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Chapter 6: Setting Up Monitoring through the
Gateway (Optional)
Communication Dataflow
The SolarEdge site information can be accessed remotely using the SolarEdge monitoring portal, as
described in the
SolarEdge Monitoring Portal User Guide
. In order to transfer monitoring data from a
SolarEdge site to the SolarEdge monitoring portal, a communication connection must be set up.
Communication setup is not required for power harvesting and is needed only when using the monitoring
portal.
This chapter describes how to set up this connection when the gateway is the connection point to the
monitoring portal.
The connection point can be any SolarEdge device. If it is the control and communication gateway, it
should be the master on an RS485 bus. Otherwise, it should be a slave.
Communication Types
The following types of communication can be used to transfer the monitored information from the
inverter to the SolarEdge monitoring portal through the SolarEdge gateway:
Ethernet:
Used for a LAN connection
RS485:
Enables connection of external devices, such as other SolarEdge inverters, loggers or a
revenue gauge meter, and transferring their information through the SolarEdge gateway to the
SolarEdge monitoring portal using Ethernet. The SolarEdge gateway has two RS485 physical ports:
RS485-1:
Enables connection of multiple SolarEdge devices (inverters/SMIs/gateways) through
the same bus to the SolarEdge gateway, such that connecting only one gateway to the server is
sufficient to provide communication services for all the devices on the bus.
RS485-2:
Enables connection of third-party devices, such as revenue metering devices, and
non-SolarEdge inverters.
RS232 (UART):
Used to connect to an external device with RS232 interface.
ZigBee (optional):
Enables wireless connection of one or more SolarEdge devices through a ZigBee
transceiver (sold separately).
Wi-Fi
: Enables wireless connection of one or more SolarEdge devices through Wi-Fi (sold separately).
Mini-USB:
Enables PC/laptop connection for software upgrade using the SolarEdge configuration
tool. Use a USB to mini-USB adapter cable for this connection.