WatchPower

UsersManual

ManagementSoftwareforInverter
 TableofContents
1. WatchPowerOverview ..................................................................................................................... 2

1.1. Introduction................................................................................................................................... 2

1.2. Features ........................................................................................................................................... 2

2. WatchPowerInstallandUninstall .............................................................................................. 2

2.1. SystemRequirement ................................................................................................................. 2

2.2. SoftwareInstall ........................................................................................................................... 3

2.3. SoftwareUninstall ...................................................................................................................... 8

3. TrayApplication ................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1. Startup.............................................................................................................................................. 8

3.2. Configuration............................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.1. SoftwareUpgrades ........................................................................................................... 10
3.2.2. ConfigurationSaved......................................................................................................... 11

3.3. SoftwareUpgrade ..................................................................................................................... 11

3.4. IconandSoftwareStatus...................................................................................................... 12

3.5. MessageBoard............................................................................................................................ 12

3.6. Exit.................................................................................................................................................... 13

4. GUIInterface ...................................................................................................................................... 13

4.1. WatchPowerConfiguration .................................................................................................. 17

4.1.1. Basic......................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1.2. Password ............................................................................................................................... 18
4.1.3. SMSSetting .......................................................................................................................... 19
4.1.4. Email ...................................................................................................................................... 21
4.1.5. Eventaction ......................................................................................................................... 22
4.1.6. Com.portPlugAndPlaySetting................................................................................ 23

4.2. Devicecontrol ............................................................................................................................. 24

4.2.1. ParameterSetting............................................................................................................. 24
4.2.2. Restoretothedefaults................................................................................................... 26

4.3. View ................................................................................................................................................. 27

4.3.1. Data.......................................................................................................................................... 27
4.3.2. Eventlog................................................................................................................................ 29

4.4. LoginandLogout .................................................................................................................... 29

4.5. Help .................................................................................................................................................. 31

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1.WatchPowerOverview

1.1. Introduction
WatchPowerisaninvertermonitoringsoftwarewhichcanmonitormultipledevicesvia

serialportatthesametime.ThemajorfunctionsofWatchPowermonitoringsoftware

includedatalogfordevices,alarmmessages,faultmessages,andparametersetting

fordevices.

1.2. Features
l Automaticandrealtimedataacquisitionofdevicesandsecureddatalogsaving

l Graphicdisplayofdevicedataforquickandeasyreading

l Warningnotificationsorfaultalarmsviamobilemessenger,traymessageand

email

l Easydiagnosisfromeventstatistics

l Supportsonlineupgradeandmanuallyupgrade

2.WatchPowerInstallandUninstall

2.1. SystemRequirement
l 512MBphysicalmemoryatleast(1GBisrecommended)

l 2GBharddiskspaceatleast

l Administratorauthorityisrequired

l More than 32bit colors and 1280 x 800 or above resolution display is

recommended

l Anavailablecommunicationportisneeded

l Platformssupportedbysoftwarearelistedbelow:

WindowsXP/2000/2003/Vista/2008(32bit&64bit)

Windows7/8(32bit&64bit)

WindowsSBS2011

LinuxRedHat8,9

LinuxRedHatEnterpriseAS3,AS5,AS6(32bit)

LinuxRedHatEnterpriseAS6(64bit)

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 LinuxRedHatEnterprise5.2(32bit&64bit)

LinuxSUSE10(32bit&64bit)

LinuxCentOS5.4(32bit)

LinuxUbuntu8.X,9.X,10.X(32bit)

LinuxUbuntu10.X(64bit)

LinuxUbuntu12.04(32bit&64bit)

LinuxFedora5

LinuxOpenSUSE11.2(32bit&64bit)

LinuxDebian5.x,6.x(32bit)

LinuxDebian6.x(64bit)

2.2. SoftwareInstall

Step1 Afterclickinginstall,itwilldisplaytheinstallationinprocess.Refertothe

diagram21.

Diagram21

Step2 ChoosewantedlanguageandclickOKasdiagram22.

Diagram22

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Step3 ClickNexttoproceedtothenextscreenasDiagram23.

Diagram23

Step4 ClickChoosebuttontochangethedefaultfolder.Afterchoosingtheinstalled

folder,clickNextbutton.Refertothefollowingdiagram24.

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Diagram24

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Step5 ChoosetheshortcutfolderandclickNextbutton.Refertothefollowing

diagram25.

Diagram25

Step6 Itwilldisplaythesoftwaresummarybeforeinstallation.ClickInstallbutton

tostarttheinstallationandrefertoDiagram26.

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 Diagram26

Step7 Installationisprocessing.RefertoDiagram27.

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 Diagram27

Step8 ClickDonebuttontoconfirmtheinstallationcompletely.RefertoDiagram

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Diagram28

Note:Pleaseuninstallthepreviousversionbeforeinstallingthenewversionsoftware.

2.3. SoftwareUninstall
PleasechooseStart>>AllPrograms>>WatchPower>>Uninstall.Then,followthe

onscreeninstructiontouninstallthesoftware.

Note:Beforeuninstallingsoftware,youmuststopallsoftwareprogramsfirstandlogin

asAdministrator!Otherwise,itcan'tbeuninstalledcompletely.

3.TrayApplication
3.1. Startup
TheInstallerwillleaveashortcuticoncalledWatchPoweronyourdesktop.Referto

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Diagram31.Simplydoubleclicktheshortcuticon.Then,itwillstartthesoftwareand

display a service icon located in tray. It will pop up function menu by clicking right

buttonofthemouse.Refertobelowdiagram32.

Diagram31

Diagram32

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3.2. Configuration

3.2.1.SoftwareUpgrades
RefertoDiagram33forthedetailedconfigurationforonlineupgrade:

l Specify the URL for update files: This is the directory to online update

software. Please do not change it unless its instructed by software

manufacturer.

l Savefilesto:Thedirectorytosavefilesinyourharddrive.

l Onlineautoupdate:Ifselected,itwillautomaticallycheckifthere isany

newversionlaunchedonlineevery1hour.

l Ifapplyingonlineupgrade,pleasefollowbelowforconfiguration:

1. SelectApplytheproxyconfiguration.

2. EnterIPaddressandportofserver.

3. IfIDidentificationisrequested,selectEnableauthenticationandenter

UserNameandPassword.

l Connectiontest:Clickthisbuttontotestifallconfigurationsaresetupwell.

Diagram33

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3.2.2.ConfigurationSaved
ClickApplybuttontosaveallchangesinConfigurationpage.ClickCanceltostopthe

change.

3.3. SoftwareUpgrade
Softwareupgradesincludesonlineupgradeandmanuallyupgrade.

l OnlineUpgrade:

Click Online Upgrade to search the latest software version. If there is new

version,itwillautomaticallydownloadandupgrade.RefertoDiagram34.

Diagram34

l ManuallyUpgrade:

Userscanmanuallyupgradethesoftware.Followbelowsteps:

1ClickManuallyUpgradefromfunctionmenu.RefertoDiagram35.

Diagram35

2Click Browse to choose file directory. Then, click Upgrade to upgrade

software.RefertoDiagram36.

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 Diagram36

3.4. IconandSoftwareStatus
l Connectingdevices: and willrotateasananimation

l When receiving event message with devices connected: will flash for

reminder

l When receiving event message without devices connected: will flash for

reminder

3.5. MessageBoard
Userscancheckmessageboardforeventlist.RefertoDiagram37

Diagram37

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3.6. Exit
ClickExittoexistserviceapplication.

4.GUIInterface

TherearefivesectionsinGUIinterfaceasmarkedintheillustrationbelow:

Diagram41

A.FunctionMenuofferscompletetoolsetfornavigatingandsettingtheGUI.

B.ShortcutMenuprovidesshortcutstomorecommonlyusedfunctions.

C.InverterNavigationindicatesalldevices.

D.CurrentMonitoringInformationdisplaysUserID,monitoredinverterID.

E.MainWindow displayspowerflow,operationinformation,deviceinformation

andratedinformationofcurrentmonitoredinverter.RefertoDiagram42.

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 Diagram42

1Powerflow:

Therearefivedeviceicons:solarpanel,battery,inverter,loadandtheutility.It

displaysdynamicpowerflowwiththesefivedeviceicons.

PoweronandStandbymode:InverterwontpowertheloaduntilONswitchis

pressed.QualifiedutilityorPVsourcecanchargebatteryinstandbymode.

PoweronMode

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 StandbyMode

Line mode:Inverter will powertheloadfromutility.QualifiedutilityorPVsource

canchargebattery.

