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
Sunways
Monitor Direct
Link
Sunways
Monitor Local
Link
Sunways
Monitor
Remote Link
Sunways
Communicator
Direct Link
Distance
PC not more than
5 - 25 m away
PC not more than
500 m away (mi-
nus RS485 cable
length between
the Solar Inverters)
PC more than
500 m away
Sunways Commu-
nicator not more
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)
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