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Revision Date: <<11-17-2025>>
Author:  <<Tom Danaher>>
 
Download the PVA Data Analysis Tool version 6.1.1 and the required Security Certificate:
 
 
1) Navigate to the downloaded certificate and double-click on the ‘.cer’ file
2) Select ‘Install Certificate’, click OK
3) Select 'Current User', click OK
4) Select 'place all the certificates in the following store', click 'browse'
5) Browse to and select 'Trusted Publishers', click OK
6) Click 'Next' to finish out of the installation wizard
 
Install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for x64:

Using the Fluke Solmetric PVA Data Analysis Tool

1) "Unblock" the file

2) Required Microsoft Office Trust Center settings

3) How-to video link

‘Unblock’ the PVA-DAT:

  1. Before moving or copying the file, open the Downloads folder in File Explorer
    1. Right-click on the file (0a0e841d-821c-4af6-a09a-b3860102456a_original file.xlsm)
    2. Select ‘Properties’
    3. At the bottom of the Properties 'General' tab, check the ‘unblock’ option
    4. Click 'Apply' and 'OK'.




Trust Center Settings
Go to File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings

1) ActiveX Settings

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2) Macro Settings

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3) YouTube video introduction to using the PVA-DAT program (version 5.8 and above):

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCc6DNcgSM8
(Solmetric Channel)

 

 
 
Keywords: Solar, PV, Data Analysis
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