Quick-Start Guide

1: Create Design

Select location using street

address or latitude-longitude

Hint: Can adjust map

position to center on

specific location

2: Create Design

(Mechanical and

Electrical)

4: Define

Condition Set

3: Upload

Shading

(Optional)

5: Run

Simulation &

View Report

2: Create Design (Mechanical)

Click to save and re-draw

modules

Draw Field Segment on

map by clicking corner to

create shape

Hint: Can create

multiple Field

Segments

Combiner Boxes

Inverters

2: Create Design (Electrical)

Important: You must

save wiring before

exiting the Designer

Click to automatically

generate wires, combiner

boxes, and inverters

Hint: Inverters and

combiner boxes can be

moved by dragging to a new

location

Define system

wiring rules

3: Import Shade Patterns from

SketchUp

Create 3D model of

obstructions in SketchUp

HelioScope Plugin available

under ‘Plugins’ menu

Hint: SketchUp model

should not have modules

(these are fully modeled

within HelioScope)

Select a project and click

‘Upload Shade Profile’

3: Verify Shade Patterns

in HelioScope

Patterns are generated for every

hour, on the 15th day of each month

The shade maps are overlaid on

the modules to determine which

modules are shaded

4: Create Condition Set

Choose weather file from the list

of nearby weather stations

Advanced: Can select shade patterns

or modify soiling, mismatch, and

temperature assumptions

Map shows the exact

location of each

ground-based station

5: Run Simulation

Hint: Can compare all reports

using these summary metrics

Select to view completed

annual report

Initiate simulation and

generate report

Thank You

For more information, download the full installation manual

here:

https://helioscope.folsomlabs.com/static/downloads/helioscop

e_user_manual.pdf

Website: https://helioscope.folsomlabs.com

Email: support@folsomlabs.com

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1269 S Van Ness #C

San Francisco, CA 94110