Linking and Interconnecting Possibilities
Depending on the distance to be overcome and the number of Solar Inverters,
there are the following linking possibilities:
Type of Link
Distance
Sunways
PC not more than
Monitor Direct
5 - 25 m away
Link
Sunways
PC not more than
Monitor Local
500 m away (mi-
Link
nus RS485 cable
length between
the Solar Inverters)
Sunways
PC more than
Monitor
500 m away
Remote Link
Sunways
Sunways Commu-
Communicator
nicator not more
Direct Link
than 25 m away
Solar System with 1
Solar Inverter
Connection of the PC via
USB (max 5 m) or RS232
(max. 25 m) (see 1)
Link between Solar
Inverter and PC via RS485
bus, using an interface
transformer at the PC
(see 2)
Use of a remote modem
at the Solar Inverter RS232
port; link via modem at
the PC (see 3)
Use of an RS485 cable set
(comes with the Sunways
Communicator)
Solar System with up to 99
Solar Inverters
(cross-linked via RS485)
Connection between the PC and
the Solar Inverter via USB with
the RS485 address 01 (max. 5 m)
(see 4)
Link between Solar Inverter and
PC via RS485 bus, using an inter-
face transformer at the PC
(see 5)
Connection of the remote
modem via an interface trans-
former at the RS485 of the Solar
Inverter with the RS485 address
01, link via modem at the PC
(see 6)
Use of an RS485 cable set
(comes with the Sunways
Communicator)