LineMode

Batterymode:InverterwillpowertheloadfrombatteryorPVpanel.OnlyPV

sourcecanchargebattery.

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 BatteryMode

Faultmode:Somefaultsoccurredininverterandnopoweroutputfrominverter.

QualifiedutilityorPVsourcestillcanchargebattery.

FaultMode

2BasicInformation:

It displays information of AC voltage, AC frequency, PV input voltage, Battery

voltage, Battery capacity, Charging current, Output voltage, Output frequency,

Outputapparentpower,Outputactivepower,andLoadpercent.

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 3Productinformation:

Productinformation displays Modetype,Topology,MainCPUversionandSecondary

CPUversion.

4Ratedinformation:

RatedinformationdisplaysinformationofNominalACvoltage,NominalACcurrent,

Ratedbatteryvoltage,Nominaloutputvoltage,Nominaloutputfrequency,Nominal

outputcurrent,NominaloutputapparentpowerandNominaloutputactivepower.

4.1. WatchPowerConfiguration

4.1.1.Basic
Itistosetupparametersfordisplay.SelectWatchPowerConfiguration>>Basic.Refer

toDiagram43.

Diagram43

1. Pagerefreshinterval:Thisintervaltimewilldeterminehowlongthewebpageis

refreshed. Setting range is from 5 to 600 seconds. The default setting is 5

seconds.

2. Devices scan interval: This interval time will determine how long to scan

connecteddevices.Thesettingrangeisfrom5to600seconds.Thedefaultsetting

is5seconds.

3. Recordinterval:Thisintervaltimewilldeterminehowlongtorecordmonitoring

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 dataofinvertersintodatabase. Thesettingrangeisfrom30to600seconds.The

differencebetweeneachoptionis30seconds.Thedefaultsettingis60seconds.

4. Date format: This system supports 4 different formats, YYYYMMDD,

YYYY/MM/DD, MMDDYYYY and MM/DD/YYYY. The default setting is

YYYYMMDD.

Ifanychangeismade,simplyclickApplybutton.Then,thesettingwillbesaved.

4.1.2.Password
Itspasswordconfigurationforadministratoronly.Beforeoperatingandconfiguringthe

software, please login first and modify the password. The default password is

administratoratfirstlogin.Userscanonlybrowseinverterstatusandinformation

as Guest without login as an Administrator. A guest can not control or execute any

setting.

Step1 SelectWatchPowerConfiguration>>Password.RefertoDiagram44.

Diagram44

Step2 Enteroldpassword,newpassword,andretypenewpasswordinconfirm

passwordcolumntomodifypasswordforadministrator.Thepasswordshould

beatleast6digits.Then,clickApplybuttontosuccessfullymodifypassword

foradministrator.

NOTE1:SimplyclickLoginbuttononthetoprightcornertologinthesoftware.

NOTE2:Ifpasswordisforgotten,itsnecessarytoreinstallthesoftware.

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4.1.3.SMSSetting
ItstoenterSMSreceiverlist.Intheeventofanalarmconditionoccurring,amessage

aboutinverterstatuswillbesenttothespecifiedusersviamobilephone.Fortheevent

receivinglist,pleaseconfigureinEventActioncolumn(refertosection4.1.5).

Step1 ChooseWatchPowerConfiguration>>SMSSetting.RefertoDiagram45.

Diagram45

Step2 Selectcommunicationportandbaudrate.

Step3 EntermobilephonenumbersinPhoneno.columnandclickAddbuttonto

addphoneno.inReceiversList.Todeletenumbers,simplyselectphoneno.

fromReceiverslistandclickDelete.

Step4 ClickApplybuttontosaveallchanges.TheTestbuttoncanbeusedtosend

atestSMStomakesurethesettingiscorrect.Ifallparametersaresetup

correctly,systemwillsendatestmessagetoallreceiversandpopupa

successfulmessage.(RefertoDiagram46)Otherwise,itwillpopupafailure

dialogtoindicatethereisanerrorforparametersetting.(RefertoDiagram

47)

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 Diagram46

Diagram47

NOTE:ItsrequiredtopluginaGSMmodemifsendingaSMStomobilephone.

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4.1.4.Email
ThisconfigurationisallowedtosendanalarmmailfromSMTPserver.Fortheevent

receivinglist,pleaseconfigureinEventActioncolumn(refertosection4.1.5).

