{"id":132311,"date":"2021-04-07T03:41:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/?p=132311"},"modified":"2021-04-07T03:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:41:03","slug":"tech-tip-export-limitation-with-the-sma-data-manager-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/us\/tech-tip-export-limitation-with-the-sma-data-manager-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Export Limitation with the SMA Data Manager M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Export Limitation with the SMA Data Manager M\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_xfFeZbBmG-w\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xfFeZbBmG-w\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xfFeZbBmG-w\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT9M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-03-24T19:54:09Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xfFeZbBmG-w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xfFeZbBmG-w\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Export Limitation with the SMA Data Manager M<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xfFeZbBmG-w\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xfFeZbBmG-w\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Export Limitation with the SMA Data Manager M\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This video demonstrates the required equipment and configuration needed for setting up export limitation including net zero export. 0:00\u200b Start 0:11\u200b Introduction 1:50\u200b Example 2:51\u200b Meter Configuration 4:18\u200b Linking Meter to Data Manager 6:40 Configuring Export Limitation\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In this tech tip video, SMA Solar Academy Senior Technical Trainer Mike Mahon demonstrates the required equipment and configuration needed to set up export limitation, including net zero export. 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