All,
I'm new to Modbus and am struggling a bit with the finding a RS485 to IP-RTU device to use as a gateway. I think I need one with two channels for the reasons discussed in the next paragraph. Can anyone help? Will one of the devices that follow work or can you recommend others (In order of ascending cost):
- EKM iSerial v.2 TCP/IP Ethernet to RS-485 Serial Converter. (1 Channel) https://www.ekmmetering.com/ekm-iser...verter.html#qa
- gridconnect NET485. (1 Channel, I think, although the docs discuss RS485 Multi-Drop network support which might support more than one channel?) https://gridconnect.com/industrial-e...-ethernet.html
- Advantech Adam-6060-CE. (6 Channels) http://www.newark.com/advantech/adam...ule/dp/18X2332
- SolarEdge Control and Communications Gateway SE1000-CCG-G. https://www.civicsolar.com/product/s...way-se1000-ccg
I want to use the ModBus plugin to pull data from two solar edge inverters (Thanks to John den Dunnen for the info he posted in another ModBus thread. Without his help, I'd be trying to use the SolarEdge API). The Solar Edge SunSpec Manual gave me the impression I could connect directly to the "master" inverter. Unfortunately, but I couldn't communicate directly with it (even tried modpoll to test). I'd also like to pull data from two EKM pulse water meters. I've been unsuccessfully getting the pulse data into HS. I've tried using an Elk Security Panel input and Arduino. If I get ModBus working, I'll have to add an EKM Omnimeter Pulse v.4 to read the pulses and convert them to ModBus protocol. https://www.ekmmetering.com/ekm-omni...ric-meter.html. The inverters and the water meters are in different locations, but I have Cat6 wire home runs to both.
Thanks, Forrest
I'm new to Modbus and am struggling a bit with the finding a RS485 to IP-RTU device to use as a gateway. I think I need one with two channels for the reasons discussed in the next paragraph. Can anyone help? Will one of the devices that follow work or can you recommend others (In order of ascending cost):
- EKM iSerial v.2 TCP/IP Ethernet to RS-485 Serial Converter. (1 Channel) https://www.ekmmetering.com/ekm-iser...verter.html#qa
- gridconnect NET485. (1 Channel, I think, although the docs discuss RS485 Multi-Drop network support which might support more than one channel?) https://gridconnect.com/industrial-e...-ethernet.html
- Advantech Adam-6060-CE. (6 Channels) http://www.newark.com/advantech/adam...ule/dp/18X2332
- SolarEdge Control and Communications Gateway SE1000-CCG-G. https://www.civicsolar.com/product/s...way-se1000-ccg
I want to use the ModBus plugin to pull data from two solar edge inverters (Thanks to John den Dunnen for the info he posted in another ModBus thread. Without his help, I'd be trying to use the SolarEdge API). The Solar Edge SunSpec Manual gave me the impression I could connect directly to the "master" inverter. Unfortunately, but I couldn't communicate directly with it (even tried modpoll to test). I'd also like to pull data from two EKM pulse water meters. I've been unsuccessfully getting the pulse data into HS. I've tried using an Elk Security Panel input and Arduino. If I get ModBus working, I'll have to add an EKM Omnimeter Pulse v.4 to read the pulses and convert them to ModBus protocol. https://www.ekmmetering.com/ekm-omni...ric-meter.html. The inverters and the water meters are in different locations, but I have Cat6 wire home runs to both.
Thanks, Forrest
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