Tousethisfunction,theemailservicemustbecorrectlyconfiguredinthecomputer.All

valuesinthisfunctionpagearedefaultempty.Thisactioncantbeexecutedwithoutthe

SMTPinformation,emailaccount,andpassword.Besides,thesenderaccountshould

beallowedforSMTP/POP3forwarding.

Step1 SelectWatchPowerConfiguration>>Email.RefertoDiagram48.

Diagram48

Step2 EnterSMTPserver,Port,SendfromEmailaddress,Usernameandpassword.

Clickcheckboxifpasswordauthenticationisneededtoverifypassword.

NOTE:IfusingExchangeServerformailboxsystem,itsrequiredtoconfigure

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 ExchangeserverdomainnameinSMTPserver.Beside,pleaseclick

checkboxofExchangeserver"andclick"Apply"button.

Step3 Enterreceivers'emailaccountsinEmailcolumn.Then,clickAddtoaddinto

Receiverslist.Todeleteemailaccount,simplyselectaccountsfromReceivers

listandclickDeletebutton.

Step4 ClickApplytosaveallchanges.TheTestbuttoncanbeusedtosendatest

emailtoallreceiverstoconfirmcorrectoperation.Whenthetestemailsare

successfullysenttospecificrecipients,itwillpopupasuccessfulmessageon

operatedpersonalcomputer.Otherwise,itwillpopupafailuredialogto

indicatethereisanerrorforparametersetting.

4.1.5.Eventaction
Its to configure response actions for events. It provides six response actions after

eventsoccur.

1.Eventrecord:Itwillrecordeventtodataloginsoftwareaftereventsoccur.

Thisfunctionisdefaultselected.

2.Warningmessage(s):Itwillsendeventmessagetotray.

3.SMS:Itwillsendtheeventmessagetospecificmobilephonenumbersafter

eventsoccur.

4.Email:Itwillsendtheeventemailtoassignedemailaccountsafterevents

occur.

Step1 SelectWatchPowerConfiguration>>Eventactions.RefertoDiagram49.

Step2 Selectactionmethodsbyclickingcheckbox.

Step3 ClickApplybuttontosaveallconfigurations.

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 Diagram49

NOTE1: When modifying receiver list in SMS or email columns, its necessary to

refreshtheeventactionpagetoreloadtheupdatedreceiverlist.

4.1.6.Com.portPlugAndPlaySetting
Torealtimemonitorinverterdevice,itwillscaneachcom.portanytime.Inthis

way, it will occupy communication ports. This function will release some

communicationportswhicharenotconnectedwithdevices.Toavoidanyimproper

operation, inused communication ports will be displayed in disabled greyicons.

Users can select "Allow scanned" to rescan or "Forbid scanned" to release

communicationportsbasedontheirrequirements.

Step1:SelectWatchPowerconfiguration>>Com.portplugandplaysetting.Refer

toDiagram410.

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 Diagram410

Step2:ClickRefreshtoreloadthestatusofcom.ports.

Step 3: Click Forbid scanned to stop scanning on this com. port. Click Allow

scannedtostartscanningonthiscom.port.

4.2. Devicecontrol

4.2.1.ParameterSetting

SelectDeviceControl>>ParameterSettingorselectshortcuticon .Referto

Diagram411.

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 Diagram411

Step1 ConfigurethefunctionsbyclickingEnableorDisablebutton.It'salso

allowedtochangethenumbersbyclickingupdownarrowsormodifythe

numbersdirectlyinthenumbercolumn.

Step2 ClickApplybuttontosavethesettings.Eachfunctionsettingissavedby

clickingeachApplybutton.

l Buzzeralarm:Ifdisabled,buzzerwontbeonwhenalarm/faultoccurred.Atthe

sametime,thebuttontonewillbedisabled.Viceversa.

l Powersavingmode:Ifdisabled,outputwillbeoncontinuouslywhendeviceis

operatedinbatterymode.Ifenable,outputwillbeonintermittentlytodetectif

thereisloadconnected.Iftheloadisdetected,theinverterwillprovideoutput

power.Onthecontrary,iftheloadisnotdetected,theoutputofinverterwillbeoff

untilloadreachesacertainlevel.Checkproductmanualformoredetails.

l Backlight:Ifdisabled,LCDbacklightwillbeoffwhenpanelbuttonisnotoperated

for1minute.Viceversa.

l Overloadautorestart:Ifdisabled,theunitwontberestartedafteroverloadoccurs.

