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ZEN In-Home Monitor Reference Guide

© 2012 ZEN Technologies (Power and Energy) Pty Ltd 

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1. Controls

The ZEN In-Home Monitor has a dial on the right hand 
side of the monitor which can be turned, and/or clicked 
by pressing it inwards.

FIG 1. ZEN In-Home Monitor

Moving the selection frame

The selection frame indicates which menu item is 
currently selected. By turning the push button, you can 
move the selection frame to the next menu item or the 
previous menu item.

FIG 2. Selection frame  

When the selection frame is placed over a menu item, 
you can open the menu item by clicking the dial.

Selecting a button

When the selection frame is placed over a button the 
button becomes dark (see FIG 3.)

FIG 3. Forward (Fwd) key before and after selection

The Forward (Fwd) key will usually appear in the bottom 
right hand corner of the screen and is used to move you 
on to the next screen.

Navigating backwards in the menu

Using the arrow icon you can go backwards in the menu 
until the main menu is displayed. This icon usually 
appears in the top left hand corner of your screen.

 

By selecting the house icon, you will go straight to the 
main menu. This icon normally appears in the top right 
hand corner of your screen.

Summary of Contents for In-Home Monitor

Page 1: ...ZEN In Home Monitor Reference Guide ...

Page 2: ...ferred This specification and the information contained herein is provided on an AS IS basis and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law ZEN Technologies Power and Energy provides the document AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS and hereby disclaims all other warranties and conditions either express implied or statutory including but not limited to any if any implied warranties duties or condition...

Page 3: ...s 05 4 Resetting your ZEN In Home Monitor 06 5 Reconnecting the Monitor to the Inverter 07 5 1 Version A1 D1 Monitor Most likely 07 5 2 Version C1 E1 Monitor 08 6 Turning off Event Alerts 10 7 Programming the Annual Yield screen 10 8 Main Menu Information 10 8 1 Main Menu Screen 10 8 2 Complete PV System 10 9 Data Download 11 Table of Contents ...

Page 4: ...tion frame is placed over a menu item you can open the menu item by clicking the dial Selecting a button When the selection frame is placed over a button the button becomes dark see FIG 3 FIG 3 Forward Fwd key before and after selection The Forward Fwd key will usually appear in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and is used to move you on to the next screen Navigating backwards in the men...

Page 5: ...ons of each FIT are below for your reference NET FIT Your house will use the kilowatt hours kWh produced by your system first and then anything left over will be exported back into the grid You get paid for the kWh s that are exported back into the grid GROSS FIT All the kilowatt hours kWh produced by your system are exported back into the grid and your house uses electricity from the national gri...

Page 6: ...e zone menu will appear Click once Scroll upwards until you get to 10 Canberra Melbourne Sydney and click once Check date is correct if not click to select day scroll dial to adjust click to move to month repeat for all options then click until nothing is highlighted Scroll downwards to Daylight Saving Time and click once to tick box leave un ticked if not currently daylight savings Check time is ...

Page 7: ...art Detection box is highlighted in black Click Start Detection Wait Detecting all systems within range If Detecting all plants within range appears instead of systems please go down to Section Version C1 Monitor If detection failed appears ensure you are within a couple of meters to the inverter and move closer if necessary Systems found menu will appear and should read NetID followed by a number...

Page 8: ...er if necessary Plants found menu will appear and should read NetID followed by a number If detection failed appears ensure you are within a couple of meters of the inverter and move closer if necessary and retry connection Click NetID Wait Establishing Connection to the plant with the following NetID scroll bar will appear Establishing connection screen with scroll bar Devices found menu will app...

Page 9: ...e correct month Click once to select year and scroll to the correct year Click once to un highlight Date Scroll down to Daylight Saving Time Click once to select Daylight savings tick will appear Scroll down to Time and click this will highlight the hour Scroll to correct hour Click once to select minute and scroll to correct minute Click once to un highlight Time Scroll down to Arrow key so the b...

Page 10: ...wer saving mode Click once to get to the Main Menu screen In order to select any of the options in the Main Menu scroll up or down to highlight the relevant screen and click once to select 8 2 Complete PV System Scroll downwards to get to the next screen upwards to go back to the previous screen First Screen Power today Shows the amount of power generated so far for that day Second Screen Power ye...

Page 11: ...ollowing instructions If you have any issues with downloading of information please contact SMA directly on their toll free no 1800 762 287 Connect the ZEN In Home monitor to the computer with the supplied USB connection cable No software is required The monitor registers on the computer as a USB device A drive is added to the computer which should appear automatically SBEAM 2 DAT If file does not...

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