Installation Manual

• Search for WLAN networks with your device.

• Select the SSID of the inverter SMA[serial number] in the list with the found WLAN

networks.

• Enter the inverter WLAN password. Within the first 10 operating hours, you must use the

standard WLAN password SMA12345. After the first 10 operating hours, you must use

the device-specific WLAN password (WPA2-PSK) of the inverter. The WLAN password

(WPA2-PSK) is printed on the type label.

3. Enter 192.168.12.3 or, if your device supports mDNS services, SMA[serial number].local

in the address line of the web browser and press the enter key.

Web browser signals a security vulnerability

After the IP address has been confirmed by pressing the enter key, a message might

appear indicating that the connection to the user interface of the inverter is not secure.

SMA guarantees that calling up the user interface is secure.

• Continue loading the user interface.

☑ The login page of the user interface opens.

5. Log into the user interface (see Section7.4, page52).

7.3.2 Establishing a Direct Connection via Ethernet

Requirements:

☐ The inverter must be commissioned.

☐ A computer with an Ethernet interface must be available.

☐ The inverter must be connected directly to a computer.

☐ One of the following web browsers must be installed: Firefox (as of version 25), Internet

Explorer (as of version 10), Safari (as of version 7), Opera (as of version 17) or Google

Chrome (as of version 30).

☐ The personal SMA Grid Guard code of the Installer must be available for the changing of

grid-relevant settings after completion of the first ten operating hours (see certificate

"Application for SMAGridGuard Code" at www.SMA-Solar.com).

File export via Safari web browser not possible

When using the Safari web browser, the exporting of files (e.g. saving the current inverter

configuration or exporting events) is not possible for technical reasons.

• Use a different supported web browser.

Procedure:

1. Tap on the enclosure lid of the Connection Unit and continue to switch up to the message E-IP:

xxx.xxx.xx.

2. Read off the displayed IP address for the direct connection via Ethernet and either remember it

or write it down.

3. Open the web browser of your device, enter the IP address in the address line of the web

browser and press the enter key.

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