Fronius Fronius IG Plus 100, Operating Instructions Manual

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Fronius developed Solar Net to make these add-on system components
flexible and capable of being used in a wide variety of different
applications. Solar Net is a data network which enables several Fronius
IG Plus units to be linked with the system upgrades.
Solar Net is a bus system. A single cable is all that is required for one or
more Fronius IG Plus units to communicate with all system upgrade
components.
The heart of Solar Net is the
Datalogger . It coordinates data traffic and
makes sure that even large amounts of data are distributed quickly and
securely.
The ‘
COM Card ’ option is required to integrate Fronius IG Plus into Solar
Net.
Important Every Fronius IG Plus that is to be monitored using a Datalog-
ger requires a ‘COM Card.’ In this case, the ‘COM Card’ serves as a link
between the internal network of the Fronius IG Plus and the Solar Net
interface of the Datalogger.
Important Each inverter can only have one ‘COM card.’ A network may
only contain one Datalogger.
The first Fronius IG Plus with a ‘COM card’ can be up to 1000 m (3280 ft)
away from the last Fronius IG Plus with a ‘COM card.’
Different system upgrades are detected automatically by Solar Net.
In order to distinguish between several identical system upgrades, each
one must be assigned a unique number.
In order to uniquely define each Fronius IG Plus in Solar Net,
each Fronius IG Plus must also be assigned an individual number.
You can assign individual numbers as per ‘The Setup Menu’ section in
this manual.
More detailed information on the individual system upgrades can be found
in the relevant operating instructions or on the Internet at
www.fronius.com.
Solar Net and
Data Interface