Chapter 1: Overview
The Wi-Fi communication option enables connecting a SolarEdge inverter to the
SolarEdge monitoring platform. The Wireless Gateway collects all inverters monitoring
data using dedicated Wi-Fi and connects to the monitoring platform through Ethernet.
The Wi-Fi connection between the gateway and the inverter is independent ("walled
garden"), thus avoids problems related to the home router, for example: changing the
password will not affect the PV system connection to the monitoring platform.
A Wi-Fi access point is built into the inverter. An antenna (included in the Wireless
Gateway package) connects to the inverter. The Wireless Gateway is connected to the
home router with an Ethernet cable.
SolarEdge offers two wireless products:
Wireless Gateway - provides the inverter connection to the monitoring platform.
Wireless Repeater(s) - one or two Repeaters can be used for extending the Wi-Fi
range. The Repeater connection to the Wireless Gateway and inverters is wireless
and does not require an Ethernet cable.
The Wireless Gateway and Repeater can be used with SolarEdge inverters with SetApp
configuration.
Figure 1: The Wireless Gateway/ Repeater
Connection Options
Terminology
This document uses the following terms for describing the communication flow:
Uplink
- communication from the inverter or Wireless Repeater to the Wireless
Gateway/Repeater towards the monitoring platform (see
Figure 2).
Downlink
- communication from the Wireless Gateway or Repeater towards the
inverter/ Repeater (see
Wireless Gateway and Wireless Repeater Installation Guide MAN-01-00559-1.5
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