Installation Manual

RJ45 Pin #

Wire Color

10Base-T Signal

100Base-TX Signal

T568B T568A

7 White/Brown White/Brown Reserved

8 Brown Brown Reserved

Figure 26: Standard cable wiring

7. Useapre-crimpedcabletoconnectviagland#1totheRJ45plugontheinverter'scommunication

boardor,ifusingaspoolofcable,connectasfollows:

a. Insertthecablethroughthegland.

b. Removethecable’sexternalinsulationusingacrimpingtoolorcablecutterandexposeeight

wires.

c. InserttheeightwiresintoanRJ45connector,asdescribedinFigure26

d. Useacrimpingtooltocrimptheconnector.

e. ConnecttheEthernetconnectortotheRJ45portonthecommunicationboard.

Figure 27: The RJ45 Ethernet connection

8. Fortheswitch/routerside,useapre-crimpedcableoruseacrimpertoprepareanRJ45

communicationconnector:InserttheeightwiresintotheRJ45connectorinthesameorderasabove

(Figure26).

9. ConnectthecableRJ45connectortotheRJ45portoftheEthernetswitchorrouter.

Youcanconnectmorethanoneinvertertothesameswitch/routerortodifferentswitches/routers,

asneeded.EachinvertersendsitsmonitoreddataindependentlytotheSolarEdgemonitoring

platform.

The inverter connection does not support RX/TX polarity change. Supporting crossover Ethernet cables depends on the

switch capabilities.

Chapter 6: Setting Up Communication

Single Phase Inverter with HD-Wave Technology Installation MAN-01-00306-1.1