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Connecting the PC to a Communication Device

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SDC-TEN080642

User Manual

5 Connecting the PC to a Communication Device

To connect several inverters to the PC, there are various communication devices at your
disposal.
The following table shows the communication devices and the possible connection
types.

Communication device

Communication device's

interface

PC's interface

Sunny Boy Control / Plus

RS232 Piggy-Back

RS232 connection

RS232 to USB level
converter

RS485 Piggy-Back

RS485 connection

RS485 to USB level
converter

RS485 to RS232 level
converter

NET Piggy-Back with

analog modem

analog modem

ISDN modem (with CAPI
driver)

GSM modem

NET Piggy-Back with ISDN

modem

ISDN modem

NET Piggy-Back with GSM

modem

analog modem

ISDN modem (with CAPI
driver)

GSM modem

NET Piggy-Back with

Ethernet

Ethernet network card

Sunny Boy Control Light

RS232 Piggy-Back

RS232 connection

RS232 to USB level
converter

Sunny Beam

USB

USB connection