SMA POWER PLANT CONTROLLER User Manual

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7 Operation

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PPC-BE-P7-en-13

Operating Manual

Restoring Settings

All settings can be imported from three different sources on the Power Plant Controller.

Procedure:

1. Log into the user interface (see Section 11.3.1, page 54).
2. Go to PPC > Backup and restore.
3. To import the settings from a USB memory stick, proceed as follows:

• Select the required USB port in the field Port.
• Select the button [Restore] in the field Ini files.
• In the open window, select the desired entry from the drop-down list Data source for import:

• Select the button [Yes].

4. To import settings from the automatically saved files AutoSave 1 and AutoSave 2, proceed as follows:

• Select the desired entry in the drop-down list Data source for import.
• Click the [Import] button next to the desired settings.

5. To import settings from the internal file of the Power Plant Controller, proceed as follows:

• In the drop-down list Data source for import, select the entry Export files.
• Click the [Import] button next to the desired settings.

Source of saved

settings

Description

USB memory stick

If the settings have been saved beforehand to a USB memory stick in a folder

PPC_Backup_Serial number, these settings can be restored. To do this, all files must be

copied to a folder PPC_Restore_Config. When restoring the file, you can choose whether

the settings are to be imported from the files AutoSave 1 and AutoSave 2 or from the

manually saved export files.

Files AutoSave 1

and AutoSave 2

All settings, or the settings of all inverters, Cluster Controllers, controllers, and IP addresses can

be restored separately from the automatically saved files.

Internal file of the

Power Plant

Controller

If the settings of the Power Plant Controller have been changed but no backup has taken place,

it is possible to restore the settings status stored in the Power Plant Controller. In this case, any

changes made previously are overruled.

Entry

Explanation

Export files

Settings are imported from the manually saved files.

AutoSave 1

Settings are imported from the file AutoSave 1.

AutoSave 2

Settings are imported from the file AutoSave 2.