SMA Sunny Data Control V.4.2 - Manual (Page 92)

Managing Data and Saving Data Locally SMA Technologie AG
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11 Managing Data and Saving Data Locally
With Sunny Data Control, plant data can be saved in Excel format, and in CSV format.
The following sections describe the storage of data in Excel format and in CSV format.
If an Inverter is connected to the PC, the data can only be saved as CSV data (SUO
Format, SMA-Sunny Online). See section 11. 4 „Direct Data Acquisition from an
Inverter” (page 102)
11. 1 Reading Out and Saving Data from Sunny Beam
In order to display the essential key data of a PV system, Sunny Beam has been
developed as a cordless tabletop device. Initially, there were no plans for the archiving
of data. Thus, as indicated below, the subsequent built-in possibility to record data using
Sunny Data Control and Sunny Portal is limited.
Data Archiving with Sunny Data Control
With the Sunny Beam, the data gathered from the entire plant during one month can
be archived, but not data from the individual inverters. As the values are only stored in
Sunny Beam for one month, you must read out the data with Sunny Data Control once
a month.
Furthermore, Sunny Beam only saves the daily power output (Pac) for the present day.
Once a new day begins, the previous day's Pac data are erased. Thus, Pac data must
be read out every evening.
Archiving Data with Sunny Portal
With Sunny Data Control, the above-mentioned data can be transferred over to the
Sunny Portal.
Because the E-total value can not be recorded using Sunny Beam, the use of this data
with Sunny Portal is restricted. Nevertheless, this is indispensable for some views using
Sunny Portal. For this reason, it only makes sense to graphically present Sunny Portal's
daily energy values (E-day), the avoided CO2 emissions and the yield (EUR) as a
monthly overview.
Data Period
E-day: read out once a month
Yield (EUR): read out once a month
CO2 avoided: read out once a month
Data Period
Pac: read out every evening
(limited utilizability)