Installation Guide

Chapter 7: Setting Up Communication
PoweroptimizerssendinformationtotheinverterviatheDCpowerlines(thePVoutput
circuit).TheinformationissentfromtheinvertertotheSolarEdgemonitoringportalthrough
theInternet.Inordertosendthedatafromtheinverter,acommunicationconnectionmustbe
setup,asdescribedinthischapter.Communicationsetupisnotrequiredforpower
harvesting,howeverisneededforusingtheSolarEdgemonitoringportal.
Thischapterdescribessettingupcommunicationbetweenmultipleinverterssfora
master/slaveconfiguration.
CAUTION!
When connecting the communication cables, make sure that the ON/OFF switch at
the bottom of the inverter is turned OFF, and the AC is turned OFF.
When configuring the communication parameters, make sure that the ON/OFF
switch is OFF, and the AC is turned ON.
Communication Types
l Ethernet:usedforaLANconnection
l RS485:usedfortheconnectionofmultipleSolarEdgedevicesonthesamebusina
master-slaveconfiguration.RS485typecanalsobeusedasaninterfacetoexternal
non-SolarEdgedevices,suchasrevenuemetersanddataloggers.
l ZigBee:Optionalwirelesscommunication(purchasedseparately).
l Cellular:Optionalcellularwirelessconnection(purchasedseparately).
OnlycommunicationproductsofferedbySolarEdgearesupported.
AlwaysconnectthecommunicationoptionswhentheinverterisOFF.
Chapter 7: Setting Up Communication
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