Fimer (ABB) Inverter – Setup WiFi Monitoring
To setup wifi morning for your ABB Inverter:
- Access Wi-Fi network settings on your computer or smartphone. ABB should appear in the list of available networks, connect to it. The default password is ABBSOLAR. This password will change to your inverter’s Product Key 24 hours after the inverter is powered on.
- Your inverter is now connected to the ABB network. Open the internet browser on your device and type the IP address 192.168.117.1 into the address bar.
- A page will appear to set up an administrator username and password, then select ‘NEXT’.
- Select the drop-down menu under ‘IP SETTINGS’ and set to DHCP. If you choose to allocate a fixed IP address, then select ‘STATIC’. Under ‘AVAILABLE NETWORK’, select your home network, enter your password, then select ‘CONNECT’.
- A confirmation message will appear, select ‘NEXT’. Another message will appear confirming you’re connected. Select ‘NEXT’.
- Date and time settings will appear, select relevant time zone and date, then select ‘NEXT’. Click the drop-down box under ‘Grid Standard’ and select AS4777 (Australia). If applicable, choose your input mode and meter then ‘END’.
- A test phase will run, and the inverter will reboot. A message will display that the connection has completed.
How to Set up Aurora Vision Account
- Access the Aurora Vision website: www.auroravision.net. Visit the login page and select ‘Sign up’. A list of instructions appears, read these, and select ‘NEXT’.
- Input your personal details into relevant fields and select ‘NEXT’. A confirmation email has sent to your inbox. Click the link in this email. This takes you to where you finish setting up your account.
- Input installer’s information and select ‘NEXT’.
- Register devices by inputting the MAC address for your inverter then select ‘I’M DONE’. The MAC address is on your router. Wait 15-20 minutes for the information to upload.
Setting up Plants & Registering Wi-Fi Logger – Aurora Vision
Creating A New Plant:
- Access www.auroravision.net and log in. Click on ‘Account Preferences’ next to the search function (grey head symbol). Select ‘Administration’.
- Select ‘PLANTS’ 🡪 ‘PLANT GROUPS’ 🡪 ‘ADD NEW’. Enter the plant name under ‘PLANT GROUP NAME’. Then click ‘NEXT’ 🡪 ‘SAVE’. Your plant name will appear in the PLANT GROUPS section.
- Select ‘ADD NEW PLANT’ in the ‘PLANTS’ section. Enter relevant information of the plant then select the arrow button. Add the latitude and longitude of the site location.
- The plant will appear in the ‘PLANTS’ section. Click and move it to the plant group you created then click ‘SAVE’.
Registering Logger
- Select ‘REGISTER LOGGER’ and add the MAC address from the inverter label, click ‘CONTINUE’.
- Click the relevant plant from drop-down menu then select ‘ASSOCIATE’. Click ‘HOME’ 🡪 ‘PLANT PORTFOLIO MANAGER’, then select the plant created.
Establishing USERS
- Select ‘ADMINISTRATION’ 🡪 ‘USERS’, then fill in the user’s information. Select the relevant plant group plus privilege role for the user. Select ‘CREATE’.
- Click on the user and their information will display. Select ‘RESET PASSWORD’ then add the generic password, ABBsolar1!.
- Now you can email the USERID and password to intended recipient, they will be instructed to change the password.
Easy guide to Setup Wifi Monitoring
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what do i do when my inverters network options all greyed out and cannot be selected.?
hi,
I have just replaced my router and I have tried your instructions to get the new router connected but for some reason the wlan menu is greyed out and cannot be selected, so I cannot change the IP or the network. Any ideas on how to fix this??? ABB have nothing in their manual or on their websites.
hi,
I have just replaced my router and I have tried your instructions to get the new router connected but for some reason the wlan menu is greyed out and cannot be selected, so I cannot change the IP or the network. Any ideas on how to fix this??? ABB have nothing in their manual or on their websites.
**update**
for some silly reason you need to login as an administrator to change the wlan settings, thankfully I jagged the admin user/password.
Hi, I’ve changed my WiFi and my inverter UNO-DM-4.6-TL-PLUS of course is not able to connect to the new WiFi Network.
The problem is the the inverter did not switch automatically in Acess Point mode and is not providing a wi-fi networks.
In addition to that the inverter menu doesn’t show the section “WLAN Logger” where I should restore the AP Mode. What can I do?
Thanks a lot