Setting Up Communication
SolarEdge Installation Guide for Three Phase Inverters
– EU – Version 1.5
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Creating an RS485 Bus Connection
The RS485 option enables you to create a bus of connected inverters
(consisting of up to 30 Slave inverters and 1 Master inverter). Using this
option, inverters are connected to each other in a chain, meaning the first
inverter in the chain is connected to the next inverter in the chain via its
RS485 connector. The first inverter in the chain and the last inverter in the
chain must be terminated.
SolarEdge Inverter
ZigBee
RS485
RS232 Ethernet
SolarEdge Inverter
ZigBee
RS485
RS232 Ethernet
SolarEdge Inverter
ZigBee
RS485
RS232 Ethernet
SolarEdge Inverter
ZigBee
RS485
RS232 Ethernet
Router/Hub
Master
Terminated
Terminated
Figure 25: Example of RS485 Bus Connection
Each inverter must be connected according to the instructions below.
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To connect the RS485 communication bus:
1
Open the cover of the inverter, as described in the
Opening the Cover
section on page 31.
2
Using the user buttons, select the
5.1.3 RS485
option under the
Communication
Server
menu (
5.1
), as described in the
Configuring the Inverter Using the LCD Panel and User Buttons
section on page 67.
NOTE:
By default, all inverters are Slaves. Slaves can be configured to connect via
RS485 automatically from the RS485 Master menu (
5.3.1.3
in the Master),
instead of as described in Step
2
above.