MPP Solar Energy-Mate Inverter Monitoring App User Manual
- June 13, 2024
- MPP Solar
Table of Contents
MPP Solar Energy-Mate Inverter Monitoring App
Product Information
The Energy-Mate APP is a monitoring application for solar inverters. It is available for both iOS and Android devices and allows users to remotely monitor and control their solar inverters. All data loggers and parameters are saved in iCloud. The major functions of this APP include:
- Delivering device status during normal operation
- Configuring device settings after installation
- Notifying users when a warning or alarm occurs
- Allowing users to query inverter history data
Product Usage Instructions
Download and install APP
To download and install the Energy-Mate APP, please ensure that your
smartphone meets the following requirements:
- iOS system: iOS 9.0 and above
- Android system: Android 5.0 and above
Scan the provided QR code with your smartphone to download the Energy-Mate App.
Initial Setup
Step 1: Registration at first time
- After the installation, tap the shortcut icon on your mobile screen to access the APP.
- In the APP, tap “Register” to access the User Registration page.
- Fill in all the required information and scan the remote box PN by tapping the icon. Alternatively, you can enter the PN directly.
- The PN number is a 14-digit number located at the bottom side of the inverter.
- Tap “Sign up now” button to complete the registration process.
Step 2: Local Wi-Fi Configuration
- Tap the bottom menu “Me” (Personal Center) to access Networking Configuration.
- The networking configuration page will be displayed.
- Ensure that the device is powered on and connected to the device hotspot using your mobile phone.
- The connected Wi-Fi name should be the same as your Wi-Fi PN number.
- Enter the default password “12345678”.
- After successfully connecting the device to Wi-Fi, select the local Wi-Fi name and enter the password.
- The configuration is successful.
Tips:
- Ensure that the network signal is good and the network is unblocked.
- Routers in the 5G band are not supported. Please use routers in the 2.4G band.
- Make sure that the router password is correct.
Introduction
Energy-Mate is a new inverter monitoring APP, available for both iOS and
Android based device. It allows users to have complete and remote monitoring
and controlling experience for solar inverters. All data loggers and
parameters are saved in iCloud.
The major functions of this APP:
- Delivers device status during normal operation.
- Allows to configure device setting after installation.
- Notifies users when a warning or alarm occurs.
- Allows users to query inverter history data.
Energy-Mate App
Download and install APP
Operating system requirement for your smart phone:
- iOS system supports iOS 9.0 and above
- Android system supports Android 5.0 and above
Please scan the following QR code with your smart phone and download Energy- mate App.
Or you may find “Energy-mate” app from the Apple® Store and Google® Play Store.
Initial Setup
Step 1: Registration at first time
After the installation, please tap the shortcut icon to access this APP on
your mobile screen. In the screen, tap “Register” to access “User
Registration” page as shown in below chart. Enter the account registration
interface to access registered page as shown in the Figure 2. Fill in all
required information and scan the remote box PN by tapping 
icon. Or you can simply enter PN directly, as shown in Figure 3. The PN number
is 14 digits, which can be obtained from the bottom side of the inverter.
Refer to the Figure 4. Then, tap “Sign up now” button. 
After successful registration, it automatically enters the access “device” page. the account login interface is shown in Figure 5. The registered device has not been configured for networking and is not online.
Step 2: Local Wi-Fi Configuration
Click bottom menu “Me” (Personal Center) to access Networking Configuration as
shown in Figure 6.
The networking configuration page is displayed as shown in Figure 7. The device networking configuration requires the device to be powered on and connected to the device hotspot using the mobile phone, as shown in Figure 8. The connected Wi-Fi name is the same to your Wi-Fi PN number. Enter default password “12345678” as shown in
After connecting the device WiFi successfully, enter the network settings and select local WiFi name and enter the password as shown in Figure 9. and Figure 10. The setting is successful as shown in Figure 11.
Tips:
- Please ensure that the signal connected to the network is good and the network is unblocked.
- Currently, routers in 5G band are not supported. Please use routers in 2.4G Band.
- Make sure that the router password is correct.
Step 3: View the distribution results
Go back to the main interface of networking configuration and select
networking diagnosis, as shown in Figure 12.
Network diagnosis is successfully as shown in Figure 13. If network diagnosis fails, it will show as in Figure 14. If the network connection fails, reconfigure the network or restart the device.
After network configuration is successfully, you can view the device status as shown in Figure 15.
