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Installation - Quick Reference Guide

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4.3 Connecting RS485 to the Sunny WebBox

Figure 7: Connecting the RS485 communication bus to the Sunny WebBox

F

Measuring cable of the

battery temperature sensor

Sunny Island: BatTmp terminal
You only have to connect a battery temperature sensor if lead-acid

batteries are used.
Mount the battery temperature sensor in the middle of the battery terminal,

in the upper third of the battery cell.

G

Control cable, load

shedding

Sunny Island: Connect the control cable to the terminals Relay2 NO and

BatVtgOut − .
Inside the Sunny Island inverter, connect terminal Relay2 C and

BatVtgOut+.
Conductor cross-section: 0.2 mm² to 2.5 mm²

H

RS485 communication bus

Sunny Island: at SI-COMSMA.BGx terminal ComSmaOut
Connection to other nodes, e.g., PV inverter
A terminator must terminate the RS485 communication bus on the last bus

node.

I

Data cable to

Sunny Remote Control

display

Sunny Island: Display terminal

K

Data cable to Sunny Island

Charger

Sunny Island: ComSync In terminal
An additional data cable must be connected from the terminal

ComSync Out to the battery only when lithium-ion batteries are used.

The communication bus must be equipped with a terminator on both ends.

L

RS485 communication bus

Sunny Island: at SI-COMSMA.BGx terminal ComSmaIn
Sunny WebBox: terminal SMACOM

Data cable to lithium-ion

battery

Only with lithium-ion batteries: additional data cable on terminal

ComSync In

Position

Designation

Description/information

A

Jumper J1A

Terminator
If the Sunny WebBox is installed at the end of the communication bus,

a jumper must be inserted.
If the Sunny WebBox is installed between two nodes, the jumper must be

removed.

B

Jumper J1B and J1C

Signal bias voltage
Make sure that both jumpers are inserted.

Position

Designation

Description/information