IQ Gateway-M Installation and
Operation
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4. Energize and Update the IQ Gateway
a.
Close the terminal block door and secure it with the screw.
b.
Turn on the circuit feeding the IQ Gateway.
c.
All four LEDs flash
red
during boot up (approximately 3 minutes). This typically takes 2 to 3 minutes.
When boot up is complete, the Microinverter Communications LED flashes
red
indicating that that
microinverters are not yet detected.
5. Detect the Microinverters
Use one of the following methods to detect microinverters.
Method A: Provision Microinverters with Installer Toolkit
Use the Installer Toolkit mobile app to configure the IQ Gateway with the serial numbers of the installed
microinverters.
a.
Launch Installer Toolkit and tap View Systems.
b.
Select the system you are working with or tap [+] to add a system.
c.
Connect to the IQ Gateway with your mobile device as described in the side note.
d.
Return to Installer Toolkit. If the serial number for the IQ Gateway you are installing is not displayed on
the System Overview screen, tap the [+] next to the word “Envoys”. When the app displays the serial
number of the IQ Gateway, tap it to add it to the system.
e.
Create the arrays and scan the serial numbers from the installation map as instructed by the Installer
Toolkit Operation Manual at
enphase.com/support
f.
Tap the Connect button. This provisions the scanned
microinverters on the IQ Gateway.
g.
When prompted, confirm the number of microinverters that
you installed.
h.
The Microinverter Communications LED lights solid green if
all of the provisioned devices are communicating or solid red
if any devices are not communicating.
Method B: Discover Microinverters with Installer
Toolkit
Use the Installer Toolkit mobile app to set the number of
microinverters the IQ Gateway should search for on the power line.
For more information, see the Installer Toolkit Operation Manual at
enphase.com/support.
a.
Use the Installer Toolkit mobile app to set the number of
microinverters the IQ Gateway should search for on the
power line. For more information, see the Installer Toolkit
Operation Manual at
enphase.com/support
.
b.
Connect to the IQ Gateway with your mobile device as described in the side note.
c.
Launch Installer Toolkit and tap
Connect to an Envoy
.
d.
When prompted, enter the number of microinverters that you installed.
e.
When prompted to start a device scan, tap
OK
.
The Microinverter Communications LED
flashes green while scanning. It lights solid green when all
the microinverters you installed are communicating or solid red if any devices are not communicating.
Method C: Discover Microinverters with the IQ Gateway
If you are not using the Enphase Installer App, press the
Device Scan
button on the IQ Gateway. With
this method, the Envoy searches the power line for 15 minutes, but does not know how many
NOTE
: Connecting to IQ
Gateway with a Mobile Device
(smart phone or tablet):
The
Envoy’s AP (Access Point)
Wi-Fi network allows you to
connect your mobile device to
the IQ Gateway. The AP Mode
LED
lights solid green
when the network is available.
•
On the IQ Gateway if the AP
Mode LED
is not lit,
press the AP Mode button.
•
On your mobile device, go
to Settings and join the Wi-
Fi network “Envoy_nnnnnn”
(where
“nnnnnn” represents
the final six digits of the
Envoy serial number).
