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6. Useapre-crimpedcabletoconnectviagland#1totheRJ45plugontheinverter'scommunication
boardor,ifusingaspoolofcable,connectasfollows:
a. Insertthecablethroughgland#1.
b. Removethecable’sexternalinsulationusingacrimpingtoolorcablecutterandexposeeight
wires.
c. InserttheeightwiresintoanRJ45connector,asdescribedinFigure31.
d. Useacrimpingtooltocrimptheconnector.
e. ConnecttheEthernetconnectortotheRJ45portonthecommunicationboard.
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Figure 32: The RJ45 Ethernet connection
7. Fortheswitch/routerside,useapre-crimpedcableoruseacrimpertoprepareanRJ45
communicationconnector:InserttheeightwiresintotheRJ45connectorinthesameorderasabove
(Figure31).
8. ConnectthecableRJ45connectortotheRJ45portoftheEthernetswitchorrouter.
Youcanconnectmorethanoneinvertertothesameswitch/routerortodifferentswitches/routers,
asneeded.Eachinvertersendsitsmonitoreddataindependentlytothemonitoringplatform.
9.
TheinverterisconfiguredbydefaulttoLAN.Ifreconfigurationisrequired:
a. MakesuretheON/OFF/PswitchisOFF.
b. TurnONtheACtotheinverterbyturningONthecircuitbreakeronthemaindistributionpanel.
c. ConfiguretheconnectionasdescribedinCommunicationonpage43.
NOTE
If your network has a firewall, you may need to configure it to enable the connection to the
following address:
l Destination Address: prod2.solaredge.com
l TCP Port: 22222, 22221, or 80 (for incoming and outgoing data)
10. Verifytheconnection,asdescribedinVerifyingtheConnectiononpage59.
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Creating an Ethernet (LAN) Connection