Configure For Devices; Set A Static Ip Address; Verify Internet Connectivity To Aurora Vision Servers - ABB VSN700 Product Manual

Configure for devices

The Devices list on the Home page shows all the different devices connected through all the ports
on the data logger. It is essential that the devices you set up here match how devices are
physically connected to your data logger.
By default, only the two RS-485 ports are set up. The primary RS-485 port is set to Modbus RTU
and the secondary RS-485 is set to Power-One Aurora Protocol. The default settings support
hardware connections where all legacy Power-One inverters are attached as an RS-485 daisy
chain to the Secondary RS-485 port. Optional weather stations used with the Commercial version
VSN700 are connected to the Primary RS-485 port. See Section 4 if you are adding a weather
station. See Section 5 for configuration options if you are using a Max version VSN700.
For the Secondary RS-485 connection, once legacy Power-One inverters and ABB inverters using
the Aurora Protocol are properly addressed and wired in the RS-485 daisy chain, inverters will
automatically be discovered and displayed.

Set a static IP address

Setting a Static IP is only necessary if required by your network. In almost all cases you can skip
this section.
1. Obtain Static IP address information for the site.
2. Select the Network tab. Set the Type (Network Connection Type) field to Static. The page
allows you to type in the following information:
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3. Press Update at the bottom of the page.
The data logger needs to be restarted before the network changes take affect. In the Home tab
use the Reboot Logger button to reboot the logger.

Verify Internet connectivity to Aurora Vision servers

1. Verify that the Ethernet cable is connected between the data logger's Eth0 and your network.
IP address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
DNS (separate primary and secondary DNS servers with a single space)
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