About This Guide
Control and Communication Gateway Installation Guide - MAN-01-00132-1.2
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About This Guide
This user guide is intended for Photovoltaic (PV) system owners, installers, technicians, maintainers and
integrators who use the SolarEdge power harvesting system.
This guide describes the process of installing and configuring the SolarEdge Control and Communication
gateway (also referred to as SolarEdge gateway).
This guide assumes that the SolarEdge power harvesting system is already installed and commissioned. For
additional information about how to install and commission the SolarEdge power harvesting system, refer
to the relevant inverter or safety and monitoring system (SMI) installation guide.
The guide includes the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Introducing the SolarEdge Control and Communication Gateway
the SolarEdge Control and Communication Gateway, page 7, introduces the SolarEdge control and
communication gateway.
Chapter 2: Installing the SolarEdge Gateway
, page 11, describes how to install the SolarEdge
gateway.
Chapter 3: Connecting the SolarEdge Gateway to the SolarEdge Installation
to connect the control and communication gateway to inverters or Safety and Monitoring Interface
(SMI) using the RS485 bus connection.
Chapter 4: Connecting Environmental Sensors (Optional), page 22, describes how to connect and
configure external environmental sensors to the SolarEdge gateway.
Status Screens and Setup Options
page 29, describes how to configure the
SolarEdge gateway and how to identify its status.
Chapter 6: Setting Up Monitoring through the Gateway,
page 41, describes how to set up
communication through the SolarEdge gateway to the SolarEdge monitoring portal.
Appendix A: Technical Specifications,
page 46, provides the electrical and mechanical specifications
of the SolarEdge gateway device.
For further information, datasheets and the most up-to-date certifications for various products in different
countries, please visit the SolarEdge website: