Fronius IG Inverter communication driver

 

Fronius IG Inverter communication driver is the driver to communicate with inverter controller of Fronius International GmbH in Austria.

 

1. Read settings

 

<Figure 1> is read setting example of  Fronius IG Inverter communication driver. 

<Figure 1>  Read setting example of  Fronius IG Inverter communication driver

Device part of  <Figure 1> input Com Port(COM1), Baud Rate(19200), Parity Bit(0), Data Bit(8), Stop Bit(1) respectively according to setting of controller.

 

Fronius IG Inverter communication driver read schedule

Read schedule setting parameters are as follows:

1) STATION – Controller's station number.

2) Read Command – Command = 1 ~ F9. (  Refer to <Table 1> )

3) Device/Option  number – 0 = Interface Card or General Data,  1 = Inverter,  2 : Sensor Card.

4) Save Start Address for Communication Server – saveing start address of Communication Server.

5) Read Size – fixed to 1. (  Refer to <Table 2> )

 

Read schedule example)

READ,     0,     1,     0,    0,   1,

READ,     0,     2,     1,    5,   1,

READ,     1,    10,     1,   20,   1,

READ,     1,    11,     1,   21,   1,

 

<Table 1> is read command number and contests of Fronius IG Inverter communication driver.

<Table 2> is data saving address and contents for each read command.

Read command number

(Hex-decimal)

Contents

Type of command

1

Get Version

Interface Card command

2

Get Device Type

3

Get Time

4

Active Inverter Numbers

5

Active Sensor card Numbers

6

Local Net Status

10

Current Power

Inverters command

11

Total Energy

12

Today's Energy

13

Year,s Energy

14

Current AC Current

15

Current AC Volt

16

Current AC Freq

17

Current DC Current

18

Current DC Volt

19

Today,s Earned Money

1A

Today,s Max Power

1B

Today,s AC Volt Max

1C

Today,s AC Volt Min

1D

Today,s DC Volt Max

1E

Today,s Uptime

1F

Year,s Earned Money

20

Year,s Max Power

21

Year,s AC Volt Max

22

Year,s AC Volt Min

23

Year,s DC Volt Max

24

Year,s Uptime

25

Total Earned Money

26

Total Max Power

27

Total AC Volt Max

28

Total AC Volt Min

29

Total DC Volt Max

2A

Total Uptime

2B

Phase Current 1

3-Phase Inverters command

2C

Phase Current 2

2D

Phase Current 3

2E

Phase Volt 1

2F

Phase Volt 2

30

Phase Volt 3

31

Ambient Temp

32

Front Left Fan Speed

33

Front Right Fan Speed

34

Rear Left Fan Speed

35

Rear Right Fan Speed

E0

Current Temp Ch1

Sensor Card/Sensor Box command

E1

Current Temp Ch2

E2

Current Insolation

E3

Today,s Min Temp Ch1

E4

Today,s Max Temp Ch1

E5

Year,s Min Temp Ch1

E6

Year,s Max Temp Ch1

E7

Total Min Temp Ch1

E8

Total Min Temp Ch1

E9

Today,s Min Temp Ch2

EA

Today,s Max Temp Ch2

EB

Year,s Min Temp Ch2

EC

Year,s Max Temp Ch2

ED

Total Min Temp Ch2

EE

Total Min Temp Ch2

EF

Today,s Max Insolation

F0

Year,s Max Insolation

F1

Total Max Insolation

F2

Current Digital Ch1

F3

Current Digital Ch2

F4

Today,s Max Digital Ch1

F5

Year,s Max Digital Ch1

F6

Total Max Digital Ch1

F7

Today,s Max Digital Ch2

F8

Year,s Max Digital Ch2

F9

Total Max Digital Ch2

<Table 1> Read command number and contests of Fronius IG Inverter communication driver

Read command number

Data Saving Address

Remarks

1

Start Add + 0 : IFC Type

Start Add + 1 : Major

Start Add + 2 : Minor

Start Add + 3 : Release

Byte data

2

Start Add + 0 : Type ID( FEh ~ FFh)

3

Start Add + 0 : day

Start Add + 1 : month

Start Add + 2 : year

Start Add + 3 : hour

Start Add + 4 : minute

Start Add + 5 : second

4

Start Add + 0  ~ 100 : Active Inverter status

0 ~ 100 byte

5

Start Add + 0  ~ 10 : Active Sensor Card status

0 ~ 10 byte

6

Start Add + 0 : Local Net status ( 1 = normal, 0 = error)

Byte data

10 ~ F9

Start Add + 0 : Read status or data value

Float data

<Table 2> Data saving address and contents for each read command

Fronius IG Inverter communication driver store the same data in WORD, DWORD, FLOAT memory, but the data formats are different.

If you click the icon  in protocol option part, you can see the dialogue box such as <Figure 2>. you can also set read schedule by using this part.

<Figure 2> Example of  Fronius IG Inverter communication driver¡¯s Option dialogue box

You can set read schedule by using , , button and listbox of <Figure 2>. 

<Figure 3> Example of  Fronius IG Inverter communication driver¡¯s read schedule Add/Edit dialogue box

When you click Add button or Edit button in dialogue box of <Figure 2>, dialogue box of <Figure 3> is shown.

 

2. Write settings

Fronius IG Inverter communication driver don't support 'Writing settings' because of the inverter is read only equipment.

 

3. connection of communication cable and main power

Connection of communication cable and main power are as follows.

 

Connection of communication cable

Please connect normal(cross) RS-232C communication cable to RS-232C connector of Fronius IG Inverter such as <Figure 4>.

<Figure 5> is appearence of Fronius IG Inverter. 

<Figure 4> Communication cable and main power connection example to  Fronius IG Inverter

 

<Figure 5> Appearence of Fronius IG Inverter

 

Connection of main power

Please connect 220V AC 60HZ to main power socket of Fronius IG Inverter.