Viceversa.

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l Overtemperatureautorestart:Ifdisabled,theunitwon'tberestartedafter

overtemperaturefaultissolved.Viceversa.

l Beepswhileprimarysourceinterrupt:Ifenabled,buzzerwillalarmwhenprimary

sourceisabnormal.Viceversa.

l Overloadbypass:Ifenable,unitwilltransfertolinemodewhenoverloadhappened

inbatterymode.Viceversa.

l Chargersourcepriority:Clickupdownarrowstosetupchargersourcepriority.

Thereare3options:utilityfirst,solarfirstandsolarandutility.Seeproductmanual

forworkingdiagramoftheseoptions.

l Outputsourcepriority:Clickupdownarrowstosetupoutputsourcepriority.There

are3options:utilityfirst,solarfirstandSBU.Seeproductmanualforworking

diagramoftheseoptions.

l ACinputrange:Clickupdownarrowstosetupsuitableinputrangeforconnected

devices. Whenselecting"Appliance",it'sallowedtoconnecthomeappliances.

Whenselecting"UPS",it'sallowedtoconnectpersonalcomputer.Forthedetailed

inputrangeforconnecteddevices,pleasecheckproductmanual.

l Batterytype:Selectconnectedbatterytype.Therearetwooptions,AGMand

Flooded.Pleaserefertoproductmanualforchargingparameterofthesetwo

batterytypes.

l Outputfrequency:Nominaloutputfrequency,50Hzand60Hzselectable.

l BacktogridvoltageforSBUpriority:IfuserselectSBUoutputpriority.Unitwill

transfertheoutputsourcetogridwhenbatteryvoltagedroptothepoint.

l Max.chargercurrent:Clickupdownarrowtosetupmaximumchargingcurrentfor

thisdevice.Maximumchargingcurrentineachmodelmaybedifferent.Pleaserefer

toproductmanualfortheinformation.

4.2.2.Restoretothedefaults
Thisfunctionisallowedtorestoreallsettingsbacktodefaultvalueandclearalldatain

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database.

SelectDevicecontrol>>Restoretothedefaults.ReferstoDiagram412

Diagram412

4.3. View

4.3.1.Data
Thisfunctionistobrowsetheworkingdataofinvertersavedindatasheets.

l Datasheets

SelectView>>Data>>Datasheetsorclickshortcuticon .RefertoDiagram417.

Selectbrowseddeviceandperiodtodisplayinthescreen.ClickBrowsetogetresult.

Print:Printthelisteddatatable.

Delete:SelectspecificdataandclickDeletebuttontodeletetherecord.

Deleteall:ClickDeleteAllbuttontodeleteallrecordsinthelistedtable.

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 Export:ClickExportbuttontosavelistedtabletolocalPCin.PDFfile.

Diagram417

l Charts

SelectView>>Data>>Charts.RefertoDiagram418.

Selectbrowseddeviceandperiod.Then,click"Browse"togettheresult.

Diagram418

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4.3.2.Eventlog

SelectView>>Eventlogorclickshortcuticon toentereventlog.

It'stobrowsehistoryeventsaccordingtotimedurationselected. It listsalldetailed

informationandstatisticsforhistoryevents. RefertoDiagram420.

Delete:SelectspecificdataandclickDeletebuttontodeletetherecord.

Deleteall:ClickDeleteAllbuttontodeleteallrecordsinthelistedtable.

Export:ClickExportbuttontosavelistedtabletolocalPCin.PDFfile.

Diagram420

4.4. LoginandLogout

Thisshortcuticon istodisplaytheloginstatus.Whenicon isdisplayed,it

means user status is guest. When icon is displayed, it means user logins as
administrator.

Click icon and enter password to login the software. The default password is
administrator.RefertoDiagram422.

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 Diagram422

Clickicon tologout.Then,thestatuswillbecometo"guest".RefertoDiagram
423.

Diagram423

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4.5. Help
l About:ClickHelpmenuandselectAboutitem.Itrepresentsthecopyright

informationaboutsoftware

l Help: Click Help menu and select Online help item. It will open the help

manual.Beforeoperatingsoftware,pleasereadmanualcarefully.

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