SMA Solar Technology AG Troubleshooting
Modbus exception 3 "Illegal
Data Value" is reported in the
Modbus client.
You may be trying to write to a data block (Modbus commands
0x10 and 0x17) and one of the values has a data type that is
not permitted.
Corrective measures:
• Read off the data type of the register to be written to from
the "Type" column of the corresponding assignment table
and correct it in the Modbus client.
Modbus exception 4 "Slave
Device Failure" is reported in
the Modbus client.
You may be trying to read or write to a register of a device, but
are using a unit ID that is not permitted.
Corrective measures:
•
Set the Unit IDs = 125 to 167 in the Modbus client for the
• For Modbus exceptions, see "Modbus Application Proto-
col Specification" at http://www.modbus.org/specs.php.
• For troubleshooting on the SMA devices, use the error
code shown in the display or LCS tool. To decrypt the
event messages of inverters, you require additional infor-
mation (for event messages, see the inverter installation
manual at www.SMA-Solar.com).
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