BOSS – Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual
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Communication Interface – “The HUB”
Alencon Systems offers a piece of software called the
Harvesting Unit Block (HUB)
that two-
way communication between the ACE hardware i.e. PODD and Alencon’s DC_DC optimizers
and DC Interrupters.
HUB Features
The HUB has 6 tabs –
Alencon Devices
Config Update
Firmware Update
Maintenance
Factory test
Settings
Alencon Devices Tab
The current version of the HUB provides DCDC information that can be accessed using the
commensurate GUID associated with the board. Each BOSS contains 4 DCDC’s each with a
separate GUID.
Figure 14: HUB Webpage
Device Commands
Provides granular control of DCDC’s within a BOSS
Commands can be sent to a single DCDC or the whole installation of BOSS units.
Changes made to these pages would
require Alencon Supervision/Training