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Communication Accesories Installation Manual...
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AAX2002IKI01_C 11/2011 The copying, circulation or use of this document or its content requires written permission. Any breach thereof will be reported for damages. All rights reserved, including those resulting from patent rights or design registration. The conformity of the document content with the hardware described has been checked. However, discrepancies may exist.
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Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Important safety precautions General warnings The operations described in the manual may be performed only by qualified personnel. All applicable safety-related for electrical work must be complied with. Danger of electric shock. The entire manual must be read and understood in full prior to manipulating, installing or operating the unit.
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Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Category III - 1000-Volt measuring instruments must be used for checking for the absence of voltage. Ingeteam Energy, S.A. is not liable for any damages caused by improper use of their equipment. Potential hazards for people Bear in mind the following warnings concerning personal safety.
3.3.2. Wireless communication accessories for Ingecon Sun ...............24 ® AAX7009 ...........................24 AAX7019 ...........................24 AAX0011 ...........................24 AAX0012 ...........................24 3.3.3. Wireless communication ISM 868 in the Ingecon Sun units ............24 ® Ingecon Sun Lite ........................24 ® Ingecon Sun Smart, Power and Power Max, and Ingecon Sun String Control ........24...
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The software indicates: “El fichero con la dirección IP no existe en el servidor” (the file with the IP address does not exist on the server)......................48 The remote communication is established, but the Ingecon does not respond........48 6.2.2. Via Ethernet ......................... 48 6.3.
Control board Before inserting or removing a communications board, the equipment should first be disconnected from the power supply. Please read section “8. List of accessories” and always refer to the installation manual for the Ingecon ® unit in which the communication accessory is to be installed.
Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual • Ingecon Sun Power Max (Modular, 100TL and 125TL) three phase models. Refer to document AAV2000IKI01. ® • Ingecon Sun String Control box. Refer to document AAS2002IKI01. ® • Single phase models prior to 2009. Refer to document AAP2000IKI01.
Sun units, communication via the RS-485 line is made with two wires in the Half Duplex mode. In ® this configuration, the same pair of wires is used for the data sent and that received, with the Ingecon Sun Manager ®...
RS-485 B (+) RS-485 A (-) RS485 B(+) RS485 A(-) Jumper JP3 is the end of line resistor. This P3 Jumper must be closed on the end of line inverter. 3.1.3. RS-485 communication in the Ingecon Sun units ® Ingecon Sun Lite ®...
® The communications board must be mounted on the specific communications connector on the control board (see section “1. Introduction”). Read section “8. List of accessories” and always refer to the installation manual for the Ingecon Sun inverter in ®...
AAX7030 - Kit RS-485-USB for Ingecon ® Reference AAX7030 corresponds to the supply of a USB to RS-485 converter and the appropriate connectors, for either three phase inverters or the Ingecon Sun Lite units. ® For the three phase inverters, the pin settings are as described in the table above.
On port element Puertos (COM & LPT) you will see the new COMx port that the system has associated with the converter, called USB Serial Port or FTDI USB Serial Port (depending on the driver version). Its port number will be used in the configuration of the Ingecon Sun Manager.
The number of the TCP port in which the converter accepts connections. • There are not two or more devices with the same IP address. Ingecon Sun with AAX7004 (Ethernet and RS-485 communications card), or Ingecon Sun Lite with ® ®...
Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. 3.2.1. Ingecon Sun Ethernet accessories ® AAX7023 Reference AAX0023 corresponds to the supply of board AAX7004, communications cable RS-485 AQL0089, flat cable AQL0090, and the PG cable gland required to guarantee the leak tightness of the equipment at the Ethernet cable inlet connection.
Clicking on ‘Search’ shows the items of equipment and their IP addresses. AAP0067 Board AAP0067 offers Ethernet to serial conversion for a single Ingecon Sun unit. It is factory set with IP address ® 192.168.127.254.
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Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. To change the IP address, access the Network Settings folder and click on the “Submit” button to apply the changes. IP restoration Board AAP0067 incorporates the Ethernet - serial converterTTL NE-4100T manufactured by MOXA. If you do not know the IP address configured for the converter, you can use the “NPort Search Utility”...
Ingecon Sun Lite ® In order to install an Ethernet communication card in the Ingecon Sun Lite units, you first need to disable the ® RS-485 communication, installed as standard. To do so, proceed as described in “How to disable the factory set RS-485 communication”.
