Installation manual

Connecting the inverters
General Electric inverters (GE)
Solar-Log
1000/500/200
Installation 103 of 268
4.47 General Electric inverters (GE)
Overview
 Interface integrated
 Connected using network cable (patch cable) and Ethernet router
or -switch
 Communication address must be allocated.
 Work steps
• Allocate communication address
• Connect inverters to the Solar-Log™
• Connect the inverters to each other
Allocating communication address
 Recommendation: Continuous numbering starting with 1.
 Setting: Using the inverter operating display
 Procedure: Before connecting to the Ethernet router or switch and allo-
cating the IP address.
Connecting inverters and Solar-Log™
The wiring is done using the
 network cable (patch cable) and the
 Ethernet router or switch.
Procedure
1 Set different unit IDs on each inverter in accordance with the inverter's in-
structions.
2 Connect the Solar-Log™ and the inverter to the router or switch.
3 Allocate an IP address to each inverter using the manufacturer's IP setting kit:
The first three blocks of numbers as for the Solar-Log™, e.g. 192.168.178.49
The fourth block of numbers: a free network position, e.g. 192.168.179.50
Details on using the IP setting kit can be found in the manufacturer's SVT
monitoring manual.