEM) has to be set in the KOSTAL PIKO CI Conf Tool app on the master inverter.
    This can be set under Settings > Inverter settings > Power adaptation/controls > Energy management > External sensor > KSEM and
    Settings > Inverter settings > Power adaptation/controls > Energy management> Sensor position > On grid (default value).
  2. The IP address of the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter can be set in the KOSTAL PIKO CI Conf Tool app under Settings > Power adaptation/controls > Energy management > IP address of energy meter.
  3. A power limitation of the grid feed-in (e.g. to 70%) must be entered in watts on the Master inverter.
    This can be set under Settings > Inverter settings > Power adaptation/controls > Energy management > Limitation of the active power to [W].

  4. INFO

    Info

    If power limitation is carried out in combination with the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter, power limitation via a ripple control receiver (RCR) is not possible and must be deactivated.

  5. The KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter is connected to the master inverter. If not already done, configure this inverter as a master LAN.
    This can be selected in the KOSTAL PIKO CI Conf Tool app under Settings > Communication settings > Master/Slave settings > Master LAN.
  6. All other inverters connected to the master inverter must be configured as slave. The following default settings should be checked for all slave inverters:
    Master/slave settings: Slave
    External sensor: deactivated
    Sensor position: Grid connection point
    Ripple Control Receiver Enable: OFF
  1. Inverter connected to the KOSTAL Smart Energy Meter .