Chapter 7. Data Monitoring And Controls; Data Communications Overview; Preparing For Inverter Monitoring - Advanced Energy AE 3TL 600 Series Installation And Operation Manual

Data Monitoring and Controls

DATA COMMUNICATIONS OVERVIEW

The AE 3TL inverter is equipped with integrated data monitoring hardware for
accessing inverter data. The KP board provides communication access to inverter
performance data using the following methods:
• AESiteLink using REFUlog: Inverter direct monitoring using the AE web-
based monitoring solution
• Third party monitoring: USS protocol is translated to Modbus via an external
Obvius gateway (optional).

PREPARING FOR INVERTER MONITORING

Internet service must be set up at the installation site before the inverter can be
accessed online. An Ethernet connection can be used to connect to the Internet and
enable the free AE, web-based inverter direct monitoring, or to a local Modbus/TCP
network for third party monitoring.
The data monitoring module supports only hard-wired CAT5 solutions to the
inverter. Wireless options external to the inverter are another solution. To access the
data monitoring information, customers need to provide a broadband Ethernet
connection to the inverter, based on the following specifications:
• Provide a static IP assignment or reserved DHCP that must be configured at the
router. A specific IP address must be loaded into the inverter. This can be cable
Internet, a DSL line, or equivalent.
• Provide a hard-wired Ethernet connection between the user interface PCB in the
inverter and the closest site LAN connection.
• Power cycle the inverter to allow the inverter to communicate via Ethernet
TCP/IP as well as a gateway out to the Internet.
If multiple inverters are commissioned to a single site, an Ethernet hub can be located
in an outdoor-rated enclosure to distribute the LAN to the inverters.
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Important
The data monitoring module does not support dial-up modem connectivity.
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Important
Some complex networks may require a system administrator to add the inverter
to the network, or to configure the unit to a static IP address.
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