Configuration
This section describes plant configuration, device configuration, device replacement, and tariff configuration.
Plant configuration
You can set plant name, plant type, etc.
Procedure
1.Tap a plant listed on the home screen to enter the plant detail screen.
2.Tap the icon 
in the upper right corner of the detail screen, to enter the “Configuration” screen.
3.Select “Plant” to enter the corresponding screen.
4.Fill in the plant information.
Description of plant parameters
| Parameter | Description | End user | Distributor/installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant name* | Name of the plant | √ | √ |
| Plant type* | Type of the plant including residential PV plant, residential energy storage plant, commercial PV plant, and microgrid | √ | √ |
| Battery type** | Type of the battery including lithium battery and lead-acid battery | √ | √ |
| Battery capacity** | Capacity of the battery | √ | √ |
| Distributor/installer code*** | Fill in the distributor/installer code, so that the distributor/installer can view and manage the plant. | √ | √ |
| Owner’s phone or Owner’s email* | The first time you fill in the end user’s mobile phone number, the system will create an account for the end user and send a text message to the end user. The Distributor/installer creates plants for the end user and can manage the plants by default. | × | √ |
| Power installed | Installed power of PV modules | √ | √ |
| Creation date | Time of constructing the plant | √ | √ |
| Grid-connection date | Time at which the plant starts feed-in operation | √ | √ |
| Grid-connection type | Type of grid-connection including 100% feed-in, self-consumption, surplus electricity feeds to grid, zero export and off-grid | √ | √ |
| Time of connection | Time at which iSolarCloud starts to monitor the plant | √ | √ |
| Image | Upload plant picture | √ | √ |
| Country (region)* | Country (region) where the plant is located at | √ | √ |
| Plant time zone* | Time zone of the plant | √ | √ |
| Plant zip | Zip code of the place where the plant is located | √ | √ |
| Plant address* | Location of the plant, which can be added in two manners. Manual input: enter the plant location manually. Automatic obtaining: tap the icon  to automatically obtain current location or search for plant location, and tap “Confirm”. |
√ | √ |
| Delivery zip | Zip code of the place of the receiver | √ | √ |
| Delivery address | Address of receiver | √ | √ |
Note: * indicates fields that must be filled in.
** applicable only to residential energy storage plant and microgrid.
*** indicates fields that must be filled in for distributor/installer.
5.Tap “Confirm” in the lower part of the screen to finish the plant configuration.
Equipment configuration
You can add or delete communication devices on the device configuration screen.
1.Tap a plant listed on the home screen to enter the plant detail screen.
2.Tap the icon in the upper right corner of the detail screen, to enter the “Configuration” screen.
3.Select “Device” to enter the corresponding screen.
4.Perform the following operations according to actual conditions.
- Add device
1.Tap the icon 
in the upper right corner of the screen.
2.Scan the QR code on the communication module or manually input the serial number of the module. Tap “Confirm” after the QR code is recognized or the serial number input is correct.
3.Tap “Confirm” to finish the adding operation.
It takes 1 to 10 minutes to establish communication connection after the communication device is added. The newly added communication device will be displayed on the device configuration screen.
- Delete device
1.Select a to-be-deleted device, swiping left (iOS) or pressing and holding (Android).
2.Tap the icon 
(iOS) or “Delete” (Android), to delete the device.
- Querying device
1.Tap the icon
in the upper right corner of the screen.
2.Enter device name or S/N to view the corresponding devices.
- Modify device name
1.Tap the icon 
next to the device name.
2.Modify the device name and tap “Confirm”.
Device replacement
If plant device is faulty or it has been replaced on site, perform device replacement through the App.
You can replace communication device or inverter on the device replacement screen.
Procedure
1.Tap a plant listed on the home screen to enter the plant detail screen.
2.Tap the icon in the upper right corner of the detail screen, to enter the “Configuration” screen.
3.Select “Device replacement” to enter the corresponding screen.
4.Tap “Continue”.
5.Tap the icon 
under “Old device” to enter the “Add old device” screen. You can add old devices in the following two manners:
- Switch the “Communication device” tab and “Inverter” tab, and select desired to-be-replaced device from the device list under corresponding tab.
- Enter the inverter name or communication device serial number into the searching box.
6.Tap the icon 
in the upper right corner of the screen after selecting the to-be-replaced device, so as to successfully add the device.
7.Tap the icon 
under “New device” to enter the “Add new device” screen.
8.Scan the QR code on the communication module or inverter, or manually input the serial number of the device, to add the new device.
9.Tap “Start replacement” after confirming that the old device and new device are desired ones. Device replacement is completed once the instruction delivered successfully.
When replacing an inverter, you can tick "Power generation compensation to new device", so that the total power generation of the replaced device will be used as a compensation value of the new inverter.
Tariff
Tariff is used for revenue calculation. This section describes how to set specific electricity price and TOU tariff.
Procedure
Tap a plant listed on the home screen to enter the plant detail screen.
Tap the icon
in the upper right corner of the detail screen, to enter the “Configuration” screen.Select “Tariff” to enter the corresponding screen. The electricity price can be set to a specific value or Time-of-Use tariff.
- Set electricity price
1. Select a price unit.
2. Enter the feed-in price and consumption tariff according to actual conditions, and tap “Confirm”.
- Set Time-of-Use tariff
1. Select a price unit.
2. Turn on the feed-in price and consumption tariff switches as you need.
3. Tap “ADD TIME SEGMENT”, enter unit price, set start time and end time, and click “CONFIRM”.
4. Optionally, repeat the foregoing step to set Time-of-Use tariffs for multiple time segments within a day.
5. Tap “Other time” and enter unit price for other time segment.
6. Tap “Confirm”.
Tap the time segment to enter the "EDIT TARIFF" screen, on which you can modify and delete Time-of-Use tariff.
Time-of-Use tariff should cover 24 hours and be different in each time segment.
