SolarEdge SEAUTO-TX-5000

Communication Options
Thefollowingtypesofcommunicationcanbeusedtotransferthemonitoredinformationfromthe
invertertotheSolarEdgemonitoringplatform.
OnlycommunicationproductsofferedbySolarEdgearesupported.
Alwaysconnectthecommunicationoptionswhentherelevantdevicesarepowereddown-CCG,
inverter.
Ethernet
EthernetisusedforaLANconnection.ForconnectioninstructionsrefertoCreatinganEthernet(LAN)
Connectiononpage75.
RS485
RS485isusedfortheconnectionofmultipleSolarEdgedevicesonthesamebusinamaster-slave
configuration.RS485canalsobeusedasaninterfacetoexternaldevices,suchasmetersandthirdparty
dataloggers.
l RS485-1:Enablestheconnectionofmultipledevices(inverters/CCG)overthesamebus,suchthat
connectingonlyonedevicetotheInternetissufficienttoprovidecommunicationservicesforall
thedevicesonthebus.
l RS485-2:Enablesconnectionofnon-SolarEdgedevices.
l RS485-E:TheRS485ExpansionKitprovidesanadditionalRS485portforthe
inverterforenhancedcommunications.Thekitcontainsamodule,whichis
installedonthecommunicationboard,andhasa3-pinRS485terminalblock.
ThisKitisprovidedwithaninstallationguide,whichshouldbereviewedpriorto
connectionsee,https://www.solaredge.com/sites/default/files/RS485_
expansion_kit_installation_guide.pdf
ForconnectioninstructionsrefertoCreatinganRS485BusConnectiononpage77.
ZigBee
ThisoptionenableswirelessconnectionofoneorseveraldevicestoaZigBeegateway,
forwirelesscommunicationtotheSolarEdgemonitoringserver.
TheZigBeekitisprovidedwithaninstallationguide,whichshouldbereviewedpriorto
connection.Refertohttps://www.solaredge.com/sites/default/files/se-zigbee-home-
gateway-installation-guide.pdf.
GSM
Thiswirelesscommunicationoption(purchasedseparately)enablesusingaGSM
connectiontoconnectoneorseveraldevices(dependingonthedataplanused)tothe
SolarEdgemonitoringplatform.
TheGSMcellularmodemisprovidedwithausermanual,whichshouldbereviewed
priortoconnection.Refertohttps://www.solaredge.com/sites/default/files/cellular_
gsm_installation_guide.pdf
CDMA
ThiswirelesscommunicationoptionenablesusingacellularCDMAconnectionforconnectingtothe
SolarEdgemonitoringplatform.
Chapter 9: Setting Up Communication to the Monitoring Platform
SolarEdge-StorEdge Installation Guide MAN-01-00262-1.3
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