Tips:
- If the network configuration fails, troubleshoot the problem according to the repair suggestions on the actual page.
- Bluetooth pairing: Turn on “Bluetooth” in the “Settings” page of the mobile phone, return to the Energy-mate APP, and select the Bluetooth device with the device PN to connect.(Currently, this feature is not supported.)
Login and APP Main Function
Login to the APP
After finishing the registration and local Wi-Fi configuration, enter
registered name and password to login.
Tips: Tick “Remember me” for your login convenience afterwards.
After login is successfully, you can access “device” page to see device status
in device list under this registered account.
Tips: Tap the input text box (located on the top) to enter the PN number
on the device or scan the QR code to Search Device.
Delete device and Name Modification
Click “device name” to access the main page of monitored device. After tapping
the icon on the top right corner, two options will pop up: edit name and
delete device. When you click on the edit name, a blank input box will pop
out. Then, you can edit the name for your device and tap “Confirm” to complete
name modification. When you click to delete device, a dialog box will pop up
asking if you really want to delete the device, and click “Delete” to complete
it.
Add device
Tap the icon (Datalogger located on the bottom) to enter Device List page. You
can review all devices here by adding or deleting Wi-Fi Module in this page.
Tap icon on the top right corner and manually enter part number to add device.
This part number label is pasted on the bottom of inverter. After entering
part number, tap “Confirm” to add this device in the Device list shown as
below figures.
Tips: For more information about Device List, please refer to the section 2.4.
ME
In ME page, users can modify “My information”, including【Clear cache】, and
【Log-out】. You can also update and upgrade the version of the APP, and perform
network settings. Click on the profile picture to replace User’s Photo, and
click on the nickname to modify your “personal information”, including 【Nick
name】,【Modify password】,【Account cancellation】, 【E-mail】, shown as below
figures.
Device List
In Device list page, you can pull down to refresh the device information and
then tap any device you want to check up for its real-time status and related
information as well as to change parameter settings. Please refer to the
parameter setting list.
Note: From both the device list and the data collector list, you can
access to view device energy and related parameters
Device Management
Device List
Displays all devices under the account, and displays the status and basic
parameters of the devices.
Green icon indicates that the equipment is normal;
Gray icon indicates that the device is offline;
Red icon indicates equipment failure;
Yellow icon indicates device alerts;
Blue icon indicates the standby of the device.
Device Details
Real-Time power flow
In this page, you can view dynamic power flow chart of monitored device. It
contains five icons to present PV power, Device, load, Grid and battery. Click
these icons to view the related parameters shown as below figures.
In this page, you also can modify the parameter settings according to your needs. Click the Parameter settings icon to enter the parameter setting page. After setting the parameters, the monitoring homepage will display the parameters you have set
Statistics
You can view graphic chart representing the power generation, grid
electricity, battery capacity, load, as well as daily, monthly, annual, and
total power generation, electricity consumption, power purchase, power sale,
and charging/discharging.
Analysis
You can select one or more parameters of the device to view the power chart
for analysis and comparison.
Tips: On the parameter analysis page, you can select one or more device
parameters for analysis, shown as below figures.
Details
You can view the data details recorded by the device every five minutes.
Alarm
Tap the “Alarm” on the top to enter the device alarm page. You can view all
alarms and alarm details generated by the device. Displays all alert
information of an account, which can be filtered by time.
Device Information Data
Tap on device list or click in device homage, you can view information about
the digital collector and the digital collector connected to the device.
Browse 【Basic Info】 and 【Basic parameter】by swiping up and down. You can
modify the basic information of the device on this page and restart, debug,
and delete the data collector.
Tips: If you cannot view the real-time device data all the time, the possible reasons are as follows:
- Incorrect device model selection: you can change the device model.
- Incorrect device address: you can click to modify next to the device address to modify the device address;
【Basic Information】
Displays basic information of the PV inverter: inverter power rating,
installer information, installed date, country, installed address, time zone,
currency setting, calculated generation income, buying electricity price and
selling price.
【Basic parameter】
Displays information of datalogger model, datalogger PN, datalogger status,
firmware version, device quantity, online device quantity.
Parameter Setting
This page is to activate some features and set up parameters for PV inverters.
Please be noted that the listing in “Parameter Setting” page in below diagram
may differ from the models of monitored inverter.