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The following photo, taken with the inverter control card removed, shows the location of lead AQL0053 which must be replaced in order to disable the RS-485 communication through connector J19 on the power board. This must be replaced by cable AQL0090 supplied with the Ingecon Sun Lite communication accessories.
® Communications board AAP0067/AAX7004 must be mounted on the control board specific communications connector. Read section “8. List of accessories” and always refer to the installation manual for the Ingecon Sun inverter in ® which a communications accessory is to be installed.
Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. 3.2.3. Local PC connection Configure the local PC so that it is in the same sub-network as the equipment. Open the Ingecon Sun Manager ® software on the PC and, on the right hand communication settings panel, select Ethernet as the means of communica- tion and enter the IP address for the communication accessory and the port number.
The ComBox Ethernet interface offers an Ethernet to serial gateway similar to the one offered by the AAX7004. Its IP address by default is 192.168.127.253 and, like the other Ethernet communication accessories, it accepts TCP connections at port 7128. Please refer to section “5. Ingecon Sun ComBox” for further information on the Ingecon Sun ComBox Centralised ® ®...
Communication by radio means that there is no need to install communications cabling, thereby avoiding the risk of voltage surges caused by the said cabling. Radios AAX7019 and AAX7009, together with the master radio installed in the Ingecon Sun ComBox communi- ®...
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PC and, in the same way as for a cabled system, only the inverter whose node number coincides with the request contents will respond to the request. Radio communication between the ComBox and the various Ingecon Sun accessories is organized into what have ®...
Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual 3.3.2. Wireless communication accessories for Ingecon ® AAX7009 For wireless communication on the ISM 868 MHz waveband with Ingecon Sun Smart, Ingecon Sun Power, ® ® Ingecon Sun Power Max units and three phase inverter models prior to 2009. Including the additional RS-485 ®...
Ingeteam supplies accessories for remote communication via a GPRS network and via Ethernet. 4.1. Communication via GPRS INTERNET In the typical schema for GPRS communication, an Ingecon Sun unit A is equipped with a GPRS modem and this ® is accessed from a remote computer which can either be a computer G in an ADSL network or a computer I with a 3G/GPRS card.
Likewise, the customer should ensure that the installation has network coverage. The M2M (Machine 2 Machine) rates are adequate for devices such as the modems in the Ingecon Sun units, which ®...
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Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. cable and three status indicator LEDs. The antenna is equipped with a magnetic base to secure it in place. The SIM card, which is not included, must be released from its PIN access code. Signal RS-485 B (+) RS-485 A (-) It is mandatory for the inverter fitted with modem AAX7001 to be identified as number 1.
Ingecon Sun Lite Units ® In order to install a GPRS modem in the Ingecon Sun Lite equipment, the RS-485 communication, installed as ® standard, first needs to be disabled. To do so, the procedure is detailed in section “How to disable the factory set RS-485 communication”.
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Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. The location of cable AQL0055 is shown in the following photo. In the installation, the cable connection with the Harting on the equipment casing shall be maintained, however it should be disconnected from the power board printed circuit.
Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual Ingecon Sun Smart, Power and Power Max ® The modem must be mounted on the specific communications connector on the control board, and the cabling should be made to the board push-pull connector. There is no defined position on the equipment casing for bringing in the antenna and the RS-485 cabling, if present, however there are a number of auxiliary ports available.
4.2. Remote communication via Ethernet The following figure shows a typical remote communication set-up in order to communicate with equipment units A, B and C from computer J. INTERNET Inverter with card AAX7004 or AAX0023 or Ingecon Sun Power UL unit. ® Ingecon Sun units on the same RS-485 bus as unit A.
Sun units ® Taking for granted that the local communication via Ethernet from computer D is correct, as far as the Ingecon ® equipment is concerned, the only thing to be configured is the Default Gateway of the converter installed in unit A.
In Opciones -> Configuración comunicaciones (options - communication setting) select the port number to which the modem is connected. Enter the phone number and click on connect ‘Conectar’. Wait until status “Estado” shows connected ‘Conectado’. 5. Ingecon Sun ComBox ® 5.1. Introduction...
Sun ComBox connectors 1, 2 and 3 are directly connected to the RS-485 output (connector 4) except when ® the ComBox needs to send the power setpoint. RS-485 The following figures shows the connector for the RS-485 output to the Ingecon units. 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 A(-) B(+) Use a type A to type B USB cable (not supplied by Ingeteam).
Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual 5.3.2. Connection with the Ingecon Sun units ® RS-485 The following figures shows the connector for the RS-485 output to the Ingecon units. 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 A(-) B(+) Wireless connection...
Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. The connection of the GPRS modem accessory to the Ingecon Sun ComBox is detailed in section “5.5. AAX7014 - ® GPRS Modem Kit for the Ingecon Sun ComBox”. ® For further information as to the operation of modem AAX7001 go to section “AAX7001”.
Installation Manual For further information on the remote use of Ethernet, please refer to section “4.2. Remote communication via Ethernet”. 5.5. AAX7014 - GPRS Modem Kit for the Ingecon Sun ComBox ® Optionally, the ComBox can be equipped with a GPRS modem.
® number for the ComBox is 247. The ComBox must share the RS-485 bus with the Ingecon installation number, as the ComBox is not equipped with an internal clock and gets its date and time by querying the mentioned Ingecon.
Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual 5.8. Analog inputs The Ingecon Sun ComBox has six analog inputs designed to connect sensors for a number of variables. ® • 2 inputs 0...10 V or 0...20 mA (EA1 and EA2) • 1 input 0...2 V or 0...20 mA (EA3) •...
Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. 5.8.1. Monitoring of the analog inputs To monitor the analog inputs with the Ingecon Sun Manager, you first need to connect to the plant where the ComBox ® is installed and have node 247 created.
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Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual To configure one of the PT100 inputs, you should enter the following. On the label (Etiqueta) enter the name of the variable being measured and the unit for the variable on “Unidades”. The range (Rango) can be modified if the PT100 used is different from the default one. Finally click on save “Guardar”. For the remaining inputs, you should select the input and configure it according to the sensor that is connected, then click on save “Guardar”...
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Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Once the analog inputs have been configured, these can then be viewed on the Online data screen. AAX2002IKI01...
This power control function can be disabled and the inputs can then be used for another application. These inputs are accessible through connector (J12). These inputs are prepared for a voltage of +15 V/0 V. Their value can be observed on the Ingecon Sun Manager online ®...
Sun devices). A confirmation message will be displayed. ® The ComBox must share the RS-485 bus with the Ingecon installation number, as the ComBox is not equipped with an internal clock and gets its date and time by querying the mentioned Ingecon.
® you to click on read button “leer” to view the monitoring period configured. This time can be changed, according to the different options available, then click on send “Enviar” for the Ingecon ® ComBox to start to record the historical data for that period.
Installation Manual Ingeteam Energy, S.A. 5.10.4. Downloading the historical data To download the historical data from the Ingecon Sun Manager you need to access the read screen “Lectura” Once ® connected, select the day and click on download “descargar”. The historical data are then downloaded to your computer.
Check that you are using the latest version of the Ingecon Sun Manager software. This is available at ftp://ftp.inger- ® aspv.ingeras.es Check that the Ingecon inverter number matches the one indicated on the Ingecon Sun Manager. ® 6.1. The local communication isn’t functioning Check the configuration and connections of the converter to the RS-485, check that each device has a different iden- tifier and inspect the RS-485 wiring at each of the inverters on the bus, and also the end of line resistors.
6.5.1. The ComBox experiences communication errors Check that the Ingecon number 1 unit is accessible, so that the ComBox can get its time and date. If it does not get this information, then the ComBox will continue to query the Ingecon with a possible data collision occurring if another device accesses the communication bus.
This is a variant of the MODBUS protocol family for network environment communication. Do the inverters use Modbus/TCP to communicate? No, the inverters only respond to the Modbus/RTU protocol. If you want to monitor an Ingecon Sun unit from a device ®...
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Max and three phase inverter models prior to 2009. Including the additional RS-485 interface. AAX7006 Ingecon Sun ComBox communications centre hardware. ® AAX7019 For wireless communication on the ISM 868 MHz waveband with Ingecon Sun Lite. ® AAX7009 For wireless communication on the ISM 868 MHz waveband with Ingecon Sun Smart, Ingecon ®...
Ingeteam Energy, S.A. Installation Manual 9. Waste handling During the various processes for installation, start-up and maintenance, waste is generated which must be handled appropriately according to the regulations in the corresponding country. At the end of the unit’s life, the waste must be processed by an authorised waste management company. Ingeteam Energy S.A., in accordance with its policy of respect for the environment, will inform the authorised manager, via this Section, of the location of components to be decontaminated.
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