I've done it twice without a smart phone or tool
kit. Both times, Enphase tech support walked me
though it. The second time it went smoothly. It
takes an ethernet cable from a laptop to the
Envoy. It really is fairly straight forward if it
goes the way it should, which may or may not be the case.
At 09:27 PM 10/16/2017, you wrote:
To clarify Jason's point, there is a way to
connect the Envoy to a WiFi network without
using the Installer Toolkit app. You can hold
the top button down for 3 or 4 seconds, which
will put the Envoy into WPS mode. If the home's
router also has a WPS button, you can also hold
that button down for a couple seconds to start
WPS mode on the router. If the two buttons are
pushed within a couple minutes of each other,
then a WiFi connection will be established
without having to enter the WiFi password
manually. One advantage of WPS is that the
Envoy will maintain a connection to the router
even if the WiFi password is later changed.
Cordially,
Nick Soleil
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It's certainly not ideal, but you can put the Envoy in device scan mode
using the buttons, then log into Enlighten using the customer's computer,
create a system activation, enter the Envoy number, and it should show you
all of the microinverter serial numbers found in the Array Builder. This is
how we always used to do it.
You would need to establish an Internet connection using an Ethernet cable
or an Ethernet bridge. I don't think you can connect the Envoy to Wi-Fi
without the Installer Toolkit. On the old Envoy's we used USB sticks for
Wi-Fi, but the new ones have built-in Wi-Fi.
So in short, the Installer Toolkit is light years better, but it isn't 100%
necessary. If you want Wi-Fi you need the Installer Toolkit.
Jason Szumlanski
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Nick Soleil <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
>
> Give me a call and we can discuss. I wouldn't try to configure the system
> without access to the Installer Toolkit app. If you don't have a smart
> phone, then you can use an ITouch or IPad to perform the system
> configuration.
>
>
> Cordially,
>
> Nick Soleil
>
> Enphase Energy | Product Manager, Envoy and IQ Accessories
>
>
> (707) 763-4784 x7267 // office
>
> (707) 321-2937 // cell
>
>
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>
>
> Energy Evolved<http://enphase.com>
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> ________________________________
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> of frenergy <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 10:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Enphase and Smart? phone
>
> Wrenches,
>
> Anyone know if you HAVE to have a smart phone to fire up
> and monitor an Enphase system? If there is no smart phone, can you use
> the customer's computer? I searched around the Enphase site and
> couldn't find info on this....emailed them also but no answer yet. If
> there are links, that might help also.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> Feather River Solar Electric
>
>
>
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