There are 8 submenus: 【Output setting】,【Battery Parameter Setting】, 【Feed
network parameter setting】,【Enable/ Disable items】,【Other Settings】,【Restore
to the defaults】, 【Time zone setting】, 【Wi-Fi Module configuration】to
illustrate.
There are two ways to modify setting.
- Listed options to change values by tapping one of it.
- Changing values by clicking arrows or entering the numbers directly in the column.
Each function setting is saved by clicking “Issued” button.
Please refer to below parameter setting list for an overall description and be
noted that the available parameters may vary depending on different models.
Please always see the original product manual for detailed setting
instructions.
Parameter setting list
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Output setting | Machine working mode setting |
| Solar Supply Priority | Solar energy distribution of priority |
| Battery parameter setting | Max pv input voltage |
| Min pv input voltage | Solar input lowest voltage |
| Set Solar input highest MPPT voltage | Solar input highest MPPT voltage |
| Set Solar input lowest MPPT voltage | Solar input lowest MPPT voltage |
| Maximum Charging Current | Battery maximum charge current |
| Max. AC Charging Current | Max. AC charging current |
| C.V voltage | Battery constant charge voltage(C.V.) |
| Float charge voltage | Battery float charge voltage |
| Battery Cut-off Voltage when grid is available | Battery weak voltage in hybrid |
mode
Battery Cut-off back Voltage when grid is available| Battery weak back voltage
in hybrid mode
Battery Cut-off Voltage when grid is unavailable| Battery under voltage
Battery Cut-off back Voltage when grid is unavailable| Battery under back
voltage
Max battery discharge current in hybrid mode| Battery discharge max current
LCD screen-saver start time| LCD sleep wait time
Battery under back SOC| Battery under back SOC
Battery under SOC| Battery under S0C
Battery weak back SOC in hybrid mode| Battery weak SOC in hybrid mode
Battery weak SOC in hybrid mode| Battery weak back SOC in hybrid mode
Feed network Parameter Setting| Max grid-connected voltage| AC input highest
voltage
Min grid- connected voltage| AC input lowest voltage
Max grid-connected Frequency| AC input highest frequency
Min grid-connected Frequency| AC input lowest frequency
Wait time before grid- connection| Wait time for feed power
Set feed-in reactive power| Feed-in reactive power
Max Grid-connected average Voltage| AC input long-time highest average voltage
Max feed-in power| Max power of feeding grid
feed-in power factor| Feed-in power factor
Auto-adjust PF with power
Auto-adjust PF when power rate reaches| Start power percentage of auto-
adjusting
Min PF value when power is 100%| Minimum PF value when power percentage reach
100%
Activate Li-Fe battery| Li-Fe battery self-test by charged at a time
Reactive power Auto-control Enable| Reactive power Auto-control Enable
Mute buzzer alarm| Mute buzzer beep
Mute buzzer in the standby mode| Mute buzzer beep in standby mode
Mute alarm in battery mode| Mute buzzer beep only on battery discharged status
Output N-line grounding in battery mode| N/G relay close in battery mode
Over voltage derating| De-rating power for Grid voltage
Over frequency derating| De-rating power for Grid frequency
Generator as AC input| Generator as AC input
Wide AC input range| Wide AC input range
Parallel for output| Parallel for output
BMS Battery Connect| BMS battery connect
Charging source
Remote turn on/off machine load| Remote turn on/off machine load
Load supply(PV is available)| Load supply(PV is available)
Load supply(PV is unavailable)| Load supply(PV is unavailable)
Allow to feed-in to the Grid| Allow to feed-in to the Grid
Allow battery to be connected to the grid when PV is available| Allow battery
to be connected to the grid when PV is available
Allow battery to be connected to the grid when PV is unavailable| Allow
battery to be connected to the grid when PV is unavailable
Start Time For Enable AC Charge Working| Start Time For Enable AC Charge
Working
Ending Time For Enable AC Charge Working| Ending Time For Enable AC Charge
Working
Start Time For Enable AC Charge Working 2| Start Time For Enable AC Charge
Working 2
Ending Time For Enable AC Charge Working 2| Ending Time For Enable AC Charge
Working 2
Start Time For Enable AC supply the load| Start Time For Enable AC supply the
load
Ending Time For Enable AC supply the load| Ending Time For Enable AC supply
the load
Set Date Time|
Restore to the default| This function is to restore all settings back to
default settings.
Time zone setting| This function is used to modify the time zone
Wi-Fi Module configuration| This function is used to reconfigure the network
or change the connection router.
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