The Cable Plan

The cable plan is valid for the mounting surface that is currently the focus. You can create individual cable plans for the other mounting surfaces in the project (if existent).

-> Prerequisites:

A completed PV system must be present in order to create a cable plan. That means that the PV modules must be connected to an inverter.

The workspace cable plan consists of 5 toolbar parts:

Display of the cable plan using the "Views" toolbar

Display/do not display module cable (black).

Display/do not display string cable, DC trunk cable and DC main cable (red/blue).

Display string color/ only display black/white for optimization of the printout

The cable plan in the editor

Hold down the middle mouse button to shift the view.

If you move the mouse pointer over a cable node, the following information will be displayed:

Description of the cable node
Number of ingoing and outgoing cables
Number of module strings connected with the cable nodes
Additionally for cable grommets: distance to the inverter

String identifier
1st digit = inverter number
2nd digit = MPP tracker number
3rd digit = string number

Side menu for the cable plan

The side menu for the cable plan comprises two areas:

Top: tree view of the configuration with the button bar

All module configurations of all systems in the project are displayed in the top side menu.
When you select a system, the view will change to the associated coverable object.

The tick indicates that the electrical node has been completed.
The string cable cross section indicates the cross section of module connector and string cables.
-> Also see cable losses

The module strings can be selected and edited here.
MultiSelect allows you to select any combination of system parts (MPP tracker, WRs, part systems, strings).

Various different actions can be carried out respective of the selection:

Context menu - electric nodes

Cabling with ...

Set cable cross-section

Change polarity

--> Links the selection with a cable node

Set the cross section of the string

--> Transpose positive and negative polarity

Remove

Remove all cables

--> Deletes the selected module cable and string cable

--> Deletes all cables in the cable plan

These actions are also located in the button bar in the side menu.

Context menu - without selection

Remove cable plan

--> Deletes the entire cable plan of the visible mounting surface.

-> Also see: Edit module configuration (side menu)

Bottom: tree view of the cable nodes with the button bar

Select and edit cable nodes over the tree view. Multiple cable nodes can also be selected for editing by Multiselect. Various different actions can be carried out irrespective of the selection:

Context menu - cable nodes

Cabling with ...
Set cable cross-section
Rename

Connect automatically

Edit

--> Links the selected cable nodes with a cable node

--> Opens the cable node dialog window

--> Rename the cable node

--> Determining the target node of an automatic cabling

--> Opens the cable node dialog window

Remove

Removes all cable nodes

--> Deletes the selected cable node(s)

--> Delete all cable nodes

These actions are also located in the button bar in the side menu with the exception of Connect automatically.