VCOM: Innovation by Experience

Our products set the standards for PV monitoring. In the coming year we will take the following approach to VCOM: Innovations will be introduced at regular intervals so that we can set new accents and constantly optimize the Virtual Control Room in line with your specific needs. We are thus starting a new series in this newsletter: In 2016, every release will have an outstanding additional feature. You can look forward to heat maps for comparing inverters, a performance ratio for every inverter, individual alarms with simpler configuration options, and much more!

"Innovation by Experience" is our motto: We leverage our experience to develop innovative solutions that respond to your ideas, needs and suggestions. In the current release for December we are launching a VCOM innovation known as cycling: At preset intervals all the systems in your portfolio will be sequentially loaded into the portlets.

This feature is ideal for control rooms – VCOM in this illustration – and can also have an "advertising effect" on external displays, for example, if used on displays installed in the reception area at your company site.

More transparency: display of release information

In the VCOM footer you will now find the "Release Information" button. Here you have the option of reading individual releases, and you have an overview of the new features and optimizations that have been added.

All systems at a glance: energy comparison graphic available in VCOM

The energy comparison graphic as used in the safer'Sun portal can now be used flexibly in the VCOM portlets. To compare the performance of your systems, specific energy yields are displayed as a bar graph. The following time intervals can be selected: day, week, month and year. You will find the graphic at park level in the "Park Diagram" portlet.

Optimization of navigation for the VCOM evaluation area

The evaluation area is a central element for visualizing your system data. With just one click, the new release lets you go directly from the control center to the evaluation area, where the navigation has been modified: The individual diagrams can be accessed quickly and easily using the selection section on the left side – just as you would do in the safer’Sun portal.

New drivers

• Eaton driver: Item number 421.186
  Supports the Xpert Solar 1500kW and 1670 kW inverters.
   
• Jema modbus driver: Item number 421.188
  Supports the IF-500 inverter.
   
• Driver for modbus sensors and meters: Item number 421.189
  This driver is compatible with modbus sensors and meters that are included in the meteocontrol portfolio.
   
• TMEIC driver: Item number 421.200
  Supports the PVL-L0250U, PVL-L0500U, PVL-L0600U, PVL-L0700U and PVL-L1833GRQ inverters.

Software modifications

• Advanced Energy driver: Item number 421.016
  Now also supports the SR200 and SR300 inverters.
   
• Fronius modbus driver: Item number 421.054
  The driver now has the broadcast function for power control. This increases the maximum number of inverters to be controlled per WEB’log to 64 devices.
   
• Huawei driver: Item number 421.046
  Supports the Sun2000 8KTL, 10KTL, 12KTL, 15KTL, 17KTL, 23KTL, 25KTL, 33KTL and 40KTL inverters.
   
• KACO driver: Item number 421.010
  Now also supports the blueplanet 20.0 TL3 and blueplanet 50.0 TL3 inverters.
   
• Steca driver: Item number 421.098
  Now supports the StecaGrid 1500, StecaGrid 1500x, StecaGrid 2000, StecaGrid 2000x and StecaGrid 2500 and StecaGrid 2500x inverters.
   
• Sungrow driver: Item number 421.018
  Now supports the SG60KTL Version Modbus TCP inverters.

The following products are now supported by all drivers:

• Power quality analyzer UMG511 from Janitza: Item number 422.139
• Pyranometer SMP10 from Kipp & Zonen: Item number 423.034
• Weidmüller string measuring technology components Transclinic 4+, 7+, 8+, 14+ and 16+